Carl Roscoe Thinking exactly the same thing. I wonder if you got the machine to auto collect once it reaches its max number for each spin would your end result would stay the same! Nice work again BM.😊
Thanks, Chris. If the autoplayer used the information it would definitely do much better. There were a few £1 maximum wins available where the autoplayer ended up with 50p. It would also look wrong if it collected its 20p after nudging because it knew it was destined to get no more. I tried to program it to play roughly as I used to do although I’m sure Mr Tescom would disapprove of gambling wins of £1 or more 😊
It’s a number chosen purely at random when the ‘start’ button is pressed. It doesn’t depend on how much has been paid out. I used 11 as the upper limit originally on my Snappy simulation as it meant there were fewer zeros, so made the machine more generous. I felt that it would be more fun if it paid more often than the original but not every credit. Originally, I tried 16 as the upper limit and it was far too generous!
@@Bernard.Mitchell Ah, OK, so it's part of the simulator, not part of the original programming. I've done a video of an emptier for Exchanges, but it's private at the moment, because I don't want anybody messing around with the one in the bowling alley in Preston 😂
No, it was all part of my efforts to simulate these programs. Sadly, I don’t know of anyone who can actually read the ROMs - I don’t think the emulator programmers considered the idea that there might be a lunatic like me who might want to try to read the files themselves. Of course, they might have done so deliberately! I don’t know what language the programs used but there can’t have been that many assembly-style languages about in the 1980s and I think they were based on similar principles. I’ve not given up hope of finding out how the professionals did it 😊
@@Bernard.Mitchell That's beyond my capabilities, I'm afraid. The closest I ever got, was playing them, and working out what they did. I don't have any coding skills, beyond writing a programme in BASIC for my 1987 O-Level. I'm full of admiration for the people who can emulate machines.
Yes, me too. I note that there have never been any comments on Chris’ videos along the lines of ‘I programmed these in the 80s’ which leads me to believe that it was just another job for those guys and they probably don’t realise how their work lives on and is so loved by devoted admirers.
Great video as usual playing these classics on the zx spectrum thank you for sharing
Thanks again - it’s very kind of you.
Fascinating as ever mate. If only we could predict and know the outcome on the real thing mmm now that would be something
Carl Roscoe
Thinking exactly the same thing.
I wonder if you got the machine to auto collect once it reaches its max number for each spin would your end result would stay the same!
Nice work again BM.😊
Indeed it would. However, if you’re playing for fun, it would lose some of the magic if you knew in advance how far you could push it 😊
Thanks, Chris. If the autoplayer used the information it would definitely do much better. There were a few £1 maximum wins available where the autoplayer ended up with 50p. It would also look wrong if it collected its 20p after nudging because it knew it was destined to get no more. I tried to program it to play roughly as I used to do although I’m sure Mr Tescom would disapprove of gambling wins of £1 or more 😊
Can I ask, where does that number (1-11) come from?
It’s a number chosen purely at random when the ‘start’ button is pressed. It doesn’t depend on how much has been paid out. I used 11 as the upper limit originally on my Snappy simulation as it meant there were fewer zeros, so made the machine more generous. I felt that it would be more fun if it paid more often than the original but not every credit. Originally, I tried 16 as the upper limit and it was far too generous!
@@Bernard.Mitchell Ah, OK, so it's part of the simulator, not part of the original programming.
I've done a video of an emptier for Exchanges, but it's private at the moment, because I don't want anybody messing around with the one in the bowling alley in Preston 😂
No, it was all part of my efforts to simulate these programs. Sadly, I don’t know of anyone who can actually read the ROMs - I don’t think the emulator programmers considered the idea that there might be a lunatic like me who might want to try to read the files themselves. Of course, they might have done so deliberately!
I don’t know what language the programs used but there can’t have been that many assembly-style languages about in the 1980s and I think they were based on similar principles. I’ve not given up hope of finding out how the professionals did it 😊
@@Bernard.Mitchell That's beyond my capabilities, I'm afraid. The closest I ever got, was playing them, and working out what they did. I don't have any coding skills, beyond writing a programme in BASIC for my 1987 O-Level. I'm full of admiration for the people who can emulate machines.
Yes, me too. I note that there have never been any comments on Chris’ videos along the lines of ‘I programmed these in the 80s’ which leads me to believe that it was just another job for those guys and they probably don’t realise how their work lives on and is so loved by devoted admirers.