Commodore 128D - Page 126

Creating a Sprite Program
You now have a working sprite program example. Here's the com
plete program listing:
RETtjRN TO TEXT MODE
Here's what the program does:
• Line 5 COLORS the screen black.
• Line 10 sets standard high-resolution GRAPHIC mode.
• Line 15 DRAWs a box in the top-left corner of the screen.
• Lines 20 through 32 DRAW the racing car.
• Lines 35 through 44 DRAW the racing lanes and a finish line.
• Line 45 transfers the picture data from the racing car into a
string variable.
• Lines 50 and 55 transfer the contents of the string variable
into sprites 1 and 2.
• Lines 60 and 65 turn on sprites 1 and 2.
• Lines 70 and 80 position the sprites at the top of the screen.
• Lines 85 and 90 animate the sprites as through two cars are
racing each other across the finish line.
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USING C128 MODE—Color, Animation and Sprite Graphics Statements