.DEMON LDA #1 \ Clear the top part of the screen, draw a white border, JSR TT66 \ and set the current view type in QQ11 to 1 JSR RESET \ Call RESET to initialise most of the game variables LDA #0 \ Set ALPHA and ALP1 to 0, so our roll angle (i.e. that STA ALPHA \ of the camera) is 0 STA ALP1 STA DELTA \ Set DELTA to 0, so our current speed (i.e. that of the \ camera) is 0 STA scacol+CYL \ Set the scanner colour for the Cobra Mk III to colour \ 0 (black), so it doesn't appear on the scanner during \ the demo JSR DOVDU19 \ Send a #SETVDU19 0 command to the I/O processor to \ switch to the mode 1 palette for the space view, \ which is yellow (colour 1), red (colour 2) and cyan \ (colour 3) JSR nWq \ Call nWq to create a random cloud of stardust LDX #LO(acorn) \ Set (Y X) to the address of acorn, which contains the LDY #HI(acorn) \ text: "ACORNSOFT PRESENTS" (or, in the Executive \ version: "PIZZASOFT PRESENTS") JSR SLIDE \ Call SLIDE to display the Star Wars scroll text JSR ZINF2 \ Call ZINF2 to reset INWK and the orientation vectors, \ with nosev pointing into the screen. We are about to \ add the Elite logo to the universe, and the logo's \ nosev points out of the top of the logo, so this will \ spawn the logo with it tilted back so it appears \ on-edge, with the bottom of the logo pointing towards \ the viewer LDA #%10000000 \ Set y_sign to be negative STA INWK+5 LDA #100 \ Set y_lo = 100 STA INWK+3 LDA #LGO \ Set the ship type to the Elite logo STA TYPE JSR NWSHP \ Add a new Elite logo to the local bubble (in this \ case, the demo screen), pointing INF to the new ship's \ data block in K% LDA #150 \ Set a loop counter in MCNT to 150 for the grand STA MCNT \ entrance of the logo, which takes it from z = 0 (right \ up against the camera) to z = 450 (a fair distance in \ front of us), moving the logo a distance of 3 away \ from us with each iteration .FLYL1 LDA INWK+6 \ Set (z_hi z_lo) = (z_hi z_lo) + 3 CLC \ ADC #3 \ starting with the low bytes STA INWK+6 LDA INWK+7 \ And then adding the high bytes ADC #0 STA INWK+7 JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the logo on-screen DEC MCNT \ Decrement the main loop counter BNE FLYL1 \ Loop back to FLYL1 until we have done 150 iterations, \ after which (z_hi z_lo) = 150 * 3 = 450 .FLYL2 LDA INWK+6 \ Set (z_hi z_lo) = (z_hi z_lo) + 2 CLC \ ADC #2 \ starting with the low bytes STA INWK+6 LDA INWK+7 \ And then adding the high bytes ADC #0 STA INWK+7 LDA #%10000000 \ Call TWIST2 with a negative A to pitch the logo by a JSR TWIST2 \ small angle in a negative direction \DEC INWK+3 \ This instruction is commented out in the original \ source, but it would decrement y_lo, moving the logo \ down the screen JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the logo on-screen LDA INWK+14 \ Loop back to FLYL2 to keep pitching, until nosev_z_hi BPL FLYL2 \ is negative (i.e. the logo has pitched forward through \ 90 degrees, as nosev starts out by pointing into the \ screen towards the camera, in a positive direction, \ and turns negative when it's reached the vertical). \ In other words, we loop until the logo has tilted \ towards the camera and is fully vertical in front of \ the viewer JSR STORE \ Call STORE to copy the ship data block at INWK back to \ the K% workspace at INF, so the logo becomes the first \ ship in the K% block JSR ZINF2 \ Call ZINF2 to reset INWK and the orientation vectors, \ with nosev pointing into the screen LDA #108 \ Set y_lo = 108, so the Cobra we are about to spawn STA INWK+3 \ appears at the top of the screen LDA #40 \ Set z_lo = -40, so it appears a small distance behind STA INWK+6 \ the camera (the negative part is achieved by setting LDA #%10000000 \ z_sign in INWK+8 to be negative, so the ship is behind STA INWK+8 \ the camera) LDA #CYL \ Set the ship type to a Cobra Mk III STA TYPE JSR NWSHP \ Add a new Cobra Mk III to the local bubble (in this \ case, the demo screen), pointing INF to the new ship's \ data block in K% LDA #1 \ Set the Cobra's speed to 1 STA INWK+27 STA HIMCNT \ Set HIMCNT = 1 to act as an outer counter for the \ following loop LDA #90 \ Set MCNT = 90 to act as an inner counter for the STA MCNT \ following loop JSR TWIST \ Call TWIST three times to pitch