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16 August 2021
- 00:2500:25, 16 August 2021 diff hist +1,102 Nintendo header More caveats
15 August 2021
- 19:1619:16, 15 August 2021 diff hist +874 Nintendo header everynes detail
- 18:1118:11, 15 August 2021 diff hist +305 Nintendo header checksum areas provided by Fiskbit
- 15:5415:54, 15 August 2021 diff hist +140 Nintendo header Used by Famicom Box
5 August 2021
- 16:1616:16, 5 August 2021 diff hist +235 N User:Abuse filter Soft redirect current
3 July 2021
- 04:4704:47, 3 July 2021 diff hist +203 Tricky-to-emulate games zeta0134 reports that Batman ROTJ reads data and logic from CHR ROM
1 July 2021
- 16:1816:18, 1 July 2021 diff hist 0 m Game bugs typo in table markup
- 16:1816:18, 1 July 2021 diff hist +208 Game bugs →General bugs: Eliminator Boat Duel fails to boot
- 16:1416:14, 1 July 2021 diff hist +719 PPU power up state →Dendy: Multiple of 8 caveat, contributed by eugene-s and Fiskbit in NESdev Discord #research
27 June 2021
- 15:0815:08, 27 June 2021 diff hist +21 Non-power-of-two ROM size remove not-yet-substantiated "four footprints" claim for a52 current
- 15:0315:03, 27 June 2021 diff hist +262 Talk:Non-power-of-two ROM size Faulty recollection
- 15:0115:01, 27 June 2021 diff hist −38 Non-power-of-two ROM size "Nothing" to "ROM +CE"
- 14:4614:46, 27 June 2021 diff hist +18 MMC3 →See also: add <references />
- 14:4514:45, 27 June 2021 diff hist +214 MMC3 →IRQ Specifics: Three falling edges, with schematic citation provided by Trirosmos
23 June 2021
- 15:0315:03, 23 June 2021 diff hist +68 Mirroring →Memory Mirroring: Non-power-of-two ROM size
- 15:0215:02, 23 June 2021 diff hist +145 INES Mapper 228 12 Mbit PRG ROM current
- 15:0115:01, 23 June 2021 diff hist +2,035 N Non-power-of-two ROM size Canonical doubling algorithm
14 June 2021
- 04:0104:01, 14 June 2021 diff hist +28 m Action 53 mapper →See Also: add Notes section
- 03:5803:58, 14 June 2021 diff hist +412 Action 53 mapper →Registers: $4444 don exits
- 03:4803:48, 14 June 2021 diff hist +80 Action 53 mapper "is can be?" cheezburger? update MiST/MiSTer A53 link
9 June 2021
- 22:2822:28, 9 June 2021 diff hist −3 Myths →Old programs: As I understand it, Mesen is somewhat more accurate than Nestopia, and Mesen has a debugger making it more useful in general to devs
2 June 2021
- 19:1019:10, 2 June 2021 diff hist +109 APU Mixer these formulas are from apu_ref
31 May 2021
- 02:0602:06, 31 May 2021 diff hist +46 CPU unofficial opcodes →Arrangement: clarify what bold means, as jeff.r.day got confused
29 May 2021
- 12:2112:21, 29 May 2021 diff hist +71 Controller detection Hori 4 Players Adapter makes the "port 3" nomenclature a bit confusing current
- 12:0412:04, 29 May 2021 diff hist +193 Controller detection →Four Score: Quick summary of Hori 4 Players Adapter
1 May 2021
- 19:3819:38, 1 May 2021 diff hist +21 APU Mixer The formula at top is also an approximation, as MDFourier reveals
27 March 2021
- 19:4819:48, 27 March 2021 diff hist +6 m Commissioning →Avoiding premature engine limits: A composer of music for an audio game might prefer different wording. current
17 March 2021
- 17:0417:04, 17 March 2021 diff hist +43 m Emulator tests →Misc Tests: Newer 240p Test Suite
- 17:0217:02, 17 March 2021 diff hist +71 Emulator tests →PPU Tests: 240p Test Suite is successor to tvpassfail, letting me collect all older revisions at the bottom
11 March 2021
- 00:2500:25, 11 March 2021 diff hist +63 Placeholder graphics →External links: NES-like category current
26 February 2021
- 22:1922:19, 26 February 2021 diff hist +45 MMC1 →Hardware: AX5904 == MMC1A per jiggleyjelo/Poor Student Hobbyist
20 February 2021
- 16:1216:12, 20 February 2021 diff hist +32 PPU pinout →See also: final bulleted list + no <references/> = unbalanced tags. Fix
- 16:1216:12, 20 February 2021 diff hist +32 m Sachen 8259 →Errata: final bulleted list + no <references/> = unbalanced tags. Fix current
10 February 2021
- 14:2014:20, 10 February 2021 diff hist +34 N Multichip Redirected page to NSF#Multi-chip tunes current
7 February 2021
