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Nick Marentes
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
[edit | edit source]Contact
[edit | edit source]Current products
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Space Marauder - Disk, Tandy Australia, 1987.
- Rupert Rythym - Disk or Tape, Tandy Australia, 1988.
- Donut Dilemma - Tape, Tandy Australia, 1987.
