Calculator Gaming: Minecraft

It's TI-riffic...
Minecraft (Beta) for Texas Instruments TI-83/84 Graphing Calculators:
www.ticalc.org/archives/files...
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[@gazehound]

i wrote one of the "minecraft" games in this video, i just want the world to know that writing a minecraft clone for a TI-83+ is a fool's errand

[@loopdeloop15]

honestly? writing anything modern-esque for a z80 cpu is insanely impressive

[@doodlememes]

which one?

[@ChristianStout]

What about for the 84 CE (48MHz eZ80)?

[@tyranidtrygon]

That sentence makes it seem really obvious.

[@drumcorpsfan3991]

​@@ChristianStout you can run game boy color games on those, I would know, I did it on mine.

[@arvilsdead]

As someone who lives near a city, I did not realise how loud kookaburras are, they are CACKLING

[@JamLlama9000]

Even surrounding yourself with floor to ceiling retro video games will not block the CACKLING

[@Bobo-ox7fj]

I love to listen to them go ballistic in the evening and think about settlers kaking themselves hearing that for the first time

[@JamLlama9000]

Yeah, wildlife in the UK is much more subdued :/@@Bobo-ox7fj

[@CommandoPigeon4]

​@@Bobo-ox7fj look up what Tasmanian Devils sound like

[@eyadtawfik7260]

im not from austrailia,but wtf is a kookaburra

[@gregclefable411]

I was just watching a Minecraft video and now I’m watching a Minecraft video

[@DaniiiAy]

same lol

[@TheInvisibleCactusYT]

same lol

[@jezusmylord]

Welcome to Dingus Cinematic Universe, there is a lot, music, ipods, snakes, car mechanics and crazy DIY game console repairs, and polish communist cars. what you need more.

[@jezusmylord]

Also know as DCU (patent pending)

[@cookies5129]

​@@jezusmylord uh.. food?

[@bensmart2829]

Hearing “garbage collecting” followed almost immediately by James saying “pointer” gave me flashbacks to my C programming class

[@James2210]

But C doesn't have garbage collecting...

[@bensmart2829]

@@James2210 i know, that’s what i learned in my C class

[@shiz_txt]

Many people have maybe already said this, but the ERR: ARCHIVED issue is caused by the program being put into flash, not RAM. You can move it on-calculator by (from the top of my head, it's been 13 years) 2nd, +, 6, and navigating to the program and pressing Enter to remove the asterisk in front of it!

[@everypizza]

I think the number is 2 instead of 6.

[@SYIBOI]

Omg is that actually what Kookaburras sound like!? Suddenly that old Barney song with the line "STOP KOOKABURRA STOP" makes sense

[@Metal_Maxine]

At school we played "Kookaburra lives in the old gum tree. Merry, merry king of the bush is he" it didn't mention them sounding like screaming maniacs.

[@olivercharles2930]

Honestly, it is the sheer volume that surprises me. I knew the sound they make, but I didn't know it could blow your damn ears out.

[@jamsaltifyouwill]

love it when mr channel (first name james) mucks about on calculators! genuinely excited for every upload, keep at it :)

[@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer]

So we're doing the "His name is Gaming" thing again?

[@jamsaltifyouwill]

didn't even know that was a thing tbh@@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer

[@LetsPlayKeldeo]

I got a notification from the youtuber "Up is not jump" right as you said "Up is jump"

[@estrella-v1994]

😂

[@PurpleColonel]

The whole concept of living near a creature called a "kookaburra" that cackles loudly at random sounds like something out of dr seuss

[@ProgressOnly]

The ti83 I bought offline in 2011 for college had a programmed blackjack. That was fun in statistics class

[@hiddenmongoose7314]

We're you any good? I assume you got a lot of practice. I know I would lol

[@JoCaTen]

Technology is truly fascinating. if it's a computer or if it's a device that has a port, a processor and a screen, it's probably programmable. if it doesn't have a port, it will have a port.

[@paceysgameplay]

If it has a screen and can run code, then it can run doom.

[@JoCaTen]

@@paceysgameplay absolutely

[@hoi-polloi905]

I love the probably

[@Yilmaz4]

@@paceysgameplay if the screen can show two different colors, it can show bad apple

[@pancakedev6]

@@Yilmaz4 cant u still show it with 1 color if u turn the pixels not used off

[@amosnimos]

"Buggy bug bug" is now my default debugging message, thanks

[@corwin.macleod]

I find it Ironic that all the games are titled as Minecraft, but are actually Terraria clones.

