glazball's game collection (4/7/2024) [Platform: Texas Instruments TI-99/4A]

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Fasten your seat belt and prepare for take off with 4A Flyer! You are the flyer of the 4A Flyer combat plane! Your mission is to carry top secret cargo to four seperate airports. But watch out! Enemy planes will do all in their power to stop you from reaching your destinations.
Start your engine, fly into the sky, navigate through hazardous weather conditions, search for and destroy enemy planes, and land safely - without running out of fuel! Feel the excitement and motion of flight as you pilot your own plane with 4A Flyer!

Rating: R2

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: As the name implies, A-Maze-Ing is a maze game, but with a twist: you control a mouse who has to make its way through an actual maze. Options include "Cheese Hunt" (collect 10 pieces of cheese in the right order before you are shown the exit), "Escape Maze" (Get to the exit as fast as you can), "Mouseholes" (shortcuts through the maze walls) or "Obstacles" (which blocks the center of the passages), whether there are cats (and how many) in the maze, how fast they are, and whether the cats are smart or dumb. Try to beat your own best time, or play with another player choosing between co-operative or competitive play.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Slip into a world where pirate's and vampires roam the lands and where you can explore mysterious castles or strange new worlds. All it takes is you and your imagination to go to places where no human being has gone before!

Rating: R3

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Designed to help children from kindergarten through sixth grade learn to add numbers 0 to 9, Alien Addition is an educational game that incorporates the trappings of a coin-op shooter into the learning process. Like Space Invaders, players control a ship that moves horizontally along the bottom of the screen to destroy a row of five alien attack ships that advance from the top of the screen displaying a mathematical equation (such as 4 + 3 or 1 + 8).

To eliminate an alien invader, players must align their laser cannon with the ship they intend to destroy and correctly answer the mathematical equation. Guess correctly and the ship blows up in a shower of red sparks as another takes its place at the top of the screen. Get an answer wrong and the alien ship advances an extra turn. If it reaches the bottom of the screen, it destroys the player's laser cannon.

Alien Addition includes a number of options: nine skill levels, five time limits (1-5 minutes), and three problem ranges (0-3, 0-6 or 0-9). A game ends when time runs out or three laser cannons are destroyed.

Rating: R2

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Alpiner is a third-person action game in which the player's goal is to climb safely to the top of various mountains. Each of the six mountains the player climbs has various obstacles which should be avoided; falling rocks, avalanches, wild animals, trees, and brush fires can all hinder progress. Being hit by these obstacles will cause the player to lose progress, falling down part of the mountain (some obstacles cause a short falling distance, others a long distance). Should the player fall all of the way to the bottom of the mountain a life will be lost. To help anticipate obstacles, voice synthesis provide a warning when danger is near. Each mountain has a time limit in which it must be climbed, though the timer only counts down when the climber isn't moving. As the player progresses through the levels the mountains become higher and obstacles become faster and more numerous.

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Race through the city to save ailing citizens while avoiding cars and approaching trains. Can you get your patients to the hospital in time, or will they be dead on arrival?

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Ant Eater is a 2D arcade game (completely different from the arcade game with a similar title). The player controls an ant, who must steal picnic food from the surface (and can dig long tunnels). The ant must avoid anteaters, it can dump stones on opponents, but they are immediately reborn.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Originally called "Alien Attack," this game pits the player against alien "spores." Although the spores themselves are harmless, they can join together to form giant aliens that chase you down and eat you. To make matters more interesting, scattered around the playing field are a number of "incubators," which can hatch either more spores or, at later levels (or in early levels, in more advanced difficulty levels), more aliens. Use your ship's weapons to blast the spores before they can make new aliens, and blast any aliens before they can devour you.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Jan 27, 2023

Summary: In Bigfoot, your ultimate goal is to scale a mountain and capture the eponymous creature, who stands at the summit. Along the way, you collect food and gold. However, in order to collect one bundle of gold (yellow piles), you must first collect one bundle of food (green boxes). Using the fire button, you throw ropes which are used for climbing up the platforms. Once thrown, you can scale up and down the ropes.

