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0 pointskeep_reading2y ago0 comments

If you've seen a video slot machine you've seen APNGs :)

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Interesting, why do video slot machines use APNGs?

I don't know for sure but when I used to repair them you could watch them load up the APNGs on boot. The first time I saw them in the wild was around 2007

marpstar2y ago

You sure it wasn't PRNG? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator

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Hasnep2y ago

Interesting, why do video slot machines use APNGs?

keep_readingOP2y ago

I don't know for sure but when I used to repair them you could watch them load up the APNGs on boot. The first time I saw them in the wild was around 2007

marpstar2y ago

You sure it wasn't PRNG? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generator

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