- 20:2420:24, 7 February 2021 diff hist +115 Tricky-to-emulate games MMC5 audio in Ishin no Arashi submitted by NewRisingSun
5 February 2021
- 19:1119:11, 5 February 2021 diff hist +103 INES Mapper 218 Magic Floor works on AxROM and NROM boards
22 January 2021
- 18:2118:21, 22 January 2021 diff hist +402 Catch-up run-ahead
17 January 2021
- 16:4016:40, 17 January 2021 diff hist +267 Game bugs →General bugs: SMB1 lag in drawing ? blocks at end of bounce, per zeta0134 on Discord
16 January 2021
- 00:3300:33, 16 January 2021 diff hist +60 m Limitations missed some conjunctions
- 00:3000:30, 16 January 2021 diff hist +595 Limitations loss of demand 1994-2008 caused loss of capability
- 00:1200:12, 16 January 2021 diff hist +156 Limitations →Puzzle: jekuthiel's forthcoming MXM mapper
15 January 2021
- 02:0002:00, 15 January 2021 diff hist +94 Limitations →Party multiplayer: How Micro Mages circumvents the Dodge Ball flicker problem: characters are 8 pixels wide
14 January 2021
- 21:5421:54, 14 January 2021 diff hist +3,524 N Drawing terrain Summarize a tutorial by MortMort current
5 January 2021
- 02:5202:52, 5 January 2021 diff hist +3 m Emulator tests →PPU Tests: one forumlink had "ttp:"
3 January 2021
- 20:0120:01, 3 January 2021 diff hist +157 Tricky-to-emulate games NewRisingSun reports that Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo writes to CHR ROM and Door Door writes to PRG ROM
29 December 2020
- 20:2720:27, 29 December 2020 diff hist +28 Oversize Action 53 eventually switched away from BNROM, though I still intend to support using the engine with BNROM. current
5 December 2020
- 23:5523:55, 5 December 2020 diff hist +205 Tricky-to-emulate games see also similar lists for GB and SMS
- 13:5613:56, 5 December 2020 diff hist +516 MMC3 →IRQ Specifics: Bug with $C001 writes on consecutive lines
29 November 2020
- 14:5314:53, 29 November 2020 diff hist +369 Vs. System →Synchronization: Official use of "main" and "sub" terminology
20 November 2020
- 02:5602:56, 20 November 2020 diff hist +168 FDS BIOS →VRAM write transfer structure: Resembles Stripe Image
6 November 2020
- 06:0706:07, 6 November 2020 diff hist +8 MMC3 →IRQ Specifics: Ventriloquism for Dummies
- 06:0506:05, 6 November 2020 diff hist +24 PPU registers The article is not about ventriloquism. Might "priming read" work better?
25 October 2020
- 16:4216:42, 25 October 2020 diff hist +34 Tricky-to-emulate games Make #Sprite_priority anchor
14 October 2020
- 19:3419:34, 14 October 2020 diff hist +2 Audio drivers →GGSound: norill gave the rest of the RAM size
- 19:0719:07, 14 October 2020 diff hist −21 m Audio drivers edit conflict?
- 19:0619:06, 14 October 2020 diff hist +26 Audio drivers →GGSound: norill tells me it's 3048 bytes, about as big as NerdTracker II
- 18:3618:36, 14 October 2020 diff hist +72 Audio drivers →NSD.Lib: nsdl-tune is one of the little things
- 17:5717:57, 14 October 2020 diff hist −2 m Audio drivers →Pently: powerword removal
11 October 2020
- 21:4121:41, 11 October 2020 diff hist +79 APU Noise Mixer nonlinearity caveat
- 21:4021:40, 11 October 2020 diff hist +81 APU Triangle Mixer nonlinearity caveat
- 21:3921:39, 11 October 2020 diff hist +160 APU Mixer Games believed to use $4011 as volume
26 July 2020
- 23:1323:13, 26 July 2020 diff hist +90 Multibyte constant →External links: Game Boy counterpart current
9 July 2020
- 02:0002:00, 9 July 2020 diff hist +93 Overscan →For game developers: Nintendo has published its BG planning sheet as a PDF
30 June 2020
- 12:2912:29, 30 June 2020 diff hist +2 MMC3 →PRG Banks: Reader was taking ">" too literally as "is greater than" rather than an arrow
- 11:5311:53, 30 June 2020 diff hist +6 m MMC3 →PRG Banks: Clearer about bit 6 of $8000, not of R6 or R7
- 11:4511:45, 30 June 2020 diff hist +203 MMC3 →PRG Banks: Discord users claim that "$8000 & $40" wording isn't any clearer than bit 6
24 June 2020
- 00:0700:07, 24 June 2020 diff hist +713 Tile compression →PB53: PB12 looks very ad hoc. I'm likely to end up moving it to another wiki, but I want to get it in the history first.
