8-bit Dice

[jrhodes]

I found a simple dice roller for a bunch of different retro computers, including the TI.

https://fgsoftblog.wordpress.com/2021/07/16/8-bit-dice/

Author has ports for:

• Apple II
• Apple II Plus
• Apple IIc
• Apple IIe enhanced
• Atari 400
• Atari 600
• Atari 800
• BBC Micro model B
• Commodore 64
• Commodore 128
• Commodore PET
• Commodore VIC 20
• Sinclair ZX80
• Sinclair ZX81 (unexpanded)
• Sinclair ZX81 (4K+ RAM expansion)
• Sinclair ZX Spectrum
• Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I
• Texas Instruments TI99/4a

[+OLD CS1]

Is it possible to pre-roll this die roller??

[senior_falcon]

41 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said:

Is it possible to pre-roll this die roller??

That's sort of like when the airlines begin pre-boarding, which I guess means you get on the plane before you get on the plane.

(Not original) See George Carlin's Airline Announcements. (a  lot of salty language is used)

 

Edited June 22, 2022 by senior_falcon

[+OLD CS1]

1 hour ago, senior_falcon said:

That's sort of like when the airlines begin pre-boarding, which I guess means you get on the plane before you get on the plane.

Nothing quite so amusing nor insightful.  It is a superstitious practice of "rolling the ones" out of a die, based upon low probability of rolling ones multiple times in a row.  There was even a cottage industry of selling "pre-rolled" die.

[Ed in SoDak]

Thanks! I've finally found my pair a dice.

[GDMike]

Similar to shuffling a deck of cards after shuffling a deck of cards.

[+OLD CS1]

8 hours ago, Ed in SoDak said:

Thanks! I've finally found my pair a dice.

But did you get your cheeseburger?

[Ed in SoDak]

2 hours ago, OLD CS1 said:

But did you get your cheeseburger?

Gimme two cheeseburgers and a beer.

 

Cheeseburger Cheeseburger No beer only Pepsi

 

Pair a Dice Lost!                    

[sometimes99er]

[+Ksarul]

5 hours ago, sometimes99er said:

Ooooohhhhh! Cheeseburger d12 and d20. I think I must find these. . .drat! the Kickstarter didn't make its funding goal. . .

[jrhodes]

@Ksarul found these, not kickstarter, but just as yummy looking:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1215592771/summer-burger-dnd-dice-set-for-dungeons?gpla=1&gao=1&

https://www.kingslayergames.com/hamburger-rpg-dice-set.html

[+Vorticon]

Whoever did the TI version did not take advantage of the TI's graphic capabilities...

[ti99iuc]

yes, indeed... and in addition not so clear so much to me when you lost or win in the game... some help?

Edited June 24, 2022 by ti99iuc

[LoadError]

Hello and thanks for your interest in my ditty.

Its aim (as revealed in in the verbose accompanying notes which only the bravest can survive reading) was to write a simplistic dice rolling routine and port it on all the 8-bit systems I had the chance to lay my hands on when I was a kid (plus a few more) with as little changes to the code as possible, so given it has to run on a 1K ZX-80, it is somehow expected that it does not take advantage of the capabilities of the more powerful machines.

And it is what it is: just a substitute for a pair of actual dice which happened to be nowhere to be found in the whole household (still are). So there is no built in game to win or lose, that is up to the player to provide ?

Cheers (but no cheeseburger for me, just a beer, thanks!) ?