!cur_lives = $7E0DBE
!player_mode = $7e0071
!coin_count = $7E0DBF ; For debugging

; If > 5 lives, set lives to 3
LDA !cur_lives
CMP #$05
BCS setlives

; Run the rest only if Mario's dying
LDA !player_mode
CMP #$9
BNE end

; Oh no! Mario's lives are about to hit 0!
; This runs when Mario's dropping from 2 to 1 as well...
; But if run only when dropping from 1 to 0, it triggers Game Over
; Not sure there's a workaround to that
LDA !cur_lives
CMP #$01
BCS end

setlives:
LDA #$02
STA !cur_lives

end:
RTL

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