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'''Parsec''' is a TI-99/4A original video game created by [[Jim Dramis]] and Paul Urbanus, who was a summer intern at the time. <ref>{{cite web|title=Xona Games: Rare Parsec Facts - TI-99/4A|url=http://xona.com/ti994a/parsec.html}}</ref> Parsec was release in the third quarter of 1982 and was published by Texas Instruments (TI), and was released on [[:Category:Solid State Software Command Module|Solid State Software Command Module]]<sup>TM</sup>. The original price was $39.95. Parsec is perhaps, the most known and loved video game made for the TI-99/4A. The TI ''Solid State Speech Synthesizer''<sup>TM</sup> enhanced gameplay by adding alerts and warnings, but the game could be played without it.
==Sound==
Parsec can be played with or without the use of the [TI Solid State Speech Synthesizer]<sup>TM</sup>. The speech synthesizer helps alert the player to upcoming waves of attacks. [Jim Dramis], the [[:category:software programmer|programmer] of Parsec, chose a female's voice for the game because "It seems to have a sort of mystical effect. Also, somebody told us that you couldn't digitize female speech because of things like high-frequency patterns. So, we just had to go off and do it."
==Gameplay==