[@dannyd4rko400]

And what exactly is Terraria?

[@Frau_Brotchen]

@@dannyd4rko400 👁

[@ebonhawken574]

​@@dannyd4rko400😮😮😮😮

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

​@@dannyd4rko400 don't say it

[@dddunki]

@@dannyd4rko400 Youre lost

[@Wearyourmaskpls]

The way you talk about ideas is so interesting to me, you've def got me reinterested in learning some hardware maintenance that I felt too intimidated by. Enjoy seeing you share your thought process the most.

[@DystopianOverture]

'Read before wasting your time' Good start XD

[@vindi167]

6:46 this is actually a really good one. it's almost like paper minecraft.

[@droidv1]

Literally Terraria😂

[@nashizumrud2090]

5:17 Mates, I think we have his phone storyline ready to expand!

[@holtf.8306]

ah there's nothing like good old nostalgic "minecraft" for the calculator

[@G0uda_]

we need to see that thing playing doom. I know it will be hard but it will by worth it

[@FacialVomitTurtleFights]

"Im a not smiley dude" Me too little calculator buddy.. me too...

[@Khardankov]

I wrote a full dragon quest-style jrpg in 11th grade (I lived in the US at the time.) it would have to be one of my life's greatest regrets that it never went further than a couple of other calculators in Mrs Etheridges Trigonometry class, and is long lost. 😭

[@HuMan-bEing132]

i would be annoyed i was a day late if this day wasn’t already great, this new james video was just the perfect cherry on top to end it off on

[@L1nxdr1nx]

Seeing him casually disregarding the kookaburras is the most Australian thing I’ve ever seen

[@rinyafii]

A lot of these remind me of a game I played when I was young, didnt have access to money, and only had an iPod touch. It was called “The Blockheads”

[@sonny1524]

That was really fun! the music and different crafting stations you unlocked as you progressed was so fun, lots of potential I think for it to keep growing

[@the6ig6adwolf]

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry, merry king of the bushes he Laugh kookaburra, laugh kookaburra That's not a monkey that's me

[@Metal_Maxine]

We were taught the last line was "how gay your life must be" but that might be problematic

[@gammaboost]

6:39 I liked this version the most since its very smooth, and you can't die 😅

[@Gameboy_1992]

I have a project idea: Put an Famicom inside an NES shell and make the disc system fit in the Cartridge slot.

[@Whocareslol420]

Are you a psychic

[@Gameboy_1992]

@@Whocareslol420 No, Why?

[@0mnigeek]

So much nostalgia from Ti calculator games, good start to the weekend

[@Evan8506]

its always a great day when james uploads, even when your home sick!

[@grayphox]

Get well sir

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

I would argue that when you're home sick, it's *_especially_* good when James uploads! I mirror the "get well soon" sentiment. Here, some chicken soup to help: 🐔🥣

[@dum_potat]

"I'm kinda a little bit into retro video games" said James as the camera panned thru a room full of retro video games, also great video as usual

[@mikethetowns]

Enough buttons on that calculator to run a port of Steel Battalion methinks

[@iceyoshi8989]

definitely bringing this math class tomorrow

[@ImAFutureGuitarHero]

"This is Minecraft!" "James, this is the 9th time this video you've shown Minecraft"

[@robopope7584]

1:46 If I remember correctly, in Minecraft PE, back when limited was the only world type, you could jump outside the world if you went high enough. Not really related, just reminiscing.

[@joshuanichols5468]

James Mate, you have the genuine opportunity to do the funniest thing ever. Rebuild/fix up a Zune.

[@Dabzillatheminecraftgod]

Im looking to grow my powers of knowledge with ur video

[@rxt1991]

I love all your content mane this is amazing! Much love from the nw usa

[@Games_for_James]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

if i had this at school, i wouldn't do sh!t but playing minecraft! i love your chaotic energy so much, and i agree with you, that beta game is the most complete lol. who knows that having such a calculator could be so cool to game around XD

[@Deesnuts1947]

Bruh I didn’t know this was a James channel video when I clicked on it I’m so happy

[@AB0BA_69]

James, when are you going to do an episode about your silver button??? Less than a year and already 150k subs. You doing good, mate!

