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began writing out my notes on the ROM in an org file.
author Dylan Holmes <ocsenave@gmail.com>
date Sun, 01 Apr 2012 03:20:33 -0500
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     1 #+title: Notes on Deconstructing Pokemon Yellow



     2 #+author: Dylan Holmes



     3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu



     4 #+description:



     5 #+keywords: simulated hearing, openal, clojure, jMonkeyEngine3, LWJGL, AI



     6 #+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org



     7 #+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org



     8 #+BABEL: :exports both :noweb yes :cache no :mkdirp yes



     9 



    10 * Mapping the ROM



    11 



    12 | ROM address (hex) | Description     | Format          | Example         |



    13 |-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------|



    14 |                   | <15>            | <15>            | <15>            |



    15 | 04495-            | Prices of items. | Each price is two bytes of binary-coded decimal. Prices are separated by zeroes. Priceless items[fn::Like the Pok\eacute{}dex and other unsellable items.] are given a price of zero. | The cost of lemonade is 0x03 0x80, which translates to a price of ₱350. |



    16 | 045B7-0491E       | Names of the items in memory. | Variable-length item names (strings of character codes). Names are separated by a single 0x80 character. | MASTER BALL#ULTRA BALL#... |



    17 | 05EDB.            | Which Pok\eacute{}mon to show during Prof. Oak's introduction. | A single byte, the Pok\eacute{}mon's internal id. | In Pok\eacute{}mon Yellow, it shows Pikachu during the introduction; Pikachu's internal id is 0x54. |



    18 | 27D99-27DFF       | Names of the Pok\eacute{}mon types. | Variable-length type names (strings of character codes). Names are separated by a single 0x80 character. | NORMAL#FIGHTING#... |



    19 | 38000-            | The basic properties and effects of moves. | Fixed-length (6 byte) continguous descriptions (no separating character): move-index, move-effect, power, move-type, accuracy, pp. |                 |



    20 | 39462-            | The Pok\eacute{}mon cry data. | Fixed-length (3 byte) descriptions of cries. |                 |



    21 | 40687-            | Species data from the Pok\eacute{}dex: species name, height, weight, etc. | Fixed-length sequences of bytes. See below for specifics. |                 |



    22 | E8000-E876C       | Names of the \ldquo{}190\rdquo{} species of Pok\eacute{}mon in memory. | Fixed length (10-letter) Pok\eacute{}mon names. Any extra space is padded with the character 0x80. The names are in \ldquo{}internal order\rdquo{}. | RHYDON####KANGASKHANNIDORAN♂#... |



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