59 Fun

Moby ID: 143680
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Description

59 Fun is a compilation of programs submitted to PPX-59, the Professional Program Exchange for the TI-59 programmable calculator. It includes the following games, some of which were not available earlier:

  • Baseball (previously released for the SR-52)
  • Parachute (previously released for the SR-52)
  • Tic-Tac-Toe - Play the classic pen and paper game against the calculator.
  • Poem Machine (not a game) - Gramatically correct but randomly constructed verses are printed.
  • Space War - The player must try to destroy an enemy base, but two missiles controlled by the calculator must be avoided. (adapted from a SR-52 program)
  • Hexpawn - Tactical game on a 3x3 chessboard with both the player and calculator controlling three pawns which follow normal Chess rules. Uses cybernetic AI that learns the optimal strategy after some games.
  • Skydiving - Enhanced version of Parachute

Credits (TI Programmable Calculator version)

5 People

Original TI-59 Program by
Original TI-59 Program by
Original SR-52 Program by
Original SR-52 Program by
Original TI-59 Program by

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Game added March 26, 2020. Last modified March 9, 2023.