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[FinalFear]

does anyone have the text version for any of the games on this version of casio?

[BradN]

There won't be many games for the 7400 because the games can't read keypresses other than by entering a number. Your best bet would be to get an algebra FX series or 9850.

[Mohamed]

You always forget this wonderful miracle site.
http://planeta.clix.pt/casiohome/ing/
They have fairly good games and programs.

[Killer83Z]

I guess it is no key, but the command has to be found in some of the menus...OPTN or somewhere. Maybe checking the manual is an idea.

[rmt7400]

I see this post is a bit old, however I just discovered this forum, and may have an answer to the games question.

Having just recntly discovered the programmable calculator I started scanning the net for different programs. The calculator I decided to try first is the Casio 7400.

It does seem to suffer from a lack of graphic oriented games, however I think text based games are plentiful.

Way back in the 80s when I had a trs-80 model 3 and a color computer, I got a book called "Basic Computer Games" or some similar title. It occured to me that most of these games were text based and would be perfect for the 7400.

I scoured the net and found a site that had the program code for classics such as "Hunt the Wumpus", "Hamurabi", "Darmouth Football", "Battlestar Galactica" and "Star Trek". There were many others, but I thought this would be a good start.

These games are text only, but those of us who remember them know how fun they really were.

The code for them is Basic, but I have them all here and think that they should be easily translated to Casios "Basic like" language.

I still have a day or 2 left that I need to continue learning Casios language.

If you understand Basic, then translating these old programs to Casio should be easy.

[Casto Productions]

Casio's version of BASIC is much more simplistic than the BASIC on computers, but also more limited, so some commands that might be a single command on a computer might be a number of commands on a calc. Also you have to look out for any games like that that would require a typed response to anything, everything for a calc should probably be menu based options. Just a thought.

[rmt7400]

Good point. Fortunatel most of these games are not very complex. Tonight I am beginning to translate the football program. It basically has 7 choices....various runs, kicks, passes and so on. It should simply require an entry of a number with each number directing the program to the suitable sub-routine to figure field position and such.

I think this should work fine or at least I will have fun trying and might even learn somehting.

[Casto Productions]

sounds good, when you get it running, I would be happy to translate it to code for the 9850 and afx2.0 series if you let me. It's up to you, I don't want to steal credit from you by any means.

[rmt7400]

no problem at all. It is not my original idea at all.....just converting somebody elses stuff.

I beleive this one was written on an old mainframe at Dartmouth originally.

When I get it translated I will send it to you if it works.

[rmt7400]

sorry, dont mean to keep blabbing, if thats not cool here just let me know....dont wanna make a bad iimpression.

However, I can send the code when I am done...or I can send you the original code now....whatever you would prefer.

Mine will be simplified a bit....so the original is more complete.

[Casto Productions]

try sending me the code you translate, I think that would be more easily transfered to other calcs anyhow.