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(Some of the "RAM memory map" looks confusing; please clarify.)
m (Name tables starts at $2000. This one was right. Palettes only was wrong.)
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| $1000 || $1000 || Pattern Table #1
| $1000 || $1000 || Pattern Table #1
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| $2400 ||$0800 || Name Tables
| $2000 ||$0800 || Name Tables
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| $3F00  ||$0020 || Palettes
| $3F00  ||$0020 || Palettes

Revision as of 22:09, 29 March 2010

RAM memory map

Address Size Description
$0000 $1000 Pattern Table #0
$1000 $1000 Pattern Table #1
$2000 $0800 Name Tables
$3F00 $0020 Palettes


Programmer memory map

Address Size Flags Description
$0000 $1000 C---- Pattern Table #0
$1000 $1000 C---- Pattern Table #1
$2000 $03C0 ----- Name Table #0
$23C0 $0040 -N--- Attribute Table #0
$2400 $03C0 -N--- Name Table #1
$27C0 $0040 -N--- Attribute Table #1
$2800 $03C0 -N--- Name Table #2
$2BC0 $0040 -N--- Attribute Table #2
$2C00 $03C0 -N--- Name Table #3
$2FC0 $0040 -N--- Attribute Table #3
$3000 $0F00 --R--
$3F00 $0010 ----- Image palette #1
$3F10 $0010 ----- Sprite palette #1
$3F20 $00E0 ---P-
$4000 $C000 ---P-


  • C = Possibly CHR-ROM
  • N = Mirrored (see Subsection ??)
  • P = Mirrored (see Subsection ??)
  • R = Mirror of $2000-2EFF (VRAM)
  • F = Mirror of $0000-3FFF (VRAM)

Note: First draft of the PPU memory map. Taken nesdoc format as example