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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 12:37 am

I was just looking at a site and noticed the EXTREMELY good looking games for the TI-89s....one of them caught my eye...
goto http://www.infizz.com/calc_download2.php and scroll to bottom....WHY OH WHY DOES TI HAVE TO BE UNFAIR ABOUT THE LCD SCREENS ON THE CALCS?????????????????????????????????????????????????

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 12:43 am

The 68k calcs have a memory mapped display and a bigger screen. They also have cpu's which support more functionality and a decent retargetted c compiler. But i still love my 83

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 12:45 am

its still not fair...........they cost too much...

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 1:21 am

LCDs are expensive, in addition. I'm appalled that Nintendo can sell Gameboy Advances so cheap, considering they're well over the power of a calculator. They must have some nice deals with manufacturers.

Post by **sic** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 1:34 am

It's not that Nintendo sells Gameboys for cheap - it's that TI marks up their calculators. The actual hardware in TI calculators is pretty inexpensive. When you buy a calculator, you are also 'purchasing' the the calculator software, which cost TI money and time to write.

DigiTan · Post by **DigiTan** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 1:57 am

There's also some dealer markup. That can double the price. It's not really anybody's fault. TI needs to pay their employees; shippers need money for fuel; Walmart has to keep the light bill paid; etc.

TI-89 does keep me green with envy, though. Recent games like Kirby, Tankers, Texas Fighers and few others like Sonic Misadventure could easily pass for Gameboy(classic) quality.

Mike K · Post by **Mike K** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 3:12 am

Especially Kirby. That's basically a direct port from the gameboy, same sprites, level layouts, etc.

-Mike

Madskillz · Post by **Madskillz** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 4:15 am

Yes...the 89s kick ass.

CalcKing · Post by **CalcKing** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 11:52 am

mmm... Tankers... *goes to grab 89T and play some*

the_unknown_one · Post by **the_unknown_one** » Wed 23 Mar, 2005 12:04 pm

I wished i had a TI-89 Titanium

*drools*

MaxCoderz

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