Bigfoot hurls boulders at you as you go. If your rope is near the edge of a platform instead of near the middle, you run the risk of being smashed by a boulder as you climb up the rope, so throwing the rope near the center of a platform is safest. During later levels, birds will come along and snag the ropes - fatal if you happen to be on a snagged rope at the time.

Rating: R2

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Card games and computers seem to go hand-in-hand. TI's offering, "Blackjack & Poker," allows you to play Blackjack or Stud Poker against the computer, or with up to three other players. The Blackjack game has most of the features of real Blackjack, except for the "split" option. The Stud Poker game pits you against three other players (human, computer or both), and follows the rules for 5-Card Stud. Will you break the bank, or lose your shirt? Only Lady Luck knows for sure!

Rating: R2

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: 1 or 2 players each control a tank in this top-down game. The object is to clear as many mines and obstacles as you can before the timer runs out. But watch out! If you're too close to a mine when you shoot it, you'll blow up your own tank! And in a two-player game, you also have to be careful not to run into the other tank -- or get into its line of fire!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Loosely based on the Buck Rogers comic strips, Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom is a fast-paced arcade racing game taking place on a futuristic racetrack. Guide your spaceship between pylons and shoot down other enemy racers.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: You play as Chef Pepper and your goal is to make giant hamburgers while evil eggs, sausages and pickles chase you around the game area.

To properly make a hamburger you must assemble all of the ingredients together, dropping them from higher up onto the burger area below. To actually do this you have to let Chef Pepper step over every burger ingredient. As soon as an ingredient (a piece of lettuce for instance) has been stepped on, it will fall to the level below. Falling food will squish any enemy following you and will also "bump" any other ingredient below it farther down. Also, as an emergency defense against the enemy food, you can collect pepper shakers which will allow you to puff out a small pepper cloud that will momentarily stun enemies, allowing you to walk past them.

Higher levels result in new level design, faster enemies and more ingredients to assemble.

The PlayStation 2 version is a port of the original arcade game and comes with a soundtrack disc, a DVD, a guide book and some other bonuses.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: In this combination racing game and maze game, you have to maneuver your race car around the track, clearing the dots from all five lanes. The catch is, there's another car (controlled by the computer) driving around the track, in the opposite direction, bent on stopping you. You have to be quick with the lane changes, or the computer car will crash into you. You start with three cars, and can gain extra cars by clearing all the dots from the track. But watch out! The computer adds an an additional opponent on the third round, and another every second round after that!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: In Centipede, the player is trapped in the Enchanted Forest. Armed with only a magic wand to ward off the forest's insect denizens, all of which apparently are attacking in the player in continuous waves.

The player must use the magic wand to shoot sparks at approaching insects to score points by pressing the controller button. Holding down the controller button will set the wand to rapid fire shots. If the player is bitten by an insect, the player will be temporarily paralyzed and lose one of the three starting magic wands.

Insect Opponents and Mushrooms

All enemy insects have a distinctive sound before attacking, which may help the player identify which insect is attacking. Enemies and objects in the game are as the following:

The Centipede

The Centipede will attack in 12 waves. In the first wave, the Centipede will have a head attached to 11 body segments. In the second wave, the Centipede will have a head attached to 10 body segments, in addition to a detached head. The third wave will have the Centipede with an attached head, 9 body segments, plus two detached heads. These body segments will transform into heads and continue to do so until Wave 12. In the last wave, the Centipede will have 12 detached heads, independently attacking the player. Centipede heads are worth more points than body segments.

Attacks from the Centipede will come from the top of the screen, moving downward. If a spark hits any part of the Centipede, that particular body segment will transform into a mushroom, while the body segment behind it will become the new Centipede head. When the Centipede is destroyed, it will briefly disappear and re-appear from the top of the screen again.

The Spider

The Spider will attempt to distract the player from attacking the Centipede. It will destroy any mushroom it touches. Spiders will score more points if it is hit in closer distances.

The Flea

The Flea will appear if the player has destroyed most of the existing mushrooms. It will drop down creating a new batch of mushrooms where it falls. The Flea will disappear after two hits. After the first hit, the Flea will drop down much faster.

