From Page 7 onwards these web pages detail software programs for the TI99/4a formerly sold by Stainless Software from 1982, which failed to be retained in the final 1985 catalogue, which is on Pages 1 to 6.
BRAINTWISTERS ONE: TI BASIC from Titan Software USA
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SWITCHBOARD:
By using random predetermined moves, change the pattern in the 3x3 board. Fairly easy.
DECODER:
Using clues given from your guesses, deduce the hidden number.
All digits are used, you select how many digits.
Similar to Mastermind
Two programs for GBP 8.00
BRAINTWISTERS TWO:
TI BASIC from Titan Software USA
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SOLITAIRE: Arrange the 'cards' by colour and value with a limited set of moves.
ECHO: How long will the computer tone/colour sequence be when you lose track of it and cannot echo it? Similar to Simon. For 1 or 2 players.
Two programs for GBP 8.00
BRAINTWISTERS THREE: TI BASIC from Titan Software USA
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HANGMAN: A game you know! Nicely presented, and phrases can be used. Good word set in data lines you could amend if required.
DECYPHER: Can you crack the computers substitution code?
Two programs for GBP 8.00
The above three tapes are games of logic, to test your reasoning powers..
now for something different
GOPHER - EXTENDED BASIC.from Titan Software USA
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Move your gopher around the screen.
Bricks and numbers keep appearing: hit
the numbers for points but avoid the bricks!
For 1 or 2 players.
Several levels of play.
An interesting variation on the snake family of programs.
GBP 8.00
BOUNCING BUGS in TI BASIC by P J AKERS
Read the Review Three games in one. In each game you set the launch height and strength of each of five bugs and then watch as they bounce around the screen.
In one game you must knock bottles over, in another, land on the edges of deep pits, and in the third, land in baskets. The Bugs do not bounce for long though
GBP 6.00
ASSEMBLER MATH in TI BASIC by Kuhl Software.
A program for novices struggling with the concept of binary and hexadecimal numbers. Deals with simple conversions and binary addition and subtraction.
This program is intended to teach you how to deal with such numbers : it is not a program to convert numbers! Comes with demonstration program.
GBP 8.00
SPRING HEELED JACK in EXTENDED BASIC by Graham Marshall
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One of those simple but habituating games...from the bottom of the screen, jump to the top.
The screen contains horizontal lines, and in these are moving holes, through which you must jump (or if careless, fall).
Nice use of sprite graphics. Difficulty increases with each screen of course!
GBP 6.00
[Based upon a Spectrum 1983 game by Albert Ball called "Jumping Jack"(Imagine). Graham made it harder- in the original you had to fall all the way to the bottom to die].
MR FROG in EXTENDED BASIC.
Read the review Some nice touches in this inexpensive but very enjoyable version of the arcade game. Hop across 3 lanes of traffic and three river lanes to safety. Several different screens to try your hand at. Joysticks optional.
GBP 7.00
(No authors name for this one- after a blistering review the game was withdrawn and didn't sell any copies).
HALLOWEEN
in EXTENDED BASIC. by S P Software.
Read the review Halloween may only come once a year, but you can play this game every day... the concept is simple: shoot down the baddie!! but the graphics make all the difference, as you shoot the witches to stop them stealing your children. Joysticks are optional.
GBP 7.00
QUADRABLITZ in TI BASIC by P J Akers
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Based on the 'original' pinball game of Bagatelle, this program has four variations for one to five plavers to try their skill with.
Each round consists of shooting five balls, and for each ball, the player selects the position of a deflector and the strength of the shot.
The order in which the obstacles are hit is important as well as actually hitting the obstacles, as in some variations. hitting an obstacle removes it from play.
GBP 6.00
TROGMAN in TI BASIC by DCR SOFTWARE
Read the review A primitive form of a dot eating maze game... Played on a field of dots in which are placed random obstacles and bonus shapes. You must amass as high a score as possible. In pursuit are a few creatures you must avoid. When the going gets too tough you can move to the next level by hitting the bolt hole (if you can reach it).
As levels increase, so does the possibility of the creatures lurking underneath an obstacle or even passing through one! Joysticks optional.
GBP 5.00
BEETLE in TI BASIC by M.Christmas
Read the Review An unusual two screen game for one player.
First you must build up your strength by eating beetle food, and bury beetle eggs in the next level down. There are spiders to watch out for, and do not forget the gronk.
If you make it to screen two, you must push eggs into a beetle nest and seal the eggs and yourself into it.
Then you discover if one of the eggs is male and one female. And watch out for the gronk... A manipulative game with several levels of difficulty, requiring quick decisions to be made. Cavern layout different every run.
GBP 6.00
ARIES in EXTENDED BASIC by Austin Platt
Read the reviewJOYSTICK REQUIRED. A space game: descend from the mother ship, blast the alien and beam his cargo aboard.
Watch out for space debris, and dock with the mother ship CAREFULLY. You may have a chance at blasting the alien control craft...but it is not easy. Difficulty levels increase as you go along.
GBP 6.00
This is an archive page - these programs are not now on sale