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River Raid Ending?


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#51 StanJr ONLINE  

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Posted Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:45 PM

Oh snap! That is sweet! A complete map of River Raid would be HUGE! And very cool. Who would even think of such a thing! kisrael, you rock!

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#52 rbudrick OFFLINE  

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Posted Sun May 15, 2011 10:57 PM

View PostStanJr, on Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:45 PM, said:

Oh snap! That is sweet! A complete map of River Raid would be HUGE! And very cool. Who would even think of such a thing! kisrael, you rock!

:spidey:

I remember playing River Raid back in 1998 or so on an emulator and using a hack for unlimited lives or invincibility or something. I do remember the river repeating several times before I got to !!!!!!. So, I'm a bit confused by this thread where folks are saying it is random and doesn't repeat.

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Posted Sun May 15, 2011 11:46 PM

The opposite was stated.

View PostThomas Jentzsch, on Sat Apr 8, 2006 12:51 AM, said:

View PostRoom 34, on Sat Apr 8, 2006 6:31 AM, said:

So I guess this answers the questions others have had then... is it at level 57338 that the game goes haywire?
No, it just repeats.


#54 rbudrick OFFLINE  

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Posted Mon May 16, 2011 10:14 PM

View PostNukey Shay, on Sun May 15, 2011 11:46 PM, said:

The opposite was stated.

View PostThomas Jentzsch, on Sat Apr 8, 2006 12:51 AM, said:

View PostRoom 34, on Sat Apr 8, 2006 6:31 AM, said:

So I guess this answers the questions others have had then... is it at level 57338 that the game goes haywire?
No, it just repeats.

Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what is meant by "levels." This doesn't mean bridge to bridge, does it? Because I didn't think it took that long at all to make it repeat.

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#55 Thomas Jentzsch OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue May 17, 2011 4:41 AM

From my River Raid disassembly:

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Section generation:
; The river is divided into sections which are generated by random. The random
; number generator can generate 57337 different sections. Each section is
; divided into 16 blocks. The last block is the bridge. For each other block a
; random Id is generated, which defines the shape of the river. The river is
; randomly generated with or without islands.
; Each block is 32 lines high...


#56 rbudrick OFFLINE  

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Posted Tue May 17, 2011 10:06 PM

View PostThomas Jentzsch, on Tue May 17, 2011 4:41 AM, said:

From my River Raid disassembly:

Quote

Section generation:
; The river is divided into sections which are generated by random. The random
; number generator can generate 57337 different sections. Each section is
; divided into 16 blocks. The last block is the bridge. For each other block a
; random Id is generated, which defines the shape of the river. The river is
; randomly generated with or without islands.
; Each block is 32 lines high...

I'm not sure off the top of my head how many screens that amounts to. Does this mean all 57337 combinations get used, being "random?" Or, does it not use all 57337 and start repeating before that?

-Rob

#57 maiki OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri May 20, 2011 6:33 AM

I guess another topic for hacks. Change the code so that the score / game does not crash. There would be many candidates for this fix.

#58 sermajic OFFLINE  

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Posted Fri May 20, 2011 9:53 PM

There's a video on youtube of the ending of river raid 2600, you land!

#59 Thomas Jentzsch OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat May 21, 2011 12:48 AM

View Postsermajic, on Fri May 20, 2011 9:53 PM, said:

There's a video on youtube of the ending of river raid 2600, you land!
No, you don't. Only the score is set to !!!!!! when you passed 999990 points and the game stops.

#60 Matthew OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat May 21, 2011 3:37 AM

River raid ending

#61 Thomas Jentzsch OFFLINE  

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Posted Sat May 21, 2011 3:47 AM

100% fake

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Posted Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:15 PM

Fake yes, but TOTALLY fake, or is there a ROM out there?




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