The Scorpion

The Scorpion will appear in the third wave. It moves slowly but will pick up speed, moving faster. While doing so, it will poison any mushroom it touches.

Mushrooms

Mushrooms fill the Enchanted Forest and may act as obstacles or cover for the player, with added effects to enemy insects. It takes four shots to completly destroy a mushroom. There are two types of mushrooms: Magic Mushrooms and Poisonous mushrooms. Magic mushrooms are the default mushrooms in the game and are also the result of the player destroying an insect or Centipede body segment. Poisonous Mushrooms are the result of the Scorpion touching a mushroom. Poisonous Mushrooms will prompt the Centipede near it to move straight towards the player through any mushroom. Losing a wand will restore any partially damaged mushroom.


Game Difficulty and Variations

The game offers four difficulty levels: Novice, Standard, Advanced, and Expert. Game Variations are as the following:

One Player
Two Player Alternating

Two players will take turns when the active player is bitten.
Dual Player Competition

Two players will appear on the screen at the same time. Scoring is separate. Shots fired from one player will paralyze the other player.
Team Play
Two players will appear on the screen at the same time. Scoring is combined. Shots fired from one player will not paralyze the other player.


Scoring

The player will win a bonus magic wand for every 12,000 points to a maximum of six wands. The game will end when all wands are lost. Scoring are as the following:
Centipede Head - 100 points
Centipede Body Segment - 10 points
Spider at close range - 900 points
Spider at medium range - 600 points
Flea - 200 points
Scorpion - 1,000 points
Restored mushroom - 5 points
Destroyed mushroom - 1 points

Rating: R4

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Drive your cattle along the famous Chisholm Trail in this top-down arcade-style game from TI. Use the keyboard or joysticks to maneuver your steer around the playing field. But watch out for rustlers who want to steal your cattle, and wranglers who want to put their own brands on your stock. Features 9 levels of difficulty.

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Congo Bongo is an arcade platform game similar in many ways to Donkey Kong, but with an isometric perspective. The player takes control of a safari hunter who is searching for an ape named Bongo, determined to punish him for setting the hunter's tent on fire. The game consists of four one-screen stages, each with an objective to jump on platforms and reach the top. Various animals will try to stop the protagonist: for example, in the first level a large gorilla throws coconuts at him. The hero has no offensive abilities and must jump or otherwise avoid enemy attacks. Stages may contain obstacles or hazardous spots that would kill off the main character.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 31, 2015

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Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 29, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Defender put players in charge of a ship sent to protect mankind from wave after wave of attacking alien forces.

Armed with smart bombs and the ability to use hyperspace to move quickly around the planet, the player ship must fight against Bombers, Pods, Swarmers, Baiters, and Landers - that can capture the humanoids and transform them into deadly and relentless Mutants. Fail to save the humanoids from freefall or Mutant transformation, and the planet is destroyed.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R5

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

Summary: Dig Dug is a 1-2 player arcade game in which you have to use your shovel to dig your way through the earth. Stopping you from doing this are two monsters, called Pooka and Fygar, who will continually chase you around. The only weapon that you carry is an air pump, which you can use to inflate the monsters to the point where they explode. (if you start to inflate them but stop doing so, the monsters will get turned back to their normal selves). Furthermore, rocks are scattered throughout the earth, and you can use these rocks to squash them. If the monsters do not find you for several seconds, they will eventually get turned into ghosts, which are able to walk through the earth. They are invincible and cannot be killed. From time to time, vegetables will appear in the center, and you can get these for points.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

Summary: Released in the arcades in 1981, Donkey Kong was not only Nintendo's first real smash hit for the company, but marked the introduction for two of their most popular mascots: Mario (originally "Jumpman") and Donkey Kong.

Donkey Kong is a platform-action game that has Mario scale four different industrial themed levels (construction zone, cement factory, an elevator-themed level, and removing rivets from girders) in an attempt to save the damsel in distress, Pauline, from the big ape before the timer runs out. Once the rivets are removed from the final level, Donkey Kong falls, and the two lovers are reunited. From there, the levels start over at a higher difficulty.

