>>You could start the game with a title screen, where people would have to press
>>reset to start the first game. Count the frames untill reset is pressed.
>>That way you would get an initial value for your random generator.
>
>In theory, this problem could be solved on a real VCS by reading a byte
>from RAM _before_ initially clearing the memory, and using that as a seed.
>This should work if the RAM is as random upon startup as the TIA's
>registers.
This might work with real cart games, but I think the Supercharger cleans
out all RAM and stores the control byte at $80 after it has loaded a game.
Ciao, Eckhard Stolberg
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