TI-86 games

The well-known card-game for your TI. Extremely well-done (fast, nice pointer, no-moves-left-detection (faulty on rare occasions though ):, with greyscale and statistics), and just like the PC-version. And the new teacher-key really kicks ass! Perfect for during (boring) classes.

Classic game in which you have to cross a road with traffic crossing left and right. On the other side you have to place yourself in each of the five "homes" to proceed to the next - more difficult - level. No scoring, just beat the (10) levels. Not much special things.

Another look grannie, I can code asm!-game, hence the title. Collect as many $-thingies as you can within 60 "seconds". Even worse than Catch.

A real neat arcade racer in which you have to evade the other cars. Traffic increases along the way. It's got three speeds and saves the hiscore for each. Great controls, ok graphics. To be improved? Maybe different cars, name w/ hiscore, pause key? Still this is fun!

A platform game alot like Sqrxz with one difference: you can fly (hover) for a short time. Looks and plays ok, but I haven't been able to get pass the first bug. I hope the completed version (?) will be a bit easier.

A puzzle game. Remove groups of two or more of the same tiles. If you think ahead, you'll be able to remove more. The game also contains an action mode, in which tiles are contantly added, and a versus mode to play against a friend (i haven't been able to test this one though..) Each mode has its own hiscore. Game controls are good (menu/hiscore keys good be improved though). Even has a save-n-quit key. Nice lil' game.

Help your surfer surf one minute without running into jawses and other junk. Plays a lot like Highway DX, but looks a little better. Nice greyscale gfx, but the gameplay could be better. It doesn't save hiscores, and why does it have to end after one minute?

Win 75%+ of the screen by drawing lines (without getting hit by a ball) and making closed spaces without balls in them. Balls are bouncing around (one more each level), making it very hard and challenging. Changable speed and hiscore saving.

A good and complex RPG. that can keep you busy for quite a while. Lead your four guys around the (pretty big) world to get all 8 shards. You can buy items and rest your men in towns, because outside you'll be contanly attacked by enemy creatures (which can get pretty boring after a while). Overall: complex and well done!

Hmmmm. How complex: eat 14 pixels in one of the five speeds, and the game is over. Hit a wall or yourself, and the game is over too. Doesn't have backwards-detection (die accidentally by going the other way) and why play it with just one level and no score count anyways?

Like tetris but you here you have different kinds of bricks which you have to place together (3 or more of the same kind disappear and give you points). Real good game: 6 difficulties (3-8 different bricks) with different hiscore for each, good controls and teacher/boss-key. No multiplayer, but very nice!

In this puzzle-game you must destroy your target by controlling a few laser-cannons. Besides these cannons more toys are present in each level: mirrors, several different bricks, gates... Not my favorite, but still an ok game. Port could be better (usage of full screen and exit instead of clear ;) and could use a save/password to continue later.

An attempt @ the classic Zelda. While Link can move and fight the enemies, it's definately not finished yet. A few small bugs (like auto-writeback: how can i reset?) and just one "level". A few rooms with enemies, keys, and an easy boss. Nice graphics, but just a demo, nothing more. Completed, this could be good.

Land your vessel on the weird shape thingy before you run out of fuel. You can land at any speed, gravity (or 0G) is bad (no acceleration for one), too random (sometimes landing is impossible), no score, etc. Much to be improved.

While running, jump over holes and obstacles and blast away the enemies. A pretty cool and fast game. It's got 256 random levels but just saves one hiscore. Maybe could use a few more features.

A new version. Even more pointless than version 0.4: no exit, just walk around. The levels are external, bigger, more textures. The game does seem slower than before, and screen size cannot be altered anymore. The source is included for someone else to finish the game (and I sure hope somebody does.)

Awesome racing game. Race as fast as you can to beat the level's hiscore. Going off the road (and braking too ;) will slow you down. The car can be turned in more than 127 directions, and the screen scrolls smoothly. So, easy controls, good graphics and gameplay, and eight levels included plus many more to come because of the easy level editor (Windows) included (look at the 2nd screeny :-) Really cool. May get boring because of the simplicity (no powerups or multiplayer or whathever...) but not anytime soon!

