TI-83 games

Like I said in the 86-review, this is a good puzzle game, where your guy has to get to the exit using boxes. It starts off quite easily, but quickly gets harder and harder. It's a good game, except it drains your batteries.

Control a guy that looks even worse than the Sqrxz-bug ;) he has to take all coins without getting hit by the arrows. Upto four arrows move in all directions, making it interesting to play. Controls could be improved (ie you can only move in 4 directions), and collision detection ain't perfect either. Still an OK game.

Slide puzzle with 15 levels. Nice patterns. You can practise one level, or do everything for a hiscore. No comments on the game; the menu controls are a bit confusing though (could be improved).

One big huzzah for Bubble Bobble! This great game has finally been written for ticalcs. Although still under construction, it's very playable. Over 40 levels, several enemies, pickups (food, letters, and some upgrades and special effects.) It's also got save-n-quit, just no hiscore... yet. Certainly worth a try, and hope it'll get even better. Btw, it won't work on a TI-86, but the 82-version will =)

A Nibbles-game with ten (external :) levels, three speeds (but just one high score) and decent graphics. Controls seem a bit irresponsive at times, and it hasn't got going-backwards detection. Still an ok game.

A small multiplayer-only game, where both players control a moving laser-firing cannon, and try to destroy the other. The controls are placed as good as they can be, and it should be fun if you can find an opponent.

Find and kill the chickens. The game's quite cool, but it's got some problems: you have to kill one chicken more each level. You also get more time to kill 'em and that's a bad thing, because once you know the level a bit, you'll always have enough time. You can't loose. Furthermore, after level 9 you restart in level 1 again. The only thing remaining is to get the highest scores possible for each level. This isn't really exciting, since it depends on luck mostly. Also time left ain't displayed correctly.

This game has the best controls ever: none! Just sit back and let the "chocobos" race each other. Ehm, I think you can play it with each other, betting on which one will win. Hehe; fun!

A good Columns game (for those who don't know the game: it's like Tetris - though IMO less strategic.) A good version, with five difficulties (each with its own hiscore), and a teacher key! It's very much like Kollums for the 86, but was ported from some TI-85 version. Anyways, go check it out ;)

Basic Memory, with decent graphics and controls. Also tracks number of tries and saves highest score. However the field is just 5x4, nothing more, too small for me; i lost interest very quickly.

Get your arrow passed the bouncing balls. It's basic but ok. A common play-again-to-break-hiscore game, though I can't imagine you wanna play this really a lot.

Donkey Kong basically. Plays okay i guess. Controls seem a little unrealistic to me. Graphics are playable, but not great (is that Mario?!?) And I do think it's too large (over 8kB) prolly because of the intro and titlescreen. Btw how do I beat level two?

After playing Falldown Forever for the 86, this one looks really ugly! Still playable though. The two speeds seem a bit pointless since you get the same score for both.

This is plain connect-4, but besides human vs. human it also has some advanced AI, in three difficulty modes! Plain but perfect.

Another great TI-85 game ported to the 82 then 83. A plain shoot-em-up where you just mindlessly destroy any and all enemy suckers. It's fast and action. May get boring once you completed the game.

One of the very few 3-D ticalc games. It's a racing game where you either try to beat the computer car or another player (via link). The graphics are simple, but really 3D (no sprites!) and playable.

A good and complex RPG, that keeps you occupied for quite a while. Lead your four guys around the world to get all 8 shards. Note this world is really big: while playing it myself, I even drew a map to find back the towns and stuff. In these towns you can rest your men, buy items and talk to ppl. Outside towns you'll be contanly attacked by enemy creatures (which can get pretty boring after a while). The best game ever, just a bit large, but who needs other games when you haven't completed this one yet?!

You control a horse and have to try to make as many moves as you can. You can only move the chess-way, in L-shape, and you may not move on the same spot twice. A lovely game, but I doubt you'll play it more than a few times.

We all know Minesweeper, don't we? Well this is just that, except it has levels (with each level having more bombs in it). And it also doesn't "auto-click" the squares next to a no-bomb (empty) square, so you're spending more time "clicking" than you're thinking (which is bad ;)

Like THX1138 this is a Nibbles-like game, but w/o the peas and with a ever-growing snake. Because it lacks hiscore saving, I didn't grade this game real high.

Forget about ZKart and all the tunnel clones; finally a good racing game has been made! With amazing (3D) graphics (level themes), weather, good controls, etc. The levels are quite long (alot of checkpoints), which is bad cuz this way you can't play a "quick game". But overall this game rules!

Why on earth was do people take time to make games like this, or even port them! I don't feel like wasting anymore words on this program, sorry.

Wew; I thought Lunar Lander was a bad program... that was before I tried this version. The calc (1.10) crashed after running it. Don't even think of downing this file.

Try to get to the exit of a maze as fast and effeciently as possible. The mazes come in six sizes, ranging from 15x15 to huge 65x65 tiles, each storing their own high score. Controls are good, program size is good... a plain, simple, but good game.

Like in Alien Breed, you walk around, kill enemies and find the exit. In Melt Man however, the scrolling is even worse: tile-based _and_ screen based (so you can't see an enemy coming if you're at the edge). Also less enemies (one) and variety. I'd certainly go with AB2.