eli5 how is possible to play video games on a calculator?

Question

it doesn’t make sense to me how that’s possible

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Answer 1

You only need a few things for a basic game computer:

1. A processor that can execute instructions.

2. Memory to store temporary data.

3. A way to display progress in the game, like a screen.

4. Some way of giving the processor the logic of the game.

5. Some method of user input.

Graphing calculators are low powered computers with a basic operating system that normally takes button input, does math, stores results, and displays it to you. That’s all you need for a game, as long as the calculator has a way of giving it the right code. Many like Ti ones do.

You won’t get anything fancy, but some games are simple and require just a little memory and a relatively small set of instructions.