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rob74last Thursday at 9:10 AM1 replyview on HN

> Way ahead of its time. MSX homebrew games like Mini Ghost, The Cure, Invasion of the Zombie Monsters, etc. really show what it can do.

Too bad that at the time, TI actively discouraged third party developers from developing software for the TI-99/4(A) - they were selling the machines below production cost (because of the difficult market and the competition from cheaper mostly Commodore models) and hoped to recoup the losses by selling software (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A#Lack_of_third-party_d...).


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sirwhinesalotlast Thursday at 9:20 AM

Yeah that was a big mistake.