Let’s look at how Super Mario Bros. 3 uses random numbers to influence how the roulette bonus game works, and how poorly it shuffles cards in the card matching bonus game.
Direct YouTube link: SMB3 Roulette & Card Matching Games Explained - YouTube
It’s so strange… I’ve heard that Japan culture in general likes games of random chance (like gashapon vending machines…) but this just seems cruel. 😅
At least I can finally stop stressing about the timing of my button presses.
I just skip the roulette games. If you know how to get stars on the end-of-level cards every time (be running with a full P-meter when the card comes on-screen and hit it on the left-hand side) you’ll be drowning in extra lives anyway.
I didn’t read the article but I know that in the card game, the cards aren’t shuffled at all, there are just about four preset layouts of the cards.
there are just bout four preset layouts of the cards.
It’s 8 different layouts, but yes, they are only a few of them. The funny thing is that they are not hardcoded, but the result of a buggy implementation of an algorithm that could have generated millions of different layouts. The specific assembly code is explained line by line on the video.
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SMB3 Roulette & Card Matching Games Explained - YouTube
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Never saw the site cohost before. Is it federated?
They’re pretty cool, it’s like Tumblr but made by people who seemingly care about making something good. One of the first things you see in their homepage is
algorithm? what algorithm?
all your follows’ posts, in the order they were posted, in a timeline that goes vertically. clear and effective moderation done by humans.They’re not federated but I still think they’re worth taking a look into.
I knew that fucking roulette was a scam.
