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So yesterday I stayed up making the slot machine stop. I got it working on the Mednafen emulator, then I went to bed. Got up and found that the first reel wasn't working right on my real VB. So I had to spend about an hour fixing it. I solved the problem, but I still don't know why it happens. Everything in the code looks okay.

Now with the slot machine, you press A to pull the handle and start it. It goes round and round for a few seconds until the first reel stops, then the second, then the third, at which point you can press A to make it go again. Next up for work is detecting whether you have won or lost on the slot machine. I had to make it go faster by repeating the code that displays and moves the reels because at one point the first reel doesn't show up once the handle is pulled. I guess it's due to it being an odd number, but I don't know how it could be (Especially since I set it to be an even number). So I pushed +2 down to +1 and repeated it along with the vbSetWorld commands and it works okay now.

I also spent last night creating an E.T.-themed crossword puzzle. I'm going to restart the "2600 Scene" newsletter starting with a May issue if I don't forget about it. And I'm going to put the crossword puzzle I made in it.

It's hot in here.

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