After long anticipation, it's finally here! This MegaMan sure is the best looking TI-86 game ever. And if that isn't enough already, you also get a great MegaMan game, with 12 levels and bosses, 9 weapons, five endings, and more. All files together are over 70kB (!), but the levels are optional, so you can show off with just 20kB or so.. Definitely a game to at least see. The game is pretty smooth and certainly enjoyable (until you've finished it a few times (see all endings in all difficulties ;))

An OK game in which you have to get the diamonds without walking on the mines. Since you can't see the mines, the only way to finish the game is to either be very damn lucky, or play it so often you know where the mines will be. Btw: it creates sounds!

Pretty weak minesweeper. It's got a timer, but doesn't store best time(s), graphics are too basic, blanks are not automatically cleared, sometimes you start on a mine, you can't see the square you're on...... need i go on? Go with another clone (Minesweeper85 or Demineur for example)

It's a waste of time to download this. Your guy has to reach the exit in a limited number of moves. The controls and graphics suck, and levels (just 5) are too easy to even call this a game.

Nibbles in five speeds, nine levels. Misses score and peas-left display during game. Saves hiscore with initials (entering name sucks and the same score for all speeds).

Another Nibbles, again with five speeds, ok controls, large snake; but just four levels, no score and no lives. Not a very good game.

Overall it's a nice Nibbles game (something I haven't seen that in any other Nibbles-games yet is that score decreases over time.) Levels are like in the original Nibbles. Unfortunatly it's also got several imperfections. Speeds are too fast (even at the slowest speed level 10 is undoable) and they make no difference in scores. Moving backwards by accident kills yourself, and in level 8 you run right into a wall when you start. These things really should be fixed.

Nice Nibbles clone, with some very good (greyscale) graphics. Controls are okay (except for the main menu: that mouse pointer thing sucks!), it's got a teacher key (save+quit), and a hiscore table (needs backspace for entering names though.) Levels are ok, it's just that they take too long: 25 apples per level. The ability to start in higher levels and speed options are a bit pointless when playing for hiscore. Also a bit large, but still quite good.

Fishing?? On a calculator? This sucks. Horrible graphics, and a game unworthy of even trying to understand.

Win the game by ending up with more pieces than the computer. You can add one each turn, and all computer pieces between that new one, and any of your other pieces will become yours as well. It's not like Othello: you don't have to jump, and no diagonal moves. I really think the Othello rules are more thought out (better strategy). But there's already a perfect Othello game, so... Anyways, after winning a level, you go to the next (not much more difficult) level. Should at least have a 2-humans mode.

Another classic by Patrick: pacman! Several levels, hiscore table, two speeds. However... the enemies are dumb and I think nine lives is too much (makes one game take too long, and saving doesn't work on my calc).

Rules are like in any Nibbles, eat the peas and get larger. The difference with any Nibbles, is that your worm can go any direction it wants, just by turning left/right, which feels much better. It looks great, plays great, and rules Nibbles!! You'll keep playing to beat the hiscore. And look at that size! One disadvantage: just one level. (That's why I'm continuing Scabby's project with Wormy btw, coming soon)

Oldskool Centepede. Just shoot the damn crawlies. Also featuring spiders and fleas. Too bad the pause key is buggy, the intro thing cannot be skipped, and... no hiscores! This game gets quite annoying if there's nothing to beat.

A puzzle game not unlike Brix/Vexed. Push two identical blocks onto each other and they disappear. You'll find some exceptions to this (two triangles for example make an unmovable brick). Nice game with save feature. The only thing to be improved is more levels! But seems they're already working on external levels..

A platform game where you can not kill anything but yourself. I played it several times but I just can't get over the jumping ugly at the beginning. According to the readme the levels start extremely hard (yea I saw) and get easier later on, which doesn't seem right to me. (on-calc level editor available)

Your guy has to eat all smileys and get to the exit. In some levels you have to get keys, or sneak behind enemies' backs, or walls appear out of nowhere. Graphics are in greyscale (tile-based however). Just 4 (external) levels so gets boring real soon... for now.

Arrite! This new version has both a hiscore table as well as a shield indicator. It sure is 200x better! Also got three difficulty levels plus three speeds (of which easy+slow is too simple: this option kinda ruins the need to play it alot to beat the game). Could use more levels.

