Simul, by Deep Thought
Originality -At first it may just look like swapping between generic calc games clones, but then it gets interesting: You need to play multiple of them at once, like the flash game called Multitask.
Gameplay/Controls - It can be a bit hard to use two directional pads at once and the difficulty starting on level 2 is very high (I never went further). Otherwise they are pretty simple to use and gameplay is fine
Graphics - Kinda simple and the grayscale is pretty random, although they do the job well.
Entertainment factor - Pretty addicting game. You will want to get further and further and will be curious what comes after level 2 and so on.
useability - It is fine aside from the fact one of the game took me a while to figure out (the one with an horizontal or vertical line) and the difficulty settings being reset everytime you die or restart the game was a bit annoying when playing in fast mode. Also it takes a while getting used to multiple controls.

Mansion Impossible, by guy602665
Originality - A very original game for calculators.
Gameplay/Controls - Kinda ok, but key detection appears to be a bit slow
Graphics - Could be a bit better, for in overall, they are well layed out.
Entertainment factor - It is fun for a while, especially if you like reflexion/financial games, but after beating it, the replay value gets lower and lower very quickly. Some difficulty levels might be cool, even thought the original Flash game did not have any.
useability - It can take a while to get used to it, especially if you do not read the readme. Also the text in the game has troubles displaying correctly, but it is not enough to hinder gameplay, to my surprise. I would like to see this finished eventually and maybe with better graphics, closer to the original layout.

Parsec, by _player1537
Originality - A simple shoot-em-up concept, but still kinda original nonetheless
Gameplay/Controls - Pretty good, except that the difficulty is a bit too easy.
Graphics - Pretty simple but looks good and has an old-skool feel. Bullets should probably be a bit larger so they're easier to see.
Entertainment factor - Due to the lack of difficulty increase as game progresses and the easy difficulty to begin with, it gets repetitive after a while, so you may eventually kill yourself in the game and stop playing. Future versions really need difficulty increase, like more ships and bullets appearing at a faster and faster rate.
useability - You might get annoyed at the overheating at first but then you get used to it. There's a bug causing your ship to crash if you move it near the score when your score is 10 pts or higher. Also bullets are hard to see. Besides that, the game is pretty straightforward and has no other bug.

Heroes of Might & Magic, by LordConiupiter
Originality - Amazing RPG idea with a style not explored so far on calc.
Gameplay/Controls - In general it is easy to control, except that it would be nice to be able to cancel on menus and if battle movement was faster-paced.
Graphics - Awesome, although battles could use more details. Display glitches occured in battles as well.
Entertainment factor - Due to the useability issues (see below), this kills the game entertainment value in its current state. I simply stopped playing after 10 minutes of trying to beat a monster, missing every single hit. The reason why the score will not be extremly low either is because it supports external levels, although the map editor is not provided, due to not being eligible for the contest (the editor is not written in Axe language).
Useability - This is the major problem of the game. Attacks against enemies would miss 99% of the time so winning battles was pretty much impossible. A lot of bugs also occured, causing data to frequently get corrupted and other issues in general made the game nearly impossible to use for a decent period of time. Once the problems and useability issues are solved, this could become a major title for TI calculators.

Axe Platformer, by tloz128
Originality - A platformer with scrolling in both directions and complex physics. It is an idea that has not been explored a lot for calculators.
Gameplay/Controls - Although a bit hard to control at times (the character is kinda slippy, making it easy to fall in the pit), the controls are nice and the physic is simply amazing, despite a minor issue when changing direction.
Graphics - Very nice sprites and tiles for monochrome graphics
Entertainment factor - Unfortunately, the game did not get close to be finished or in beta status when the contest ended, thus, there are no enemies/challenges and only one room to explore, where you can try to jump around and avoid falling into the pit. Due to coding issues that occured near the contest end (bugs), there is nothing else to do in this contest-submitted version, which is why it only gets this score. I hope this project gets completed eventually because it has a lot of potential for a ticalc.org hit..
Useability - Easy to get used to and no real bug hinders the gameplay. Maybe have the character so when you change direction, it slows gown, then gradually starts moving to the opposite direction, instead of instantly changing direction.