[@GuyPerson-jt9tv]

The TI-83 plus is the best computer ever made.

[@fazejohncenachristogamerfaze]

Fun stuff! There are awsome communities for those calcs. I bought a ti-84 plus ce for 25 CAD at the start of last year and someone made a full gameboy and gbc emulator for it. I probably got around 50h of tetris gameplay during math class. Shout out to the cemetech forums

[@BringusStudios]

Impressive. Very nice. Now Let's see Paul Allen's gaming calculator.

[@AffectionateCanoe-vc4hj]

lmao

[@RedNoise-hz5nh]

no janky microshaft launcher! thats a win

[@sillysilas]

great work as always james 👍

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

Funny series with those calculator games. Your german is pretty good and the translation was on point.

[@Games_for_James]

I learned german in primary school for a few years. All I really remember is how to count though lol.

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

@@Games_for_James You learn this in primary school? Cool!

[@mohavealertnation]

6:55 i've played this one, and sometimes in world generation a single block in the bedrock wouldn't spawn, and if you fell down you would crash the game, brick the calculator, and would have to take the battery out to reset the calculator.

[@TechXTech91]

Would love to see your different takes on the Phoenix game series for MirageOS. They were such fun games that I used to challenge myself to not single hit a whole game and all that stuff. My friend and I made a full on drag racing game for the 83 and 84 with engine building and animated racing on the graphing screen. No asm, all basic code

[@TarenNauxen]

I wrote lots of stuff for 83+ back in the day (a, but only in Basic. I'm impressed by the ones that were in Basic- memory management and apps slowing down was a huge issue on those things!

[@CodeF53]

I remember seeing a really cool video on someone making isometric minecraft on KZbin

[@NickWrightDataYT]

Minecraft 84+ really got the short end of the stick in this video being put after one of the best TI-Minecrafts lol

[@djjohse123]

Pretty cool! I was the weird kid who bought the casio graphinc calculator instead of TI and never could find anything fun for it!

[@IzoocYT]

Really want one of these but havent been too bothered to pay 30 quid for one. Always found calculator gaming fun though. Keep up the funny content ❤

[@thezombiequeen1908]

These all remind me of early PC games. Even all the hoops you had to jump through just to get them to run is like something from a Commodore 64.

[@dynomitejec]

He whipped out the minecraft and i was like "wow he has the playstation edition" then paused to get a good look and was like "playstation VITA edition?!" Woooow.

[@thornels]

I thought I'd discovered a new channel, and then I realised this is James xD

[@gydo1942]

awesome! i recently got a ti-83 plus, if i can get a cable somewhere i'm definitely trying this out!

[@MrMegaManFan]

I had a TI-83 back in the day and wish I still had one now!

[@child404hhhhhhhhft]

bruh the cat at the end is sooo cute❤

[@gustavomodoasalto5030]

Sad to see how people work to port Minecraft to everything but not Terraria even though it should be easier and more optimal.

[@64lu]

with terraria though i feel like you’d have to work to port in all the enemies and weapons and stuff since those a bigger part of its identity, as opposed to how you can call anything with physics and placing/breaking blocks a minecraft like i do think it would probably be more interesting to see terraria ports

[@RilGames.]

well the minecraft games here were just terraria, i dont think there would be much of a difference

[@miguelll6214]

Yeah, until you have to port 500 mobs (I'm joking, you got a point)

[@simeonellinger2064]

Terraria without the physics and boss battles would just be lame like Minecraft.

[@ShehzaibIsALegend]

I was about to start playing Minecraft, and now I'm watching a Minecraft video!

[@Theeveedobetho1324]

“I better not see any of you using your phone during class!” *me in the back of the room on the high seat*

[@AWalYT]

Gaming on a TI calc was the shizz. I was the nerd with a Graphlink, Falldown and zTetris. I remember we installed the really good app version of the Bubble Bobble port to the teacher's calc with the overhead attachment...Just as blurry on the big screen lol

[@channelname9843]

Likely the issue you were having was just that you either have to explicitly tell TI connect to put the program in the RAM and not flash memory, or to unarchive it on the calculator in the memory menu. Maybe you didn't need any of that extra software except grammer

[@Games_for_James]

I would have needed AXE too but yeah probably. I have not been able to work out managing where files go using TI connect, it just shows one storage space with no subfolders

[@everypizza]

​@@Games_for_James I think you can press 2nd then +, followed by 2,enter and then find the programs and press enter on the program

[@Games_for_James]

I’ll give it a go next time I make a calculator vid :)

[@Trygon]

Oh my god, handsome kitty! Weird old games are great and all, but cat tour when?