Along the way, Mario must dodge a constant stream of barrels, "living" fireballs, and spring-weights. Although not as powerful as in other future games, Mario can find a hammer which allows him to destroy the barrels and fireballs for a limited amount of time. Additionally, Mario can also find Pauline's hat, purse and umbrella for additional bonus points.

Donkey Kong is also notable for being one of the first complete narratives in video game form, told through simplistic cut scenes that advance the story. It should also be noted that in many conversions of the original coin-op game for early 1980's consoles and computer-systems, Donkey Kong only used two or three of the original levels, with the cement factory most often omitted.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

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Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R5

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

Summary: Everyone's mothers always say "Don't make those faces! They'll stay like that!" But now you have the chance to make the silliest looking faces anyone's ever seen!

Choose from a wide assortment of eyes, ears, noses, and mouths. Then make your newly created faces blink, wiggle their ears, wink, or razz you. You can even play a "Simon Says.." type game where your face will do some kind of action and you have to follow along!

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R2

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Try to guess the hidden word, one letter at a time -- if you guess right, nothing happens; if you guess wrong, another piece of the hanged man appears. Too many wrong guesses, and you'll be swinging from the gallows pole!

This version of Hangman was developed by Milton Bradley, originally for their Gamevision line. You can play against the computer, or with a friend. Two different styles of play are available, just to keep things interesting: Regular, which is standard Hangman, or Scramble, in which the letters appear on the screen in the order you guess them, then are unscrambled into the correct word when you win.

In a two-player game, both players can either guess the same word or different words, or they can each enter a word for the other player to solve. The game also allows a player to create a custom word list, which can be used immediately, or saved to cassette for later use.

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Help Farmer Jones collect the eggs from his henhouse. But be careful! His hens are finicky, and demand the utmost attention and care with their eggs. Also, hungry wolves and poachers roam the countryside, so you might have to rely on your trusty gun to keep them from eating and stealing your livestock!

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Spring is here and Daisy the bee needs your help in gathering nectar for the hive. However, pesky animals and insects are out to ruin her day! Be careful as spiders have been seen spinning their webs lately, and the bears are hungry for something sweet after their long winter nap!

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Three evil circus trainers are trying to capture Chadly, the Australian Kangaroo. With quick thinking and clever strategy, you can help Chadly escape danger and captivity!

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: A mythical creature called a Wumpus is sleeping somewhere in a series of maze-like caves, and your goal is to hunt it down. The cave is dangerous, and in addition to the Wumpus there are bottomless pits and cave bats. Walking into a pit ends the game, encountering a bat will cause you to be relocated to a random location in the cave (which may or may not be safe), and walking into the same room as the Wumpus will cause it to wake up and eat you. To help figure out where these dangers are various cave rooms can provide clues. For example, finding blood splattered in the room means the Wumpus is near, or if you feel a breeze then a pit is near. From these clues you need to deduce the layout of the cave and the location of the Wumpus. If you think you know where the Wumpus is, you have one arrow to fire; a hit wins the game, but a miss means you are eaten by the Wumpus.

Hunt the Wumpus was originally a text based adventure written for mainframes, and this version maintains the same gameplay however graphical enhancements are added. During the game you have a top down view of the cave as you move from room to room with various colors used to indicate the clues. Depending on the difficulty level selected, the map will show you the entire cave that you have visited so far, or only the current room you are standing in. You may also select from several cave difficulty levels (this affects the complexity of the cave layout). When the game ends, you can optionally view the entire cave to see how close (or far) you came to winning.

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Try to out-slither your opponent by devouring as many points as possible. Whoever ends up with the most points at the end of a round wins. But watch out, the more you eat the bigger you get...and the harder it is to maneuver!

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: You zig zag your way towards the opposing teams goal all the while keeping a keen eye on the soccer ball. Then you deliver a powerful kick and the ball rockets forward towards a quivering goal keeper. The goal keeper lunges towards the ball, but then...Swish! It hits the back of the netting! The crowd cheers...you've just scored the game winning goal!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Jungle Hunt offers four unique adventure experiences, which repeat with greater difficulty once all four have been survived. If you don't survive these adventures, you will not only lose your own life but that of the lovely Penelope, who has been captured by cannibals!

