Drugwars for TI-82/83 calculators
Shares rank 34 of 78 video games by recommenders
Fans call it a fun, addictive classic among TI-Basic calculator games, and one critic says it cost them a lot of classroom time.
Fans call it a fun, addictive classic among TI-Basic calculator games, and one critic says it cost them a lot of classroom time.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun, addictive, and memorable
“I loved this game. I played this game instead of learning math, unfortunately.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators” “I was addicted to it in high school and it left a lasting impression.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators” “I'm having so much fun, thanks for sharing.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators” - Comment from 23 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators”
- Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators”
Seen as a classic calculator game
“Still a classic set of z80 apps including a symbolic equations solver for the TI-83.”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators” “Drugwars and Bowling were the two really impressive games written in TI-Basic”
Comment from 20 Mar 2026 in “Drugwars for the TI-82/83/83 Calculators”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Drugwars for TI-82/83 calculatorsThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“One of my all-time favourite games”
“I'm having so much fun, thanks for sharing.”
“Still a classic set of z80 apps including a symbolic equations solver for the TI-83.”
“Drugwars and Bowling were the two really impressive games written in TI-Basic”
“I loved this game. I played this game instead of learning math, unfortunately.”
“I'd love to play this again”
“I was addicted to it in high school and it left a lasting impression.”
“The amount of classroom time I wasted playing this game”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.