INES Mapper 069
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Here are Disch's original notes:
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= Mapper 069 =
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aka
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FME-7
Sunsoft 5B
Example Games:
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Gimmick!
Batman: Return of the Joker
Hebereke
Gremlins 2 (J)
Notes:
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This mapper is FME-7 and compatible. Sunsoft 5B operates the same as FME-7, only it has additional sound
hardware. For a long time, it was thought Gimmick! uses FME-7, so the expansion sound is labeled as FME-7
in various places -- however -- technically FME-7 has no extra sound.
Gimmick! is the only known game to use the extra sound found on Sunsoft 5B
Registers:
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Range,Mask: $8000-FFFF, $E000
$8000: [.... AAAA] Address for use with $A000
$A000: [DDDD DDDD] Data port
R:0-7 -> CHR Regs
R:8-B -> PRG Regs
R:C -> Mirroring
R=D-F -> IRQ Control
$C000: [.... AAAA] Address for use with $E000 (sound)
$E000: [DDDD DDDD] Data port (sound -- see sound section)
PRG Setup:
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R:8 controls $6000-7FFF. It can map in PRG-RAM, PRG-ROM, or leave it unmapped (open bus), depending on the
mode it sets:
R:8: [ERPP PPPP]
E = Enable RAM (0=disabled, 1=enabled)
R = RAM/ROM select (0=ROM, 1=RAM)
P = PRG page
if E=0 and R=1, RAM is selected, but it's disabled, resulting in open bus. In case it's still unclear:
R=0: ROM @ $6000-7FFF
R=1, E=0: Open Bus @ $6000-7FFF
R=1, E=1: RAM @ $6000-7FFF
R:9 - R:B appear to be a full 8 bits: [PPPP PPPP], and select only ROM.
$6000 $8000 $A000 $C000 $E000
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| R:8 | R:9 | R:A | R:B | { -1} |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
No games seem to use more than 8k PRG-RAM, so I'm unsure whether or not it's swappable when selected. I
don't see why it wouldn't be.
CHR Setup:
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$0000 $0400 $0800 $0C00 $1000 $1400 $1800 $1C00
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| R:0 | R:1 | R:2 | R:3 | R:4 | R:5 | R:6 | R:7 |
+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
Mirroring:
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R:C: [.... ..MM]
%00 = Vert
%01 = Horz
%10 = 1ScA
%11 = 1ScB
IRQs:
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This mapper has a 16-bit IRQ counter which decrements every CPU cycle. When it wraps from $0000->FFFF, an
IRQ is tripped.
reg R:E sets the low 8 bits of the counter
reg R:F sets the high 8 bits
Note the regs change the actual counter -- not a reload value.
reg R:D is the IRQ control:
[C... ...T]
C = Enable countdown (0=disabled, 1=enabled)
T = Enable IRQ triggering (0=disabled, 1=enabled)
In order for IRQs to work as expected, both bits must be set. If either bit is cleared, an IRQ won't occur:
C=0, T=1: IRQs are enabled, but the counter will never decrement
C=1, T=0: Counter decrements, but IRQs are disabled
Acknowledging IRQs can only be done by disabling them (T=0).
Sound:
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Sunsoft 5B appears to be identical to the AY 3-8910 (or a similar chip -- possibly a different AY 3-891x or a
YM2149). The only game to use the sound, Gimmick!, does not use the envelope or noise functionality that
exists on the AY 3-891x, however, through testing it has been shown that such functionality does in fact
exist.
The sound info below is a simplified version of the behavior. Envelope and Noise are not covered (aside from
the noise shift formula), and registers relating to those areas are not mentioned. However the information
below is enough to satisfy Gimmick! If you want further information and full register descriptions, consult
an AY 3-8910 datasheet or doc.
Sunsoft 5B has 3 Square channels (no configurable duty cycle -- always play at 50% duty). Each operate
similarly to the native NES sound channels. They output sound at 1 octave lower than what may be expected,
though (see below).
Sound Regs:
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$C000: [.... AAAA] Address for use with $E000
$E000: [DDDD DDDD] Data port:
R:0 -> [FFFF FFFF] Chan 0, Low 8 bits of Freq
R:1 -> [.... FFFF] Chan 0, High 4 bits of Freq
R:2 -> [FFFF FFFF] Chan 1, Low 8 bits of Freq
R:3 -> [.... FFFF] Chan 1, High 4 bits of Freq
R:4 -> [FFFF FFFF] Chan 2, Low 8 bits of Freq
R:5 -> [.... FFFF] Chan 2, High 4 bits of Freq
R:7 -> [.... .CBA] Channel disable flags (0=enabled, 1=disabled)
C = Disable Chan 2
B = Disable Chan 1
A = Disable Chan 0
R:8 -> [.... VVVV] Chan 0, Volume
R:9 -> [.... VVVV] Chan 1, Volume
R:A -> [.... VVVV] Chan 2, Volume
Operation:
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For tone generation, a counter is counted up each CPU cycle. When it reaches the given 'F' value, it resets
to zero, and another step through the duty cycle is taken. These squares' duty cycles are fixed at 50%
(AY 3-8910 docs say 8/16, but see below).
Emulating in this fashion, with a 16-step duty, these channels play 1 octave higher than they should!
Therefore, either channels are only clocked every other CPU cycle... or (what I find to be easiest to
emulate) the duty is actually 16/32 instead of 8/16, or something else is going on. I do not know which is
actually happening.
The generated tone in Hz can be calculated with the following:
CPU_CLOCK
Hz = -------------
(F+1) * 32
When the duty cycle outputs high, 'V' is output, otherwise 0 is output. When the channel is disabled (see
R:7), 0 is forced as output for the channel.
Non-linear volume:
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Output volume is non-linear... increasing in steps of 3 dB.
Output can be calculated with the following pseudo-code:
vol = 1.0;
for(i = 0; i < 0x10; ++i)
{
sunsoft_out[i] = vol * base;
vol *= step;
}
Where 'base' can be adjusted to match your native NES sound channel levels, and 'step' is "10^(dB/20)".
For 3 dB, 'step' would be ~1.4125
Noise Formula:
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>> >>
+-->[nnnn nnnn nnnn nnnn]->output
| | |
| | ++
| | |
| v v
+-------------------XOR
- 16-bit right-shift reg
- bits 0,3 (before shift) XOR to create new input bit
- bit 0 is shifted to output
- initial feed is 1
