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This is a description of the Texas Instruments game Command Modules(tm) that
are included in this archive, which can be accessed by using the
'TI-Games.Bat' file.  Some of the descriptions come from 'The Best Texas
Instruments Software,' Beekman House, New York.

If you are running a module which requires a joystick and you don't have one
for your PC, under 'V9t9' V6.0, you can emulate either of the TI's two
joysticks, using your PC's mouse or numeric keypad.  Press <Ctrl>-<Alt>-<F6>
during emulation, for options.

For games in which a joystick is optional, you can use the <E>, <S>, <D> and
<X> keys to manoeuvre player one, and the <I>, <J>, <K> and <M> keys for
player two.  Player one uses the <Q> or <V> keys instead of the joystick's
fire button, and player two uses the <Y> or <.> keys.  In addition, to make
manoeuvreability easier, some games will allow a single player to use any
of the eight directional keys and any of the four fire buttons.


1) Alpiner - ©1982 Texas Instruments

        'Alpiner' is an arcade-style game that turns you into a mountaineer.
        You must scale a peak displayed on the screen in high-resolution
        graphics.  The choice of mountains includes Mount Everest, Mount
        Hood, Mount McKinley, the Matterhorn, Mount Kenya, and Mount Garmo.

	Joysticks are optional. 

2) A-maze-ing - ©1980 Texas Instruments

	This module holds two separate games.  'Escape the Maze' challenges
	you to find your way through a labyrinth.  In 'Cheese Nut', you
	manoeuvre a mouse through a maze in search of food.  You can select
        a complex or a simple version of either one.

	Joysticks are optional.

3) The Attack - ©1980 Texas Instruments

        An unusual space shoot-em-up.  As the commander of a spaceship, you
        are travelling through an area infested by aliens and spores.  Spores
	cannot harm you, but they move continuously around the screen to
	avoid your fire.  The aliens, however, add the challenge to this
	game.  If you touch one, your ship is destroyed.

	Joysticks are optional.

4) Blackjack & Poker - ©1980 Texas Instruments

	A straightforward computer adaptation of two classic card games.

5) Car Wars - ©1981 Texas Instruments

	One of the most popular games for the TI-99/4A.  Two cars appear on
	a race field, one driven by you and the other controlled by the
	computer.  The cars travel in opposite directions, and the objective
        is to avoid crashing, while racing around the track.

	Joysticks are optional.

6) Chisholm Trail - ©1982 Texas Instruments

	A shoot-em-up maze, not an adventure as its packaging claims.  The
	object of the game is to drive a herd of cattle to market, while
	avoiding rustlers.

	Joysticks are optional.

7) Football - ©1979 Texas Instruments

	'Football' does a good job of presenting a game from the coach's
	point of view.  Choose an effective play against your opponent, and
	you gain yards and score.  Make a poor decision, however, and you
	forfeit yards, fumble the ball, or lose the game entirely.  A
        thorough knowledge of football is helpful.

	Joysticks are optional.

8) Hopper - ©1983 Texas Instruments

	Move the kangaroo around the maze of boxes, pushing boxes to kill
	the predators, in the style of 'Pengo.'

	There seems to be a bug in this transfer which prevents the game's
	name from appearing on the menu screen.

9) Hunt the Wumpus - ©1980 Texas Instruments

	Stalk your prey through a maze of hidden tunnels.  As the hunter,
	you are equipped with a single arrow.  Available mazes range from an
	easy grid to an expert collection of winding passageways.  Your path
	appears on the maze only as you travel through it.  You only have
	one chance to kill the beast, so you must search and aim carefully.

	Joysticks are optional.

10) Hustle - ©1980 Texas Instruments

	Hustle is an entertaining and unusual strategy game for one or two
	players.  You use the joystick to leave a trail of lines across the
	screen.  The goal is to draw these lines to complete a box around
	your opponent's marks.

	Joysticks are optional.

11) Mind Challengers - ©1980 Texas Instruments

	Two games, 'Memory Match' and 'Mind Grid,' make up this module.

	In 'Memory Match,' you're presented with a screen of four squares,
	each with a corresponding tone.  The computer plays a sequence of
	sounds and squares, and you must repeat it.  The game gets difficult
        as the sequences get longer and longer, but this is a fairly simple
	challenge, suitable for youngsters.

	'Mind Grid' is a test for any analytical mind.  Mind Grid lets you
	construct a grid by choosing the number of rows or columns.  The
	computer then hides various shapes behind the squares, and you must
	guess their location.  The goal is to determine the correct layout in
	the fewest number of tries.

