Retro Parsec

Retro Parsec

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price
$0.99
Reviews
4.5 (36)
United States United States
Description
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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Terrible controls for an awesome game

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.

NuZooRevueFri, Oct 20, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Love this remake of an old classic

Nostalgic. Brings back memories of my first computer, the TI99/4A and it’s amazing gameplay. I played Parsec all the time. My only issue is with the controls. It’s difficult to play on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. Can the controls be moved closer to the center - at least for the larger form factors? The fire button is in the lower-right corner and is often missed when tapped. It’s nearly off-screen for me.

hernia1Fri, Mar 24, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Fix please

Doesn’t work at all anymore. Closes app in a split second once you open it.

jerbeleSat, Mar 11, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Takes me back to my childhood!

Awesome remake! I forgot how difficult it was. However on my iPhone 14 pro max, the controls are in the corners, almost off the screen completely. Makes it difficult to hold the phone and they aren’t very responsive. They need to be moved in the screen more. Other than that it’s great!

RetroGamer313Mon, Feb 13, 2023
United StatesUnited States

Outstanding!

Perfect emulation of a classic for old-timers like me!

MattjumboSat, Mar 19, 2022
United StatesUnited States

Feel like a kid again…but controls not responsive enough

I love this game,,,I wish the screen joystick control was more responsive and not so close to the edge. My son thinks it doesn’t work right because the controller is too close to the screen border. We are using a iPad Pro.

thedivamommyMon, Dec 27, 2021
United StatesUnited States

Only two thing needs to be changed

Please add external bluetooth joystick support, so that it will work with iPhone joysticks, and I can use a separate joystick just like I did back in my TI994A days. Please stop the top score from resetting. To encourage game play, I want to try to beat my last high score with my kids, but the app doesn’t retain the top score after exiting :(

Buster9zTue, Apr 13, 2021
United StatesUnited States
Download & Revenue
DOWNLOAD 1.4KApr 2024Worldwide
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About
Bundle Id
com.softtango.Parsec
Min Os. Version
9.0
Release Date
Mon, Apr 11, 2016
Update Date
Fri, May 22, 2020
Content Rating
Has IMessage
No
Support Watch
No
Support Siri
No
File Size
15.08MB
Has Game Center
No
Family Sharing
No
Support Passbook
No
Supported Languages
English
What's New
version
2.3
updated
3 years ago
Fixed a bug which caused screen scaling issues with iPhone X and newer when the app was launched while holding the phone in portrait position.
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