Subject: Re: [stella] CLD From: "nj bloodline" <njbl00dline@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:26:21 -0400 |
On Nintendo we called "frying" pulling out the joystick a bit.. that caused some funky stuff to happen. One time on Baseball we were throwing 30MPH balls and the computer swung and missed everytime. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Slocum" <paul-slocum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [stella] CLD > > >>I guess this is why the Stella Programming Guide tells you to assume that > >>the Atari starts up in a completely random state. Gotta follow the > >>rules, Dan Oliver, where ever you are. > > > >Isn't that also why "frying" works? > > Well most games seem to work fine whatever the startup state of the > registers and memory are. My guess is that "frying" messes up the program > counter at startup, causing the Atari to start executing code at some > random point. > > -Paul > > > - > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > - Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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