23 June 2020
- 21:5421:54, 23 June 2020 diff hist +929 Tile compression →PB53: PB8, PB16
22 June 2020
- 01:0401:04, 22 June 2020 diff hist +166 Action 53 manual →Precautions: Power off first
20 June 2020
- 13:2813:28, 20 June 2020 diff hist +80 Action 53 →External links: GitHub
17 June 2020
- 16:5016:50, 17 June 2020 diff hist +121 Text compression →Damian Yerrick's robotfindskitten (NES): NES and GB ports of 240p Test Suite current
25 April 2020
- 23:1223:12, 25 April 2020 diff hist −17 CPU unofficial opcodes →Games using unofficial opcodes: fix Aladdin link
- 23:1023:10, 25 April 2020 diff hist +59 List of games that run code from outside of PRG-ROM HH85 and A53
6 April 2020
- 16:5616:56, 6 April 2020 diff hist +55 NTSC video →Scanline Timing: Deetle aka substrate in Discord complained that "late" implies nonstandard. It was supposed to mean half a scanline later than hsync.
- 16:5316:53, 6 April 2020 diff hist +139 NTSC video →Scanline Timing: Better separate standard and nonstandard discussion in this paragraph
12 March 2020
- 02:1602:16, 12 March 2020 diff hist +128 Projects →stuff by Damian Yerrick: "little things" is where most of this will end up
5 February 2020
- 20:0520:05, 5 February 2020 diff hist +19 J.Y. Company ASIC →IRQ Mode Select ($C001): Somehow the 170 divider got dropped
22 January 2020
- 20:0520:05, 22 January 2020 diff hist −34 APU period table Port script to Python 3 because Python 2 is no longer supported by Python Software Foundation current
17 January 2020
- 20:4620:46, 17 January 2020 diff hist +65 Audio drivers →Pently: Thecoolestnerdguy wanted to know a bit about what one uses instead of fixed arps
26 December 2019
- 18:3318:33, 26 December 2019 diff hist −5 PPU power up state Try again, using Sour's wording for NES-001 difference. Apparently the only clear way to express this is to use CPU-centric wording even in an otherwise PPU-centric page.
- 17:1517:15, 26 December 2019 diff hist 0 PPU power up state some_canuck on NESdev Discord misread this as "resets the PPU only". Move "only" past the preposition to rule out this misreading.
30 November 2019
- 22:5522:55, 30 November 2019 diff hist +36 Sample RAM map link back to CPU memory map
- 22:5222:52, 30 November 2019 diff hist +242 CPU memory map GEMISIS on Discord wondered why this doesn't mention the stack being at page $01. Word it so as to lead into Sample RAM map.
21 November 2019
- 18:4918:49, 21 November 2019 diff hist −416 m Talk:INES Mapper 158 Reverted edits by 38.141.52.250 (talk) to last revision by NewRisingSun
10 November 2019
- 22:2422:24, 10 November 2019 diff hist −124 m CPU unofficial opcodes it was already there; convert to cite.php
- 22:2122:21, 10 November 2019 diff hist +93 CPU unofficial opcodes →External links: How MOS 6502 Illegal Opcodes really work from pagetable
13 October 2019
- 14:5114:51, 13 October 2019 diff hist −629 m Talk:Reading 2007 during rendering Reverted edits by 38.141.52.250 (talk) to last revision by Quietust
19 September 2019
- 20:0020:00, 19 September 2019 diff hist +150 File:Cards 32x20.png No edit summary current
- 19:5819:58, 19 September 2019 diff hist +284 N File:Cards 32x20.png File:Cards 32x24.png edited to be slightly narrower (20 pixels wide by 32 tall) Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the following notice appears: :Card designs...
