From 03ac94f3875bd81c1806da4fa4c7b9f13fb33010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luxferre <lux@ferre>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 09:07:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] improved the randomizer logic

---
 c/Makefile    |  2 +-
 c/scoundrel.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/c/Makefile b/c/Makefile
index 754a916..65ed628 100644
--- a/c/Makefile
+++ b/c/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 PROJNAME=scoundrel
 CFILES=scoundrel.c
 PBTDIR=platform-build-tools
-CCBUILD=cl65 --standard c89 -O -Os
+CCBUILD=cl65 -O -Os
 Z80BUILD=zcc
 BUILDDIR=build
 
diff --git a/c/scoundrel.c b/c/scoundrel.c
index 0d56d3a..8a3628a 100644
--- a/c/scoundrel.c
+++ b/c/scoundrel.c
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 #if defined(__CC65__) || defined(__Z80__)
 #define RETRO_IMPL
 #endif
-#ifndef RETRO_IMPL
+#ifdef RETRO_IMPL
+#include <conio.h>
+#else
 #include <time.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -21,21 +23,22 @@ char scanchar() {
   return c;
 }
 
-#ifdef RETRO_IMPL
 void randomize() {
-  int seed = 0, i, x, n = 6;
-  printf("\nType %d characters: ", n);
-  for(i=0;i<n;i++) {
-    x = (int) scanchar();
-    x ^= x << 7;
-    x ^= x >> 9;
-    x ^= x << 8;
-    seed ^= x;
-  }
-  srand(seed);
-  printf("\n");
-}
+#ifdef RETRO_IMPL
+  unsigned int entropy;
+#ifdef _randomize
+  _randomize();
 #endif
+  entropy = rand();
+  clrscr();
+  puts("Press any key to start...");
+  while(!kbhit()) entropy++;
+  cgetc();
+  srand(entropy);
+#else
+  srand(time(NULL));
+#endif
+}
 
 /* UI choices */
 #define CH1 0
@@ -346,11 +349,7 @@ int game() {
 /* Entry point */
 int main() {
   int score;
-#ifdef RETRO_IMPL
   randomize();
-#else
-  srand(time(NULL));
-#endif
   while(1) {
     print_msg("\n===============\nScoundrel--2026\n  by Luxferre\n===============\n  Good  luck!");
     score = game();