[[!redirects Writing the Header]] Before writing your actual program's code, you need a header to describe WLA the SNES' memorymap. This is basically just a file you will include into your source. It contains all of the basic information about your ROM. The following is a basic header file for a 2 ...
The header will be at 0x7xxx (for LoROM) or 0xFxxx (for HiROM) for the downloaded content. There may be more than one in a single Memory Pack.
xFB0-xFB1 = Licensee / Maker Code
xFB2-xFB5 = Program Type
xFB6-xFBF = Reserved
xFC0-xFCF = Title
xFD0-xFD3 = Block Allocation ...<Seru-kun> Anyway, want to see a working Satellaview homebrew on video ? <Kiddo> Sure, although the ROM'd probably be quicker. <Seru-kun> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zDirQXD8Cw -Seru-kun- DCC Send SatellaviewTest2Working.rar (82.249.178.174)
(Goes to $7E9A34)
$00-$01 : Unused.
$02 : Unknown (Copies to RAM $1411)
$03-$04 : 16-bit Big Endian Data Size (Copies to RAM $140F in Little Endian)
(Goes to $ ...This section links to every article related to the Satellaview.
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This guide should help you in your goal of patching your ROM. This guide is applicable to most ROMs and patches but makes some assumptions about the patches and ROMs used:
These are useful code snippets I've used when working with SNES data and don't want to forget them. Some examples are not optimized as much as they could be in order to help keep the functionality clear.
Useful for running a script fro ...
# Header 1 #
## Header 2 ##
### Header 3 ### (Hashes on right are optional)
#### Header 4 ####
##### Header 5 #####
## Markdown plus h2 with a custom ID ## {#id-goes-here}
[Link back to H2](#id-goes-here)
This is a paragraph, whi ...Ok, here is my explanation on pointers. Some documents out there don't make any sense what so ever so I'm writing my own. This document is exclusively on Low-ROM SNES pointers and related. It is suggested that you become familiar with basic rom hacking before you read any further. If you begin to re ...
The codepage used is Shift-JIS. Also has some commands for text.
This one is quite specific. It has some functions like \x00 or \y00 that needs to be known.
\c?? - Color
\d??? - Print value from memory (half-width)
\D??? - Print value from memory (full-width)
...
The first example is a minimal example of setting up the ROM header, vectors, etc.
Usage:
ca65 ca65.s
ld65 -C lorom128.cfg -o ca65.smc ca65.o
lorom128.cfg
# ca65 linker config for 128K SMC
...Below is an example of using Xkas to patch an existing game. The game is Super Mario World and the patch was coded by Videogamer555, you can also view the original thread.
Firstly you need the [S ...
The SA-1 is a coprocessor capable of running at four times the base speed of the SNES main CPU when access does not conflict with that of SNES CPU, DMA or HDMA processing. It provides ad ...
Due to the requests of several people, the lack of documentation in this area, and a hope to spring the SNES emulation "scene" forward, I am going to try to describe the BRR encoding scheme in this doc. Everything here, I either read in publicly available documentation, or disc ...
Now it is time to get your hands dirty. You will be making your first SNES ASM program today. It's about time, huh. So let's get on with it!
What this program will do:
Well it will basically fill then entire screen with one color. MAN is that EXciting ...
:category: game-specific [[!redirects Takahashi Meijin no Daiboken Jima]]
Offsets refer to the ...
SPC is an audio format for playing native SNES audio.
| | Offset | Size | Description | |:--------------------------|:--------:|------:|:-------------------------------------- ...
This was originally posted on eludevisibility.org when I ([[Matthew Callis]]) originally bought these disks off eBay, but I'm consolidating all SNES related things down to superfamicom.org.
...
Also known as Hoshi no Kirby Super Deluxe and Kirby's Fun Pak. The information below is fr ...
Version 1.0 - Copyright 2003: The Dumper
The Game Doctor SF3/SF6/SF7 backup units for the SNES use a 512 byte header.
The format is as follows (all numbers are hexadecimal):
0000-000F`47 41 4D 45 20 44 4F 43 54 4F 52 20 53 46 20 33 ...
Usage:
ca65 manual_dsp.s
ld65 -C lorom128.cfg -o manual_dsp.smc manual_dsp.o
lorom128.cfg
# ca65 linker config for 128K SMC
# Physical areas of memory
# Names need not match, but it makes it ...I trust that you have learned some other kind of assembly language. If you have not, I'm afraid that learning 65816 as your first assembly language may be extremely hard. However, I won't stop you from trying. You will need other 65816 documents, because I do not teach much in this tutorial. These t ...
As stated in the title, this document try to document the S-DD1 chip's algorithm and, up to certain point, the chip itself, but you have to take in mind that the main target is to describe the algorithm, not his implementation. Due to that, there are details that obviously have to be present in a re ...
Earlier we made an interrupt table which assigned addresses for the SNES interrupts. We assigned the address to an empty handler that just returned for every interrupt except the NMI (VBLANK) interrupt. This interrupt occurs whenever the T.V.'s tracer is not tracing to the screen, making it safe to ...
[[!include asm_hacking_sidebar]]
This document was written for the aspiring ROM hacker with little to no experience in 65c816 programming. The basics have been thoroughly covered and I believe this should prove a significant aid to anyone interested in 65c8 ...
:category: game-specific
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Welcome to the SNES Development wiki. For many years information has been literally scattered across the world, in old text files, in aging and now disappearing web sites, in dead forums, in some wiki's that never quite made it happen, in books... b ...
This page contains the RAM Map of the BS-X.
$7E00AC - BS-X Token Interpreter Current Address (24-bit)
$7E0725 - Text Settings
$7E13C5 - Error Number
$7E1427 - Copy Type
$7E1430 - Current Month
$7E1431 - Current Day
$7E1432 - Data Type
...
Below is a decompressor and recompressor for GD Leen. This has been updated to compile with GCC, below that is the original unmodified file.
//------------------------------------------------//
// Decompressor and ...18A5-18FE Routine: Read Header
1900-196F Routine: Decompression
Ordered by first of ...
This article explains the structure of Dragon Quest 6 & Dragon Quest 3. The format is actually a variant of the [Nintendo SPC](http://wiki.superfamicom.org/s ...
People always assume "OMG MMX3! this game uses a [[C4]] chip, the [[C4]] chip does the decompression blah blah blah" well I proved them WRONG! [[C4]] chip is ONLY responsibl ...
The ROM Map describes various offsets, some could be broken down further and just haven't been expanded up on, but data structures are provided for those linked to.
| Offset | ...
BS-X uses a 32kb battery-backup SRAM. This is the BS-X SRAM Map. Everything is Little Endian, unless said otherwise. In the Memory Map, it's 10-17:5000-5FFF.
Offset - Size (Bytes) - Description
[Bank 0x10 - Dedicated to BS-X]
$0000 - 0x02 - Always $4753 (String ...| Offset | Category | Description | Values | |-------------------|-------------------------------- ...
8-bit SPC700, runs at ~1Mhz ...with the effective speed being half (each instruction takes a minimum of 2 cycles)
64KB (NOT 32KB), shared with everything.
4 8-bit I/O ports to transfer data to/from the ...