- 19:4619:46, 19 September 2019 diff hist +185 File:Cards 32x24.png Specify the credit line current
2 September 2019
- 20:1720:17, 2 September 2019 diff hist +30 Tile compression →Konami RLE: Fix broken link to GraveyardDuck
27 August 2019
- 21:3321:33, 27 August 2019 diff hist 0 File:Multi-discrete PRG bank.png Tepples uploaded a new version of File:Multi-discrete PRG bank.png current
- 20:5420:54, 27 August 2019 diff hist +16 m Action 53 mapper →Implementation notes: But clarify that the macrocell count was for the 6-bit version
- 20:5220:52, 27 August 2019 diff hist +29 Action 53 mapper →Implementation notes: Clarify that "6 bits" here isn't part of the mapper's definition but an implementation detail
24 August 2019
- 22:0922:09, 24 August 2019 diff hist +101 PPU attribute tables →Worked example: Pull out the [[3 1][2 2]] byte for clarity
- 22:0522:05, 24 August 2019 diff hist 0 File:Thwaite palette color sets.png Tepples uploaded a new version of File:Thwaite palette color sets.png
19 August 2019
- 19:4319:43, 19 August 2019 diff hist +358 Overscan →PAL: Citation for 64489 being a notorious problem
3 August 2019
- 20:0620:06, 3 August 2019 diff hist +7 m File:Cards 32x24 tiles.png knight rank letter varies current
25 July 2019
- 05:3205:32, 25 July 2019 diff hist +57 Errata →APU DMC: B major works around the 17-byte problem
24 July 2019
- 15:0215:02, 24 July 2019 diff hist +15 Errata →Video: Not just all writes with $2000.7 set, just clear then set
19 July 2019
- 18:0018:00, 19 July 2019 diff hist +144 PPU palettes →RC2C03B: Pattern is evidence of mistake
- 17:5617:56, 19 July 2019 diff hist 0 m Nestech.txt →PPU Notes: ...and I found another WTF
- 17:4817:48, 19 July 2019 diff hist +160 Nestech.txt →PPU Notes: the vblank wait loop here was very bad: it'd miss any NMI that didn't land between the LDA and CMP
15 July 2019
- 12:2212:22, 15 July 2019 diff hist +102 Nestech.txt errata Clarify what this document is for current
1 July 2019
- 16:4116:41, 1 July 2019 diff hist +124 NSF →Multi-chip tunes: VRC7/N163 silence register
- 16:2016:20, 1 July 2019 diff hist −100 VRC7 audio Undo revision 16775 by Tepples (talk): It also affects 5B. The situation is more complex than I thought and must be clarified elsewhere.
- 16:2016:20, 1 July 2019 diff hist −94 Namco 163 audio Undo revision 16774 by Tepples (talk): It also affects 5B. The situation is more complex than I thought and must be clarified elsewhere.
- 15:5415:54, 1 July 2019 diff hist +100 VRC7 audio →Audio Enable ($E000): multichip effect
- 15:5315:53, 1 July 2019 diff hist +94 Namco 163 audio →Sound Enable ($E000-E7FF): Also affects VRC7 in a multichip NSF
28 June 2019
- 00:1800:18, 28 June 2019 diff hist +84 Bad Apple →External links: moved to littlelimit.net
24 June 2019
- 14:5614:56, 24 June 2019 diff hist +90 Placeholder graphics Bomber Planet BGs
- 14:5514:55, 24 June 2019 diff hist +56 Placeholder graphics →External links: surt
- 13:5213:52, 24 June 2019 diff hist +93 Vs. System →Palette: What $2000/$2001 swapping actually does: no NMI
15 June 2019
- 20:5520:55, 15 June 2019 diff hist +199 Emulator tests →Input Tests: Telling LYs?
10 June 2019
- 20:3320:33, 10 June 2019 diff hist +51 TNES mention FDS support in lead section current
8 June 2019
- 15:2715:27, 8 June 2019 diff hist +82 Accuracy As far as I'm aware, Mesen is maintained more than the others current
13 May 2019
- 20:2920:29, 13 May 2019 diff hist +41 Audio drivers →Pently: ASM6 available
29 April 2019
- 00:0700:07, 29 April 2019 diff hist −11 m INES Mapper 218 scheme relative links so you don't lose your 🔒
21 April 2019
- 00:0300:03, 21 April 2019 diff hist +707 N Talk:Virtual Boy controller →Endianness: new section
17 March 2019
- 03:0103:01, 17 March 2019 diff hist +20 PPU registers →Controller ($2000) > write: twicetime in #nesdev on EFnet was confused about whether writing to $2000 with bit 7 set always caused an NMI. I replied that it's about changing from 0 to 1.
