Omega-TI Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 What was that #1 cartridge that you simply could not be without in the old days? Do you still use it on occasion or does does it now simply gather dust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omega-TI Posted December 14, 2019 Author Share Posted December 14, 2019 I'll start it off... For me, "back in the day" it was my Extended BASIC cartridge. With it, I could naturally load Extended BASIC programs, but also E/A5 programs with a loader or with BOOT. It was awesome. As time went on however, I started migrating to all E/A5 programs for 95% of what I did, so the SuperCart with 4A/DOS became my main cartridge. When I got back into the TI, the SuperCart and 4A/DOS was my re-entry point. I still have one of each for nostalgia purposes, but now they are more decorative than anything else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixelpedant Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Here's one I'm pretty sure nobody else is going to say: Black Hole (1987, Databiotics). Because it was the best two player game we had. Don't often hear folks speak nostalgically about two player games and gaming experiences here. But yeah, that was definitely a key one for me, and probably my most played. After that, Munchman, TI Invaders and Midnight Mason, in declining volume of play. Still have all the carts. Those aren't favourites of mine these days at all though. Partly, any TI gaming is solo. Partly, I arrived at new favourites once I explored the fuller library. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift838 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 for my play system it was Editor Assembler for me. I had all the dumped cartridges and would load them via EA. for my BBS system it was Extended Basic of course. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Was: XB Now: FG99 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 First cartridge with the TI-99/4A must have been the killer app at the time, TI Invaders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+InsaneMultitasker Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 then and now : Extended BASIC - able to load and run most anything with it. tunnels of doom cart did enjoy a 3-month stint in my cartridge port. Brothers and I played it every day for nearly one whole summer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opry99er Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Ages 5-10: Henhouse Ages 10-20: Tunnels of Doom Ages 20-25: I has no TI ? Ages 25-32: XB Ages 32-Current: XB2.7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 #1 cartridge became Mini Memory (1982-1984...). Tapping into the resources. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabrice montupet Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 My first cartridge was TI-Invaders, followed by TI-Extended Basic and, some months after, Mini Memory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tibasic Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I played Parsec the most I think. I also enjoyed Buck Rogers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaysWithWolves Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 10 hours ago, --- Ω --- said: For me, "back in the day" it was my Extended BASIC cartridge. I'm glad you mentioned that because I was about to pick a game. Extended BASIC wins by far. Tunnels of Doom or Parsec was probably next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstimson Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 For "utility": Extended BASIC For "game": Tunnels Of Doom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 My first two were TI Invaders and Extended BASIC. One to play and one to try and learn programming with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpaJeb Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Was Amazing and TI-Invaders, then extended basic, then I learned how to build Super carts. Made so many of them that TI classed me a dealer cause I bought so many parts. (Was for the members of my UG) . Edited December 14, 2019 by gpaJeb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I think we are again diverting a bit ... Maybe we should set up another poll like "what were your first three TI cartridges"? (I supposed this one was more about a quality, like your #1 in priority) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrhodes Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, mizapf said: (I supposed this one was more about a quality, like your #1 in priority) When i was starting out, XB was indispensable. Now that i have the FinalGrom99, it has usurped XB's position. My XB cart is now #2 priority, mainly going to be used in my second console until i get a second FG99. Maybe we should set up another poll like "what were your first three TI cartridges"? My first carts were also my only carts (except for XB, was a later purchase); they all came with the TI at purchase. Mostly some of the common educational carts, along with TI Invaders, Parsec, and Buck Rogers, plus others. I have about 20 carts, and matching manuals for them, but never use them. Until i purchased the FG99, my most played carts excluding XB were TI Invaders, Alpiner, and Word Radar. After the XB cart came, i never touched Word Radar again, and XB pretty much never left the cart port, except for the occasional game of Parsec. Now that i have the FG99, it has not left my cart port since i first inserted it. Edited December 14, 2019 by jrhodes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ti99iuc Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 I had only 4 carts in all the first part of my TI-99/4A's life ? the first one was Hunt the Wumpus, included in the computer package when purchased it. The second one was an educational cartridge, Minus Mission. The third one after about one year has been a used Indoor Soccer - (ok yes i know, i was not a lucky guy with the game cartridges ? ) ... and finally after about 2 years arrived the Extended Basic cartridge, was the late 1985. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 MiniMemory. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sometimes99er Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 6 hours ago, ti99iuc said: I had only 4 carts in all the first part of my TI-99/4A's life ? the first one was Hunt the Wumpus, included in the computer package when purchased it. The second one was an educational cartridge, Minus Mission. The third one after about one year has been a used Indoor Soccer - (ok yes i know, i was not a lucky guy with the game cartridges ? ) ... and finally after about 2 years arrived the Extended Basic cartridge, was the late 1985. OMG! You got out of bed on the wrong foot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 My two most important cartridges on the TI - if those had become unavailable, it would have been fatal for my TI work. History would have to be rewritten (at least mine). - Extended Basic (1982..1985) - Editor/Assembler (1984..1990) (later, Geneve) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Torrax Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Mine was Super Extended Basic with the Multi-Mod eprom. Worked great with my CCMES9900 (2 DSDD drives). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Probably Tunnels Of Doom. I had a few friends that would come over to spend untold hours playing it. Re: 2-Player games not being talked about much here, some of my fondest memories of TI gaming BITD was with Blasto! That game was in constant rotation and way up there among my friends at the time. Since I only had the single Atari joystick adapter, one of us would have to use the keyboard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Mini Memory morphed into Editor Assembler then Assembly and Extended Basic morphed into GPL GPL morphed back into RXB (Extended Basic) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJGuillot Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 As a kid, I only had four cartridges: Q-Bert, The Attack, Alien Addition, and Scholastic Spelling (don't remember which level). I didn't own any of the software development tools other than the built-in BASIC. I had a nearby neighbor that had Extended BASIC that I borrowed for a little while. Out of the ones I owned, Q-Bert was my favorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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