Utility routines: DELAY

       Name: DELAY                                                   [Show more]
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Utility routines
    Summary: Wait for a specified time, in 1/50s of a second
    Context: See this subroutine in context in the source code
 Variations: See code variations for this subroutine in the different versions
 References: This subroutine is called as follows:
             * BRIS calls DELAY
             * DEMON calls DELAY
             * DKS3 calls DELAY
             * dn2 calls DELAY
             * DOENTRY calls DELAY
             * Main game loop (Part 5 of 6) calls DELAY
             * MT26 calls DELAY
             * TT217 calls DELAY


 Wait for the number of vertical syncs given in Y, so this effectively waits
 for Y/50 of a second (as the vertical sync occurs 50 times a second).


 Arguments:

   Y                    The number of vertical sync events to wait for


.DELAY

 JSR WSCAN              \ Call WSCAN to wait for the vertical sync, so the whole
                        \ screen gets drawn

 DEY                    \ Decrement the counter in Y

 BNE DELAY              \ If Y isn't yet at zero, jump back to DELAY to wait
                        \ for another vertical sync

 RTS                    \ Return from the subroutine