| Posted By
Retroplay
on 2015-03-18
08:42:46
|  Bally - Danish slotmachine game type-in
Download here:
http://tinyurl.com/nrvh4pn
And the magazine here:
http://tinyurl.com/mav62ql (COMputer #1 1985 (Danish)
For some weird reason it doesn't work properly in Yape 1.0.6, it works fine in VICE 2.4.18 though.
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2015-03-18
12:45:45
| Re: Bally - Danish slotmachine game type-in
Thank you for these! YAPE indeed doesn't seem to like the T64 file, but no problem, I saved it as a PRG (which is the default format we use anyway).
I added the PDF and the record for the magazine as well, please check it out and let me know if you see any errors or if you have more info about it (e.g. the physical size in millimeters?  )
The game seems a bit buggy. No matter what I enter for account number, it stops with an error. Also sometimes the game itself freezes up. I haven't had time to check if it's because of typos or the original is like that.
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Posted By
Retroplay
on 2015-03-18
16:03:24
| Re: Bally - Danish slotmachine game type-in
Strange, I tried to load it in Yape as prg too and it still crashed.
I uploaded the CBM prg Studio (http://www.ajordison.co.uk/) .bas file if you want to have a look.
http://tinyurl.com/lzpo7xn
I had to replace a few danish characters, e.g line 478 & 1100 where I replaced Ø with ;.
Do you know of danish kernel and character roms are available somewhere ?
It would make things easier in the future, in case I run into more type-ins with dk characters.
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Posted By
Retroplay
on 2015-03-18
16:17:08
| Re: Bally - Danish slotmachine game type-in
This is what happens when I load the prg (not t64) in YAPE.
http://i.imgur.com/fLrI0zb.png
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Posted By
Csabo
on 2015-03-18
16:34:56
| Re: Bally - Danish slotmachine game type-in
Hi,
First of all, a quick (auto)link for everyone else just joining the thread: check out Bally. (Another quick off-topic comment: we have a game called Ball-X, this one sounds like the sequel  )
I don't know of a Danish ROM... First time this came up actually. I wonder if it was something "official" or something "unauthorized". Would be interesting to get our hands on one.
That screenshot you sent - that's exactly what I meant when I wrote "the game itself freezes up" below. It only does that sometimes, and I suspect it's related to the random number generator. You can do Run/Stop + Reset in YAPE, run it again, and it will work. This would explain why it "works" in VICE, the two emulators differ in how timers emulated. You could try this: save a little program (PRG file) with only one line:
0 PRINT RND(0)
Then auto-run it. In each emulator, it will consistently produce the same random number on auto-run (though each emulator will have its own value). However, if you type a manual RUN after that, it will be "true random".
Finally, a question: does any of the text in the magazine explain what you're supposed to enter for account number?
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Posted By
Retroplay
on 2015-03-18
17:19:52
| Re: Bally - Danish slotmachine game type-in
If you press ; during game, you get an account number and you can continue the game later with the amount of money you have won so far.
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