Dynamite Dan: Game status buffer

Address

Length

Description

84

Dan's current working graphic

5

1

Amount pending to add onto the current score

1

Number of lives

1

Current energy (0-8)

1

Current energy (duplicate?)

1

Number of frames until one energy bar lost

2

Number of frames until it's time to increment the score

1

Dan's Y co-ordinate

1

Dan's X co-ordinate

1

bit	description
0	Dan is jumping
1	Dan is facing right
2	Dan is falling onto a trampoline
3	Dan is changing direction when hitting a trampoline
4	Dan is rising off a trampoline
5	Dan is safe (ie: if reset he will lose a life)
6	Dan is in mid-air and falling
7	Dan is drowning

1

Current animation frame

0-3 = left, 4-7 = right

1

Height (in lines) fallen by

1

Height for the next jump

This is normally 0B but can be increased when on a trampoline

1

Number of dynamite sticks collected

1

Height when landing on a trampoline without jumping

1

Time until lift next moves

1

bit	description
0	lift is moving up
2	Dan is standing on the lift

1

Current lift y co-ordinate

1

Room the lift is in

1

If bit 0 is set, the safe is still locked

If bit 1 is set, Dan has got the plans

If bit 5 if set, Dan has got an aerosol and has brief immunity

If bit 6 is set, Dan has got an oxygen tank and can survive drowning

If bit 7 is reset, Dan has got the plans and is in the blimp

1

Set bit 0 if a set of rainbow lifts is operating

Set bit 7 if a laser is firing

1

Frames left in the "touched moving object" sequence

5

Current high score

2

Pointer to the current tune block being played

1

Number of blocks in the tune currently being played

1

Currently selected row that should flash

1

Tick count for updating the river (1-3)

Used by the routine at CC5F

1

Current attribute to set on a rainbow lift

1

Set bit 7 to make rainbow lift active and pull up Dan

2

Current screen position to set a rainbow lift colour

2

Current height of rainbow lift

Used by the routine at CEF0

4

Trigger positions for rainbow lifts

1

Attribute marking the food item in this room

1

1

Current note to play while moving through the air

2

Attributes marking floors (custom)

6

Attributes marking walls

1

Collision flags

Bits 0 - 2 hold the attribute (0-7) that Dan has collided with

Bit 7 is set to mark that Dan has collided with this object

2

Length (in bytes) of one frame of the currently processing sprite

1

Current X co-ordinate for the vertical sprite being drawn

1

Current Y co-ordinate for the vertical sprite being drawn

Used by the routine at D7E7

2

Pointer to current vertical sprite being drawn

Used by the routine at D7E7

1

Current X co-ordinate for the horizontal sprite being drawn

1

Current Y co-ordinate for the horizontal sprite being drawn

2

Pointer to current horizontal sprite being drawn

2

Offset for current moving object table

Used in the routine at D815.

1

x co-ordinate of the raft

1

Animation frame of the raft (0-3)

1

Current room the raft is in

1

Tick count until the raft should be moved

1

Current type of tune being played

2

Current note in a tune being played

1

Current state of playing a sound (used by DA8D)

If bit 0 is not set, play a tune instead

If bit 1 is not set, the "lose a life" effect should be played instead

2

Next action to take during playing a sound (used by DA8D)

1

Height (in lines) of Dan above the river waterline

1

Set bit 0 to denote items are only being drawn for instructions

1

Time left for the aerosol to run

242

Moving graphics buffer 0

Used by the routine at D677

242

Moving graphics buffer 1

Used by the routine at D677

578

Moving graphics buffer 2

Used by the routine at D815

578

Moving graphics buffer 3

Used by the routine at D815

4

Count of moving objects in the room

These are set up in the routine at E544 and accessed in the routine at E592

1

Current colour sequence for this room's teleporter

1

Tick counters for lasers.

Used by the routine in E6F6.

1

Current colour to draw the laser bolt with

1

Current width of the laser

1

Last read state of port FE

Used to set the border colour, and to play sound.

2

Current input routine

1

Current colour to set for the next letter on the main title

Used by the routine at EDA2

1

Counter to make glowing objects alternate between colour and black

2

Pointer to current attribute state of glowing objects

Used by the routine at EF7C.

1

Current animation index for Dan dying

Used by the routine at F021

1

1

1

2

Bitmask for what objects to select in initialisation

Used by the routines in F345 and F3A4

2

Pointer to object data in current room being looked at

Used by the routine in F345