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Version analysis of PIXEL2

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

Code variations between these versions are shown below.

       Name: PIXEL2
       Type: Subroutine
   Category: Drawing pixels
    Summary: Draw a stardust particle relative to the screen centre



 Draw a point (X1, Y1) from the middle of the screen with a size determined by
 a distance value. Used to draw stardust particles.



 Arguments:

   X1                   The x-coordinate offset

   Y1                   The y-coordinate offset (positive means up the screen
                        from the centre, negative means down the screen)

   ZZ                   The distance of the point (further away = smaller point)



.PIXEL2

 LDA X1                 \ Fetch the x-coordinate offset into A

Code variation 1 of 3A variation in the labels only

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Cassette, Flight, Docked, 6502SP, Electron
Master
 BPL PX1                \ If the x-coordinate offset is positive, jump to PX1
                        \ to skip the following negation

 EOR #%01111111         \ The x-coordinate offset is negative, so flip all the
 CLC                    \ bits apart from the sign bit and add 1, to convert it
 ADC #1                 \ from a sign-magnitude number to a signed number

.PX1

 BPL PX21               \ If the x-coordinate offset is positive, jump to PX21
                        \ to skip the following negation

 EOR #%01111111         \ The x-coordinate offset is negative, so flip all the
 CLC                    \ bits apart from the sign bit and add 1, to convert it
 ADC #1                 \ from a sign-magnitude number to a signed number

.PX21

 EOR #%10000000         \ Set X = X1 + 128
 TAX                    \
                        \ So X is now the offset converted to an x-coordinate,
                        \ centred on x-coordinate 128

 LDA Y1                 \ Fetch the y-coordinate offset into A and clear the
 AND #%01111111         \ sign bit, so A = |Y1|

Code variation 2 of 3A variation in the labels only

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Cassette, Flight, Docked, 6502SP, Electron
Master
 CMP #96                \ If |Y1| >= 96 then it's off the screen (as 96 is half
 BCS PX4                \ the screen height), so return from the subroutine (as
                        \ PX4 contains an RTS)

 CMP #Y                 \ If |Y1| >= #Y then it's off the screen (as #Y is half
 BCS PXR1               \ the screen height), so return from the subroutine (as
                        \ PXR1 contains an RTS)

 LDA Y1                 \ Fetch the y-coordinate offset into A

Code variation 3 of 3A variation in the labels only

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Cassette, Flight, Docked, 6502SP, Electron
Master
 BPL PX2                \ If the y-coordinate offset is positive, jump to PX2
                        \ to skip the following negation

 EOR #%01111111         \ The y-coordinate offset is negative, so flip all the
 ADC #1                 \ bits apart from the sign bit and subtract 1, to negate
                        \ it to a positive number, i.e. A is now |Y1|

.PX2

 BPL PX22               \ If the y-coordinate offset is positive, jump to PX22
                        \ to skip the following negation

 EOR #%01111111         \ The y-coordinate offset is negative, so flip all the
 ADC #1                 \ bits apart from the sign bit and add 1, to convert it
                        \ from a sign-magnitude number to a signed number

.PX22

 STA T                  \ Set A = #Y + 1 - Y1
 LDA #Y+1               \
 SBC T                  \ So if Y1 is positive we display the point up from the
                        \ centre at y-coordinate 97, while a negative Y1 means
                        \ down from the centre

                        \ Fall through into PIXEL to draw the stardust at the
                        \ screen coordinates in (X, A)