Re: LZ: ZCasino is here!


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Re: LZ: ZCasino is here!



At 05:26 PM 9/2/96 -0700, you wrote:
>According to Tony Lieuallen:
>>On Mon, 2 Sep 1996, Ben Oberkfell wrote:
>>
>>> Why doesn't someone write a PLUGIN-BASED Casino game? The main program would
>>> merely be a shell that scans for strings on your calc. The actual games
>>> would be in the strings - that way developers could add in their own games
>>> similar to Caves.
>>
>>You mean a program that would launch say, poker, blackjack, slot machine, etc,
>>etc, etc?  That would be great.  I have one suggestion.  You should make this
>>program store the cards, so that you only have to keep one copy of them.
>>
>
>This is a great idea!  If what's-his-name ( I can't remember it ) who wrote
>Blackjack 1.2 or Video Poker for ZS wouldn't mind, you could just put the
>card set and possibly a set of slot machine icons in the engine, along with
>maybe a few odd-making / randomizer routines.  If Doug Melton isn't already
>doing this in ZCasino, I would do this.  Doug, please let me know!


That would probably save lots of space in the long run - the present
versions of video poker and blackjack for zshell are 4k apiece - that's
pretty big for a game. (but still very small compared to the same game in
TI-BASIC)






/me is ben@ThePentagon.com
/quit


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