Atic Atac: Routine at 8CB7

8CB7: Raise the player back out of the floor

The handler for sprite $66, and the mirror of DYING: +$06 counts up instead of down and the sprite rises. It is what runs at the start of a game as well as after a death, which is why the player's sprite byte reads $66 for several seconds before a new game is really under way -- and why CHECK_HIT, which only counts sprites below $31 as a player, cannot register a hit during it.
MATERIALISING	8CB7	LD A,($5E3C)	For the first 104 frames of a life the score flashes instead (FLASH_COUNT, set by PLACE_PLAYER).
	8CBA	AND A
	8CBB	JR NZ,FLASH_SCORE
	8CBD	LD A,($5C78)	One step in four frames.
	8CC0	AND $03	One step in four frames.
	8CC2	JP NZ,ANIMATE_COLOUR
	8CC5	INC (IX+$06)	Up a little further.
	8CC8	LD A,(IX+$07)
	8CCB	CALL SPRITE_ADDRESS
	8CCE	LD A,(DE)
	8CCF	CP (IX+$06)	At the top, so become a player again.
	8CD2	JR Z,FINISH_MATERIALISING	At the top, so become a player again.
This entry point is used by the routine at DYING.
ANIMATE_SHAPE	8CD4	PUSH DE
	8CD5	PUSH HL
	8CD6	LD B,H
	8CD7	LD C,L
	8CD8	LD A,(IX+$04)
	8CDB	LD (IX+$02),A
	8CDE	SUB (IX+$06)
	8CE1	LD (IX+$04),A
	8CE4	LD L,(IX+$06)
	8CE7	LD H,$00
	8CE9	ADD HL,HL
	8CEA	ADD HL,DE
	8CEB	LD A,H
	8CEC	LD (BC),A
	8CED	DEC BC
	8CEE	LD A,L
	8CEF	LD (BC),A
	8CF0	PUSH HL
	8CF1	LD C,(HL)
	8CF2	LD B,(IX+$00)
	8CF5	PUSH BC
	8CF6	LD (HL),$01
	8CF8	LD A,(IX+$07)
	8CFB	LD (IX+$00),A
	8CFE	CALL DRAW_THING
	8D01	POP BC
	8D02	POP HL
	8D03	LD (HL),C
	8D04	LD (IX+$00),B
	8D07	LD A,(IX+$02)
	8D0A	LD (IX+$04),A
	8D0D	POP HL
	8D0E	POP DE
	8D0F	LD (HL),D
	8D10	DEC HL
	8D11	LD (HL),E
This entry point is used by the routine at DYING.
ANIMATE_COLOUR	8D12	LD A,(IX+$05)
	8D15	PUSH AF
	8D16	LD A,($5C78)
	8D19	RRCA
	8D1A	RRCA
	8D1B	AND $07
	8D1D	JR NZ,MATERIALISING_0
	8D1F	INC A
MATERIALISING_0	8D20	OR $40
	8D22	LD (IX+$05),A
	8D25	LD A,(IX+$06)
	8D28	CALL DRAW_AT_A
	8D2B	POP AF
	8D2C	LD (IX+$05),A
	8D2F	JP SOUND_RISE_SINK