Comments on: Looking for Tuesday Night Football http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/ Code. Money. Literature. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:13:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: number4 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-737 number4 Sun, 22 May 2011 06:16:38 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-737 We had a copy at my high school in houston in 1982/83, but didnt have the instructions.  Someone more computer literate than me at the time inserted the names of local highschool players, and later we looked into the source code for the specific random probability generation for fumbles (we didnt know about recovering with the R so we assumed as well that the deck was stacked against us), and I upped the probability of recovering to higher than 50% and sometimes just set at 100% just because LOL.  Haven't seen a copy since.... We had a copy at my high school in houston in 1982/83, but didnt have the instructions.  Someone more computer literate than me at the time inserted the names of local highschool players, and later we looked into the source code for the specific random probability generation for fumbles (we didnt know about recovering with the R so we assumed as well that the deck was stacked against us), and I upped the probability of recovering to higher than 50% and sometimes just set at 100% just because LOL.  Haven't seen a copy since….

]]> By: 91Bear http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-594 91Bear Mon, 03 Jan 2011 04:07:58 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-594 I have a printout of the code from way back then - on tractor-feed, dot-matrix paper. Let me know if you are still looking for a copy. crews68 (at) hotmail. I have a printout of the code from way back then – on tractor-feed, dot-matrix paper. Let me know if you are still looking for a copy. crews68 (at) hotmail.

]]> By: Tuesday_Night http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Tuesday_Night Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:02:47 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-583 I had played hundreds of times back in the 80's and I had modifed a few things also as it was all "If Then" and GOTO code. You are correct, all the probabilities for things to happen was about the progarm picking numbers.<br><br>I had revamped the entire game to have the player and team names I wanted. I had played hundreds of times back in the 80's and I had modifed a few things also as it was all “If Then” and GOTO code. You are correct, all the probabilities for things to happen was about the progarm picking numbers.

I had revamped the entire game to have the player and team names I wanted.

]]> By: Search Strings that Make Me Happy — Firebones http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Search Strings that Make Me Happy — Firebones Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:57:03 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-371 [...] engines, but when I do, it’s entertaining. By far, the most traffic I get is related to my Tuesday Night Football post. And then there was that period of time when Joe Frazier swimming sent me rocking to the top [...] [...] engines, but when I do, it’s entertaining. By far, the most traffic I get is related to my Tuesday Night Football post. And then there was that period of time when Joe Frazier swimming sent me rocking to the top [...]

]]> By: Charlie Anderson http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Charlie Anderson Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:37:27 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-144 Tuesday Night Football *was* a fair game. When a fumble happened, the player was expected to press the R key ("recover"). A person paying attention could probably recover more than half of all fumbles. This factoid (apparently the only non-obvious aspect to using the program) was in the manual. I was able to get TNF running on a PC Apple II simulator a couple of years ago. It was pretty comical to see it again after 20 years or more--not as cool as I remembered. Charlie Anderson, Author Tuesday Night Football *was* a fair game. When a fumble happened, the player was expected to press the R key (”recover”). A person paying attention could probably recover more than half of all fumbles. This factoid (apparently the only non-obvious aspect to using the program) was in the manual. I was able to get TNF running on a PC Apple II simulator a couple of years ago. It was pretty comical to see it again after 20 years or more–not as cool as I remembered.

Charlie Anderson, Author

]]> By: Link Roundup: From Inspiration to Hilarity — Firebones http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Link Roundup: From Inspiration to Hilarity — Firebones Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:08:09 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-48 [...] coinciding with my own nostalgic forays into the history of personal computing, there seems to be a renewed interest in old-timey computing [...] [...] coinciding with my own nostalgic forays into the history of personal computing, there seems to be a renewed interest in old-timey computing [...]

]]> By: Update On Tuesday Night Football for the Apple II — Firebones http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Update On Tuesday Night Football for the Apple II — Firebones Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:08:28 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-45 [...] more information on the classic Apple II game Tuesday Night Football based on search hits for my original post. Today, I spent a bit more time trying to get a running version of it going…no luck on that [...] [...] more information on the classic Apple II game Tuesday Night Football based on search hits for my original post. Today, I spent a bit more time trying to get a running version of it going…no luck on that [...]

]]> By: Programmers at Work: T+22 years — Firebones http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Programmers at Work: T+22 years — Firebones Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:21:45 +0000 http://blog.firebones.com/2008/02/10/looking-for-tuesday-night-football/#comment-29 [...] the heels of my recent posts related to great programmers of the 70s and 80s, Leonard Richardson comes out this week with an [...] [...] the heels of my recent posts related to great programmers of the 70s and 80s, Leonard Richardson comes out this week with an [...]

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