diff -ur ScummVM-cvs20030614/scummvm/scumm/akos.cpp ScummVM-cvs20030614+hack/scummvm/scumm/akos.cpp
--- ScummVM-cvs20030614/scummvm/scumm/akos.cpp	2003-06-07 02:49:35.000000000 +0200
+++ ScummVM-cvs20030614+hack/scummvm/scumm/akos.cpp	2003-06-15 08:45:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -353,22 +353,29 @@
 
 		do {
 			if (*scaleytab++ < _scaleY) {
-				masked = (y < _outheight) && v1.mask_ptr && ((mask[0] | mask[v1.imgbufoffs]) & maskbit);
+				if (_actorHitMode) {
+					if (color && (int16) y == _actorHitY && v1.x == _actorHitX) {
+						_actorHitResult = true;
+						return;
+					}
+				} else {
+					masked = (y < _outheight) && v1.mask_ptr && ((mask[0] | mask[v1.imgbufoffs]) & maskbit);
 
-				if (color && y < _outheight && !masked && !skip_column) {
-					pcolor = palette[color];
-					if (_shadow_mode == 1) {
-						if (pcolor == 13)
-							pcolor = _shadow_table[*dst];
-					} else if (_shadow_mode == 2) {
-						warning("codec1_spec2"); // TODO
-					} else if (_shadow_mode == 3) {
-						if (pcolor < 8) {
-							pcolor = (pcolor << 8) + *dst;
-							pcolor = _shadow_table[pcolor];
+					if (color && y < _outheight && !masked && !skip_column) {
+						pcolor = palette[color];
+						if (_shadow_mode == 1) {
+							if (pcolor == 13)	
+								pcolor = _shadow_table[*dst];
+						} else if (_shadow_mode == 2) {
+							warning("codec1_spec2"); // TODO
+						} else if (_shadow_mode == 3) {
+							if (pcolor < 8) {
+								pcolor = (pcolor << 8) + *dst;
+								pcolor = _shadow_table[pcolor];
+							}
 						}
+						*dst = pcolor;
 					}
-					*dst = pcolor;
 				}
 				dst += _outwidth;
 				mask += _numStrips;
@@ -644,7 +651,11 @@
 	v1.skip_width = _width;
 	v1.scaleXstep = _mirror ? 1 : -1;
 
-	_vm->updateDirtyRect(0, x_left, x_right, y_top, y_bottom, _dirty_id);
+	if (_actorHitMode) {
+		if (_actorHitX < x_left || _actorHitX >= x_right || _actorHitY < y_top || _actorHitY >= y_bottom)
+			return 0;
+	} else
+		_vm->updateDirtyRect(0, x_left, x_right, y_top, y_bottom, _dirty_id);
 
 	if (y_top >= (int)_outheight || y_bottom <= 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -717,6 +728,11 @@
 byte AkosRenderer::codec5(int xmoveCur, int ymoveCur) {
 	int32 clip_left, clip_right, clip_top, clip_bottom, maxw, maxh;
 
+	if (_actorHitMode) {
+		warning("codec5: _actorHitMode not yet implemented");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (!_mirror) {
 		clip_left = (_actorX - xmoveCur - _width) + 1;
 	} else {
@@ -923,6 +939,11 @@
 	int32 clip_left, clip_right, clip_top, clip_bottom, maxw, maxh;
 	int32 skip_x, skip_y, cur_x, cur_y;
 	const byte transparency = (_vm->_features & GF_HUMONGOUS) ? 0 : 255;
+
+	if (_actorHitMode) {
+		warning("codec16: _actorHitMode not yet implemented");
+		return 0;
+	}
 	
 	if (!_mirror) {
 		clip_left = (_actorX - xmoveCur - _width) + 1;
diff -ur ScummVM-cvs20030614/scummvm/scumm/akos.h ScummVM-cvs20030614+hack/scummvm/scumm/akos.h
--- ScummVM-cvs20030614/scummvm/scumm/akos.h	2003-06-01 15:09:30.000000000 +0200
+++ ScummVM-cvs20030614+hack/scummvm/scumm/akos.h	2003-06-14 20:34:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,8 +65,13 @@
 		aksq = 0;
 		akof = 0;
 		akcd = 0;
+		_actorHitMode = false;
 	}
 
