Orzunoid
7.1 for the
TI-85
Welcome to the home page of Orzunoid for TI-85! Orzunoid is a flexible, high-performance, feature-packed Arkanoid-style game for ti85 calculators. Usgard version 1.5 is required to run this game. Download it now and see for yourself!
A PC level editor (53K download) is also available. This editor should run on any PC with Windows 98 or above and .NET Framework 2.0 or above installed. This level editor will edit levels for both Orzunoid and Monster for all calculators from the TI-82 through the Voyage 200.
Not convinced by the screenshots at the top of this page? To ensure that even the strongest skeptics see how powerful Orzunoid is, I have constructed a comparions chart below that shows just how far Orzunoid is ahead of the competition! In each row, the winning game(s) are highlighted.
| - | Orzunoid @version@ | Orzunoid @version@ + Tartarus 1.1 | Super Breakout 5.0 | TexaNoid 1.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Patrick Davidson | Patrick Davidson | Stephane Jantzen | Magnus Hagander |
| Operating System | Usgard | Usgard | ZShell (also works in Usgard) | ZShell (also works in Usgard) |
| Size of string | @calcsize@ bytes | @calcsize@ bytes + 1370 bytes | 4303 bytes | 2271 bytes |
| # of Block types | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Bonus Bricks | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| External levels | Yes | Yes | Yes (maps only) | No |
| Source code available | Yes | Yes | No (none that I could find, anyway) | Yes |
| Modification permitterd | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| # of Highscores | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| # chars in names | 15 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| Save game | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple balls | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| # speed choices | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Bounce direction | Absolute | Absolute | Relative | Absolute |
| Paddle control input | direct access | direct access | direct access (I think) | GET_KEY |
| Level editor for TI-85 | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Level editor for PC | No | No | Yes | No |
| Grayscale | No | Yes | No | No |
You should be aware that Orzunoid's capabilities can be expanded even more by other external levels, so it is possible to make it do more than is listed above. Of course, since this comparison was made by the programmer of Orzunoid, it's possible that it might be slightly biased.
OOCE is an easy-to-use editor that runs on the TI-85. It takes up about 1.5K of memory. The universe files it creates contain 5 levels each, and consume around 300 bytes of memory. OOCE is also capable of converting level files made for older versions of Orzunoid (with the exception of the "MegaBlox" and "OrzLaser" universes) so that they can run on Orzunoid 6.0 and above and be further edited with OOCE. Download OOCE now and you can start making your own Orzunoid universes in minutes!
Tartarus Universe 
The Tartarus universe adds new levels and grayscale capability to Orzunoid! Yes, it's true! This incredible expansion actually adds grayscale to the game, making Orzunoid even better than before. You can now download version 1.1 of Tartarus, which takes only 1370 additional bytes of memory on your calculator (in addition to requiring 1K free memory wehn run for the grayscale buffer). You should have Orzunoid version 6.0 (or above) on your calculator to play the Tartarus universe.
The MegaBlox universe adds new levels, new block types, and an improved guard to Orzunoid. This extension includes 6 levels. It has now been updated to version 2.0. Download it! It takes less than one kilobyte of memory on the calculator. This version of MegaBlox needs Orzunoid version 6.0 or above.
The OrzLaser universe adds lasers to Orzunoid. It has 16 random levels. It has now been updated to version 2.0. Download it! It takes less than half a kilobyte of memory on the calculator. This version of OrzLaser needs Orzunoid version 6.0 or above.