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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Version analysis of CNT

This code appears in the following versions (click to see it in the source code):

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

Name: CNT Type: Variable Category: Drawing planets Summary: A counter for use in drawing Saturn's planetary body
Defines the number of iterations of the PLL1 loop, which draws the planet part of the loading screen's Saturn.
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Code variation 1 of 1Related to a standard feature

In the cassette version, the loading screen's Saturn has up to 1280 dots in the planet part, while all other versions have up to 768.

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EQUW &0500 \ The number of iterations of the PLL1 loop (1280)
EQUW &0300 \ The number of iterations of the PLL1 loop (768)