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No idea. I can only guess that maybe the color somehow conflicted with something? If you want to see more neat TI things, check out the MBX Page. It has some really neat games for it (they are listed toward the bottom of the page with links to them).

Thanks for the pics. Here's some TI-99 screen shots for the same games/some different ones. These are all on cartridges, as I don't think many here would be interested in seeing the disk games on the TI since usually only the cartridges are the collectables. Q*Bert Q*Bert Munchmobile Munchmobile Blasto Blasto Pole Position Pole Position Jungle Hunt Jungle Hunt Tutankham Tutankham Popeye Popeye Space Invaders TI Invaders Hustle Hustle Burgertime Burgertime Joust Hen Pecked Moon Patrol Moon Patrol Congo Bongo Congo Bongo Defender Defender Pac-Man Pac-Man Munchman Frogger Frogger Donkey Kong Donkey Kong Dig-Dug Dig-Dug Fathom Fathom Centipede Centipede Ms.Pac-Man Ms. Pac-Man Pengo Hopper Head-On Car Wars Lasso Lasso Crystal Castles Schnoz-Ola Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator Star Trek Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom Buck Rogers Demon Attack Super Demon Attack Treasure Island Treasure Island Crazy Climber Alpiner

Well, I do know the COCO3 is more advanced than the TI-99/4A, mainly since it came out in 1986. However, the original COCO or even COCO2 which were around during the TI's lifetime is more of what I had in mind when I was pitting the TI up against the system. But, I do have to give you props for sticking up to your system even though the COCO3 wasn't what I was thinking about!

I challenge you to a Classic Computer Duel (havent' seen one of those in the while, so I'm sure all the Atariage guys will love this) . I KNOW that the TI-99 can blow anything the COCO has out of the water, bring it on! For starters see if you can find an arcade adaptation on the COCO better than TI-99 Popeye or Q*Bert Let the Classic Computer Duel begin!

According to a post he made in 2005 his e-mail was [email protected] . Probably still works. Did you try it? UPDATE: He posted on a Pop Art message board with this e-mail address in October this year, so it's still valid.

If you send an e-mail to [email protected] with the subject "I WANT ROMS" all in CAPS (leave the e-mail body blank) then you should be e-mailed sometime during the day a Zip file with 90% of all TI-99/4A video game ROMs that can be used on an emulator. That link was dead when I tried it. Maybe I'll try again tomorrow. Thanks... --Timster--

A lot of people forget this...But remember the MBX if you are going to do TI gaming since it is a pretty unique experience on the TI compared to other system from that time. Check here for more info: MBX

Well, you have to recommend Bigfoot and Super Fly from Milton Bradley. Those are great ones.

Well, if you are interested in seeing what some of the games are you can check out TI-99/4A Videogame House. For the person who liked The Attack's concept but thought it was choppy, you might want to try out Super Fly which was pretty much an updated and fast version of the game. Both are on the website. Be sure to look at the MBX games for the system too. Cool. That sounds pretty hardcore. What are the best games to get?

It probably could be done. Someone did make a program which allowed you to play converted Colecovision games on the TI-99/4A. Such as Antarctic Adventure, Mr.Do!, etc. Alfredo Cevolini sent me screen shots of him playing Antarctic Adventure on his TI a few years back.

Guess it's a good time to make this known: http://www.videogamehouse.net/speech.txt Note that these are just the video game carts, since that's what I figured would be of most interest to people. There are others of course, but they are usually the reading carts.

HI! Does anyone have the original TRS-80 CTR-41 Cassette Recorder that they would be willing to part with? Or possibly any other late 70's tape recorder? I am trying to create a 1979 TI-99/4 computer setup and since TI did not release their own tape recorder then, I am trying to find one that would have been on the market in the late 70's and comes in a silver/black color scheme. So far the only one that I could find that fits that would be the CTR-41. I'm sure there are others out there, so if someone knows/has a 70's recorder in black/silver let me know since I am interested in buying one. Thanks! Sincerely, Bryan Roppolo

I was going to send you a list, but I guess it would be easier to look at the Overview section of the site. If you read the sections "What Exactly is a TI-99/4?" and "Fun Facts" that should answer your question more than you could have wanted

I talked with a few of the programmers from Milton Bradley who programmed the games. It was interesting to hear from some of them, since they were hired to do board games but ended up doing TI games for Milton Bradley's Electronics division. The team that worked on the 99/4A games also did things for Simon and the like. The games were all programmed, manufactured, and sold by Milton Bradley. What was Activision's claim exactly?

Where in the memory map does this extra 256 bytes fit? That's the first I'd heard of that. The 99/4 emulation on Classic99 which does not include that extra RAM *appears* to work (when it starts), but I don't know how to use equation calculator well so it's tough to be certain. What programs are you aware of that work on the 99/4 but not the 99/4A? I can use them to figure out the memory difference. (I already had to reverse the keyboard layout since I've never got my hands on a real 99/4 ). Very nice site, btw! The Demonstration module running is a pretty nice idea. I got this info from Dr. Charlie Good who wrote the article on the 99/4. He did some research on the 99/4 and I figured it must be true. I'll have to ask him about the RAM issue. Although, maybe it's not RAM afterall. Here's what the Doctor had to say: "The TI-99/4 has 256 bytes more free memory in TI BASIC than the 4A, so some BASIC software written on a "4" may not work on an unexpanded 4A."

Hey all, I just put up a website dedicated to the TI-99/4 (the one that came before the 99/4A). There is a lot of good info here and I even put up a video of the original Demonstration for the system. I figured it might be fun for people here to see the one that came before the 99/4A, since not many seem to know about it. Anyway, here's the link. Let me know how you like it: 1979 TI-99/4 Website

I do know when I talked to Laura Nikolich on the phone a few years ago she mentioned she thought she had this prototype "rattling around somewhere in her basement" (That's what she told me at least). I do believe there was a thread on DP where someone did manage to buy the proto off of her along with some others. I'm too lazy to do a search, but the person mentioned something about Care Bears there I think.

I think this should confirm it.

That's assuming there is no change of heart or unexpected twists. Still keeping my hopes up that one of the two things occurs, however slim that may be!

Well, I just purchased Parker Brothers' Tutankham for the TI-99/4A and got it in the mail yesterday. It's very similar to the Colecovision version, and it plays fast and nicely. I'll be putting up some screen shots of this game hopefully this week for people to compare versions. As with the other Parker TI titles (Popeye, Q*Bert, Frogger), this one does not disapoint, so I was happy to get this one to add to my collection. BTW, What is everybody's favorite Tutankham conversion to play?

Does anyone know if there is a relationship between the NES and Intellivision Swords and Serpents games? I know they were by different companies, but couldn't help but notice the same titles. They both are RPG games and deal with a dragon and collecting treasures. Did somone at Interplay/Acclaim see the original Imagic version and decide to create one on the NES?

Parker Brothers put out a number of titles for multiple systems on one disk. I think "Mr.Do!'s Castle" for the Atari 8-Bit and C64 are on one disk. A few of their 1984 releases were like this when they tried to save money by not creating cartridges for the two systems.

Hey, has this 1983 Atarisoft ad been posted anywhere? I found it on-line at Detroit Radio Flashbacks. Figured some on here might be interested in hearing it, it has an awesome tune that might get stuck in your head http://www.detroitradioflashbacks.net/ads/atarisoft1983.html

For the heck of it, here's the latest with the Fuel bar that will be used in the new Parsec game. Don't worry, I won't post too many updates for each small thing. But, I figured the fuel bar would be interesting for people to see since it is nicely done!