15 March 2019
- 14:4814:48, 15 March 2019 diff hist +152 NSFe →mixe: Comparison is based on RMS amplitude and $4011 = 0, per rainwarrior in FamiTracker.org #development
- 12:4412:44, 15 March 2019 diff hist +294 UxROM →Hardware: Clarify that the diagram is for UNROM and how it extends to UOROM and the mapper 2 compatible subset of UNROM 512, per koitsu's confusion at https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=236099#p236099
11 March 2019
- 18:4418:44, 11 March 2019 diff hist +99 ExROM SOROM battery-backs the second chip; ETROM battery-backs the first. Per https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=235888#p235888
30 January 2019
- 15:5815:58, 30 January 2019 diff hist +35 Programming guide →Tutorials: Don't hardcode OAM addresses
- 15:5815:58, 30 January 2019 diff hist +2,081 N Don't hardcode OAM addresses Describe an anti-pattern I've seen in beginner code current
28 January 2019
- 21:4621:46, 28 January 2019 diff hist +164 Vs. System Example of what this shared RAM is used for when battery backed: counting coins inserted into "main" and "sub" systems
27 January 2019
- 13:1113:11, 27 January 2019 diff hist +44 m User:Tepples missing right parenthesis
23 January 2019
- 15:4415:44, 23 January 2019 diff hist −106 Emulators →Under development: NESICIDE doesn't really have a 1 and 2
16 January 2019
- 18:1018:10, 16 January 2019 diff hist +117 PPU registers →OAM data ($2004) read/write: Do not write directly
12 January 2019
- 18:3318:33, 12 January 2019 diff hist −21 m Nestech.txt →PPU Notes: <pre> inside a <code> tag leads to tag mismatch in the output
- 18:3118:31, 12 January 2019 diff hist +29 m MMC5 →See also: add references element for cite.php
- 18:3018:30, 12 January 2019 diff hist +43 m Vs. System →See also: add references element for cite.php
- 18:2918:29, 12 January 2019 diff hist +15 m VRC7 audio →References: add references element for cite extension
10 January 2019
- 19:2619:26, 10 January 2019 diff hist +4 m Cycle reference chart →Clock rates: Eugene.S thought it'd be clearer with a UA prefix for UMC parts
- 19:2419:24, 10 January 2019 diff hist +14 m CPU →CPU signals and frequencies: make heading consistent with Cycle reference chart#Clock rates
- 19:2319:23, 10 January 2019 diff hist +222 CPU PAL NES clones exist
6 January 2019
- 03:3003:30, 6 January 2019 diff hist +114 Mouse →Sensitivity: Citation for discovery that Hyper Click does not
1 January 2019
- 02:0302:03, 1 January 2019 diff hist +150 Action 53 Vol. 3 uses UNROM and NROM-128 just like vol. 2; credit Retrotainment for HH85; confirmed spelling at https://github.com/jroatch
25 December 2018
- 02:3902:39, 25 December 2018 diff hist +314 MMC5 →Emulation quirks with commercial games: Relying on 64K fallback doesn't help repro makers, per lidnariq
4 November 2018
- 12:5812:58, 4 November 2018 diff hist +83 Myths →PPU details: Address "16k of internal VRAM" from early Nestech.txt editions.
3 November 2018
- 21:4621:46, 3 November 2018 diff hist +436 INES Mapper 006 Move mode-specific notes to mode sections and identify mode 1 as UN1ROM after lidnariq compared this mapper to the Action 53 mapper in https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=228394#p228394
31 October 2018
- 13:2113:21, 31 October 2018 diff hist +347 Talk:List of games with significant regional differences →If Rainbow Islands, why not Maniac Mansion?: new section
13 October 2018
- 02:5902:59, 13 October 2018 diff hist 0 File:Safe areas.png fix factual error in right coordinate of title safe
- 02:5802:58, 13 October 2018 diff hist 0 File:Safe areas (pixel perfect).png Tepples uploaded a new version of File:Safe areas (pixel perfect).png current
- 02:5802:58, 13 October 2018 diff hist 0 File:Safe areas.png Tepples uploaded a new version of File:Safe areas.png
5 October 2018
- 16:3416:34, 5 October 2018 diff hist +470 Overscan Rewrite lead section
1 October 2018
- 14:0914:09, 1 October 2018 diff hist +93 INES Mapper 163 summarize conjecture about internals
12 September 2018
- 23:2123:21, 12 September 2018 diff hist +139 Sunsoft 5B audio →Sound: More explicitly contrast lack of +1 in these formulas with those of other pulse channels
10 September 2018
- 19:5419:54, 10 September 2018 diff hist −421 m Nestech.txt →Acronyms: convert to dt/dd pairs
5 September 2018
- 03:3603:36, 5 September 2018 diff hist +54 Limitations →Music: Apparently the standard term is rhythm game
- 00:3000:30, 5 September 2018 diff hist 0 m Nestech.txt →Background Scrolling: CNP error in vertical mirroring table
4 September 2018
- 22:1622:16, 4 September 2018 diff hist +304 N File:Mfr icon reserved.png Icon intended to represent a homebrew mapper that has had a number assigned, but its precise definition is under construction. Inspired by the "switch palace" mechanic of ''Super Mario World''. By Damian Yerrick; dedicated to pub... current
- 22:0922:09, 4 September 2018 diff hist −157 Mapper The plan to assign planes 1 and 2 by analogy with the Supplemental Multilingual Plane and Supplemental Ideographic Plane of Unicode appears not to have been well received.
