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Blizzard Pass (ZX Spectrum)

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Source Code Fragments#

Two bits of code slipped through the cracks. These can be seen in the .tap dump at the addresses listed below.

D090:

LD (CURSADD),HL
JP dispr

.scro
LD A,(CURSROW)
CP 19
JR NZ,not19
LD A,(dck)

A
JR Z,not19

LD A,13
LD (wbot),A

ak:
scrbot
LD A,19:JR lds

2
.not19
CP 23

JR C,nsc1

scrbot
LD A,23
.lds LD (CURSROW),A:Ö fa
XOR A:LD (CURSCOL),A
JP dispr

.nsc1
LD A,(CURSROW)
INC A
LD (CURSROW),A

fa
XOR A:LD (CURSCOL),A
JP dispr

.nsc
LD DE,(CURSADD)
LD BC,15360

LD H,0

LD L,A

ADD HL,HL

ADD HL,HL

ADD HL,HL

ADD HL,BC
*PUSH DE:PUSH HL:LD DE,BILB:LD BC,8*256
.acchasc LD A,(HL):LD (DE),A:INC HL:INC DE:B

DA88:

RD A,(DE)
CP (HL)
JR Z,found 

INC DE

LD A,E

CP mem

JR