NES 2.0: Revision history

13 January 2019

• curprev 05:4805:48, 13 January 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 19,940 bytes +59‎ slight revision of lead: add mention of avoiding checksums, new mappers. (avoiding CRCs was very prominent in Kevtris' original stated goals, and was very often repeated by others, deserves mention here)

12 January 2019

• curprev 23:4523:45, 12 January 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 19,881 bytes −17‎ this article and iNES need to refer to each other, header numbering and field names should use the same convention in both
• curprev 21:2921:29, 12 January 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 19,898 bytes +4,118‎ restoring tentative compromise for byte 15 ($00 now backward compatible, $01 now standard controllers, mic removed)

11 January 2019

• curprev 21:1421:14, 11 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 15,780 bytes −3,803‎ rm expansion device field
• curprev 21:0721:07, 11 January 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 19,583 bytes −60‎ →‎Default Expansion Device
• curprev 21:0621:06, 11 January 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 19,643 bytes −42‎ →‎Default Expansion Device: reverting this to backward compatible "No information", currently in dispute

10 January 2019

• curprev 21:1021:10, 10 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 19,685 bytes −16‎ Okay, but then it's not mirrored once, either.
• curprev 21:0221:02, 10 January 2019‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 19,701 bytes −15‎ →‎Hard-Wired Mirroring: Don't directly contradict what we wrote in the first point with what we write in the second bullet. Mapper 77 doesn't map anything at all to PPU addresses $3000-$3FFF.
• curprev 20:5620:56, 10 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 19,716 bytes +174‎ There are multiple-region games that do not (need to) adjust themselves.
• curprev 20:1820:18, 10 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ m 19,542 bytes +3‎ →‎Hard-Wired Mirroring
• curprev 20:0220:02, 10 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 19,539 bytes +540‎ Update mirroring information based on [http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14725 discussion]

4 January 2019

• curprev 03:3503:35, 4 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 18,999 bytes +16‎ Added U-Force

2 January 2019

• curprev 17:5817:58, 2 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ m 18,983 bytes +5‎ →‎Default Expansion Device
• curprev 17:5617:56, 2 January 2019‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 18,978 bytes +2,277‎ rewrite and additions

20 November 2018

• curprev 05:5105:51, 20 November 2018‎ Koitsu talk contribs‎ 16,701 bytes +34‎ No edit summary

8 August 2018

• curprev 06:2406:24, 8 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 16,667 bytes −69‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): I had described the internal RAM cases sort of as if they were optional, not sure if that was appropriate
• curprev 06:0606:06, 8 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 16,736 bytes +63‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): 157 is different, not sure exactly what to say about it here
• curprev 06:0406:04, 8 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 16,673 bytes +204‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): maybe note that this isn't ''quite'' a save file size field.
• curprev 05:4405:44, 8 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 16,469 bytes +1,371‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): trying to separate the majority case to make it clear that this field only unambiguously applies to $6000 and everything else is special. Not sure if I've listed all the relevant mappers, but I think this gets most or all cases?
• curprev 04:2404:24, 8 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,098 bytes −74‎ →‎Overview: the lead already credits KH and links to his original proposal, but he is not really the writer of this living document at this point? (special thanks are also relegated to that original document)

7 August 2018

• curprev 20:1020:10, 7 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,172 bytes −522‎ removing more stories about Kevin that don't really help the spec
• curprev 20:0720:07, 7 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,694 bytes −152‎ →‎Byte 11 (Video RAM Size): this anecdote doesn't really help understand the spec
• curprev 20:0220:02, 7 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,846 bytes −149‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): N163: rereading this guideline it is underspecified and confusing, rewriting with tentative guideline from: [http://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=222948#p222948]
• curprev 19:4419:44, 7 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,995 bytes +89‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): grouping the weird stuff into a list of special cases
• curprev 19:2919:29, 7 August 2018‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,906 bytes +30‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): making the table horizontal instead so that the clarifying notes can appear together (remove redundant self flashing note)

