A common feature of many 8-bit computers is something called sprites or as they are called in the Atari world, player/missile graphics.
Regardless of the name, these are small objects that can be shown and moved around on the screen independent of what might already be shown there. A sprite might be the space ships in Space Invaders, Pac-Man itself or an…
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