The first part challenges your Tarzan skills - can you swing on the vines without plummeting to your doom? The second part pits you against a whole bunch of nasty crocodiles in a mighty river. Fortunately, you have a knife to fight back with. Don't forget to go up for air! In the third part, you face a battle against oncoming boulders of varying sizes and physics. Once you've cleared all these treacherous hazards, you still must confront the dreaded cannibal, who is armed with a wicked spear. Can you get past him and save the lovely Penelope?

Gameplay involves much strategic jumping and knife play (in the river/crocodile phase). The view is always a side view, much like Pitfall! and later platform games.

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: M*A*S*H was one of the many attempts by various software companies to take a successful movie or television show and convert it into a playable game.

In this game, you play the role of "Hawkeye Pierce," a surgeon stationed at the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital #4077 during the Korean War (1950-1953). There are two main stages in the game, each of which you must pass to move to the next round. The first mission involves rescuing injured soldiers from the battlefield with your helicopter and returning them to home base without being shot down by enemy tanks. The second mission takes place in the operating room while you are required to carefully remove bullets and shrapnel from wounded soldiers... it is very similar to the classic "OPERATION" tweezers game by Milton Bradley.

Each set of missions are repeated four times. The first player to reach 999 points wins the game. There are four different variations of games, each selectable as either one player (against the computer) or two-player mode.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: You're a microsurgeon, and your patient is in critical condition! First you need to examine the patient's medical chart to find out what's wrong, and which conditions are the most critical. Now to save the patient, you control a robot probe which can be used to administer aspirin, antiseptic, or ultrasonics to clear up the problem. You should clear up the most critical conditions first, then move on to the less serious areas to ensure your patient survives. Your probe should navigate through the veins, arteries, and lymph; if you guide the probe outside these areas, it's movement will slow down and swarms of white blood cells will attack it, depleting the limited energy supply. There are 197 different patients you need to help, each with different ailments.

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Two exciting and colorful games to challenge your powers of memory and logic. Test the limits of your musical memory with Memory Match, or try to solve the mystery of the baffling Mind Grid!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: You play the part of Bounty Bob, and it is your mission to explore every inch of an abandoned mine. As you walk over floor sections in the mine, the floor will change color. When all of the floor sections have been changed in color, you can move on to the next, more challenging level. To reach all of the floor sections, you will need to figure out how to get there.

You can jump (be careful not to fall too far though, or you will be squished), climb up and down ladders, and use different transportation devices that can be found on the levels (such as an elevator, slides, a springboard, or a cannon). Wandering around the mine are numerous radioactive creatures which get in Bounty Bob's way. Also scattered throughout the mines are various artifacts left behind; if Bounty Bob collects one of these, the creatures will temporarily become vulnerable. If Bounty Bob runs into one of the creatures in this state the creature will be destroyed, but if he runs into a creature while it is glowing Bounty Bob will be destroyed.

There is a total of ten different levels, and to complete them all you will need quick reflexes as well as to figure out a unique strategy for each level.

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R3

Date Added: Sep 23, 2022

Summary: Moon Patrol is a side-scrolling game where the player must drive a moon buggy from one station on the Moon to another, all while avoiding crashing or getting destroyed by alien ships. The vehicle is constantly moving right and the player can speed up or slow down, jump, and shoot (simultaneously firing upwards and forwards.) There are 25 checkpoints along the way, each symbolized with a letter from A to Z and serving as a respawn point. Every five checkpoints mark a separate "stage" within the entire course; reaching the end of a stage under the par time grants a large score bonus.

Dangers on the Moon include rocks (small and big ones) which can be shot to pieces or jumped over, pits which must be jumped, and UFOs which fire at the player or bombard the ground (creating pits). Later the player also comes upon stationary tanks which fire missiles (which can be destroyed with the player's own shots), landmines, carnivorous plants that pop up out of pits, and rocket cars which stalk the buggy from behind before rushing forward in an attempt to ram it down.

After completing the first course (the "Beginner Course") the player can try his skill on the harder Champion Course.

