EarthBound

EarthBound
Name	EarthBound
Company	Nintendo
Header	SWC
Bank	HiROM
Interleaved	No
SRAM	24 Kb
Type	Normal + Batt
ROM	24 Mb
Country	USA
Video	NTSC
ROM Speed	120ns (FastROM)
Revision	Unknown
Checksum	Good 0x4048
CRC32	DC9BB451

Utilities

PK Hack, written in Java, is the principal EarthBound hacking utility. In addition to containing modules for editing almost all aspects of the EarthBound ROM, PK Hack comes with its own hex editor and modules for data restoration patch application. Another utility, Map Editor SP, is in progress. Map Editor SP modulizes data in the EarthBound ROM, offering hackers a new level of versatility.

See also: List of EarthBound utilities

Hacks

Despite the size of the EarthBound hacking community, relatively few complete hacks for the game exist. Hat Quest and Mother 2.5: The Giftman Chronicles are short but complete and impressive. The first completed EarthBound hack, JonBound, also remains popular, though it was created at a time when much of EarthBound's data remained unknown.

See also: List of EarthBound hacks

Miscellaneous

Two debug menus exist in EarthBound's data. The latter uses a Kirby sprite as its cursor. There are two dummied items, the Video relaxant and the Temporary goods. The former's description is "What the hey is this?", and the latter's is "A key given to you by a maid who works at the Monotoli building." A number of unused text blocks and graphics are also present. It is also worth noting that the structure of data in EarthBound's ROM is notoriously scattered and awkward to the extent that many of its hackers joke that its programmers were under the influence of drugs.

This game was originally released as Mother 2 in Japan for the Super Famicom on August 27, 1994.

Odds and Ends - a list of discoveries and techniques

Known Dumps

• EarthBound (U) [!]
• Mother 2 (J)

External Links

• PK Hack community