TI-8x archives

The Tower of Hanoi is another well-known puzzle game. The objective is to move all pieces from one pin to another, but you can only place a smaller piece on a larger one. It's fun, but it should save hiscores so you can show you beated a level.

A 2-player Nibbles-like game, but with the difference your tail doesn't go away. So either you die, or the other player dies before you do. Simple but quite amusing, at a wonderful size.

The very first ti86-game! Basic break-out with 22 levels, 5 speeds and hiscore save. Misses some exotic effects like falling upgrades, different blocks, etc. Looks more like an 83-game: it's plain and small (and uses clear key to exit).

Like Peaworm86, you control a snake which you can turn in any direction. It's playable at three speeds, each with its own hi-score. After eating ten peas you go to the next, smaller level. Eventually levels become too small to even turn around, so even skill won't help you to get a higher score.

Move your Y to eat the *s without getting hit by θs. Does that sound like fun or what. Speed increases from time to time, too. However, it looks like crap, and doesn't run smoothly: just like a basic game. It's extremely small, but I don't like it.

A real 3-D game! As a little ball, you have to roll to the exit without falling down. There's gravity and the ball responds very realistic. Several worlds are included as well as an oncalc level editor! I do think it's a bit hard, but call it challenging (and frustrating).

A nice puzzle game (brix), without objects thingies like teleporters =(. Controls are good, animation, enough levels (59) although too easy (two levels excepted, which seem unsolvable to me). It needs more difficulty (by adding special objects? ;) a save option (you can choose a level with +/-) and halts to stop it from draining your batteries.

In this game mario-bugs will appear in one of the nine squares, and you whack them as fast as possible by hitting 1-9. Each game takes approx. 40 seconds. It's fast and good for the reflexes, but eventually you'll get bored with it.

How original. Looks like a normal Tunnel game, plays like a Tunnel game... in fact, it is yet another Tunnel game. Nothing special here. Five speeds, but just one hiscore; no difficulty increase, etc.

This must be some kind of a joke... At first you're evading some lines like in the average game; then the lines disappear and something just kills you. Well no need to go out and try it. You might wanna take a look at the source though: this is an example of how not to code; terrible!

I'd call it ZKart3D with levels. You now try to get a hiscore in one of the five tracks. In some you can accelerate with 2nd, in others speed will be controlled by the track. The levels are better than in ZKart, but somehow it doesn't seem like _that_ much fun.

Shoot the ball in the enemy goal. Human vs. TI only (unrealistic AI and very easy to win). Your guy moves too slow, and sometimes moves on his own. Stupid game.

The TI86 really needs a Worms-clone! This is a start, but since you can't fire any weapon yet, it's kinda worthless. If someone would finish it, this could become a great game!

You control the horizontal movement of a bouncing ball, and must clear each level by collecting two identical bricks. It's got just five levels to start with, but also an on-calc level editor so you can make all you want. It could use a few stats on screen, and the ability to begin at a higher level.

Neat arcade space-shooter. Just fire your weapon and evade the incoming enemies. Smooth, fast, cool. Unfortunately some enemies appear on your ship, so you'll have to learn the levels to avoid being hit by ships. Upgrades are cool, but you'll lose everything when you die.

Yet another racing game. Not a good clone: no score recorded and the tracks are always the same difficulty (ie they don't start easy and get harder). No recommendations here.

My favorite shell. Looks nice and supports most features: APD, contrast, shows descriptions, file size, mem free and battery level, five renamable groups, hide, delete, nice icon support, and the best TI-85/82 emulation around (can run games >16kb!); just no password protection (no big deal). A bit large, but worth it!

Yoshi is a game in the Tetris class. Like in columns you have to put two of the same bricks on top of each other, but instead of controlling the falling pieces, you now control the pieces already fallen. The game itself is very good. It lacks a pause-key, and - looking at ZTetris - multiplayer. Everything else is perfect.

Yugi prevents anyone from deleting your memory. Resets (and self tests) will be harmless and deleting files must be done with the cos-key instead of enter. Very small and source is well-commented. Btw: doesn't crash programs like the Rascall memlock.

Good looking chess. Features 4greys, unlimited undos, save/load games, two-player only. Not all good though: it doesn't detect check/G-O and no AI. Implemented this game would really rule! (100%?)

This is version 9.0, although compared to the previous version, I'd call it v3.2 or something. Barely changed, and hiscore still doesn't work!! It is saved alright, but sometimes replaced by a lower score. Again, get the TI-85 version.

Shoot tiles to make groups which makes them go away. With some strategy you can make a lot come down at once, which always is a lot of fun. It's also cool to let them bounce via the sides to their place. Controls and movement is perfect, five difficulties each with seperate hiscore, quite small program size, and fun to play.

Running this will put a status-bar at the bottom of your (TI-OS) screen showing some modes: angle, notation number base, and decimal mode. These modes can easily be changed with F1-5. Not completely bugless, but this could be pretty usefull.

Classic tetris. Both singleplayer and multiplayer! Available for (and compatible with) nearly every TIcalc. Good scoring system, some multiplayer options (handicap), drop-key, rotating left/right, teacher-key... A few things that can be improved (grid, survival mode?) but this is probably as good as it gets. Really great game!

It's supposed to be an arcade shooter, alot like my own Nemesis. In level one you have to get passed the asteroids, in later levels destroy the ships. Your ship has four different weapons. However it's terribly, really slow. Too slow to be a real arcade. And big (20kb) too. The idea is good, but the program ain't.