Category:Bad iNES Mappers: Difference between revisions

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(Enumerate the full set of what makes things "bad" mappers. (Am I missing any?))
(We have and always had lots of pirate hack mappers. That does not make them "bad".)
 
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These mapper numbers are worthless. Either
These mapper numbers are worthless. Either
* They're used for mappers that represent configurations of old copiers made by [[wikipedia:Front Fareast Industrial|Front Fareast Industrial]] (Front or FFE), and games that have been patched to use them expect a 512-byte "trainer" containing mapper support code to be loaded into PRG RAM at $7000-$71FF. As such, the original [[Mapper hack|non-mapper-hacked]] version of the game should be used instead.
* They were assigned to hardware that isn't useful in isolation (e.g. FDS BIOS, Game Genie BIOS)
* They were assigned to hardware that isn't useful in isolation (e.g. FDS BIOS, Game Genie BIOS)
* They're duplicates of other mappers, or
* They're duplicates of other mappers, or
* They were assigned to represent hardware that doesn't exist.
* They were assigned to represent hardware that doesn't exist.

Latest revision as of 20:10, 31 January 2019

These mapper numbers are worthless. Either

  • They were assigned to hardware that isn't useful in isolation (e.g. FDS BIOS, Game Genie BIOS)
  • They're duplicates of other mappers, or
  • They were assigned to represent hardware that doesn't exist.

Pages in category "Bad iNES Mappers"

The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.