by a smallish angle in JSR TWIST \ a positive direction (i.e. 3 x 3.6 degree, or 10.8 JSR TWIST \ degrees) \ The following loop iterates 90 times while HIMCNT is 1 \ and 256 times while HIMCNT is 0, to give a total of \ 346 iterations .FLYL4 JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the Cobra on-screen JSR MVEIT \ Call MVEIT to move the Cobra slowly forward DEC MCNT \ Decrement the inner counter in MCNT BNE FLYL4 \ Loop back to FLYL4 until the inner counter is 0 DEC HIMCNT \ Decrement the outer counter in HIMCNT BPL FLYL4 \ Loop back to FLYL4 until the outer counter is negative JSR ZZAAP \ Call ZZAAP to draw a vertical laser line from the \ Cobra LDA #0 \ Call the NOISE routine with A = 0 to make the sound JSR NOISE \ of a laser firing LDY #10 \ Wait for 10/50 of a second (0.2 seconds) JSR DELAY LDA #44 \ Set the Cobra's roll counter to 44 to make it roll in STA INWK+29 \ a positive direction (clockwise), for just under a \ half roll (44 * 1/16 radians = 2.75 radians = 158 \ degrees) LDA #8 \ Set the Cobra's speed to 8 STA INWK+27 LDA #&87 \ Set the Cobra's pitch counter to -7 to make it pitch STA INWK+30 \ slightly in a negative direction (pull up), so it \ starts flying gently towards the top of the screen JSR STORE \ Call STORE to copy the ship data block at INWK back to \ the K% workspace at INF, so the Cobra becomes the \ second ship in the K% block LDA #%10000000 \ Set bit 7 of byte #31 of the first ship in the K% TSB K%+31 \ block, which is the Elite logo, so this flags the logo \ as having been killed (the TSB instruction applies the \ accumulator to the memory location using an OR) JSR EXNO3 \ Make an explosion sound JSR ZZAAP \ Call ZZAAP to redraw the vertical laser line from the \ Cobra, which removes it from the screen .FLYL5 \ We now want to draw the logo exploding, so we first \ need to copy the logo's ship data block from K% to \ INWK LDX #NI%-1 \ Set a counter in X so we can loop through the NI% \ bytes in the ship data block .DML3 LDA K%,X \ Copy the X-th byte of the first ship data block in K% STA INWK,X \ to the X-th byte of INWK DEX \ Decrement the loop counter BPL DML3 \ Loop back for the next byte, until we have copied the \ last byte from K% to INWK INX \ Increment X back to 0 JSR GINF \ Call GINF to fetch the address of the ship data block \ for the ship in slot 0 (the logo) and store it in INF LDA XX21-2+2*LGO \ Set XX0(1 0) to point to the ship blueprint for the STA XX0 \ Elite logo LDA XX21-1+2*LGO STA XX0+1 LDA #LGO \ Set the ship type to the Elite logo STA TYPE INC INWK \ Increment x_lo to move the logo a little to the right JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the now-exploding logo on-screen JSR STORE \ Call STORE to copy the ship data block at INWK back to \ the K% workspace at INF JSR PBFL \ Call PBFL to send the contents of the pixel buffer to \ the I/O processor for plotting on-screen LDA INWK+31 \ Test whether bits 5 and 7 of the logo's byte #31 are AND #%10100000 \ both set ("ship is exploding" and "ship has been CMP #%10100000 \ killed") and store the resulting flags on the stack PHP \ We now want to animate the Cobra flying into the \ distance while rolling clockwise, so we first need to \ copy the logo's ship data block from K% to INWK LDX #NI%-1 \ Set a counter in X so we can loop through the NI% \ bytes in the ship data block .DML4 LDA K%+NI%,X \ Copy the X-th byte of the second ship data block in K% STA INWK,X \ to the X-th byte of INWK DEX \ Decrement the loop counter BPL DML4 \ Loop back for the next byte, until we have copied the \ last byte from K% to INWK LDX #1 \ Call GINF to fetch the address of the ship data block JSR GINF \ for the ship in slot 1 (the Cobra) and store it in INF LDA XX21-2+2*CYL \ Set XX0(1 0) to point to the ship blueprint for a STA XX0 \ Cobra Mk III LDA XX21-1+2*CYL STA XX0+1 LDA #CYL \ Set the ship type to a Cobra Mk III STA TYPE JSR MVEIT \ Call MVEIT to move the Cobra so it pitches, rolls and \ flies on JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the Cobra on-screen JSR STORE \ Call STORE to copy the ship data block at INWK back to \ the K% workspace PLP \ Restore the flags that we stored on the stack above BNE FLYL5 \ If it is not the case