Calculators and Game Boys

Two Hundred Ninety Fifth Post: Calculators and Game Boys

I was debating myself whether to get a Nintendo DS which costs $130 and also get the new Tetris DS which cost another $30. I never liked Tetris as a kid because I never took the time to play it. It wasn’t until I saw the original, black and white Game Boy that I saw it was one of the best games around. It is simple yet effective. It has the best replay value of any game. But is the new game as good as the original? And is it worth spending $160? I still can’t decide. All I know is the game is fun.

The price would also be justified if I start programming games on the Game Boy. There are many sites that show you how to port your code to the Game Boy. But is there a way to program for the DS using a Game Boy Advance Flash memory card? In other words, is the equipment to port to the DS affordable?

I got my calculator today. It is a TI-89 Titanium. There is one problem though. The screen is pixilated and hard to read. There are so many functions I haven’t found out how to adjust the screen. The function I think is the most valuable is the 30 operation memory. How often have you typed something into a calculator that when you were finished the method of your math steps were forgotten? That doesn’t happen to me often because I learned about this pitfall in school, but the memory is still appreciated. I learned the hard way to think through the steps and write them down.

But until they sell Tetris for calculators... May the Creative Force be with You