Features & Capabilities

Enjoy the nostalgia of this classic game re-created in the original style of the TI-99/4a computer game from the 1980's!

Re-live the era with blocky but colourful graphics and simple but captivating sound effects.

You are the commander of the starship Parsec patrolling an alien planet. Suddenly, the on-board computer announces that you are about to come under attack by small alien fighters and large, heavily armed, hostile alien cruisers!

The fighters are highly mobile, and unless they are eliminated by your laser, they fill the screen, restrict manoeuvering of your craft, and may cause a deadly collision. The cruisers are highly aggressive and their armament devastating. Armed with photon missiles, they track your ship and fire on it. You must out-manoeuver and destroy them with accurate fire from your ship's laser. If you survive the waves of alien craft, do not let down your guard, for you also have to blast through an asteroid belt or refuel your ship, demanding the utmost in skilful flying.

Parsec is a challenging, exciting game packed with thrills. Danger and excitement are brought on with each new attack. Some of Parsec's features include:

  • Waves of attack from seven different alien craft.

  • Challenging flights through refuelling tunnels.

  • Asteroid belts through which you must blast a path for your starship.

  • Synthesised speech to warn of approaching alien craft or when it's time to refuel.

  • Three different lifts to vary the speed at which the ship moves vertically.

  • Increased difficulty levels to challenge you.

Parsec is a one-player game which tests your skills and strategy. Movement of the ship on screen may be controlled by on-screen controls or an MFI certified Bluetooth controller.

When the Bluetooth controller is used, the A button is for firing the laser and the B button alters the lift speed.

Scoring of points for destroying alien craft increases with waves and levels. Bonus points are awarded for successfully navigating an asteroid belt and refuelling.

Asteroid belts increase in speed and duration as levels increase. Extra ships are awarded at certain score levels throughout the game.

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App
By:
Yesung Moore
Rating:
4.10
(49)
Version:
2.3 Last updated: 2020-05-22
Version code:
836094298
Creation date:
2016-04-11
Compatible devices:
Size:
15.08MB
Price:
0.99
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2026-06-10
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Developed by:
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User Reviews

Seriously the best game ever made. Miss my ti99/4a
by sh*****, 2025-06-08

Too bad
by Ho*****, 2024-08-29

I loved Parsec on the TI-99/4a. This is a faithful reproduction, except for one thing. The controls are terrible! They only work intermittently, and the fixed location and small trigger areas only serves to highlight the shortcoming of touch-screen controls - you have to look at the controls, to use them. The control area is too small, which means you frequently miss them. Because they are fixed, you constantly have to look down to reorient your fingers. They also seem far more sensitive than the controls on the original. The game and ship speed at level 1 feels like level 3, on the original; it’s too easy to fly into the ground or an enemy ship. I want to love this game again, but it’s pretty much unplayable past level 1.
by Nu*****, 2023-10-20
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