Connect 4 (Z80 assembly language for the ZX Spectrum 48K)

connect4.asm

; CONNECT 4 by Darryl Sloan, 3 July 2017

	org 50000
last_k	equ 23560

	ld hl, udgs		; UDGs
	ld (23675), hl		; set up UDG system variable

	ld a, 2			; upper screen
	call 5633		; open channel

; draw game title
	ld de, banner       	; address of string
	ld bc, eobanr-banner	; length of string to print
	call 8252		; print our string

; draw board
bdraw	ld de, board       	; address of string
	ld bc, eoboard-board	; length of string to print
	call 8252		; print our string
	ld hl, board+1
	ld a, (hl)
	inc a
	ld (hl), a
	cp 16			; finish looping when lines 12 to 16 are drawn
	jr nz, bdraw

; draw player line
	ld de, player       
	ld bc, eoplyr-player
	call 8252	

; show player
ploop	ld hl, 22816
	ld bc, (ppos)
	add hl, bc
	ld a, (pcol)
	ld (hl), a

; invite player input
	ld hl, last_k	; LAST K system variable
	ld a, (hl)	; put last keyboard press into A
	cp 112		; was "p" pressed?
	jr z, pright	; jump to PRIGHT
	cp 111		; was "o" pressed?
	jr z, pleft	; jump to PLEFT
	cp 32		; was " " pressed?
	jr z, pfire	; jump to PFIRE
	cp 114		; was "r" pressed?
	jr z, newgame	; jump to NEWGAME
	jr ploop	; maintain player input loop

; restart game
newgame	ld hl, drop	; reset available drops for all 7 columns
	ld b, 7	
rstdrp	ld (hl), 6	; 6 means empty column (i.e. 6 drops remaining)
	inc hl		; move forward 1 byte within DROP until all 7 are reset
	djnz rstdrp	
; clear board 
	ld a, 6		; A keeps track of rows
	ld b, 7		; B keeps track of columns
	ld hl, 22860	; addr 22860 is top-left attribute of board
	ld de, 25	; 25 is the number of spaces from the end of one row to the beginning of the next
empty	ld (hl), 15	; 15 is paper blue, ink white, i.e. an empty slot
	inc hl		; move forward one attribute
	djnz empty	; repeat until a row of seven slots is cleared
	ld b, 7		; reset B in readiness for next row
	add hl, de	; skip to start of next row
	dec a		; subtract 1 from remaining rows
	cp 0		; if all 6 rows are complete, end
	jp z, clrkey	; "
	jr empty	; if not, repeat

; player moves right
pright	ld a, (ppos)	; prevent player from moving too far right
	cp 18		; "
	jr z, ploop	; "
	ld hl, 22816	; erase player from screen
	ld bc, (ppos)	; "
	add hl,bc	; "
	ld (hl), 63	; "
	ld a, (ppos)	; move player 1 square right
	inc a		; "
	ld (ppos), a	; "
	jp clrkey

; player moves left
pleft	ld a, (ppos)	; prevent player from moving too far left
	cp 12		; "
	jr z, ploop	; "
	ld hl, 22816	; erase player from screen
	ld bc, (ppos)	; "
	add hl, bc	; "
	ld (hl), 63	; "
	ld a, (ppos)	; move player 1 square left
	dec a		; "
	ld (ppos), a	; "
	jp clrkey

; player fires
pfire	ld a, (ppos)	; get mathematical x position of player (i.e. x=12 is 1)
	sub 11		; "
	ld hl, drop-1	; point at mem loc prior to first column (because the loop incs)
	ld b, a		; use b to loop until correct column is reached
cntr	inc hl		; increase HL to scan across drop vars
	djnz cntr	; "
	ld a, (hl)	; load number of rows to descend into a
	ld (tdrop), a	; store A in TDROP (temporary drop)
	cp 0		; if no spaces remain in column, jump back to player input loop
	jp z, clrkey	; "	
	ld hl, 22816	; erase player from screen
	ld bc, (ppos)	; "
	add hl, bc	; "
	ld (hl), 63	; "
; counter drops
	ld a, (tdrop)
desnd	ld bc, 32	; redraw player 1 row lower
	add hl, bc	; "
	ld d, a		; remember A temporarily in D
	ld a, (pcol+1)
	ld (hl), a	; "
	ld a, d		; put D back into A
	ld b, 5		; create a brief delay between counter movements
stall	halt		; wait for an interrupt
	djnz stall	; loop
	ld (hl), 15	; draw counter
	dec a		; A controls iterations of loop
	jr nz, desnd	; loop until descent finished
	ld a, (pcol+1)	; redraw counter in resting position
	ld (hl), a	; "
; decrement remaining slots by 1
	ld a, (ppos)	; get mathematical x position of player (i.e. x=12 is 1)
	sub 11		; "
	ld hl, drop-1	; point at mem loc prior to first column (because the loop incs)
	ld b, a		; use b to loop until correct column is reached
cntr2	inc hl		; increase HL to scan across drop vars
	djnz cntr2	; "
	ld a, (tdrop)	; subtract one from slots remaining in selected column
	dec a		; "
	ld (tdrop), a	; "
	ld (hl), a	; "	
; change colour for other player
	ld hl, ppos	; set player position back to centre
	ld (hl), 15	; "
	ld a, (pcol)	; add 4 to colour (changing red to yellow), for above board
	add a, 4	; "
	ld (pcol), a	; "
	ld a, (pcol+1)	; add 4 to colour (changing red to yellow), for within board
	add a, 4	; "
	ld (pcol+1), a	; "
	cp 18		; if colour is invalid, jump to BADCOL
	jr z, badcol	; "
	jr clrkey	; clear keyboard
badcol	ld a, 58	; change invalid colour to red
	ld (pcol), a	; "
	ld a, 10	; "
	ld (pcol+1), a	; "
	jr clrkey	; clear keyboard

; clear last keypress and loop back for new input
clrkey	ld hl, last_k	; clear LAST_K
	ld (hl), 0	; "
	jp ploop	; jump back to keyboard input

; variables
ppos	defb 15, 0			; player's horiz position, 12 to 18 (0 is added for use in 16-bit register)
pcol	defb 58, 10			; player's colour (58=red/white, 62=yellow/white; 10=red/blue, 14=yellow/blue)
drop	defb 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6	; the number of rows a counter should drop for each column
tdrop	defb 0				; temp storage of current drop

banner	defb 22, 3, 11, "CONNECT 4"
eobanr	equ $

; board setup
board	defb 22, 10, 12						; set print position to y=10, x=12
	defb 16, 7, 17, 1, 144, 144, 144, 144, 144, 144, 144	; ink white, paper blue
eoboard	equ $

player	defb 22, 9, 12						; set print position to y=9, x=12
	defb 16, 7, 17, 7, 144, 144, 144, 144, 144, 144, 144	; ink & paper white (invisible)
eoplyr	equ $

; graphics setup
udgs   defb 0, 24, 60, 126, 126, 60, 24, 0	; graphic for counter (and board, inverted)

Which compiler are you using? The z80asm compiler triggers errors on label definitions and others.

@carlosparamio he's using the built-in assembler of the ZX Spin emulator. You can follow his tutorial on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gHlMpO8gqw&index=6&list=PLsoYifahFi50gKtSOX23HI6sgw9k8UGZb