Acey Ducey

This program is a simulation of the Acey Ducey card game. The BASIC version was originally written by Bill Palmby, and later published in David H. Ahl’s book BASIC Computer Games:

In the game, the dealer (the computer) deals two cards face up. You have an option to bet or not to bet depending on whether or not you feel the next card dealt will have a value between the first two. Your initial money […] is set to $100. […] The game keeps going on until you lose all your money or interrupt the program.

You may alter the line in which JBANKR is set to 100 if you want to start with a bankroll of more or less than $100.

Gameplay

Functions & Subroutines

The program consists of only three procedures.

RESULT = DEAL()

Deals a new card (INTEGER).

CALL PLAY(I)

Starts a new game.

CALL OUTPUT(IBANKR)

Prints current bankroll to screen.

The block data stores the initial bankroll and the card names. Three additional procedures are called that are not part of the ANSI/ISO FORTRAN 77 language standard:

RESULT = TIME()

Returns timestamp in seconds (INTEGER). Required for the initialisation of the pseudo-random number generator.

RESULT = RAND(I)

Returns the next random number (REAL).

CALL SRAND(ISEED)

Initialises the pseudo-random number generator with given seed value (INTEGER).

Most modern compilers provide these through extensions.

Program Listing

Save the source code of the game as acey.f.

C     *****************************************************************
C
C     ACEY DUCEY CARD GAME. ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN BASIC BY BILL PALMBY,
C     AND ADAPTED BY DAVID H. AHL. PORTED TO FORTRAN BY PHILIPP ENGEL.
C
C     *****************************************************************
      PROGRAM ACEY
      EXTERNAL  PLAY
      CHARACTER INPUT
      INTEGER   ISTAT
      LOGICAL   DONE
C
C     INITIALISE PRNG.
C
      CALL SRAND(TIME())
C
C     DISPLAY TITLE AND INSTRUCTIONS, THEN START THE GAME.
C
      DONE = .FALSE.
   10 CONTINUE
      PRINT 100
      CALL PLAY()
C
C     PLAY AGAIN?
C
      PRINT 110
      READ (*, 200, IOSTAT=ISTAT) INPUT
      IF (INPUT .NE. 'Y' .AND. INPUT .NE. 'y') DONE = .TRUE.
      IF (.NOT. DONE) GOTO 10
      PRINT 120

  100 FORMAT (11X,' ACEY DUCEY CARD GAME',/,
     &12X,' CREATIVE COMPUTING',/,
     &10X,' MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY',/,/,
     &' ACEY-DUCEY IS PLAYED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER.',/,
     &' THE DEALER (COMPUTER) DEALS TWO CARDS FACE UP.',/,
     &' YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO BET OR NOT BET DEPENDING',/,
     &' ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU FEEL THE CARD WILL HAVE',/,
     &' A VALUE BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO.',/,
     &' IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BET, BET A 0.')
  110 FORMAT (/,' SORRY, MY FRIEND BUT YOU BLEW YOUR WAD.',/,
     &' TRY AGAIN? (Y/N)')
  120 FORMAT (/,' OK. HOPE YOU HAD FUN.')
  200 FORMAT (A)
      END
C     *****************************************************************
      INTEGER FUNCTION DEAL()
C
C     DEALS CARD. RETURNS RANDOM INTEGER IN RANGE [1, 13].
C
      DEAL = 1 + INT(RAND(0) * 12)
      END
C     *****************************************************************
      SUBROUTINE PLAY()
C
C     THE GAME STARTS HERE.
C
      EXTERNAL OUTPUT
      INTEGER  DEAL

      INTEGER  IBANKR, IBET, IDEAL1, IDEAL2, ISTAT, IPLAYR, ISWAP
      LOGICAL  VALID

      INTEGER     JBANKR
      CHARACTER*5 CARDS(13)
      COMMON /GLOBAL/ JBANKR, CARDS

      IBANKR = JBANKR
      CALL OUTPUT(IBANKR)
C
C     MAIN LOOP, RUNS UNTIL PLAYER IS BROKE.
C
   10 CONTINUE
      PRINT 100
      IDEAL1 = DEAL()
C
C     RE-DEAL 2ND CARD UNTIL IT DOESN'T MATCH THE FIRST.
C
   20 CONTINUE
      IDEAL2 = DEAL()
      IF (IDEAL1 .EQ. IDEAL2) GOTO 20
C
C     RE-ORDER CARDS BY VALUE.
C
      IF (IDEAL1 .GT. IDEAL2) THEN
        ISWAP  = IDEAL1
        IDEAL1 = IDEAL2
        IDEAL2 = ISWAP
      END IF
C
C     SHOW DEALER CARDS TO PLAYER.
C
      PRINT *, CARDS(IDEAL1)
      PRINT *, CARDS(IDEAL2)
C
C     BETTING LOOP, RUNS UNTIL VALID IS TRUE.
C
      VALID = .FALSE.
   30 CONTINUE
C
C     ASK FOR BET.
C
      PRINT 110
      READ (*, 200, IOSTAT=ISTAT) IBET
      IF (ISTAT .NE. 0) THEN
        PRINT 120
        GOTO 30
      END IF
C
C     DEAL CARD AND OUTPUT RESULT.
C
      IF (IBET .LE. 0) THEN
        VALID = .TRUE.
        PRINT 130
      ELSE IF (IBET .GT. IBANKR) THEN
        PRINT 140, IBANKR
      ELSE
        VALID = .TRUE.
        IPLAYR = DEAL()
        PRINT 150, CARDS(IPLAYR)
        IF (IDEAL1 .LT. IPLAYR .AND. IPLAYR .LT. IDEAL2) THEN
          PRINT 160
          IBANKR = IBANKR + IBET
        ELSE
          PRINT 170
          IBANKR = IBANKR - IBET
        END IF
        CALL OUTPUT(IBANKR)
      END IF
      IF (.NOT. VALID) GOTO 30
      IF (IBANKR .GT. 0) GOTO 10
      RETURN

  100 FORMAT (' HERE ARE YOUR NEXT TWO CARDS:')
  110 FORMAT (/,' WHAT IS YOUR BET?')
  120 FORMAT (' INVALID INPUT.')
  130 FORMAT (' CHICKEN!!',/)
  140 FORMAT (' SORRY, MY FRIEND BUT YOU BET TOO MUCH.',/,
     &' YOU HAVE ONLY $',I4,' TO BET.')
  150 FORMAT (' CARD: ',A)
  160 FORMAT (' YOU WIN!!')
  170 FORMAT (' SORRY, YOU LOSE.')
  200 FORMAT (I8)
      END
C     *****************************************************************
      SUBROUTINE OUTPUT(IBANKR)
C
C     OUTPUTS BANKROLL TO SCREEN.
C
      INTEGER IBANKR
      IF (IBANKR .GT. 0) PRINT 100, IBANKR
  100 FORMAT (/,' YOU NOW HAVE $',I4,'.')
      END
C     *****************************************************************
      BLOCK DATA
C
C     COMMON VARIABLES:
C
C     JBANKR - INITIAL BANKROLL ($100).
C     CARDS  - CARD NAMES.
C
      INTEGER     JBANKR
      CHARACTER*5 CARDS(13)
      COMMON /GLOBAL/ JBANKR, CARDS
      DATA JBANKR /100/
      DATA CARDS  /'2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','10','JACK','QUEEN',
     &             'KING','ACE'/
      END

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References

• BASIC Computer Games: Acey Ducey (1978)