- 03:1703:17, 4 September 2018 diff hist −25 Nestech.txt errata The new goal of this document
- 02:5402:54, 4 September 2018 diff hist −89 Nestech.txt →Registers: I actually patched in most of the errata while moving Registers up here
- 02:5202:52, 4 September 2018 diff hist +54 Nestech.txt Purpose in lead section
- 02:5002:50, 4 September 2018 diff hist −1,639 Nestech.txt wikify Joypad; move Registers into place
- 02:0702:07, 4 September 2018 diff hist −332 Nestech.txt →Unwikified: Programming, Emulation, and Reference sections. That leaves two more
- 01:4001:40, 4 September 2018 diff hist +1,031 Nestech.txt →Unwikified: here are PPU, File Formats, and stubs for audio and mappers
- 01:3801:38, 4 September 2018 diff hist −239 Nestech.txt errata →PPU: On reread, caught "can reset" in M
- 00:3900:39, 4 September 2018 diff hist −64 Nestech.txt →Unwikified: wikify CPU
- 00:2700:27, 4 September 2018 diff hist +63,789 Nestech.txt It starts
3 September 2018
- 23:4323:43, 3 September 2018 diff hist 0 m Talk:Nestech.txt errata Tepples moved page Talk:Nestech.txt to Talk:Nestech.txt errata: Clarify the purpose of this document pending whether koitsu decides to let us incorporate the document itself into the wiki as a different way of explaining things current
- 23:4323:43, 3 September 2018 diff hist +37 N Talk:Nestech.txt Tepples moved page Talk:Nestech.txt to Talk:Nestech.txt errata: Clarify the purpose of this document pending whether koitsu decides to let us incorporate the document itself into the wiki as a different way of explaining things current
- 23:4323:43, 3 September 2018 diff hist 0 m Nestech.txt errata Tepples moved page Nestech.txt to Nestech.txt errata: Clarify the purpose of this document pending whether koitsu decides to let us incorporate the document itself into the wiki as a different way of explaining things
- 23:4323:43, 3 September 2018 diff hist +32 N Nestech.txt Tepples moved page Nestech.txt to Nestech.txt errata: Clarify the purpose of this document pending whether koitsu decides to let us incorporate the document itself into the wiki as a different way of explaining things
2 August 2018
- 15:2815:28, 2 August 2018 diff hist +122 Programming MMC1 →References: snrom-template current
- 15:2715:27, 2 August 2018 diff hist +151 Programming UNROM →See also: pinobatch/snrom-template
29 July 2018
- 15:2515:25, 29 July 2018 diff hist +825 Famicom →Differences from NES: Players expect controller 3 to behave as controller 1; some controllers have different protocols; noise on early revs; RGB PPU; language that players can read; split into subsections Input, Output, and Other
26 July 2018
- 19:2419:24, 26 July 2018 diff hist +100 PPU power up state Entropy that may exist in the unspecified values
- 19:1619:16, 26 July 2018 diff hist +553 PPU power up state "pattern" and "mostly" get confusing. Per https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17584 is there even a benefit in describing what a particular lot is "mostly" set to?
24 July 2018
- 02:5602:56, 24 July 2018 diff hist +15 PPU scrolling →The common case: With the release of a competently designed platformer under a free software license, this nonfree image is replaceable.
- 02:5302:53, 24 July 2018 diff hist +199 N File:NTS scrolling seam.gif Animation explaining how to perform scrolling across a horizontal playfield longer than 512 pixels. It uses the first four screens of a level in ''Nova the Squirrel'' (copyright 2018 Joshua Hoffman).
20 July 2018
- 15:2315:23, 20 July 2018 diff hist −1 APU Sweep →Updating the period: Reflect rename of "not in range" to "muting the channel" elsewhere
- 15:1915:19, 20 July 2018 diff hist +8 APU Sweep →Muting: Avoid passive voice per https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=221611#p221611
15 July 2018
- 19:4319:43, 15 July 2018 diff hist +84 Nestech.txt errata →Joypads, paddles, expansion ports: U-Force follows the report with 0
28 April 2018
- 19:1819:18, 28 April 2018 diff hist +221 Myths →Largest game: A Winner Is You
- 19:1219:12, 28 April 2018 diff hist +231 Myths →Mappers: MTPO speling
14 April 2018
- 19:5819:58, 14 April 2018 diff hist +406 Talk:Overscan →Difference between PocketNES safe area and title safe area?: Pathological vs. non-pathological TVs; N's BG sheets
10 April 2018
- 04:4404:44, 10 April 2018 diff hist −1 m Catch-up →Rewind to checkpoint: spelling: "SA1". The hyphen is always after S, and only in abbreviations with 4+ characters.
1 April 2018
- 17:4517:45, 1 April 2018 diff hist +431 Clock rate Dendy mode was called Micro Genius first
16 March 2018
- 04:4304:43, 16 March 2018 diff hist +27 Emulator tests →Mapper-specific Tests: test28 is updated
- 04:3104:31, 16 March 2018 diff hist +42 User:Tepples No edit summary
- 04:2904:29, 16 March 2018 diff hist +3 Action 53 mapper →External links: test28 is updated
- 04:2904:29, 16 March 2018 diff hist −4 Action 53 mapper/Reference implementations Holy Diver Batman is now called Holy Mapperel current
11 March 2018
- 14:2814:28, 11 March 2018 diff hist +61 Mask ROM pinout →Signal descriptions: what OE stands for; faster response was backward
5 March 2018
- 23:3223:32, 5 March 2018 diff hist −159 m Implementing Mappers In Hardware use MediaWiki list syntax for all lists that don't contain a <pre>
- 23:3123:31, 5 March 2018 diff hist +10 Implementing Mappers In Hardware →1. Recovering !RESET signal from M2: mismatched tags
4 March 2018
- 15:0315:03, 4 March 2018 diff hist +82 Placeholder graphics →External links: notified by someone on another wiki
20 February 2018
- 02:4002:40, 20 February 2018 diff hist +124 Placeholder graphics RPG assets by Chasersgaming
20 January 2018
- 16:4816:48, 20 January 2018 diff hist +5,408 N Audio drivers Created page with "An '''audio driver''' or '''replayer''' is a program that runs on a game console to play music. An audio driver for NES reads music sequences and instrument definitions from t..."
