nice job on mario!

is mario good?

just got beaten for first comment......

oh no you got beaten for your precious first comment. what does comment matter that. if you anounce it, it just shows how much of a lamer you are.

You're even more of a lamer if you lecture people who do claim first/second/twenty-ninth comment... because it's useless. We've had a big thread about it already, and a big episode of first comment posts being deleted, and it's in the posting rules, and no one listens. :-)

why am i getting yelled at. i was pointing out the fact that it is no big deal. i remember that discussion. and i was part of the group that flamed people for anouncing the first comment.

fine geez. i was just stating a fact. why do you care if people say first comment anyway?

some people just like being the first one for something. its natural competitive instinct. now how about instead of labeling people as idiots, geeks, nerds and whatnot, will someone just answer my question?

Great job, but it seems to have a bug. It crashed on my TI-83 when I reached the end of the first level.

Sam has released v1.2 on the Void Productions website @ void.calc.org.

Extremely cool!
However, I would like a 'shot-indication' like on the mario version I have. It shows this:
___/\__
\ /
/__ __\
\/
Well, a star, yes, if you shot a beast, and after that, it's flying into the air and falling down again off the screen. That improves gameplay a lot. Sound would be cool too. Apart from that: Terrific.

Anyone else wish to think back with me to that time, a long time ago, when any time there would be an update on a Mario for the 85/86/89/92(+), there would be scads of messages on the board absolutely begging for an 83 port? Thank you Sam, you just fufilled my 8th grade fantasies in my 12th grade year (not meant to be sarcastic). . .and with my last year in high school I can finally kick back and enjoy that deliciously tempting game which is Mario while my math teacher discusses something else I'm not interested in.

Dan

(by the way, in regards to my last sentence, I just want to say that one should never choose a preposition to end a sentence with)

You did it again!

That's what your fantasies are about ? Mario ?

For the first time, Plain Jump worked on my (MirageOS) calculator. Mario is really nice also. Why does it take so long to scroll for the levels in Orzunoid and Plain Jump though?

I wonder if Baseball II is coming soon.

PlainJump is really cool. I can get about 3000-4000 points on the regualar level. Hey, I made a baseball proram similar to the one already for Ash TI-82. It's in Basic. It should be in the new program files, it's for 82. Really cool.

really cool eh? Is this before or after taking into account that it is for the 82? Not only that but it's basic. Games made for the 82 in basic are about on the lvel of games for the 81. I used to have an 81, and not a single game for it was "really cool." I swapped it for $5 after I got my 85 (note: I do have other calcs now)

That last comment was directed at the program mentioned by no one 2000, not Sam Heald. Sam makes programs that are good, and he's ported a lot of the programs for 85/86 to those unfortunate people that have an 82/83/83+ I have nothing against porting to them, just releasing new games on them. Aside from that I think he's the one who made subhunt, and that game rules.

That's ok. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I do enjoy my baseball game, and for the size and graphics (without using pic files), it is a really good game for basic. they're aren't many really good games. It's ok if you hate it, but I don't, and it's not going to make me sad if someone else just doesn't appreciate an effort for a good game in basic :)

Finally! A reasonable person on ticalcs message boards, It seems that everyone who responds to something you say about them responds because they were offended. Need I bring up Mr. Evildead89?

Yeah, that was kind of annoying. :-)

Come to think of it, I haven't heard from him in a while, maybe the rat bastard finally grew up....nah

YOU HYPICRITE!

Uh...

good basic programs are just ignored for all the bad ones. if the programmer is really good, they can make great games for basic. i have also been able to make cool effects for my 82 in basic, and easilly can make greyscale in 89 basic (may only be 4 layer, but its good for basic). maybe you are just thinking about how you program :P
of course, it is really hard to make a good basic program for 85-86, because of the lack of speed it performs basic commands. but for the 82/83, even the 89, it is very possible to make a great game.

Did you put any of your games at this site? If so, can you give me the URL to download one? There's not many 82 programs anymore.

i have not gotten around to uploading my best one yet, because the code was not as efficient as i wanted it to be. i started re-writing it, and if you want, i will email you what i have done

That would be great! My e-mail is no_one_20000@yahoo.com Please put something in the subject about the game, so I will know it was from you.

While there may be some good basic programs (mancala 89), the skill required to make an assembly program tends to weed out the tards who just want their program somewhere on the site, regardless of whether or not the program sucks. For this reason, the descriptions of assembly programs tend to be a lot more accurate than the description of basic programs. It just gets too annoying to have to wade through pools of knee high shit to get to the one or 2 good games.

I admit that I have not played his version of baseball, but just because it is on the 82 does not mean that it is bad. The only real advantage that an 83+ has over an 82 is memory capacity. If programmers did not put effort into their programs, then the 82, 83, and 83+ would be no better than a 73. If he put effort into it and is satified with it, then it's probably pretty darn good considering its BASIC.

And as for basic, for gaming (not calculation), I don't think there is that great a difference in abilities between any of the z80 calculator. BASIC is just bad in general, for games (except for the Highsmith RPG's and a few others).

80's and 81's are just bad. They're not on the same level as any modern calculators, 82 or otherwise.

Thanks! I actually got the idea from your baseball game, Baseball '99 v1.1 for ash. Mine doesn't have all of the features and graphics, (and the ball is kind of hard to see without a light), but for BASIC it is really good. If anyone is interested, the site in in the URL thing by my name. I might make a better version of it soon, adding new things, but the great thing about this one is it's only 1383 bytes.
I have seen better games for the TI-82 in Basic, but I'm just proud of myself for this one because it is my first game with graphics. I don't know enough Assembly to make a good 82 game. My last attempt for a animation messed up my calculator.