+	bool _actorHitMode;
+	int16 _actorHitX, _actorHitY;
+	bool _actorHitResult;
+
 	void setPalette(byte *palette);
 	void setFacing(Actor *a);
 	void setCostume(int costume);
diff -ur ScummVM-cvs20030614/scummvm/scumm/script_v8.cpp ScummVM-cvs20030614+hack/scummvm/scumm/script_v8.cpp
--- ScummVM-cvs20030614/scummvm/scumm/script_v8.cpp	2003-06-09 02:46:32.000000000 +0200
+++ ScummVM-cvs20030614+hack/scummvm/scumm/script_v8.cpp	2003-06-15 08:38:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "stdafx.h"
 #include "scumm.h"
 #include "actor.h"
+#include "akos.h"
 #include "charset.h"
 #include "intern.h"
 #include "sound.h"
@@ -1468,52 +1469,21 @@
 	}
 	case 0xD9: {   // actorHit - used, for example, to detect ship collision
 	               // during ship-to-ship combat.
-#if 0
 		Actor *a = derefActor(args[1], "actorHit");
-		int x = args[2];
-		int y = args[3];
-		
-		// TODO: this should perform a collision test, i.e. check if
-		// point (x,y) lies on the given actor or not.
-		// To achieve this, one needs to consider the current costume
-		// etc. What the original code seems to do is to draw the
-		// actor/costume (but maybe in a custom buffer?), and let the
-		// draw code perform the hit test.
-		// But I am not 100% clear on this. For example, it probably
-		// shouldn't touch the gfx usage bits, and some other things...
-		// So maybe we need dedicated code for this after all?
-
-		warning("actorHit(%d, %d, %d) NYI", args[1], x, y);
-
-#endif
-
-		push(1);	// FIXME - for now always return 1
-/*		
-		// Rough sketch, thanks to DanielFox and ludde
-		struct SomeStruct {
-			int RoomHeight, RoomWidth;
-			byte *ScreenBuffer;
-		}
-
-		dword_4FC150 = args[3];			// X 
-		dword_4FC154 = args[2];			// Y
-		Actor &a = pActors[args[1]];	
-		Point rel = GetScreenCoordsRelativeToRoom(), pt, scale;
-		SomeStruct tmp;
-
-		pt.x = a.x + a.field_18 - rel.x;	// 18/1C are some kind of 
-		pt.y = a.y + a.field_1C - rel.y;	// X/Y offsets...
-		scale.x = a.scale_x;
-		scale.y = a.scale_y;
-
-		dword_4FC148 = 2;
-		graphics_getBuffer1Info(&tmp);		// Some kind of get_virtscreen?
-		chore_drawActor(tmp, actor_nr, &pt, &scale);
-
-		if (dword_4FC148 != 1)			// Guess this is changed by
-			dword_4FC148 = 0;		// chore_drawActor
-		push(dword_4FC148);
-*/
+		AkosRenderer *ar = (AkosRenderer *) _costumeRenderer;
+		bool old_need_redraw = a->needRedraw;
+
+		ar->_actorHitX = args[2];
+		ar->_actorHitY = args[3] + _screenTop;
+		ar->_actorHitMode = true;
+		ar->_actorHitResult = false;
+
+		a->needRedraw = true;
+		a->drawActorCostume();
+		a->needRedraw = old_need_redraw;
+
+		ar->_actorHitMode = false;
+		push(ar->_actorHitResult);
 		break;
 	}
 	case 0xDA:		// lipSyncWidth