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# Special! Sprite Basic

This article describes a machine language routine that adds several new commands to the Spectrum’s BASIC. These commands allow the creation and control of sprites. Note that this toolkit only works with the Spectrum’s ROM.

[Reprinted from Your Computer](https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1985-06/page/n83/mode/2up).