that bits 5 and 7 of the logo's \ byte #31 are both set, jump back to FLYL5 to keep \ drawing the exploding logo and the Cobra \ The logo has now finished exploding, as bits 5 and 7 \ of the logo's byte #31 are now both set ("ship is \ exploding" and "ship has been killed"). By this time \ the Cobra will have reached the upper part of the \ screen, where we leave it while we do the next bit of \ scrolling text LDA #14 \ Set DELTA to 14, so our current speed (i.e. that of STA DELTA \ the camera) is 14 STZ DELT4 \ Set DELT4 = 0 LSR A \ Set DELT4+1 = 14 / 4 ROR DELT4 \ LSR A \ so DELT4(1 0) therefore contains 14 * 64 ROR DELT4 STA DELT4+1 IF _EXECUTIVE LDX #LO(executive) \ Set (Y X) to the address of executive, which contains LDY #HI(executive) \ the text: "THE EXECUTIVE VERSION" JSR SLIDE \ Call SLIDE to display the Star Wars scroll text ENDIF LDX #LO(byian) \ Set (Y X) to the address of byian, which contains the LDY #HI(byian) \ text: "BY IAN BELL AND DAVID BRABEN" JSR SLIDE \ Call SLIDE to display the Star Wars scroll text \ We now want the Cobra to start flying again, so we \ first need to copy the logo's ship data block from K% \ to INWK LDX #NI%-1 \ Set a counter in X so we can loop through the NI% \ bytes in the ship data block .DML5 LDA K%+NI%,X \ Copy the X-th byte of the second ship data block in K% STA INWK,X \ to the X-th byte of INWK DEX \ Decrement the loop counter BPL DML5 \ Loop back for the next byte, until we have copied the \ last byte from K% to INWK .FLYL6 JSR STARS1 \ Call STARS1 to process the stardust for the front view JSR MVEIT \ Call MVEIT to move the Cobra so it pitches, rolls and \ flies onwards JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the Cobra on-screen LDA INWK+8 \ Keep looping back to FLYL6 until z_sign is negative, BPL FLYL6 \ i.e. the Cobra has been overtaken by the camera as the \ camera moves forward, and it's disappeared off the top \ of the screen LDX #LO(true3) \ Set (Y X) to the address of true3, which contains the LDY #HI(true3) \ text: "THE GALAXY IS IN TURMOIL, THE NAVY FAR AWAY AS \ THE EMPIRE CRUMBLES" (or, in the Executive version: \ "CONGRATULATIONS ON OBTAINING A COPY OF THIS ELUSIVE \ PRODUCT") JSR SLIDE \ Call SLIDE to display the Star Wars scroll text JSR RES2 \ Reset a number of flight variables and workspaces LDA #&E0 \ Set nosev_z_hi = -1 (as &E0 is a negative unit vector STA INWK+14 \ length), so the ship points out of the screen, towards \ us STZ DELTA \ Set DELTA to 0, so our current speed (i.e. that of the \ camera) is 0 STZ ALPHA \ Set ALPHA and ALP1 to 0, so our roll angle (i.e. that STZ ALP1 \ of the camera) is 0 LDX #15 \ Set the ship's speed to 15 STX INWK+27 LDX #5 \ Set the ship's z_hi to 5, so it's in the distance STX INWK+7 LDA #ADA \ Set the ship type to an Adder STA TYPE JSR NWSHP \ Add a new Adder to the local bubble (in this case, the \ demo screen) .FLYL7 JSR MVEIT \ Call MVEIT to move the Adder so it flies towards the \ camera JSR LL9 \ Call LL9 to draw the Adder on-screen LDA INWK+7 \ Keep looping back to FLYL7 until z_hi is zero BNE FLYL7 LDA #3 \ Set the Adder's roll counter to 3 to make it roll in STA INWK+29 \ a positive direction (clockwise) STA INWK+30 \ Set the Adder's pitch counter to 3 to make it pitch in \ a positive direction (dive) LDA INWK+8 \ Keep looping back to FLYL7 until z_sign is negative BPL FLYL7 \ i.e. the Adder has flown past the camera JSR SCAN \ Call SCAN to remove the adder from the scanner (by \ redrawing it) JSR RES2 \ Reset a number of flight variables and workspaces LDA #CYAN2 \ Set the scanner colour for the Cobra Mk III to its STA scacol+CYL \ default colour of cyan, so Cobras will appear on the \ scanner once again JMP DEATH2 \ Jump to DEATH2 to reset most of the game and restart \ from the title screenName: DEMON [Show more] Type: Subroutine Category: Demo Summary: Show the demo Deep dive: The 6502 Second Processor demo mode Secrets of the Executive versionContext: See this subroutine in context in the source code References: This subroutine is called as follows: * BR1 (Part 1 of 2) calls DEMON * TITLE calls DEMON * TT170 calls DEMON
See the deep dive on "The 6502 Second Processor demo mode" for details of how the demo is implemented.
