$80:8248

ROM address data
Length	0x16
Type	Code
Name	createPlayerEntity
Description	Creates an entity for a player
Arguments/Return value	Y+A = [pointer32] Entity pointer Returns A = [unit16] Entity ID
Return type	RTL

This is the same as $80:825E, but with the following differences:

• Searches entity slots in forward order instead of reverse. This will guarantee that the two player entities are in the first two slots.
  • This was possibly meant to guarantee player entities get assigned a direct page with a zero low byte for faster RAM access, but for some reason the second player entity has 0x280 for its direct page.
• Only searches for an empty entity in the first 0x10 slots (out of 0x18 total slots). This shouldn't matter since this is only used for up to two player entities.