Gigatron Hackers

I am getting an error when trying to allocate memory for a sprite that is 9 pixels by 16 pixels. There should be enough space for this size sprite.

I have allocated memory with this statement:

CONST vtX = &h0600
DEF BYTE(vtX, 0, 1, 120) = 0

Thank you Ari, that clarifies a lot. I will add a section into the manual I am writing as I am at graphics in the manual at the moment.

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