Pacman
- TI-84 Plus CE
- Game
By MateoConLechuga. Original release page
In Chrome or Edge on a computer, click Connect below to send the game straight to your calculator, and it tells you if the calculator needs a jailbreak first. Otherwise, download it and send it with TI Connect CE.
Plug in your TI-84 Plus CE, turn it on, and click Connect to send this game.
In the list that opens, click your calculator, then Connect. Use the cable that came with your calculator. Some cables only charge.
Sending straight to your calculator works in Chrome or Edge on a computer.
Math class is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Pacman, the classic arcade game, is now available for the TI-84 Plus CE graphing calculator! The game features smooth graphics and gameplay.
Installing Pacman
In Chrome or Edge on a computer, click Connect your calculator in the box near the top of this page, then Send to calculator.
On Safari or Firefox, use TI Connect CE, TI’s program for Windows and Mac.
- Install TI Connect CE.
- Download the game. It’s one file, PacMan.8xg.
- Plug in the calculator, turn it on and open TI Connect CE.
- Click the second icon down in the left sidebar. It looks like a stack of pages, just below the green camera.
- Drag PacMan.8xg into that window. Then send it from the box that opens.
Playing the Game
To launch the game, all you need to do is press the [PRGM] button (starting from your calculator home screen), and then select PACMAN from the menu. Press enter once more, and your game will launch! If your calculator runs OS 5.5 or later, it has to be jailbroken before this works (see below).
If the game doesn’t start: what to do depends on your OS version. Press [2nd], [+], then 1:About to see it.
- OS 5.3 or 5.4: no jailbreak and no A needed: press [PRGM], pick PACMAN, and press enter twice.
- OS 5.2 or earlier: no jailbreak and no A needed, but games start through Asm(: press [2nd], [0], scroll down to Asm( and press enter, then press [PRGM], pick PACMAN, and press enter. “ERROR: ARCHIVED” means it’s in Archive: send it again from this page.
- OS 5.5 or later, not jailbroken yet: run our jailbreak installer first.
- OS 5.5 to 5.8.4, jailbroken: press [PRGM], run A, and pick PACMAN.
- OS 5.8.5, jailbroken: if it says “ERROR: INVALID”, press [apps] and open AsmHook2, then start PACMAN from [PRGM] again.
- With a shell app (Cesium, CEaShell or CalcPlex): press [apps], open it, and pick PACMAN inside it.
Congratulations! If all went well, you now have a fully functional Pac-Man game on your graphing calculator! Click here to view more TI-84 Plus CE Games
Controls
- 2nd/Enter: continue
- Arrow keys: move Pac-Man
- 5: enable hacked mode for an extra map set (main screen only)
- Exit: Del pauses or quits the game
From MateoConLechuga’s readme.
