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Elite on the BBC Micro and NES

Encyclopedia: menu_query

[Elite-A, Parasite]

Name: menu_query [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Encyclopedia Summary: Table containing token numbers for each menu's query prompt Deep dive: The Encyclopedia Galactica
Context: See this variable in context in the source code References: This variable is used as follows: * menu uses menu_query

Text tokens for the menu system can be found in the msg_3 table. The menus are as follows: 0 = Encyclopedia Galactica 1 = Ships A-G 2 = Ships I-W 3 = Controls 4 = Equipment
.menu_query EQUB 6 \ Menu 0: Query prompt is text token 6: \ \ "INFORMATION" EQUB 67 \ Menu 1: Query prompt is text token 67: \ \ " SHIP" EQUB 67 \ Menu 2: Query prompt is text token 67: \ \ " SHIP" EQUB 5 \ Menu 3: Query prompt is text token 5: \ \ "CONTROLS" EQUB 4 \ Menu 4: Query prompt is text token 4: \ \ "EQUIPMENT"