Software, Parsec for the TI99/4A Microcomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1982
name: label: maker
content: Texas Instruments
notes: label: Description
content: Buyers of TI computers, including the TI-99/4A, could purchase a variety of software modules, each in its own black case. The collections contain no manual for Parsec. According to Wikipedia "The player in Parsec pilots a spaceship through sixteen differently colored levels which scroll horizontally across the screen. The objective is to destroy all enemy ships while avoiding being shot, colliding with any flying object or the ground, or overheating one's laser cannon." The video game featured speech synthesis.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: "PARSEC," Wikipedia, accessed June 16, 2023.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Shane & Scott Briscoe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.3142.18
label: catalog number
content: 1990.3142.18
label: nonaccession number
content: 1990.3142
objectType: label: Object Name
content: software
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 7 cm x 1.05 cm; 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 7/16 in