Tombstone City
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| Publisher(s) | Texas Instruments (TI) |
| Original Retail Price | $39.95 (USD) |
| Programmer(s) | John C. Plaster |
| Part# | PHM 3052 |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1981 (4th Quarter) |
| Genre(s) | Shooter |
Tombstone City is a single-player shooter video game created for the TI-99/4A home computer system. It was released by Texas Instruments (TI) during the 4th quarter of 1981. It was created by programmer John C. Plaster and released on Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module cartridge with Part #3052 retailing originally for $39.95 (USD).
Gameplay
The player in Tombstone City controls a spaceship referred to in the literature as a schooner. The object is to destroy the primary targets which are green aliens referred to in the manual as Morgs, and secondary targets which are purple tumbleweeds. The purpose of the game is to woo others back to live at an unnamed southwestern town in the United States by reducing the number of aliens and destroying these tumbleweeds. The score is labeled as "population in the game. The game is over when the player loses all his/her schooners.
The player's schooner starts out in the center of sixteen blocks right in the middle of the screen. This structure of blocks represents a safe zone where the Morgs cannot enter and kill the player. The player can kill either Morgs or tumbleweeds within the range of the safe area of blocks, however, most of the targets will require the player to leave the safety of the blocks and venture outside, making the player much more vulnerable. Each tumbleweed destroyed earns the player 100 points of population. Each Morg earns 150 points.
Manual
Downloads
1981 Tombstone City Cartridge (Black Label on Black Cartridge)
1982 Tombstone City Cartridge (Red Label on Black Cartridge)
Old-Style Tombstone City Manual Cover
Modern-Style Tombstone City Manual Cover
Tombstone City Shooting Sound
Tombstone City Theme Song
Tombstone City Manual Complete (pdf format)
Tombstone City MAME/MESS Rom (rpk format)
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