Dr. Mario (NES)/RAM map: Difference between revisions

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The following article is a RAM map for Dr. Mario (NES).

This data is relevant to Dr. Mario (JU) [t1] and may not be correct for other dumps.

RAM Address	Information
0x0046	Mode.
0x0065	Game option cursor position.
0x008B	Speed cursor. (Copied from 0x030B.)
0x00A4	Number of remaining viruses for P1, stored in a weird format. At 20 viruses remaining, the value is 32. At 19 viruses remaining, the value is 17. For example, at 10 viruses remaining, the value is 17. At 9 viruses remaining, the value is 9.
0x0305	Falling pill X position.
0x0306	Falling pill Y position.
0x030B	Pill Speed. (26 = fastest, 85=slowest (hex))
0x0312	Frames left before current pill drops.
0x0316	Level number.
0x031A	Next pill: First color.
0x031B	Next pill: Second color.
0x0400-0x047F	Player 1 Play field from top left to bottom right. 16 rows of 8 tiles. 255 when square is empty; 64/65/66 for top half of pill in Yellow, Red, and Blue; 80/81/82 for bottom half; 96/97/98 for left half; 112/113/114 for right half; 128/129/130 for single pellet; 208/209/210 for virii.
0x067E	Maximum frames to wait before the three viruses move.
0x067F	Frames left before the three viruses move.
0x0727	Number of players.
0x0731	Music type.

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 |0x008B || Speed cursor. (Copied from 0x030B.)
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-|0x00A4 || Number of remaining viruses for P1, stored in a weird format.
+|0x00A4 || Number of remaining viruses for P1, stored in a weird format. At 20 viruses remaining, the value is 32. At 19 viruses remaining, the value is 17. For example, at 10 viruses remaining, the value is 17. At 9 viruses remaining, the value is 9.
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 |0x0305 || Falling pill X position.