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: In 1981, a sequel to Pac-Man was introduced in the form of his girlfriend, Ms. Pac-Man. This sequel continued on the "eat the dots/avoid the ghosts" gameplay of the original game, but added new features to keep the title fresh.

Like her boyfriend, Ms. Pac-Man attempts to clear four various and challenging mazes filled with dots and ever-moving bouncing fruit while avoiding Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Sue, each with their own personalities and tactics. One touch from any of these ghosts means a loss of life for Ms. Pac-Man.

Ms. Pac-Man can turn the tables on her pursuers by eating one of the four Energizers located within the maze. During this time, the ghosts turn blue, and Ms. Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points (ranging from 200, 400, 800 and 1600, progressively). The Energizer power only lasts for a limited amount of time, as the ghost's eyes float back to their center box, and regenerate to chase after Ms. Pac-Man again.

Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and the player will be treated to humorous intermissions showing the growing romantic relationship between Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, leading all the way up to the arrival of "Junior".

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: MunchMan is an arcade action game similar to Pac-Man. You control MunchMan who is in a maze; your goal is to lay down a chain throughout each path of the maze (the opposite of Pac-Man where you need to eat all of the dots). Also in the maze are four "Hoonos"; these creatures will be constantly chasing MunchMan, and if he's caught a life is lost. When all of MunchMans lives are lost, the game is over. To help out, each corner of the maze has a Texas Instruments (TI) logo; eat the TI logo and MunchMan will now temporarily be able to eat the Hoonos for bonus points! When the maze is complete, you move on to the next, more difficult level.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Drive your Munchmobile down dangerous roads while trying to grab and munch the snacks scattered along the way. Be careful - one wrong move and you lose a Munchmobile!

Rating: R2

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 28, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Your opponent has just outflanked you and captured your discs - you're surrounded. Can you outwit your adversary in this intriguing game of strategy, skills, and concentration?

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: One of the most popular and influential games of the 1980's, Pac-Man stars a little, yellow dot-muncher who works his way around to clear a maze of the various dots and fruit which inhabit the board.

Pac-Man's goal is continually challenged by four ghosts: The shy blue ghost Bashful (Inky), the trailing red ghost Shadow (Blinky), the fast pink ghost Speedy (Pinky), and the forgetful orange ghost Pokey (Clyde). One touch from any of these ghosts means a loss of life for Pac-Man.

Pac-Man can turn the tables on his pursuers by eating of the four Energizers located within the maze. During this time, the ghosts turn blue, and Pac-Man can eat them for bonus points. This only lasts for a limited amount of time, as the ghosts' eyes float back to their center box, and regenerate to chase after Pac-Man again.

Survive a few rounds of gameplay, and be treated to humorous intermissions between Pac-Man and the ghosts.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Parsec is a side-scrolling space shooter. Waves of alien craft swoop down from the top and the player must shoot them down without colliding with them or the ground, running out of fuel, or overheating the ship's laser. Some enemies are harder to destroy and shoot back. At the end of each level, the player must navigate through an asteroid field which can yield many points, but can also result in a loss of ships in the process due to collisions.

The game takes advantage of the TI's speech synthesizer: a female voice occasionally makes comments such as "Nice shooting, pilot!", or "Asteroid field ahead" throughout the course of the game.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Oct 2, 2015

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Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: The player is guarding four full picnic tables while armed only with a fly-swatter and an occasional can of bug spray. Ants soon crawl on-screen and, in character, attempt to carry the food away. Spiders that lay delaying webs show up on round two, and can sting player, paralyzing him, if he isn't careful. A flying wasp, which also stings, appears at random. Points are awarded for swatting any of these marauders. Each round lasts a minute and a half and, at the end of each round, bonus points are awarded for any remaining food. As soon as all food is pushed off of the screen, or a round ends with no food still on any of the tables, the game ends.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Pole Position is a Formula 1 racing game. Enter the Grand Prix, race against other racing cars to achieve the highest score possible in the shortest amount of time.