ROFL! Press the arrow once and the flipper will go up. Press it agian and it will come down. There is no ball yet. I'm still working on it. No comments :))

Pong, complete enough. Human vs. human/AI/wall or AI vs AI demo. Five speeds, five difficulties, and 3-11 lives limit. Still a bit too boring (there are better games).

Steer a ball over a three dimensional plane, without falling through the holes (by jumping over them). It would be better if up/down would change the speed (where faster would give more points) instead of just start/stop. Also hi-score should be saved for every level. Nice game though.

Like in his Archery game, you have to shoot at a moving target at the top. In Poke however, there are other moving objects which you may not hit. Too bad the hiscore feature didn't work, because otherwise it's a good game.

A skate-game much like Bored Generation. Although this game's an alpha release and thus incomplete, I doubt a game based on this can be any good. The graphics couldn't be worse, controls are slow, collision detection sucks... Don't download it.

No, this was not written in TI-Basic, although it sure looks that way. The only difference is that it's a bit faster. But the controls are bad, and it's huge (almost 10kb with help files deleted!) The game itself is pretty basic as well (get all phis without getting cought by the random moving Xes).

The best thing of this game is the title-screen. In the game you should race around a track. This isn't quite possible, because the car moves and turns too fast, and there's no collision detection (can move right through walls). There's no score nor end. It could become a cool game (Megacar), but this is nothing.

Aaron's Raycasting Engine still under construction (it's likely to crash instantly and blow up your house or something.) But actually it's an ubercool RPG!! If you thought the FOV (field of view) in Joltima was leet, check this. Also has a fast mode if you think all this prettyness is too slow. Either way, a beautiful game with greyscales and good graphics.
The game itself contains several screens with objects, enemies (just one kind so far..), doors, switches, chests with items in it. These items can be herbs, keys, or new armor and weapons. And this stuff can have special effects, for example a sword of murder doing extra damage. Your character has your selected attributes (like strength for carrying stuff and damage, dexterity for hitting, etc.) like a real RPG. This game just has so much, but it's still unfinished. Meaning, it isn't _that_ big. So it just needs to get bigger, and also coming up is different enemies, missile weapons and an experience system. Can hardly wait....

Repeat the numbers displayed. You start with one digit, and each level you have to remember one digit more. Great for some mind exercising, and breaking the high scores. Nothing missing (even gots a timer), well done!

Yet another terrific game by Scabby: the classic repton/diamonds/boulderdash. Your guy has to get some diamonds to get to the next level. The whole game looks great, runs/scrolls smoothly, and uses external levels (each with one hiscore table). It's just too damn large (levels too), otherwise it would be 100% for sure!

Of course I downed this game the instant I saw the title. Could I finally play Rock-Paper-Scissors on my calc?? Unfortunately this game ain't as good as the real game. The graphics are barely recognisable (the real hand-symbols are much better.) It misses all the special features: competition, multi-player, hiscore... Someone really should make a good RPS-game (I once played a platform rps, really neat!)

SimCity for yer calc! Build your own residential, industrial and commercial zones in the right proportians. Place roads, police, hospital, power plant and stuff. The rules are pretty simple (example place a police for every x citizens). With disasters (optional), arcos and rewards a good (looking too) game. At a certain point the sims will go into space and the game will get pretty boring.

A small version of Simon where you have to remember and repeat the order in which the boxes (left, right, up and down) are selected. When you are make an error or you are too slow you lose. Highest score is remembered, so you'll keep playing it to break it.

A puzzle game in which you have kick boxes in order to get all the gems. Note the graphics are smooth and nice enough. 40 levels included which seems nice too, and even a level editor to create your own! Of course the story is the best of all (bonus points for the readme; really!) Much better than I expected. Grade's 80% at least.

Eliminate all 50 pixels as fast as possible by placing your cursor on it and pressing 2nd. Very simple, and gets kinda boring.

A great (classic) puzzle game in which you have to move all boxes onto a dot. Contains 50 levels! Too bad the game is not saved (select levels with +/-). Also controls seem a bit slow and no ending. Good game though.

