Retro Parsec
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $0.99 | Yesung Moore | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
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.
Reviews
COOL!!
*Shazam666*
Thank you for releasing Parsec for me!! I owned a Texas Instruments computer as a kid, and missed playing Parsec and Munch Man dearly through the years. There was only a few games, and the speaker was sold separate from the computer, so when we were finally able to afford it, the games sounds were so awesome!! And coding was fun to do as well, and there was only a few things you could do, and the internet wasn’t around yet, so everything was new and amazing.
Pretty cool
Mark 1980
This game works well especially when you use a joystick. Would be really cool also if there was an Apple TV app. But I am very pleased with the performance on my iPad Pro. Love this game is a child TI 99 computer.
Super Game!!!!
Monkiemichael
Thank you so much for writing this game. It feels just like playing Parsec on the TI 994/A. Please tell me you are writing Tunnels of Doom! Thank you again!!!!
Suddenly, I’m six years old again
Nh_district
This is awesome! Super accurate rendition of the game I loved so much back then. Thank you!!
I want a refund
ijustwantarefund
My neohew accidentally downloaded this app and i want a refund. Its such a creepy game. Im getting serial killer vibes from this. Refund please. Gracias
Great port
Greg10101
It’s an excellent recreation of this great TI game. In level 2, the bynite ships disappear before they are destroyed. I don’t recall that happening in the original game. On my iPhone X, the control “stick” gets stuck if you move your thump outside of the circle. It would be great if the control provided some type of haptic feedback when you’re at the movement limit.
Just like the TI game
EricaLynn822
I love this game! It looks almost exactly like the original. My only problem is somehow my screen is zoomed in and I can’t see the score. How can I correct this? I would gladly give 5 stars otherwise!!
Classic
BoneThrower78
Fantastic port. Grew up on the TI/994a computer and this one got played frequently. This works excellent with a controller (I use a Nimbus). Would LOVE to see Hunt the Wumpus and Alpiner in the future since this developer nailed exact ports of Parsec and MunchMan. Thanks for the nostalgia!
