Tetris Attack ported to TI-86

Basics	Archives	Community	Services	Programming
Hardware	Help	About	Search	Your Account

Home :: Archives :: News :: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86

Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Posted by Kirk on 11 June 1999, 20:53 GMT

Aaron Curtis has ported Tetris Attack to the TI-86. The game was originally written by Brandon Sterner, and it is a TCPA game. Incidentally, the game just won the 82 and 83 Program of the Month awards for the month of May.

The comments below are written by ticalc.org visitors. Their views are not necessarily those of ticalc.org, and ticalc.org takes no responsibility for their content.

Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Dan C
Couldn't the 82 version be played using YAS's emulation before the port?
	12 June 1999, 16:15 GMT

Re: Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Brandon Sterner (Web Page)
Well for some reason it won't work on YAS. I'm not sure why. It might be because I used the apd buffer and required interupts to be turned off. I know most games aren't that way. Aaron ported the game because it just would crash the emulator.
	12 June 1999, 21:05 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Sam Heald (Web Page)
I agree with your analysis. For some reason, YAS will randomly crash when running certain programs that make use of the APD buffer. Other examples include my 82 port of BoulderDash and Spaze Invaders.
	13 June 1999, 04:58 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Aaron Curtis
Tetris Attack did have some rom calls which are not supported in YAS (OP-related). ATM I'm not sure what the deal is with the apd buffer causing crashes, although things that appear randomly like that are usually caused by problems with my interupt routine.
	13 June 1999, 05:16 GMT

Passwords
Person_2000
I got to level 29. The password is MnM but I can't beat it. Someone beat it and report the password.
	13 June 1999, 02:44 GMT

Re: Passwords
Person_2000
Okay I passed it, I made a list, See if it has any mistakes: 1 q1T 2 T33 3 jK1 4 5K1 5 kKz 6 15F 7 MSh 8 GnZ 9 Qga 10 Pfz 11 rH9 12 t00 13 vH5 14 JAJ 15 M92 16 N02 17 ryG 18 op0 19 I81 20 bMS 21 WhM 22 gDR 23 p0p 24 00R 25 0TD 26 fT0 27 pVE 28 514 29 MnM 30 DLM 31 420 32 CrY 33 ty0 34 jdQ 35 y6P 36 eNh 37 YnZ 38 QSC 39 t75 40 k08 41 5Lv 42 VcO 43 Ffg 44 Z80 45 SF1 46 efW 47 It0 48 W0z 49 TAT 50 k33 51 rnD 52 208 53 3rD 54 Iou 55 G0N 56 84j 57 kPZ Try to beat level 57, I will report back when I beat it.
	14 June 1999, 00:52 GMT

Re: Re: Passwords
Sir Toby
58 zAp
	17 June 1999, 23:19 GMT

Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Panama
Why is it called "Tetris" Attack? Doesn't "tetris" refer to four? In this game you match blocks of _three_...then, again, I guess only the makers of the GameBoy version would know the answer.
	13 June 1999, 04:42 GMT

Re: Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
anon
It's called Tetris Attack because Nintendo needed a popular name to market it. They did the same with games like Mario Kart and Mario Paint. Squaresoft also did something similar with their gameboy Final Fantasy games (which are actually games from the Saga and Secret of Mana series).
	13 June 1999, 05:03 GMT

Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Me
I see a few minor errors in the 'endless' mode. Since it is a port, I see where these mistakes my happen to come in. I think the cursor moves way to fast. And also the screen slides a bit fast also. One other mistake I see is it takes to long for the blocks to disapear, which makes it a bit hard. The 'endless' mode to me is way to tedious for me. I think this mode is a dissapointment to me. I really enjoy the puzzly mode though.
	14 June 1999, 18:50 GMT

Re: Tetris Attack ported to TI-86
Sung Ho
Well will the Tetris Attack come on the 89? Hope it will I love this game.
	23 June 1999, 22:02 GMT

1 2 3

You can change the number of comments per page in Account Preferences.