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    From Don Rolo@FREEWAY to All on Sun Nov 29 20:57:11 2020
    Any user around here? It was my first personal computer back in the middle
    '80.
    Great memories of it. Sturdy and slick machine for that time.
    My favourite game? Parsec! (cartridge) & Romeo & Juliet (cassette) some sort of... pitfall :) spend hours on it!

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  • From Pepper@FREEWAY to Don Rolo on Fri Dec 4 19:45:36 2020
    On 29 Nov 2020, Don Rolo said the following...

    Any user around here? It was my first personal computer back in the
    middle '80.
    Great memories of it. Sturdy and slick machine for that time.
    My favourite game? Parsec! (cartridge) & Romeo & Juliet (cassette) some sort of... pitfall :) spend hours on it!

    There's a few of us around. I have a few TI99/4A's in various states of
    repair. Parsec is great. I still enjoy playing that on a regular basis.
    Do you still have one?

    Pepper

    -=Pepper=-

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  • From Don Rolo@FREEWAY to Pepper on Sat Dec 5 14:01:31 2020
    There's a few of us around. I have a few TI99/4A's in various states of repair. Parsec is great. I still enjoy playing that on a regular basis.
    Do you still have one?

    Sadly my father forces me to sell it in order to buy a C64 :( and I never try to get a hand in another one since then... guess lack of space count in too... But was a GREAT machine. I learned how to program games for it, just eat all the manuals that came with it.

    The C64 had better graphics and games but can't compete in the "slick look" department :)

    Is there any good emulator for the TI99/4A?

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    +200 Door Games! Atari/ZX Spectrum/C64/DOS stuff!
    ANSI & ASCII Art Packs. ONLY curated content.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/05/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Vault BBS (80:774/99)
    ■ Synchronet ■ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.au
  • From Pepper@FREEWAY to Don Rolo on Sat Dec 5 14:53:07 2020
    On 05 Dec 2020, Don Rolo said the following...
    Is there any good emulator for the TI99/4A?


    There are a few emulators available. https://www.99er.net/emul.shtml has a long list of them. I have not tried any, so can't say which is better.

    -=Pepper=-

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  • From Don Rolo@FREEWAY to Pepper on Sun Dec 6 14:29:05 2020
    There are a few emulators available. https://www.99er.net/emul.shtml has
    a long list of them. I have not tried any, so can't say which is better.

    WOW. Thanks for the data. Indeed! there are a LOT of emulators down there.
    A trip down the memory lane incoming!

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    ANSI & ASCII Art Packs. ONLY curated content.

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    * Origin: The Vault BBS (80:774/99)
    ■ Synchronet ■ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.au
  • From 8-Bit@FREEWAY to Don Rolo on Tue Dec 8 16:51:33 2020
    Yes, It was my first computer as well. Original black and silver version. I
    got it for Christmas one year. Now I have quite a few plus a couple original /4's and a couple PEB's. Large collections of games/software as well.

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  • From Don Rolo@FREEWAY to 8-Bit on Wed Dec 9 19:19:47 2020
    And for you, which was the TOP 5 TI99 4/A games? (wanna look at then at
    Youtube :))

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    +200 Door Games! Atari/ZX Spectrum/C64/DOS stuff!
    ANSI & ASCII Art Packs. ONLY curated content.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/05/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Vault BBS (80:774/99)
    ■ Synchronet ■ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.au
  • From 8-Bit@FREEWAY to Don Rolo on Thu Dec 10 13:48:03 2020
    Hmm, Well I guess I would say these in no particular order.

    Dragon's Layer (new homebrew)
    Donkey Kong - One of the best versions I have played outside of the arcade Alpiner - Great original game
    Parsec - Amazing speech
    Miner 2049er - Another great conversion.

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  • From Don Rolo@FREEWAY to 8-Bit on Fri Dec 11 16:47:55 2020
    Alpiner - Great original game
    Parsec - Amazing speech

    Thanks for the recomendation! gonna look for them in YouTube.
    I had AND LOVE Alpiner & Parsec! such a great games! miss them (well, miss
    the '80 vibe I guess).

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    +200 Door Games! Atari/ZX Spectrum/C64/DOS stuff!
    ANSI & ASCII Art Packs. ONLY curated content.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/05/26 (Windows/64)
    * Origin: The Vault BBS (80:774/99)
    ■ Synchronet ■ Freeway BBS, Bendigo Australia. freeway.apana.org.au
  • From 8-Bit@FREEWAY to Don Rolo on Sun Dec 13 11:14:04 2020
    I think we all do, that is why we are here.

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