TIS-100 stands out as one of the best Simulation/Indie titles in recent memory.
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Verdict
97%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam (97% positive from 4K reviews)
Steep difficulty curve may not appeal to casual players
TIS-100 is a programming/puzzle video game developed by Zachtronics Industries. The game has the player develop mock assembly language code to perform certain tasks on a fictional, virtualized 1970s computer that has been corrupted. The game was released for Windows, OS X, and Linux personal computers in July 2015. A mobile port was released for iPadOS in January 2016.
Runs well on modern hardware.
Updated 5h ago
nice puzzle game, scratches an itch in my brain
This is a weird one. Do you ever imagine yourself recreationally writing assembly code for a processor where the simple act of memory access requires consideration? Yeah, me neither, but I still had a lot of fun with TIS-100. TIS-100 is not a game for everyone, or debatably a game at all really, but for those few who enjoy problem solving for that rush to a job well done, then here's another dopamine dispenser that you can try out.
When it released, I played and completed the levels with great interest because I thought it would help be find a job/do my job. Boy I was so wrong. Now I dont feel motivated. Unique processor architecture to the best of my knowledge. Co-located memroy + compute chips are in the hype right now, who know somebody might make this IRL with more compute and memory.
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