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Configuration variable ADA = 20
Ship type for an Adder
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Configuration variable CYAN2 = %00111100
Two mode 2 pixels of colour 6 (cyan)
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Configuration variable CYL = 11
Ship type for a Cobra Mk III
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Subroutine DEATH2 (category: Start and end)
Reset most of the game and restart from the title screen
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Subroutine DELAY (category: Utility routines)
Wait for a specified time, in 1/50s of a second
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Label DML3 is local to this routine
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Label DML4 is local to this routine
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Label DML5 is local to this routine
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Subroutine DOVDU19 (category: Drawing the screen)
Change the mode 1 palette by sending a #SETVDU19 command to the I/O processor
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Subroutine EXNO3 (category: Sound)
Make an explosion sound
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Label FLYL1 is local to this routine
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Label FLYL2 is local to this routine
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Label FLYL4 is local to this routine
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Label FLYL5 is local to this routine
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Label FLYL6 is local to this routine
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Label FLYL7 is local to this routine
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Subroutine GINF (category: Universe)
Fetch the address of a ship's data block into INF
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Variable HIMCNT (category: Demo)
Used as a loop counter for the Cobra's slow approach in the demo
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Workspace K% (category: Workspaces)
Ship data blocks
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Configuration variable LGO = 32
Ship type for the Elite logo
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Subroutine LL9 (Part 1 of 12) (category: Drawing ships)
Draw ship: Check if ship is exploding, check if ship is in front
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Subroutine MVEIT (Part 1 of 9) (category: Moving)
Move current ship: Tidy the orientation vectors
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Configuration variable NI% = 37
The number of bytes in each ship's data block (as stored in INWK and K%)
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Subroutine NOISE (category: Sound)
Make the sound whose number is in A
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Subroutine NWSHP (category: Universe)
Add a new ship to our local bubble of universe
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Subroutine PBFL (category: Drawing pixels)
Draw the pixel in the pixel buffer by sending an OSWORD 241 command to the I/O processor
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Subroutine RES2 (category: Start and end)
Reset a number of flight variables and workspaces
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Subroutine RESET (category: Start and end)
Reset most variables
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Subroutine SCAN (category: Dashboard)
Display the current ship on the scanner
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Subroutine SLIDE (category: Demo)
Display a Star Wars scroll text
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Subroutine STARS1 (category: Stardust)
Process the stardust for the front view
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Subroutine STORE (category: Universe)
Copy the ship data block at INWK back to the K% workspace
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Subroutine TT66 (category: Drawing the screen)
Clear the screen and set the current view type
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Subroutine TWIST (category: Demo)
Pitch the current ship by a small angle in a positive direction
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Temporary storage, used to store the address of a ship blueprint. For example, it is used when we add a new ship to the local bubble in routine NWSHP, and it contains the address of the current ship's blueprint as we loop through all the nearby ships in the main flight loop
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Variable XX21 (category: Drawing ships)
Ship blueprints lookup table
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Subroutine ZINF2 (category: Universe)
Reset the INWK workspace and orientation vectors
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Subroutine ZZAAP (category: Demo)
Draw a vertical red laser line from (128, 67) to (128, 160)
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Variable acorn (category: Demo)
The text for the demo's opening scroll text
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Variable byian (category: Demo)
The text for the demo's middle scroll text
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Variable executive (category: Demo)
Extra text for the demo in the Executive version
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Subroutine nWq (category: Stardust)
Create a random cloud of stardust
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Variable scacol (category: Drawing ships)
Ship colours on the scanner
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Variable true3 (category: Demo)
The text for the demo's final scroll text