Before the player can enter the Grand Prix, the player must first qualify by competing in the Qualifying Lap within 73 seconds or less. If the player however, does not qualify in the Qualifying Lap, the player may continue to race until the Race Timer runs after 90 seconds. The player will score 50 point per 5 meters and additionally 50 points for every racing car passed. When the time runs out - Game Over. The player will have to restart the Qualifying Lap.

Qualifying will enable the player to start in one of the eight available positions. The faster the lap time was, the better the starting position in addition to bonus score points. The number one starting position, is the Pole Position.

During the Grand Prix, the player will compete against the Race Timer as well as against other racing cars. If the player fails to beat the Race Timer in any lap, the player drops out of the race - Game Over. Completing the race by reaching finishing line will grant the player 200 points per each second left on the Race Timer, bonus score for distance covered, and passing bonus points.

Scoring

Every 5 meters driven: 50 points
Passing Car Bonus: 50 points per racing car
Time Bonus: 200 points per second left on the Race Timer

Positions

Pole Position - Lap Time: 58"50 seconds - 4,000 points
2nd Position - Lap Time: 60"00 seconds - 2,000 points
3rd Position - Lap Time: 62"00 seconds - 1,400 points
4th Position - Lap Time: 64"00 seconds - 1,000 points
5th Position - Lap Time: 66"00 seconds - 800 points
6th Position - Lap Time: 68"00 seconds - 600 points
7th Position - Lap Time: 70"00 seconds - 400 points
8th Position - Lap Time: 73"00 seconds - 200 points

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Q*bert is a popular arcade game. The goal is to change all of the tiles on a pyramid to the target color. To do this you guide Q*bert around the pyramid, and every tile he hops on will change color. On early levels, a single hop will change the tile to the desired color, but on later levels you may need to hop on a tile multiple times or even avoid hopping on a tile multiple times! Trying to stop Q*bert are many different creatures which wander around the board, including Coily the snake, Slick and Sam, and falling balls. On the edge of the board are floating discs; if Q*bert jumps on one of these discs when the snake is in pursuit, the snake will fall off the board while Q*bert is safely transported to the top.

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R4

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary:

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: WANTED: A desperate or insane man to gather the 13 remaining treasures off of Pirate's Isle and return back safely. Has to be able to climb tall cliffs, swim underwater, squeeze through small cracks, and get along with pirate's. This adventure is for the daring only, all others need not apply!

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Help Sewer Sam battle ferocious rats and a toothy alligator on his search for a bomb hidden deep in the city's sewer system. If you are swift of foot and quick of wit, you might just have what it takes to help Sam save the city from slimy underground chaos!

Rating: R3

Date Added: Sep 23, 2022

Summary: Infiltrate the lair of the elusive Shadow, shoot and sneak your way through his army of robotic minions, and hunt him down before he does the same to you. Starring in the titular role of Shamus, you will have to find your way through over 120 rooms in this cross between Berzerk's "robots in a maze" action and Adventure's exploration of a predefined game world.

The elusive villain's henchmen will express their disapproval of your plans in rather strong terms, namely with showers of bullets. What's more, once they're dead they don't necessarily stay that way: each time a room is re-entered, a random selection of them will respawn. The Shadow has also arranged for electrified walls throughout his compound, so bumping into them will prove quite lethal.

The labyrinth of chambers is divided into four levels, with multiple locked doors that'll have you wandering around in search of the right keys. If you tarry too long in the same room, a bulletproof Shadow (taking a page from Evil Otto's book) will drop by to discourage loitering.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: You are the last defense against the hordes of alien Slymoids. Equipped with your handy Slymoid Scanner and Laser Fireball Gun, locate and destroy these strange life forms. But beware! The crafty Slymoids have turned spiders, bats, and even rocks against you!

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Evil reptilian forces have penetrated the barnyard, wreaking havoc. Gather your eggs to safety before they can be devouered by the hungry poisonous snakes. Be extra careful though...the snakes missed breakfast and are hungry enough to even swallow a whole chicken!

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: ll aboard! Here comes the merry bandwagon, rocking and rolling along the tracks picking up some cool musicians on the way. See if you have what it takes to assemble an all-star band that can top the charts!