12) Munch Man - ©1982 Texas Instruments

	'Munch Man' is Texas Instruments' answer to 'Pac Man.'  The nice
	thing about 'Munch Man' is that your enemies are different with each
	new level, which makes the game more interesting.

	Joysticks are optional.

13) Parsec - ©1982 Texas Instruments

	You command a fighter ship equipped with laser cannons, which you
	must manoeuvre to fight enemies, avoid obstacles and refuel, in this
	'sideways-scroller' space game.

	Joysticks are optional.  When using the keyboard, it is recommended
        that you use the <E> and <X> keys to manoeuvre your ship, and the <.>
        key to fire.
 
14) Sneggit - ©1982 Texas Instruments

	You are a chicken in this game, running around the farmyard in a
	frantic effort to get all of the coloured eggs from the floor into
        nests, where they hatch.  Beware of the egg-eating snake, though, for
        it spells certain doom!

	There seems to be a bug in this transfer which prevents the game's
	name from appearing on the menu screen.

	Joysticks are optional.

15) Soccer - ©1980 Texas Instruments

        A variation of the soccer theme, which requires two players.

	Joysticks are optional.

16) TI Invaders - ©1981 Texas Instruments

        No prizes for guessing of which game this one is a clone.  Although
	it is basically a rip-off of 'Space Invaders', 'TI Invaders' is far
	more colourful and entertaining, with new aliens at each level an
	incentive to move on.

	Joysticks are optional.

17) Tombstone City (in the 21st Century) - ©1981 Texas Instruments

	The setting of this game is a ghost town of the Old West, projected
	into the 21st century.  You are defending the territory against an
	invading horde of green alien morgs.

	Two cactus bushes side-by-side make up a breeding area, from which
	new aliens will be born.  If you kill one of the aliens right next
        to a breeding area, the area will disappear, eliminating its threat.
        Beware, however, of killing the alien on its own, as it will turn
        into a new cactus bush!

	Joysticks are optional.

18) Tunnels of Doom - ©1982 Texas Instruments

        This is a popular graphical role-playing adventure.  You lead a party
        of adventurers, do battle with monsters and risk dangers, to rescue
	fair maidens.

	The 'Tunnels of Doom' Command Module(tm) gives you the ability to
	play the adventures in the 'Tunnels of Doom' series, which come on
        either cassette or diskette, and are required, to use this module.

	Included in this archive is the 'Tunnels of Doom' diskette, which
	contains the 'Quest of the King' and 'Pennies and Prizes' games.
	In the 'TI-Games.Cnf' configuration file, the 'Tunnels.Dsk' diskette
	image is configured to be in 'V9t9''s 'DSK1.'  In order to run either
	of these games, start the 'Tunnels of Doom' module, and instruct the
	computer to load data from 'DISK 1', by pressing <2>.  Then you can
	enter either "PENNIES" or "QUEST" as the filename.
	
19) Video Chess - ©1979 Texas Instruments

	This is Texas Instruments' version of the 'Chess' board game.  You
        move your pieces by entering the grid reference of first the piece's
	existing location and then the desired new location, such as "B2 B4."

20) Video Games 1 - © 1979 Texas Instruments

	This is an early selection of three games which looks more like it
	was put	together to demonstrate the abilities of the TI-99/4 than
	to actually be entertaining.

	The three games are 'Pinball', 'Pot-Shot' and 'Doodle.'

	Joysticks are optional.

21) Video Games 2 - ©1980 Texas Instruments

	Two games, 'Memory Match' and 'Mind Grid,' make up this module.

	In 'Memory Match,' you're presented with a screen of four squares,
	each with a corresponding tone.  The computer plays a sequence of
	sounds and squares, and you must repeat it.  The game gets difficult
        as the sequences get longer and longer, but this is a fairly simple
	challenge, suitable for youngsters.

	'Mind Grid' is a test for any analytical mind.  Mind Grid lets you
	construct a grid by choosing the number of rows or columns.  The
	computer then hides various shapes behind the squares, and you must
	guess their location.  The goal is to determine the correct layout in
	the fewest number of tries.

22) Video Graphs - ©1979 Texas Instruments

	An interactive demonstration of some of the TI's graphic abilities.
	Interestingly enough, if you select '2 for Pictures,' you will see an
        option called 'Color Life.'  This is based on an 'Artificial Life'
        experimental game.