How to Put Games on your TI-84 plus or TI-84 plus silver edition

How to Put Games on your TI-84 plus or TI-84 plus silver edition
Many kids at school keep bugging me on how to do this so this is for you guys...and girls.


I figured this out by reading a lot on the Internet. I'm not some computer or calculator expert so I wont be able to answer your questions because I'm overwhelmed...and I might not know the answer.
So if someone sees a question in the comments and knows the answer please post it. Thanks.
 
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Step 1Things You Will Need

Things You Will Need
Everything you need is listed here:
-TI-84 Plus or TI-84 Plus Silver Edition
-USB Cord (The same kind thats on the PSP
-Software that will allow you to mannage data on your calc (this is the one I use and its great)
-Ion, which can be found Here (This will allow you to play the games)
-Games to download (Hereis a great place to get games)
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Nov 2, 2011. 3:24 PMjhua1 says:
OMG, it friggin cleared my ram. AHHH, i spent an hour putting all those in =____=
Nov 2, 2011. 4:30 PMjhua1 says:
it keeps clearing my ram =_____= someone help please?
Feb 1, 2012. 1:44 PMsuperalex11 says:
Yea, mine too. What I did was back everything up in TI-Connect and click restore when it gets cleared.
Sep 9, 2009. 5:30 PMchaos1267 says:
http://tiwizard.com/downloads/view.php?id=44ive noticed alot of people are having problems with ION... I really recommend you dont download ion. instead of downloading ION, download doors cs. just search it on google and you should find a place where you can download it. its basically the same thing as ion but its more organized and easier to use. once you have download it on your calculator just go to your applications and select it.

another problem people might have once they get the games downloaded is that doring gameplay the screen will be all wavy and slanted. this is caused by cheap screens in the calculators. so if this happens to you go here http://tiwizard.com/downloads/view.php?id=44 just run this in doors cs/mirash os/ION and your screen should be fixed...until a ram clear. if that happens just run this program again and it will work again.

btw if you get a syntax error you are not downloading the games properly... you need to open the compresed file, read the instructions more carefully

oh and make sure you backup your files on your computer using ti connect. i am almost cretain you will have to redownload everything at some point. sometimes something will mess up on the calculator and corrupt data. if something bad happens and your calculator starts to function improperly immediately erase everything ont the calculator to prevent any perminent dammage to your calculator. if you dont know how do delete everything press the 2nd button, press the + button with mem wriiten above it in blue or purple.. srry im colorblind, scroll down the page with the arrow buttons and select 7: Reset..., now at the top of the screen it should say RAM ARCHIVE ALL, press the right arrow twice so ALL is highlited, hit enter, now it should have a last warning about what will happen if you delete everything and select RESET. now your calculater should only do math problems so just hook it up to the computer and restore everything that was origionally on there.

i hope this will help some people and if you have a question or need help on something just tell me. I have downloaded many games on my calculator and have had it for about a year now... just make sure your questions are about the games on the calculator, i barely know how the math solving part works:)
Jan 1, 2012. 2:46 PMspartan094 says:
Doors works great, thanks for the tip!
Nov 15, 2011. 3:20 PMtrav2356 says:
where does it say to open the compressed file? I've extracted all the files and opened the folders it told me too. when it said to execute the ion program it just gives me the syntax message
Sep 19, 2009. 9:23 PMchaos1267 says:
oh my email is chaos_1267@yahoo.com... i will try to help you but please realize im not a calculator expert and might not be abe to fix some problems you may experience.
Feb 19, 2010. 11:51 AMmshaikh231 says:
 can u help me plz? how do u download games for doors cs?
Feb 25, 2010. 7:15 PMchaos1267 says:
1 find a place to download games from (i like to use ticalc.org)
2 click on the file you want to download
3 open the file
4 extract all files
5 send all the game files to your calculator
6 in the window that pops up for what your downloading, look at the ends of the files
7 you want the end to say 8XP (unless your downloading an app... you can tell if its an app if the picture in the file is a calculator with a lightning bolt) NOT 83P!
8 make sure you send the files to archive and not RAM
thats pretty much it
Dec 19, 2011. 1:22 PMMathew7 says:
I'm trying to download a pokemon game to my calculator. I have a TI-84 Plus Silver Edition. Where will i be able to find the game once its downloaded?
Nov 15, 2011. 3:06 PMtrav2356 says:
i keep trying to run the ion program and it comes up with ERR: SYNTAX, or if it is archived it comes up with ERR: ARCHIVED!! can anyone help?
Nov 10, 2011. 10:30 PMvpakala says:
Um... it keeps saying the file ION doesn't have valid info for my calculator.. help!
Nov 6, 2011. 7:41 PMkpham5 says:
When I installed tetris onto my ti-84, it came out all glitchy. anyone know the solution to that ?
Sep 18, 2011. 2:12 PMminiwheatsryummy says:
ti connect says that my calc is connected but i can't get anything to show up anywhere. (it worked before but i had to delete the program for other problems)
**help**???
Sep 16, 2011. 8:28 PMCKerkhoff13 says:
why do i not have progm A? please help
Sep 15, 2011. 6:50 PMdonut4life says:
i acciedently moved the whole ion folder over to my ti-84 plus, what do do?
Sep 15, 2011. 6:57 PMdonut4life says:
what do i do?*
Sep 14, 2011. 10:15 PMFrodoUndead says:
Ok Friends, I have good news for everyone. The reason that you cant put the Ion on your ram is because your moving the whole folder not the 3 individual files. right click on the 1.65k folder and click extract all. then open the new folder and send all there files to your calculator. hope this helps
Sep 7, 2011. 4:31 PMqqqdog says:
thanks man worked! i skipped the archive step though it wasnt on my screen
Sep 5, 2011. 4:02 PMStrings40 says:
A bro....I have the program screen:

1: ION
2: *IONZ
3: *ZMINFO

Help ! When I am over Execute and then click enter on ION I get:

prgm ION

I click enter again and get Error.
Sep 5, 2011. 3:31 PMpobturtle says:
When I try transfering the file it says Access Denied. Y???
Aug 26, 2011. 10:27 PMjsayer3 says:
I have program A, but when I press it the calculator just says "Done"
What am I doing wrong?
Aug 24, 2011. 6:20 PMcvela2 says:
It would've been nice for a file specification to tell the difference between the 1.75 KB ion file and the 1.65 KB. :\
Sep 17, 2008. 10:38 PMninzn says:
how do i fix my screen it looks really bad can anyone help me?
Aug 18, 2011. 11:42 AMqazas1234 says:
clean it....
Apr 6, 2009. 5:10 PMCnslacrosse7 says:
Click the 2nd button then hold the up button if it is hard to see the numbers or hit click the 2nd button and hold the down button if the screen is dark
Sep 1, 2009. 7:03 PMhanshockey11 says:
i downloaded tetris, zelda, and deadeyes. but when i open the prgm screen, the program "A" isnt there anymore. what do i do?: plz respond asap (and btw, i had tetris working b4)
Sep 19, 2009. 10:08 PMchaos1267 says:
to fix it you need to reinstall ion on your calculator... if you dont want this to ever happen again download doors cs or mirage os. (they are applications so they arent deleted when the ram is cleared)
Aug 18, 2011. 11:14 AMqazas1234 says:
I Tried that anothing happended!!! plz plz help..... any suggestions maybe a more deastailed response???
Aug 7, 2011. 7:13 AMmizzounick says:
I have the games on there but i dont know how to open them to play them. i select it and then dont know what to do
Aug 18, 2011. 11:08 AMqazas1234 says:
how do i get prgmA????
Aug 17, 2011. 9:35 AMbpanek says:
as im transfering the stuff to my calculator is says that the device doesnot reconize a code and does not let me transfer
please help
Aug 16, 2011. 11:42 PMbpanek says:
it says my archive is full but it says that i have 1400 left please help
Aug 2, 2011. 6:34 PMsuperalex11 says:
I know a lot of people have said this, but WHEN I GO INTO THE THING TO CLICK RAM IT DOESN'T SHOW UP! COULD SOMEBODY HELP?!?!?!
Jul 14, 2011. 1:04 PMcsavestheday says:
my problem is step 4.
the options are:
1:A
2:ION
3:IONZ
4:ZMINFO
5:eION

how do i get the star next to the stuff?
Nov 11, 2009. 8:43 PMeverlight4u says:
Mine wont send it to the ram i only have the archive and dont send option! in plain english someone tell me what to do!
Jun 1, 2011. 2:35 PMcheesehead11 says:
Same problem! Please help us people!
May 11, 2011. 8:58 PMysia says:
I installed Doors CS, but it won't let me set it to RAM.. It wont let me change it from archive to RAM. >__< Any advice? DD;
Apr 10, 2011. 4:48 PMjjoyce1 says:
When im going to install ION I dont have to option to install it onto the RAM like when I click the button it doesnt do anything!!!
Oct 24, 2007. 7:48 PMshort663 says:
Hey i downloaded mario and the star isnt there.. i tried to run it and it says err:syntax........and tetris has a start but says err:achive what do i do
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