TI-99/4A BASIC Performance, Games and Comparison to Other 8 Bit Systems

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Today we're changing gears. As a reward for finally getting this machine up and running and with gorgeous video out, today we're going to chill out with the TI-99/4A while learning about it. We're going to write a BASIC program; will it be as slow as people say? Then we'll explore some of the games catalog that the TI-99 has to offer, both classic and new, homebrew games.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Keyboard
01:19 BASIC overview
03:23 Where do BASIC programs go?
05:18 BASIC benchmarks
11:51 Why so slow?
13:47 Extended BASIC
15:29 Cartridges
16:56 Classic games
22:10 Music
23:43 Homebrew games
24:42 Conclusion
Guest appearances and help by:
Neil (RMC) - https://www.youtube.com/RetroManCave
Adrian (Digital Basement) - https://www.youtube.com/AdriansDigitalBasement
Erik Piehl - https://hackaday.io/projects/hacker/160422

Links:
FinalGROM99 https://endlos99.github.io/finalgrom99/
Buy FinalGROM99 https://hobbyretro.com/texas-instruments/finalgrom99-para-texas-instruments-ti-99-4a
TI-99 homebrew games http://tigameshelf.net/asm.htm

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