The most popular PC-game - god (yeah that's Bill) knows why. Think it'll load and run faster than the Windows version (unless you have Windows86 installed.) Controls ain't perfect, but they work. The game is ok, although I like Freecell better :P

Man, this is a terrible version! It's slow and bad sprite routine (ex. you can't see enemy bullets coming when you're shooting yourself). Besides that, all levels are the same, no different enemies, no bosses, no hiscore, nothing!

A two-player game in which each player flies a ship and has to destroy the other. Keys are a bit weird but make sense for a multiplayer game (customizable would be better). Although not much special things it can be fun. Misses 0G like in real space. BTW looks a lot like my own PC-game Noname.

A cool racing game with bitmap levels. The advantage is the levels can be real pretty, but this also means the levels are short and huge. Nice game but I don't think you'll wanna keep this on your calc.

Port of the great sidescrolling platform game for Usgard. Like mario, but it's more like a puzzle. Score doesn't matter, just finish the levels. Looks great. With level editor (many levels available)! No comments, perfect!

Use your pad to push up the stalactites, while evading the bouncy balls. Funny, but not extremely challenging. Why the limit of max. 6 balls? Also entering your name sucks. Should be improved.

You have to guide your ship to the right edge of the screen without hitting the asteroids, while it is bouncing up and down. Along the way you can pick up stars for extra points, but when the time runs out you die. Nice, but abit boring: all levels are the same and nothing special happens. Quite large, too.

Whooohooo! This game rules all! You control a heli and you can drop a guy from it by pressing 2nd. Try not to let him hit the moving haycart so the game will be over sooner. You can't see whether he did or didn't, so it's also kind of a gambling game :-) Amazing...

Drop depth charges to destroy the submarines coming by. The submarines move at different speeds and heights and they fire at will (you can take three hits). The first levels are too easy (don't have to do anything but fire), but from level eight the enemies get a new weapon which you will have to evade. Good port (uses full screen) and small.

Another Mario, not as pretty as the Mickle-version. It has more enemies and water, but no moving platforms, fireballs, running, secrets, and some things are hard to see (black enemies on black background). A lot of extra levels available though, 'cause of the on-calc editor.

Amazing graphics! Smooth (+fast) scrolling platform game in four greyscales (title-screen in eight!), nice animations, good control, fireballs, running, mushrooms, moving platforms, secrets, plants, bowser, etc. Not completely finished, but looking very promising!

A puzzle game in which you have to place 3 or more blocks of the same type on one line to make them disappear. There are 60 levels, starting simple, each with a password to continue later. Also has an endless mode which I think goes too fast.

You have to aim something (ball? prolly..) good enough to advance to the next level. Plays a lot like Aim, however you don't play to beat your hiscore, but to beat the enemies. Ie you have to hit a little more each level. Gets pretty old pretty fast. The graphics are lovely, but the program's also a little large (coincidence?) Not a game to be playing for hours.

Tron (Nibbles growing longer all the time) singleplayer only. Try to survive as long as possible. Five speeds, but no extra score, so no need. Good for a few tries, but no levels or multiplayer.

Just when I thought games couldn't get any worse, I played this. Imagine something bad, and this game has it: It is tictactoe (need I go on? :) Title stuff is like a basic game (no graphics at all, game graphics suck), controls are 1-9 (but you can use any other key as well, exit for example). It's 2-player only, you can put your sign (X or O) on top of an other one, it doesn't detect a line (so it goes on forever since exit doesn't work either), it crashes quite often (besides the fact you can't quit), and all this at the size of 2.6kB! (if you want a good laugh look at the source :P)

Oh no!! Another TTT! The only reason I looked at it is because it's different: it's "3D". Well kind-of. It's does seem to work once you know the keys. For one or two players, and more challenging than the classic version. A little large for a ttt-game.. but hey, cool greyscales.

Enemy ships moving right to left (one at a time) and you must destroy them. Nothing special (no explosions, upgrades, etc.) and some small bugs. No collision detection, hiscore is not saved, movement is very slow. Needs alot of work.

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).

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.

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!

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.

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... I use the TI-85 version myself because the linkplay at least doesn't work 1.4 vs 1.6.