The Prize (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.

28C5:

        DEFB    31,1,22
        DEFM    "HIGH SCORE..."
        DEFB    31,1,23
        DEFM    "SCORE........0"
        DEFB    31,1,24
        DEFM    "LIVES LEFT...5"
        DEFB    31,1,25
        DEFM    "CODES FOUND..0"
        DEFB    31,14,21,255
YOUDIE: LD  A,(LIVES)
        DEC A
        LD  (LIVES),A
        CALL    EXPLSH
        LD  A,(LIVES)
        LD  L,A
        LD  H,0
        LD  D,14
        LD  E,24
        PUSH    AF
        CALL    NUMBER
        POP AF
        CP  0
        JP  Z,START
        JP  ERASE
DRPERM: DEFB    16,100,-1,64,146,1
        DEFB    28,M    ". .…. . .…. . .….…. "
        DEFB    15,8
        DEFM    ". ……. . ……. . …………. "
        DEFB    15,9
        DEFM    ". ……. . ……. . …………. "
        DEFB    15,10
        DEFM    ". ……. . ……. . …………. "
        DEFB    15,11
        DEFM    ". .…. . .…. . .….…. "
        DEFB    31,1,20,15,12
        DEFM    "PHOTOGRAPH THIS PAGE"
        DEFB    31,1,23,15,13
        DEFM    "THEN HIT -SPACE- BAR"
        DEFB    255

2C00:

                   100,1,80,146,1
        DEFB    40,100,-1,64,146,1
        DEFB    52,100,1,80,146,1
        DEFB    64,100,-1,64,146,1
        POWGRA:DEFS 2
        EXPLSH:LD   A,0
        LD  C,70
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,1
        LD  C,3
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,6
        LD  C,8
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,7
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,8
        LD  C,16
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,12
        LD  C,20
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,13
        LD  C,9
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,11
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  B,0
        HALT
        DJNZ    $-1
        CALL    #BB03
        CALL    #BB18
        RET
CHARGE: LD  A,0
        LD  C,50
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,1
        LD  C,32
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,6
        LD  C,40
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,7
        LD  C,8
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,8
        LD  C,16
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,11
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,12
        LD  C,1
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,13
        LD  C,9
        CALL    48436
        RET
ENERGY: LD  A,0
        LD  C,50
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,1
        LD  C,81
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,6
        LD  C,2
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,7
        LD  C,8
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,8
        LD  C,16
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,11
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,12
        LD  C,2
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,13
        LD  C,10
        CALL    48436
        RET
ZAP:    LD  A,0
        LD  C,70
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,1
        LD  C,2
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,6
        LD  C,3
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,7
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        A,8
        C,16
        CALL    48436
        A,11
        C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,12
        LD  C,10
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,13
        LD  C,9
        CALL    48436
        RET
ZAP2:   LD  A,2
        LD  C,70
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,3
        LD  C,2
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,6
        LD  C,3
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,7
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,9
        LD  C,16
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,11
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,12
        LD  C,10
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,13
        LD  C,9
        CALL    48436
        RET
MUTEXP: LD  A,2
        LD  C,70
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,3
        LD  C,3
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,6
        LD  C,8
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,7
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,9
        LD  C,16
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,12
        LD  C,20
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,13
        LD  C,9
        CALL    48436
        LD  A,11
        LD  C,0
        CALL    48436
        RET
MESSAG: DEFB    4,0,15,1
        DEFM    " .. ..…… ╩ .…╩.…╩ ╩ "
        DEFB    15,2
        DEFM    " … … … . ╩╩ ╩╩ ╩╩ ╩ "
        DEFB    15,3
        DEFM    " ..  … ……╩╩..╩.… …… "
        DEFB    15,4
        DEFM    " … … … …╩╩╩ ╩╩ ╩ ╩  "
        DEFB    15,5
        DEFM    " … … … … .╩ ╩╩ ╩ ╩  "
        DEFB    15,6
        DEFM    " .. ..…… ╩╩ ╩╩ ╩ ╩  "
        DEFB    31,1,10,15,7