Brian Bloodaxe (Amstrad CPC)

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Source Code Fragment#

Some sections of the code are left in the game. The code seen below can be seen with a hex editor at the addresses in the .dsk dump of the game.

744C:

        C,TRAP
        CP  88
        CALL    Z,BS0
        RET
HCH:    INC C
        CALL    COL1
        LD  DE,32
        CALL    HCH1
        ADD HL,DE
        CALL    HCH1
        ADD HL,DE
HCH1:   LD  A,(HL)
        CP  22
        RET NZ
        EX  DE,HL
        LD  HL,ERSTAT
        RES 5,(HL)
        EX  DE,HL
        LD  DE,32
        RET
VCH1:   CALL    COL1
        CALL    VC1
        INC HL
        CALL    VC1
        INC HL
VC1:    EX  DE,HL
        LD  A,(DE)
        LD  HL,ERSTAT
        CP  253
        JP  Z,CJ0
        CP  71
        JP  Z,DROP
        CP  45
        JP  Z,DROP
        RES 2,(HL)
        LD  A,1
        LD  (JSPEED),A
        CALL    FLOOR
        JP

7806:

DROP:   SET 2,(HL)
        EX  DE,HL
        RET
VCH2:   CALL    COL1
        CALL    VC2
        INC HL
        CALL    VC2
        INC HL
VC2:    LD  A,(HL)
        CP  22
        JP  Z,BANG
        CP  56
        JP  Z,SWITCH
        CP  6
        JP  NZ,$+18
        EX  DE,HL
        LD  HL,ERSTAT
        SET 6,(HL)
        LD  A,10
        LD  (COUNT),A
        EX  DE,HL
        JP  BANG
        CAL