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Androids, space plunderers from a distant planet, have stolen Earth's valuable energy crystals and have hidden them in a 3-dimensional tunnel. It's up to you to recover these crystals and return them to Earth so order can finally be restored.

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator is an arcade action game where you take control of the Starship Enterprise. Your mission is to save the Federation from NOMAD! Before you get a chance at destroying NOMAD, you'll have to battle your way through ten levels (each consisting of multiple rounds). In each round you may encounter Klingon fighters, deadly anti-matter saucers, asteroid fields, and deadly meteors, all of which are capable of depleting the Enterprises energy. The game ends when your energy supply has completely run out. To fight these dangers, the Enterprise is equipped with an unlimited supply of phasers and a limited supply of photon torpedoes. Each round also contains one or more starbases; if you dock at a starbase, some of your supplies (such as energy and torpedoes) will be replenished. The game is played from two points of view; the top of the screen contains a third person view of the Enterprise (along with the ships gauges), and on the bottom of the screen is a first person point of view

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R3

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Story Machine is a product aimed at children for teaching language skills.

The product contains animations assigned to key nouns, and verbs. By typing phrases such as "The Girl Jumps Over the Flower" will show the player an animation of a girl jumping over a flower. Through this method, players are able to create short "stories" of about 40 words long and have the computer animate them. These stories are also limited to having 4 "actors" (animated noun objects) in each.

Rating: R5

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Suicide patrollers and tentacled terrorists from the Demon Armada shower the moon with devastating weaponry. Annihilate them with your laser cannon. Then lift off and destroy the core of Pandemonium, flagship of the Demon Armada!

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Look! It's a bird, it's plane, it's Superfly! Superfly is a mutant insect that can leap tall alien spiders (and other enemy bugs) in a single bound. Armed with deadly fire power and lethal exterminating spray, it's up to him to save the day!

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: It's spring, but Terry Turtle is lost in the forest and he has to get home before winter! Crossing through meadows and brooks, across logs and rocks, many dangers lurk in the shadows. Of course, avoiding all these baddies makes a turtle hungry, so be sure to gather as many strawberries as you can along the way.

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: TI Invaders is a clone of the game Space Invaders and features similar gameplay. You control a canon at the bottom of the screen, and need to destroy the rows of bomb-dropping invaders! The invaders march back and forth on the screen; each time the edge of the screen is reached, they drop a row closer towards the bottom. If they reach the bottom of the screen before you destroy them, the game will be over. Destroy all the invaders, and you move on to the next, more difficult level. Occasionally, a flying saucer will appear at the top of the screen; this can be shot for bonus points. Between levels you will also have an opportunity to earn bonus points by shooting the saucer as many times as possible before it flies off the screen.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R2

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Aliens called "Morgs" are invading the old west. You must destroy them by shooting them from your "schooner". When you kill them, they turn into cactuses which create obstacles on the map. But if you kill a Morg while it is adjacent to an existing cactus, the Morg and the cactus are both eliminated from the map.

TI released the source code to this game as part of its Editor/Assembler package.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary:

Rating: R6

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Treasure Island is sinking! Your only hope for survival lies at the top of the island. Can you grab the treasures and escape the monsters and gorillas in time to climb to safety?

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: ou are about to take your first step into the unknowns of the Tunnels of Doom where all the myriad realms of fantasy coexist to challenge all would-be heroes. You must gather all your strength and wits if you wish to be victorious.

Rating: R1

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Choose your own opponent - or play against the computer, on any 3 levels. With Video Chess, your computer can serve as a willing teacher - or a challenging opponent.

Rating: R3

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary: Exciting arcade fun for 1 or 2 players. Practice your aim with Pot-Shot, try your skill at Pinball, or trap your opponent with Doodle. Three games triple the action!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Aug 27, 2015

Summary:

Rating: R4

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: You roll a two, a three, a four, and two fives. Do you try for your fives or go for a large straight? All the action of the popular dice game in a Milton Bradley video game cartridge!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Jul 28, 2009

Summary: Ping! Bang! Boing! Do you have what it takes to become a pinball wizard? Find out in Zero Zap, where the excitement of the real thing comes into your home!