ZX81 Pirate Invaders v0.5.2

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Continuing this game development for the Sinclair ZX81 in assembly code, and here's what I have so far. The game is based on the classic arcade shooter but with a maritime twist! Instead of aliens to shoot at, it's pirates, symbolized now by "peg leg" pirates with their swords waving.
1) when player gets "boarded" by pirate then an end of life animation sequence is shown.
2) player now has chance to shoot and hit the "bonus shark" at the top
3) basic high score feature added
Still todo
1) make the pirates fire back with "swords" or something
2) add different pirate sprites in other waves like pirate ship
3) add the end of wave boss ("skull and cross bones")
4) clean up above pirates the cannon balls hang around if they didn't hit
Links:
Sinclair ZX81: en.m.wikipedia...
Source code: github.com/Adr...
The excellent sprite editor by ChibiAkumas: www.chibiakuma...
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