I am using MMC3 to expand Super Mario Bros 1. I lost the code that my friend gave me (BBitmaster) that does a simular expansion. but it does 6000-7FFF and he does not have the code anymore either. So I need help to put extra ROM in $4000-7FFF
I am mostly using the extra space for Music. Just so you know.
Expanded SMB1 ROM, How do I put extra ROM in $4000-$7FFF?
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Hamtaro126
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Short answer: with MMC3, you don't.
Long answer:
It's not uncommon for RAM to be at $6000-7FFF, but only and handful of mappers put ROM there (and MMC3 isn't one of them). $4020-$5FFF generally goes unused or is used only for register space.
iirc bbit's hack copied some code to RAM at $6000-7FFF, then jumped to it. This can be accomplished by intercepting the reset vector (which you'd have to do anyway to prep mapper regs -- which you should be doing!!!) and doing the following:
1) ensure reset vector points to somewhere in the fixed page. On MMC3, this means it must be between $E000-FFFF. SMB does not do this normally, so this will take some work. Note bbit's hack did not do this initially -- I fixed it for him shortly after he released it (but no I don't have the hack any more).
2) Turn PPU off (write 0 to $2000, $2001 -- since you're cutting off the normal reset routine to do some work, this should be done right away)
3) Swap in your PRG page that has the code you want to put in
4) Enable WRAM (see reg $A001)
5) Copy the desired code/data from ROM (wherever you swapped it in -- probably between $8000-9FFF or $A000-BFFF) to RAM ($6000-7FFF)
6) Swap back in the normal PRG the game uses
7) Prep all other mapper regs that need to be prepped (that is: all of them. General rule: on startup, write to every mapper reg at least once so that every reg is at a known state)
8) Jump to SMB's normal reset routine (which iirc is $8000)
Long answer:
It's not uncommon for RAM to be at $6000-7FFF, but only and handful of mappers put ROM there (and MMC3 isn't one of them). $4020-$5FFF generally goes unused or is used only for register space.
iirc bbit's hack copied some code to RAM at $6000-7FFF, then jumped to it. This can be accomplished by intercepting the reset vector (which you'd have to do anyway to prep mapper regs -- which you should be doing!!!) and doing the following:
1) ensure reset vector points to somewhere in the fixed page. On MMC3, this means it must be between $E000-FFFF. SMB does not do this normally, so this will take some work. Note bbit's hack did not do this initially -- I fixed it for him shortly after he released it (but no I don't have the hack any more).
2) Turn PPU off (write 0 to $2000, $2001 -- since you're cutting off the normal reset routine to do some work, this should be done right away)
3) Swap in your PRG page that has the code you want to put in
4) Enable WRAM (see reg $A001)
5) Copy the desired code/data from ROM (wherever you swapped it in -- probably between $8000-9FFF or $A000-BFFF) to RAM ($6000-7FFF)
6) Swap back in the normal PRG the game uses
7) Prep all other mapper regs that need to be prepped (that is: all of them. General rule: on startup, write to every mapper reg at least once so that every reg is at a known state)
8) Jump to SMB's normal reset routine (which iirc is $8000)
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doppelganger
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