You could use sprites for the score, besides looking better you have more control over them, and you only need to update them when the score changes.
For example, in Jetpac2003 the score is drawn using a function, this just changes the image number of each sprite to represent the digits. In psuedo code, and imagining you have 10 digits as images numbered 100 to 109:
Function update_score(score)
score$=right$("0000000000"+str$(score),10)
for n=0 to 9
sprite 100+n,n*16,0,val(mid$(score$,n+1))+100
next n
endfunction
Now if you have the images - that function should work fine, just call it when something dies.
Van-B
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