- 15:5915:59, 20 January 2018 diff hist +20 Programming guide →Audio: I'm about to drop a new page Audio drivers that I had written for FamiTracker.org's wiki, but because that's delayed
10 January 2018
- 00:4700:47, 10 January 2018 diff hist +1,451 APU Noise Table: Pitches of 93-step noise on NTSC
4 January 2018
- 20:5420:54, 4 January 2018 diff hist +51 CHR ROM vs. CHR RAM →Switching to CHR RAM: More specific about what the NES 2.0's CHR RAM size value means
- 20:1320:13, 4 January 2018 diff hist +115 Tricky-to-emulate games Zippy Race is also "terrible"
- 20:0720:07, 4 January 2018 diff hist −90 Template:PinoutLegend this went over better in the topic because the lack of numbers and lack of top and bottom show more clearly that this is not a particular chip current
- 05:1105:11, 4 January 2018 diff hist +102 VT02+ CHR Pattern Data Layout →Four bits per pixel, 8 bit data bus: SNES much?
29 December 2017
- 21:4521:45, 29 December 2017 diff hist +201 Template:PinoutLegend Clarify that the depicted IC example is an example
- 14:3714:37, 29 December 2017 diff hist +1,220 N AX5202P pinout Created page with "'''AX5202P''' is the part number of an MMC3 clone found in bootleg games. There are reports that some lots of AX5202P contain a large number of factory seconds with the IR..."
- 14:1714:17, 29 December 2017 diff hist +1,310 N 88 pinout thanks Fisher
25 December 2017
- 16:4016:40, 25 December 2017 diff hist +154 Tricky-to-emulate games Mystery World Dizzy also uses the prio trick
21 December 2017
- 02:2002:20, 21 December 2017 diff hist +198 Talk:MMC3 →Poorly organized?: Can someone make Programming MMC3 blue?
25 November 2017
- 15:2615:26, 25 November 2017 diff hist +209 Forbidden Four →Background: Pocket Camp; HTTPS; not Rareware
6 November 2017
- 02:1202:12, 6 November 2017 diff hist +26 TNES Category:File formats
5 November 2017
- 22:5822:58, 5 November 2017 diff hist +169 NES 2.0 →Byte 10 (RAM size): Kev clarified what to do for self-flash mappers
- 22:5522:55, 5 November 2017 diff hist −13 UNROM 512 →Mapper: kevtris approved of this use of the battery bit
- 22:4422:44, 5 November 2017 diff hist +257 NES 2.0 →Byte 10 (RAM size): Kev clarified what to do for the 8320 bytes you get when you add 8K of RAM to an N163
25 October 2017
- 02:3102:31, 25 October 2017 diff hist +232 8-bit Multiply →External Links: 6502 Killer hacks
24 October 2017
- 14:1514:15, 24 October 2017 diff hist +939 8-bit Multiply Thwaite multiply routine
23 October 2017
- 03:0803:08, 23 October 2017 diff hist +367 Accuracy Why measurement of accuracy is intractable. Instead measure your Coq.
- 02:5202:52, 23 October 2017 diff hist 0 Program compatibility I'll use the approximate release date of the PowerPak as the threshold
- 02:3602:36, 23 October 2017 diff hist −1,853 Installing CC65 →Building CC65 on Ubuntu (Linux): Working instructions to build from git
18 October 2017
- 02:2702:27, 18 October 2017 diff hist +44 m MMC1 pinout mapper numbers
17 October 2017
- 13:2013:20, 17 October 2017 diff hist −9 m TNES damn you muscle memory
- 13:1913:19, 17 October 2017 diff hist +66 TNES Link to these misappropriation allegations
13 October 2017
- 20:0020:00, 13 October 2017 diff hist +1,771 N TNES If Nintendo would redesign iNES from scratch, it'd look like this
26 September 2017
- 18:2218:22, 26 September 2017 diff hist +24 m PPU scrolling →Details: more specifically, a mid-scanline write
- 13:2013:20, 26 September 2017 diff hist +87 PPU scrolling →Details: More pedantry about when the effects of a v change takes effect, per https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=205232#p205232
24 September 2017
- 23:5123:51, 24 September 2017 diff hist +98 MMC3 →IRQ Specifics: My guess as to what Zepper meant by "260,268,276..." in revision 12181
17 September 2017
- 01:0301:03, 17 September 2017 diff hist +885 Four player adapters They're building a compatibility list at https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?p=204677#p204677
12 September 2017
- 20:0820:08, 12 September 2017 diff hist +84 m NSF →Header Overview: word it better
- 20:0420:04, 12 September 2017 diff hist +63 NSF →Header Overview: Little endian. B00daW on FamiTracker.org Discord server asked for this clarification.
