Off Topic - Press start button, why ? - Forum

I'd guess that it's a holdover from arcades, where developers wanted games that weren't being played to run demos and stuff to attract people to play them.	Posted by Kyadytim#4741 on Apr 24, 2011, 2:01:42 PM Quote this Post
" zeto wrote: Reminds me of a story about some monkeys, bananas, and a staircase. That story has got to be epic. In since 0.8.0 Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/kungfooe	Posted by kungfooe#2838 on Apr 27, 2011, 12:13:24 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post
Now the question is, why title screen is still used in console games and not at all or not much in pc games ?	Posted by ZooL#7782 on Apr 28, 2011, 2:34:53 AM Quote this Post
There is no purpose anymore to the 'Push Start' screen. If it's there, it's there purely as a homage to the form. So the answer to why they do it, is because that's the way it's been done previously when it probably did have some purpose. If you have account problems please [url="http://www.pathofexile.com/support"]Email Support[/url]	Posted by zeto#6003 on Apr 29, 2011, 1:47:18 PM Alpha Member Quote this Post
" Chris wrote: I recently heard (from Jonathan actually) that the purpose of this in console games was that the time that the user presses the start button is a good seed for the pseudorandom number generator. This has implications! Oblivious	Posted by Disrupted#3096 on Dec 10, 2014, 12:27:20 PM Quote this Post
" kungfooe wrote: " zeto wrote: Reminds me of a story about some monkeys, bananas, and a staircase. That story has got to be epic. If it is the one I am thinking about, it is a good example of learned behavior.	Posted by Spoonmann#2745 on Dec 10, 2014, 2:25:35 PM Quote this Post
" Chris wrote: I recently heard (from Jonathan actually) that the purpose of this in console games was that the time that the user presses the start button is a good seed for the pseudorandom number generator. Knowledge has been dropped! IGN:Dethklok lllllDanziGGlllll - 100 Ranger ~ HOGM Mirror Service: View-thread/2479762 Old:870532	Posted by Dethklok#2196 on Dec 10, 2014, 6:29:06 PM Quote this Post
" Chris wrote: I recently heard (from Jonathan actually) that the purpose of this in console games was that the time that the user presses the start button is a good seed for the pseudorandom number generator. I know personally that variants of this system (such as time between "press start" and selecting either "new game" or "continue") were used in the Pokemon games until at least 3rd gen (GBA games) - and players worked it out enough that you could get programs that would calculate exactly how long you should try to make that delay in order to get certain in game effects (mostly to do with rolling certain properties on eggs that were about to hatch before you saved).	Posted by Mark_GGG on Dec 10, 2014, 7:18:35 PM Grinding Gear Games Quote this Post
Guess we'd better start calling it PNG.	Posted by Deleted on Dec 10, 2014, 7:29:26 PM
" CharanJaydemyr wrote: This necro really made me miss old friends now absent. :( Aww, sorry Charan, I'll try to cut a bit on my random thread necroing. " Mark_GGG wrote: " Chris wrote: I recently heard (from Jonathan actually) that the purpose of this in console games was that the time that the user presses the start button is a good seed for the pseudorandom number generator. I know personally that variants of this system (such as time between "press start" and selecting either "new game" or "continue") were used in the Pokemon games until at least 3rd gen (GBA games) - and players worked it out enough that you could get programs that would calculate exactly how long you should try to make that delay in order to get certain in game effects (mostly to do with rolling certain properties on eggs that were about to hatch before you saved). wow that's pretty cool, didnt know that trick. Oblivious Last edited by Disrupted#3096 on Dec 10, 2014, 7:48:43 PM	Posted by Disrupted#3096 on Dec 10, 2014, 7:48:22 PM Quote this Post