[@crishMav]

Bro if i knew this was coming i would have published my Minecraft clone. Made it a while ago but it was really cool imo

[@armadilloneister]

this wil make a great addition to my school calculator

[@zap_collection6511]

I was a voyage 200 kid. These 83 and 89 videos are so cute

[@Thecutecyanbird]

Calculator is so good! 😊

[@GlitchGaming673]

That actually looks enjoyable for when you have nothing to do

[@IftiharAbdillah]

Those Kookaburras laughing was so random that I burst out laughing

[@SquintyGears]

The best actual game that i spent stupid amounts of time playing on my ti-83+ was fruit ninja. It only had the original classic mode but it was a nearly perfect black and white replica and you'd simply slice by swiping your finger across the keypad. Most of the stuff that worked through mirage was just too slow to entertain me.

[@johnparkes2452]

Kookaburra laughs sound horrify

[@BetaVoltzDK]

Yooo James on Floatplane too now? Big steps for our geeky lad!

[@nikolakolarov12]

Love the channel!

[@user-vq4ee4gq5p]

every time he makes a vid he gets more and more confident

[@iO-Sci]

Minecraft looks unique and at times serene on calculator. Minecraft는 독특하고 때로는 계산기에서 고요하게 보입니다.

[@DarkSwordsman]

First time I heard anyone say "Floatplane" in the wild. That's crazy!

[@kingjubjub0993]

New James video, 🎉LETSS GOOOOOOOOO🎉

[@ryllharu]

The galaga and galaxian clones are the peak of calculator gaming.

[@ng65gaming]

Ti-83 is the best calculator to grace the earth

[@Frrk]

5:22 The cool thing about this one, it was actually written in BASIC, ie written on the psysical calculator itself using built-in functions

[@Games_for_James]

Man if that was written using the calculator’s keypad that’s quite impressive

[@Frrk]

@@Games_for_James Yeah I mean they could do it on a pc, but then you might as well use a more powerful language. I used to program stuff on my ti84+ in between classes in high school and the stuff you can make looks similar

[@zap_collection6511]

I used my voyage 200 to write programs to solve equations for math class and geometry. Rather than wasting my time doing homework, I put the formulas into a program that solved the equation for me. Step by step, so I could "show my work" if I had to.

[@rockgosmash1473]

Great, now i gotta dig out my ti-83

[@elfalcon666]

Someone tell Bethesda that these can have games on them so they will release Skyrim on it

[@incumbentvinyl9291]

Pretty impressive. Some of those can bona fide be called video games. I think some of those could be more fun than a number of Atari 2600 games.

[@otwonderfulALTAccount]

Minecraft shall now be on everything. everything.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

It's even available for smartwatches so... We're well on the way! Hell, I just tried to come up with another, and it's even been backported to Windows v3.1 _(that came before Win95!)_ 😅

[@eisasohail6818]

he is giving me Dank pods vibes

[@hellohaveagoodday]

I don't think I've ever actually heard a kookaburra before, i had NO idea they were that loud oh my god

[@kytkeyboardsyoureterrific439]

I LOOOVVVEEE CALCULATOR GAMING

[@caltheuntitled8021]

Reminds me of playing ComputerCraft’s Minecraft text adventure while in Minecraft

[@canadaball296]

Dude could play Minecraft in the middle of class 😂

[@scottbogfoot]

A kookaburra laugh track would be awesome!

[@LeoFlipnotes]

man, this video is TI-RIFFIC!!!!!!

[@bumbleandsimba]

"Buggy bug bug" caught me off gard

[@TrayTray1234]

People are putting everything on those calculators I bet those Minecraft cookies are calculicious lol

[@Dvance]

0:44 They weren't blue text, I checked... but it was a funny moment/glitch to see! Looks like the site thought your cursor was one line up from where it was, evident by when you double-clicked to highlight.

[@Games_for_James]

Weird, I clicked all the links and none worked on that page, other pages all worked

[@Frank_Pods]

The screens on the 83's remind me of the original Gameboy

[@michaelpetras1613]

Every ti 83 game in existence

[@Deja117]

It's a step up from minesweeper.