INCLUDE "1-source-files/main-sources/elite-build-options.asm" _NTSC = (_VARIANT = 1) _PAL = (_VARIANT = 2)NES ELITE GAME SOURCE (iNES HEADER) NES Elite was written by Ian Bell and David Braben and is copyright D. Braben and I. Bell 1991/1992 The code on this site has been reconstructed from a disassembly of the version released on Ian Bell's personal website at http://www.elitehomepage.org/ The commentary is copyright Mark Moxon, and any misunderstandings or mistakes in the documentation are entirely my fault The terminology and notations used in this commentary are explained at https://elite.bbcelite.com/terminology The deep dive articles referred to in this commentary can be found at https://elite.bbcelite.com/deep_dives
This source file produces the following binary file: * header.binCODE% = $8000 ; The address where the code will be run LOAD% = $8000 ; The address where the code will be loaded ORG CODE%ELITE iNES HEADER Produces the binary file header.bin.EQUS "NES" ; Bytes #0 to #2 = identification string for iNES file EQUB $1A ; Byte #3 = identification string terminator EQUB 8 ; Byte #4 = 8 pages of 16K ROM = 128K EQUB 0 ; Byte #5 = 0 = board uses CHR RAM EQUB %00010010 ; Byte #6 = mapper and WRAM configuration ; ; * Bit 1 set = Cartridge contains battery-backed RAM ; at $6000 to $7FFF ; ; * Bits 4-7 = mapper number, %0001 = MMC1 EQUB 0 ; Bytes #7 to #15 are zero and have no effect EQUD 0 EQUD 0Name: iNES header [Show more] Type: Variable Category: Start and end Summary: The iNES header for running in an emulator Deep dive: Splitting NES Elite across multiple ROM banksContext: See this variable on its own page References: No direct references to this variable in this source filePRINT "S.header.bin ", ~CODE%, " ", ~P%, " ", ~LOAD%, " ", ~LOAD% SAVE "3-assembled-output/header.bin", CODE%, P%, LOAD%Save header.bin