Advance Wars TI, by SirCmpwn
Originality - A clone of a classic GBA turn-based strategy game.
Gameplay/Controls - Slow key detection at times, especially when selecting units/buildings on the map and it would be better if controls did not kept alternating between 2nd and ENTER. Also it is a bit annoying to scroll around the map because the cursor won't scroll the map when moving it outside the screen. You have to use the numpad instead.
Graphics - Very nice for monochrome graphics
Entertainment factor - Due to the nature of strategy games, this game can have a high replay value, like board games. It would be even better with fog of war, though, and maybe an AI mode. Fixing a few game issues would make this game a masterpiece when it gets finished.
Useability - Can take a while to get used to and it is impossible to have units remain at their current position if you want them to attack. You have to move them one spot.

Space Dash, by squidgetx
Originality - Nice idea of space shooter, where instead of a flying ship, the ship moves on the floor and you have to jump on platforms
Gameplay/Controls - Great controls, although jumping can be a bit akward and makes the game very hard at times.
Graphics - Excellent grayscale graphics with parralax scrolling and nicely made sprites.
Entertainment factor - Very addicting and entertaining.
Useability - A small bug can make gameplay easier or cause you to not be able to start playing (I'm glad it was fixed in the ticalc.org release), but other than that, the game is perfect.

THEaxeGAMEpack, by shmibs (note, due to contest theme, the total score of this entry will be the average of all 4 games)
1-StarCatch
Originality - Simple but interesting game concept
Gameplay/Controls - Not bad but very hard. Also continuing when you die is kinda akward as you need to press Y or N letters instead of being able to select Yes or No in a menu or 2nd/ENTER for yes and CLEAR/DEL/MODE for no.
Graphics - Simple, but do the job very well
Entertainment factor - Very addicting, although it can get a bit frustrating after a while so you may want to stop playing for some periods of time.
Useability - Easy to use, although it would be nice if the character started further from the projectile so you won't die instantly if you jump at the start. Also it took me a bit to figure out how to continue on the game over screen, as it is not common to use Y/N keys to confirm/cancel.
2-M.O.D
Originality - A tunnel clone, but the way the difficulty increase (a lines background creating a lightspeed effect that goes lighter and lighter as game progresses) is original.
Gameplay/Controls - Quite good, although a bit slow-paced in normal mode and a bit too fast in turbo mode.
Graphics - Very great for a racing tunnel and amazing special effects
Entertainment factor - Addicting and entertaining, although the slowly increasingly difficulty might bore certain people after a bit. Might be good to make the difficulty increase faster.
Useability - Same except for the projectile. In this game case, moving out of the screen at the beginning is possible. Might want to fix that.
3-Swap!
Originality - A fall down clone, but the blocked paths + swapping floors together adds a twist to the game.
Gameplay/Controls - Nicely chosen controls, although very hard
Graphics - Does the job well
Entertainment factor - Addicting and entertaining, although it might get a bit confusing at times for some people and it is very hard. Good entertainment value in overall.
Useability - Took a bit long to get used to and same control issues. other than that, great.
4-PingPangPong
Originality - 3D pong and unlike many pong clones, the AI can actually lose.
Gameplay/Controls - Nice controls, although unless you pay attention to the gauge to the right of the screen, it is hard to know when the ball has reached you.
Graphics - Simple graphics, but the ball 3D effect looks great.
Entertainment factor - Entertaining, although I would say the other games got a better replay value in general.
Useability - easy to use, but same control issues and it is hard to figure out when the ball is reaching you without looking at the gauge and looking at both the game area and the gauge at once makes it a bit hard to concentrate.
(average of all 4 games, due to contest rules being based on single game entries)