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'''Nickolas Marentes''', nicknamed "'''Nick'''" (pun intended) and dubbed by [[The Original Gamer Stevie Strow]] as "'''The Thunder from Down Under'''" [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDfh7JjQaSYBLBXbHrvmfLpDAirVVQA8j], is the author of various games and other programs and products (often commercially published, sometimes by Tandy itself) for the CoCo and other TRS-80 computers. He hails from Australia. | |||
Nick started with the original TRS-80, retronymed the Model I, before moving on to the CoCo. | |||
He gives his time generously to the CoCo community as a popular and sought-after guest on various podcasts, YouTube shows, and live events like [[PennFest]]. | |||
==Appearances== | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDfh7JjQaSYBLBXbHrvmfLpDAirVVQA8j Playlist of Nick's appearances on the ogStevie Strow channel] | |||
== Contact == | == Contact == | ||
* [https://nickmarentes.com nickmarentes.com] | * [https://nickmarentes.com Nick Marentes official website] | ||
* [https://nickmarentes.com/ProjectArchive/index.html Nick's Project Archive] | |||
== Current products == | == Current products == | ||
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==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20000816143459/http://www.launch.net.au/~nickm/coco/ | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20000816143459/http://www.launch.net.au/~nickm/coco/ "Nickolas Marentes' Colour Computer Workshop" (his old site, preserved at the Internet Archive)] | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:03, 13 September 2024
Nickolas Marentes, nicknamed "Nick" (pun intended) and dubbed by The Original Gamer Stevie Strow as "The Thunder from Down Under" [1], is the author of various games and other programs and products (often commercially published, sometimes by Tandy itself) for the CoCo and other TRS-80 computers. He hails from Australia.
Nick started with the original TRS-80, retronymed the Model I, before moving on to the CoCo.
He gives his time generously to the CoCo community as a popular and sought-after guest on various podcasts, YouTube shows, and live events like PennFest.
Appearances
Contact
Current products
These software titles are available for purchase.
- Pipes - Nov. 2020, Puzzle Arcade - Tandy Color Computer 1/2/3 and Dragon (16K min)
- Rally-SG - July 2020, Arcade Maze - Tandy Color Computer 1/2/3 and Dragon (64K min)
- GunStar - The Battle for Earth - February 2020, Arcade Shoot-em-up - - Tandy Color Computer 3 (512K 6309)
- A Gunstar T-Shirt is also available for sale
Upcoming products
- ZeroHour - a multi-level game similar to Rupert Rythym but with a goal to eventually disarm a bomb on the top floor of a large automated manufacturing firm, using the Gunstar graphics engine
Other Published Software
- Space Marauder - Disk, Tandy Australia, 1987.
- Rupert Rythym - Disk or Tape, Tandy Australia, 1988.
- Donut Dilemma - Tape, Tandy Australia, 1987.