PPU memory map: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:08, 6 May 2011

Address range	Size	Description
$0000-$0FFF	$1000	Pattern Table 0 [lower CHR RAM bank]
$1000-$1FFF	$1000	Pattern Table 1 [upper CHR RAM bank]
$2000-$23FF	$0400	Name Table #0
$2400-$27FF	$0400	Name Table #1
$2800-$2BFF	$0400	Name Table #2
$2C00-$2FFF	$0400	Name Table #3
$3000-$3EFF	$0F00	Mirrors of $2000-$2FFF]
$3F00-$3F1F	$0020	Palette RAM indexes [not RGB values]
$3F20-$3FFF	$0080	Mirrors of $3F00-$3F1F

Address	Size	Note	Description
$0000	$1000	C	Pattern Table #0
$1000	$1000	C	Pattern Table #1
$2000	$03C0		Name Table #0
$23C0	$0040		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		Background palette
$3F10	$0010		Sprite palette
$3F20	$00E0	P
$4000	$C000	F

C = This memory is not in the NES but on the cartridge board. It can be CHR ROM or CHR RAM.
N = Mirrored nametables, in a manner controlled by the cartridge board (see Mirroring)
P = Palette mirror
R = Mirror of $2000-2EFF (N)
F = Mirror of $0000-3FFF

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 | $1000-$1FFF || $1000 || Pattern Table 1 [upper CHR RAM bank]
 |-
-| $2000-$23FF  || $0400 || Name Table A]
+| $2000-$23FF  || $0400 || Name Table #0
 |-
-| $2400-$27FF  || $0400 || Name Table B]
+| $2400-$27FF  || $0400 || Name Table #1
 |-
-| $2800-$2BFF  || $0400 || Name Table C]
+| $2800-$2BFF  || $0400 || Name Table #2
 |-
-| $2C00-$2FFF  || $0400 || Name Table D]
+| $2C00-$2FFF  || $0400 || Name Table #3
 |-
 | $3000-$3EFF  || $0F00 || Mirrors of $2000-$2FFF]