# HG changeset patch
# User Dylan Holmes <ocsenave@gmail.com>
# Date 1333268433 18000
# Node ID 8fa0f36140b45ddb6007579a1ed38f8d581eaf98
# Parent  3d4f60b4a4af6ac128aea86cb16945503b234243
began writing out my notes on the ROM in an org file.

diff -r 3d4f60b4a4af -r 8fa0f36140b4 org/rom.org
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+#+title: Notes on Deconstructing Pokemon Yellow
+#+author: Dylan Holmes
+#+email: rlm@mit.edu
+#+description:
+#+keywords: simulated hearing, openal, clojure, jMonkeyEngine3, LWJGL, AI
+#+SETUPFILE: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org
+#+INCLUDE: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
+#+BABEL: :exports both :noweb yes :cache no :mkdirp yes
+
+* Mapping the ROM
+
+| ROM address (hex) | Description     | Format          | Example         |
+|-------------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------|
+|                   | <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. |
+| 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#... |
+| 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. |
+| 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#... |
+| 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. |                 |
+| 39462-            | The Pok\eacute{}mon cry data. | Fixed-length (3 byte) descriptions of cries. |                 |
+| 40687-            | Species data from the Pok\eacute{}dex: species name, height, weight, etc. | Fixed-length sequences of bytes. See below for specifics. |                 |
+| 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♂#... |
+|                   |                 |                 |                 |
+|                   |                 |                 |                 |