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* 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."
* 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.
* A number of unused text blocks and graphics are also present.
* It is also worth nothing 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.
* 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.
* [[EarthBound:Odds_and_Ends|Odds and Ends]] - a list of discoveries and techniques
* [[EarthBound:Odds_and_Ends|Odds and Ends]] - a list of discoveries and techniques



Revision as of 19:35, 6 May 2016

EarthBound
Name EARTH BOUND
Company Nintendo
Header SWC
Bank HiROM
Interleaved No
SRAM 64 Kb
Type Normal + Batt
ROM 24 Mb
Country USA
Video NTSC
ROM Speed 120ns (FastROM)
Revision 1.0
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.

See also: List of EarthBound hacks

Miscellaneous

  • EarthBound was originally released as Mother 2 in Japan for the Super Famicom on August 27, 1994.
  • 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.
  • Odds and Ends - a list of discoveries and techniques

Known Dumps

  • EarthBound (U) [!]
  • EarthBound (U) [f1]
  • EarthBound (U) [f1+C]
  • EarthBound (U) [f2]
  • EarthBound (U) [f3]
  • EarthBound (U) [t1]
  • EarthBound (U) [T+Spa091b_Tanero]
  • Mother 2 (J)
  • Mother 2 (J) [b1]
  • Mother 2 (J) [b1+C]
  • Mother 2 (J) [b2]
  • Mother 2 (J) [f1]
  • Mother 2 (J) [f1+C]

External Links