Game status buffer
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B5CB: Game variables
Working variables. Those identified so far:
  • B5CB - address of the current word in the input line (for error messages)
  • B5DA - object number of the weapon/instrument in the current command, or $FF
  • B5DB - the current actor: 0 when the player is acting, otherwise the object number of the character
  • $B5E1 - set when a timer has expired this turn (9611)
  • B5E4 - the room in which the eyes timer was started (C6CC)
  • $B5EB - 1 when commands should really be carried out, 0 during a dry run (9C99)
  • $B5F3 - output enable flag
  • B5F8 - address of the target's object record
  • $B5FA - address of the weapon's object record
  • $B5FC - address of the actor's object record
  • B5FE - random number seed (9BFD)
The 28 bytes from B5DC are backed up to $5F00 at start-up and restored when the game restarts.
B5CB DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00
B5D8 DEFB $00,$00 Movement direction and other command variables
B5DA DEFB $00 Weapon object number
B5DB DEFB $00 Current actor
B5DC DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00 Backed-up variables (28 bytes)
B5E4 DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00
B5EC DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00
B5F4 DEFB $00,$00,$00,$FF
B5F8 DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$0B,$C0 Target, weapon and actor record addresses
B5FE DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00 Random seed and state
B606 DEFB $00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00,$00
B60E DEFB $00
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