5 September 2017
- 04:0204:02, 5 September 2017 diff hist 0 Open bus behavior →Indirect indexed instruction example: I thought the low byte of the early address was correct, and just the high byte needed to be updated with carry the next cycle
29 August 2017
- 01:1301:13, 29 August 2017 diff hist +222 Level compression →Post-processing: Markov in HH85
- 01:1101:11, 29 August 2017 diff hist +191 Level compression →Metametatiles: Sonic 2
27 August 2017
- 18:2718:27, 27 August 2017 diff hist +22 Open bus behavior →PPU open bus: An article about this weak copy protection
- 18:2318:23, 27 August 2017 diff hist +1,595 Open bus behavior →Electrical basis: Three-state outputs and the 74LS139
- 15:0515:05, 27 August 2017 diff hist +135 Glossary →O: link new open bus article
- 15:0215:02, 27 August 2017 diff hist +162 Tricky-to-emulate games 2 of 2: Use dl (description list) element
- 14:5014:50, 27 August 2017 diff hist +122 Tricky-to-emulate games 1 of 2: Use dl (description list) element. I left a few unchanged so that the diff for this change can self-synchronize.
- 14:3414:34, 27 August 2017 diff hist +1 Open bus behavior →CPU open bus: Group WRAM-related cases separately from controller-related cases
- 14:3114:31, 27 August 2017 diff hist +359 Open bus behavior split CPU open bus from lead section; Paperboy citation
- 12:4312:43, 27 August 2017 diff hist +96 Open bus behavior indexed read: finish my sentence
- 12:2312:23, 27 August 2017 diff hist +1,593 Open bus behavior Add PPU open bus and electrical basis sections; add controller port for Paperboy
24 August 2017
- 15:2315:23, 24 August 2017 diff hist +140 APU Keep it simple stupid
6 August 2017
- 16:4016:40, 6 August 2017 diff hist +89 Overscan →For emulator developers: 1080p is also common nowadays
31 July 2017
- 02:1902:19, 31 July 2017 diff hist +118 INES Mapper 015 U1 is used for bus conflict avoidance
30 July 2017
- 17:1817:18, 30 July 2017 diff hist +275 Overscan →For game developers: Link to border template
- 17:1417:14, 30 July 2017 diff hist +271 N File:Border of title safe area.png The border of the title safe area (224x192 pixels) that can be placed over a 256x224 pixel screenshot from an NES emulator to estimate what will be covered up by overscan. By Damian Yerrick; dedicated to the public domain using Cr... current
- 17:1417:14, 30 July 2017 diff hist +301 N File:Border of PocketNES safe area.png The border of the PocketNES safe area (240x212 pixels, centered two pixels down) that can be placed over a 256x224 pixel screenshot from an NES emulator to estimate what will be covered up by overscan. By Damian Yerrick; dedicated... current
24 July 2017
- 16:1616:16, 24 July 2017 diff hist 0 m Programming with unofficial opcodes →Disadvantages: cc65 proper is a compiler, and it doesn't emit unofficial opcodes to my knowledge
21 July 2017
- 16:3416:34, 21 July 2017 diff hist +2,253 Talk:Sprite size Attempting to explain my wording
17 July 2017
- 16:4816:48, 17 July 2017 diff hist 0 m File:Safe areas.png comma
5 July 2017
- 16:5416:54, 5 July 2017 diff hist −94 Overscan →For game developers: Left bias isn't quite as noticeable as I had thought, possibly because of 227.333 (NES) vs. 227.5 (standard) clocks
2 July 2017
- 03:2603:26, 2 July 2017 diff hist +15 APU Envelope Quarter frames
29 June 2017
- 01:0001:00, 29 June 2017 diff hist −2 m APU Sweep →Updating the period: damn you markdown muscle memory
- 00:5700:57, 29 June 2017 diff hist +5 APU Sweep Mention earlier that the unit is half-frames
- 00:5700:57, 29 June 2017 diff hist −266 APU Sweep →Updating the period: Zero before reload does the same thing whether reload is set or clear. Thus it can be factored out into a separate step.
- 00:3200:32, 29 June 2017 diff hist +276 APU Pulse Per request from rainwarrior, get the observable output up front and center, and put the internal crap below
28 June 2017
- 23:3723:37, 28 June 2017 diff hist +263 APU Pulse Clarify LUT vs. output waveform per request at https://forums.nesdev.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=16158