53258



                              M1PL
     (R) Missile 1 to player collisions.

53258          D00A           SIZEP2
     (W) Size of player 2.

                              M2PL
     (R) Missile 2 to player collisions.

53259          D00B           SIZEP3
     (W) Size of player 3.

                              M3PL
     (R) Missile 3 to player collisions.

53260          D00C           SIZEM
     (W) Size for all missiles; set bits as below (decimal values
     included):

     Bits                  Size:
                           Normal   Double   Quadruple
        7 & 6: missile 3   0,128    64       192
        5 & 4: missile 2   0, 32    16        48
        3 & 2: missile l   0,  8     4        12
        1 & 0: missile 0   0,  2     1         3

     where turning on the bits in each each pair above does as follows:

        0 and 0: normal size -- two color clocks wide
        0 and 1: twice normal size -- four color clocks wide
        1 and 0: normal size
        1 and 1: four times normal size -- eight color clocks wide

     So, to get a double-sized missile 2, you would set BITs 5 and 6, or
     POKE 53260,48. Each missile can have a size set separately from
     the other missiles or players when using the GRAF registers.
     A number of sources, including De Re Atari, say that you can set
     neither missile sizes nor shapes separately. Here's a routine to
     show that you can in fact do both:

     10  POKE 53265,255: REM SHAPE START
     15  GR.7
     20  POKE 623,1: REM SET PRIORITIES
     30  FOR X = 1 TO 25
     35  F = 50
     40  FOR C = 704 TO 707: POKE C,F + X:
         F = F + 50: NEXT C: REM COLOURS
     45  S = 100
     50  FOR P = 53252 TO 53255: POKE P,S
        + X: S = S + 20: NEXT P : REM SCRE
        EN POSITIONS