TI Games for Kids
By: Turn your TI® Into a teacher. Thirty-two games that teach and entertain, ready to type in and run.
Publisher: COMPUTE! Publications, Inc.
Published: February 1984
Place of publication: Greensboro, NC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780942386394
Subjects: Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects; Programming; Games / Gamebooks / Crosswords; Computer Books: Operating Systems; Video & Electronic - General; Computer games; TI 99/4A (Computer)
First sentence: There are three major reasons why people buy home computers such as the Texas Instruments 99/4A.
Description: Learning Through Games

The TI can be used for creating eductational and entertaining games. Whether you are new to computing or already writing your own programs, you know that creating good games takes hard work and lots of programming practice. This book, with 32 games, gives you a large resource of eductional software for your children, including:

* "Building Blocks" - create your own structure using various coloured blocks.
* "Learning Concepts" - simple problem solving using colors, shapes and sizes.
* "Matching Game" - improve your child's ability to memorize.
* "Fox and Geese" - try to outfox the computer.
* "Air Traffic Controller" - simulated the activities of an airport's control tower.
* "Investments" - see if you can make a million in this simulation.
* A program to help students practice their math.
* A game that teaches the location of the states.

Each game is ready to type in and run on your TI-99/4A. All that is needed is the computer, a TV, and a cassette recorder or disk drive to store the programs.

Once they discover the games are fun to play, children return to them again and again until they master the skills involved.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Foreword; title: Introduction; title: Level 1 Games; title: - Building Blocks; title: - Number Concepts; title: - Bats and Bugs; title: - Introduction to Addition; title: - Concept Learning; title: - Maze; title: - Matching Game; title: - Anti-Aircraft; title: - Arithmetic Practice; title: Level 2 Games; title: - Leaping Lizzie; title: - Maze Race; title: - Soccer Goalie; title: - Dicey; title: - Copy Cat; title: - Crossout; title: - Acie Deucie; title: - Fox and Geese; title: - Name the States; title: - Find the Word; title: Level 3 Games; title: - Chase; title: - Percent Problems; title: - Remember the Maze; title: - Scramble; title: - Depth Charges; title: - Air Traffic Controller; title: - Car Dealer; title: - Blackjack; title: - Investments; title: - Number Sequences