Battlecars (ZX Spectrum)

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Source Code Fragment#

A few sections of the code are left in the game. The code seen below can be viewed with a hex editor at the addresses listed below in the .tap dump of the game.

8087:

        Z,DACO2
DALO1   ADD HL,DE
        DJNZ    DALO1
DACO2   LD  E,C
        ADD HL,DE
        LD  E,(HL)
        LD  A,E
        LD  (OFFSET),A
        LD  L,(IX+31)
        LD  H,(IX+32)
        ADD HL,DE
        LD  A,(HL)
        RET
CARCOL  NOP
ZZZ     LD  C,(IX+20)
        LD  L,(IX+27)
        LD  H,(IX+28)
        LD  DE,20
        ADD HL,DE
        LD  A,(HL)
        LD  (RAMDIR),A
        LD  HL,RAMPO
        LD  B,A
        LD  DE,8
        CP  0
        JR  Z,RAMCO1
RAMLO1  ADD HL,DE
        DJNZ    RAMLO1
RAMCO1  LD  E,C
        ADD HL,DE
        LD  A,(HL)
        LD  (ARM),A
        LD  L,(IX+27)
        LD  H,(IX+28)
        PUSH    IX
        PUSH    HL
        POP IX
        CALL    CARDAM
        POP IX
        CALL    BUICOL
        RET
RAND    PUSH    BC
        P

83C6:

        ,HL
        RLA
        JR  NC,BB
        ADD HL,DE
        ADC A,0
BB      DJNZ    RNLO1
        RET
ZEN1    LD  A,(23296)
        CALL    RAND
        LD  B,0
        LD  C,A
        RET
        LD  C,(IX+60)
        LD  B,(IX+61)
FIRE    NOP
        EXX
        PUSH    HL
        EXX
        LD  IX,64500
        LD  C,(IX+61)
        LD  B,(IX+60)
        LD  BC,(CURPL)
        LD  (CURPL),BC
        CALL    RPLOT
        LD  DE,(SGNS)
        LD  BC,(ABSS)
        CALL    DRAW
        EXX
        POP HL
        EXX
        RET
DRAW    LD  A,C

E084:

             Z,DACO2
DALO1   ADD  HL,DE
        DJNZ DAL