Yes, the Seventh Link was also an exclusive Color Computer game. However, it was written for the CoCo3, which had expanded graphics and colors, on par with the Commodore 64 and better in some areas.
Unfortunately, by the time of the CoCo3's release, the 16-bit machines were coming out. Tandy did seem to recognize this, since a big early selling point on the CoCo3 was some impressive games. The Super Pitfall cartridge was always in use at Radio Shack, and quite impressive in execution. (Although I eventually turned off the music, it got annoying REAL fast.) My brother got both Koronis Rift and Rescue on Fractalus from LucasArts for it, both very impressive games that unfortunately have been largely forgotten. There were some dud games, though, like Castle of Tharrogad, which purported to be a sequel to Dungeons of Daggorath but is NOT written by the same crew and is incredibly pathetic in comparison.
The Seventh Link looks, feels, and plays like an Ultima 4 clone, from what little I've experimented with it. The original game apparently came with a fairly detailed background story; but I haven't been able to locate the manual. I'm a bit worried about some of the walkthroughs I've read online where they reference "town 3" or "dungeon 4"... did nothing have names? Even Gates of Delirium had that!
Yes, the Seventh Link was also an exclusive Color Computer game. However, it was written for the CoCo3, which had expanded graphics and colors, on par with the Commodore 64 and better in some areas.
Unfortunately, by the time of the CoCo3's release, the 16-bit machines were coming out. Tandy did seem to recognize this, since a big early selling point on the CoCo3 was some impressive games. The Super Pitfall cartridge was always in use at Radio Shack, and quite impressive in execution. (Although I eventually turned off the music, it got annoying REAL fast.) My brother got both Koronis Rift and Rescue on Fractalus from LucasArts for it, both very impressive games that unfortunately have been largely forgotten. There were some dud games, though, like Castle of Tharrogad, which purported to be a sequel to Dungeons of Daggorath but is NOT written by the same crew and is incredibly pathetic in comparison.
The Seventh Link looks, feels, and plays like an Ultima 4 clone, from what little I've experimented with it. The original game apparently came with a fairly detailed background story; but I haven't been able to locate the manual. I'm a bit worried about some of the walkthroughs I've read online where they reference "town 3" or "dungeon 4"... did nothing have names? Even Gates of Delirium had that!