The CoCo-Pi Project

A new “Dragon 64 Attract Mode” option has been added to the CoCo-Pi which showcases John Whitworth’s 6×09 SuperSprite FM+ add-on board for the Dragon and CoCo computers.

You can find out more about the board from John’s site:

https://www.dragonplus-electronics.co.uk/super-sprite-fm-plus/


Thanks to Nigel Barnes for adding support to MAME for this device (as of MAME 0.235).

You can see an interview with John and Nigel here:

https://youtu.be/q9iId8bT2vU?t=8715


Perform an “Update CoCo-Pi from git repo” on the Administration (Utilities) Menu and then install the latest MAME package (from the same menu). Select mame-0.235-1 (or higher) as the default version. You will also need to select “Run CoCo-Pi fix script” which will install a required game pack from Pere Serrat. More information about these games can be found here:

https://www.dragonplus-electronics.co.uk/download/pere-serrats-agd-game-conversion-pack/


To see the SuperSprite FM+ board in action, go to “Attract-Mode” menu and select “Dragon 64 MAME Attract Mode Disks (SSFM).”