Appeelicious Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Your guesses might be better than mine. I found this nestled in my cartridge manuals box when I was hunting for my TEII overlay. What do you think it's for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 29 minutes ago, Appeelicious said: Your guesses might be better than mine. I found this nestled in my cartridge manuals box when I was hunting for my TEII overlay. What do you think it's for? Obviously it is a TI99/4 overlay, probably meant for gaming using keys for two player experience. Unknown the game it was meant for? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appeelicious Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 A two player continuous made likely before or very early in the 99/4a's life. It's very mysterious. Potential serial or part number on the back says 1015992-6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfiniteTape Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 My guess is A-MAZE-ING. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 A-Maze-Ing is a reasonably good candidate, but it may have been a part of the standard overlay set for the 99/4 console as another option. I don't remember off the top of my head whether or not mine came with my console or if it arrived as part of a cartridge package. The standard directional key controls were used in a lot of TI games, and the 99/4 overlay system made it easy to visualize that. I just went digging into my overlay collection. The overlay was probably not part of the basic set (all overlays are sequentially numbered, and Video Chess 1015992-3 and Terminal Emulator I 1015992-5 are both before it), so the suspicion that it was for A-Maze-Ing gains strength. I'm attaching a scan set of all seven of the Overlays in my collection. Note that my TE-II overlay has the infamous nub for easy removal on it, so that end of the overlay is a little blurred. The last one in the set is the TE-I overlay, which isn't seen all that often at all. I am missing at least three of the 99/4 overlays, based on the numeric sequence, as the blank overlay is 1015992-10 99_4_Overlays.pdf 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globeron Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 @Appeelicious for visualisation how it is used on a TI-99/4 (PS I cannot check the numbers of the overlays as everything is packed in boxes) https://www.ebay.com/itm/404697648087?hash=item5e39dc0bd7:g:oeAAAOSwN1Nk~Gjo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appeelicious Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Those are some handsome devices! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 12/23/2023 at 2:13 PM, Ksarul said: A-Maze-Ing is a reasonably good candidate, but it may have been a part of the standard overlay set for the 99/4 console as another option. I don't remember off the top of my head whether or not mine came with my console or if it arrived as part of a cartridge package. The standard directional key controls were used in a lot of TI games, and the 99/4 overlay system made it easy to visualize that. I just went digging into my overlay collection. The overlay was probably not part of the basic set (all overlays are sequentially numbered, and Video Chess 1015992-3 and Terminal Emulator I 1015992-5 are both before it), so the suspicion that it was for A-Maze-Ing gains strength. I'm attaching a scan set of all seven of the Overlays in my collection. Note that my TE-II overlay has the infamous nub for easy removal on it, so that end of the overlay is a little blurred. The last one in the set is the TE-I overlay, which isn't seen all that often at all. I am missing at least three of the 99/4 overlays, based on the numeric sequence, as the blank overlay is 1015992-10 99_4_Overlays.pdf 2.91 MB · 16 downloads Jim, can you list the numbers to go with these photos? Trying to follow along, but I'm unfamiliar with several of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FarmerPotato Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 On 12/23/2023 at 1:29 PM, InfiniteTape said: My guess is A-MAZE-ING. Interesting guess! It makes sense, since A*maze*ing didn't use the fire button. But, A*maze*ing was the only cartridge I had along with the 99/4, and I don't remember any overlay. (Maybe I just learned the keys quickly!) I'm interested in these details, because I maintain a 99/4 console for public display with original accessories. I thought of Video Games I, but the Potshot game needed the fire button. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 @FarmerPotato, I'll try and pull them all out again tomorrow and identify each with the part number. . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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