5 November 2017

• curprev 22:5822:58, 5 November 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,876 bytes +169‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): Kev clarified what to do for self-flash mappers
• curprev 22:4422:44, 5 November 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,707 bytes +257‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): Kev clarified what to do for the 8320 bytes you get when you add 8K of RAM to an N163

6 September 2017

• curprev 22:1122:11, 6 September 2017‎ B00daW talk contribs‎ 15,450 bytes +10‎ →‎Byte 14 (Misc. ROMs)
• curprev 22:1022:10, 6 September 2017‎ B00daW talk contribs‎ 15,440 bytes +7‎ No edit summary
• curprev 22:1022:10, 6 September 2017‎ B00daW talk contribs‎ 15,433 bytes +302‎ Added information regarding Byte 14.

30 August 2017

• curprev 23:4823:48, 30 August 2017‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 15,131 bytes −18‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): removing "serial" qualification
• curprev 23:2623:26, 30 August 2017‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,149 bytes −675‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): trying to reorganize the information here, most important stuff first, trying to prune unnecessary "clutter" info.

29 August 2017

• curprev 09:3409:34, 29 August 2017‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,824 bytes 0‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): trying to reword the $6000-7FFF common case paragraph

28 August 2017

• curprev 18:4918:49, 28 August 2017‎ Bregalad talk contribs‎ 15,824 bytes +38‎ →‎Byte 10 (RAM size): Some rewording

4 August 2016

• curprev 04:4604:46, 4 August 2016‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 15,786 bytes +32‎ →‎Vs. Unisystem: add recommended inter-page link

9 May 2016

• curprev 13:3313:33, 9 May 2016‎ FHorse talk contribs‎ 15,754 bytes +14‎ →‎Emulator support

8 May 2016

• curprev 20:2520:25, 8 May 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 15,740 bytes −5‎ →‎Big ROMs: ref syntax
• curprev 01:3401:34, 8 May 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,745 bytes +45‎ →‎References: See also macro pack for ca65

26 February 2016

• curprev 22:4722:47, 26 February 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,700 bytes +58‎ →‎Emulator support: PowerMappers supports some NES 2.0 features, such as big CHR RAM

11 August 2015

• curprev 23:4723:47, 11 August 2015‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 15,642 bytes −18‎ →‎Byte 13 (Vs. hardware): 2C04-000x all have the same master palette, just different orders

8 August 2015

• curprev 01:3501:35, 8 August 2015‎ Myask talk contribs‎ m 15,660 bytes +4‎ No edit summary

7 August 2015

• curprev 22:5522:55, 7 August 2015‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,656 bytes +85‎ making link to submapperes more prominent, revising statement that they're mostly for CHR wiring (?)
• curprev 06:4306:43, 7 August 2015‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,571 bytes +77‎ ah, I see where the information is now, revising lead to outline this, and moving existing lead to "overview" section
• curprev 03:2603:26, 7 August 2015‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,494 bytes +246‎ the problem I was addressing was "how to identify an NES 2.0 header" is buried deep in this page, trying to make it easier to understand
• curprev 03:0203:02, 7 August 2015‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ 15,248 bytes −152‎ Undo revision 11442 by Rainwarrior (talk) - the part you edited describes the STANDARD header - the table immediately beneath it already describes how it works in NES 2.0
• curprev 00:5300:53, 7 August 2015‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,400 bytes +152‎ →‎Existing header: how to identify via byte 7

26 May 2015

• curprev 17:3317:33, 26 May 2015‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,248 bytes −42‎ unicode plane names have been deprecated, removing needless RFC 2119

12 April 2015

• curprev 12:4712:47, 12 April 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,290 bytes +364‎ →‎Big ROMs: 32 meg monstrosity

28 March 2015

• curprev 21:2021:20, 28 March 2015‎ Koitsu talk contribs‎ 14,926 bytes +87‎ No edit summary

22 September 2014

• curprev 04:4604:46, 22 September 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 14,839 bytes −543‎ Where on earth did that come from? We haven't even allocated anything outside of the first plane, there's no need for another four bits. It shouldn't even be mentioned.