Donkey Kong Land III/ROM map

The following article is a ROM map for Donkey Kong Land III.

English Version

Color Palettes

Notes:

1. This only applies when you are playing this game on a Super Game Boy.
2. This is an incomplete list.

Bonus Screens

• 102FF-1030E - Find The Token!
• 1030F-1031E - Collect The Stars!
• 1031F-1032E - Bash The Baddies!

Miscellaneous (Part 1)

• 1032F-1033E - K. Rool encounter
• 1033F-1034E - ???

World Maps

• 1034F-1035E - Cape Codswallop
• 1035F-1036E - Primate Plains
• 1036F-1037E - Blackforest Plateau
• 1037F-1038E - Great Ape Lakes
• 1038F-1039E - Tin Can Valley
• 1039F-103AE - The Lost World
• 103AF-103BE - Northern Kremisphere

Miscellaneous (Part 2)

• 103BF-103CE - ???
• 103CF-103EE - Title Screen
• 103EF-103FE - Intro Screen
• 103FF-1040E - File Select Screen/Wrinkly Refuge/Sheepy Shop/Card Game/Cast/Credits/K. Rool's Defeat/Time Attack Screen/Trophy Screen/Game Over
• 1040F-1041E - Character icon on bottom-right of screen

Levels

• 1041F-1042E - Black Ice Blitz
• 1042F-1043E - Polar Pitfalls
• 1043F-1044E - Tundra Blunda
• 1044F-1045E - Total Rekoil
• 1045F-1046E - Liftshaft Lottery
• 1046F-1047E - Miller Instinct
• 1047F-1048E - Jungle Jeopardy
• 1048F-1049E - Tropical Tightropes
• 1049F-104AE - Rainforest Rumble
• 104AF-104BE - Seabed Shanty
• 104BF-104CE - Coral Quarrel
• 104CF-104DE - Deep Reef Grief
• 104DF-104EE - Koco Channel
• 104EF-104FE - Riverbank Riot
• 104FF-1050E - Surface Tension
• 1050F-1051E - Red Wharf
• 1051F-1052E - Ford Knocks
• 1052F-1053E - Jetty Jitters
• 1053F-1054E - Stalagmite Frights
• 1054F-1055E - Haunted Hollows
• 1055F-1056E - Ghoulish Grotto
• 1056F-1057E - Ugly Ducting
• 1057F-1058E - Whiplash Dash
• 1058F-1059E - Karbine Kaos
• 1059F-105AE - Bazuka Bombard
• 105AF-105BE - Kuchuka Karnage
• 105BF-105CE - Barrel Boulevard
• 105CF-105DE - Rocketeer Rally
• 105DF-105EE - Footloose Falls
• 105EF-105FE - Rickety Rapids
• 105FF-1060E - Vertigo Verge
• 1060F-1061E - Rockface Chase
• 1061F-1062E - Clifftop Critters
• 1062F-1063E - Minky Mischief
• 1063F-1064E - Redwood Rampage
• 1064F-1065E - Simian Shimmy
• 1065F-1066E - Barbos Bastion
• 1066F-1067E - Bleak Magic
• 1067F-1068E - Arich Attack
• 1068F-1069E - Krazy Kaos
• 1069F-106AE - K. Rool Duel
• 106AF-106BE - K. Rool's Last Stand

Level Header Data

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• 40065-4047E - Level Headers
  • 40065-4007D - Total Rekoil
  • 4007E-40096 - Liftshaft Lottery
  • 40097-400AF - Miller Instinct
  • 400B0-400C8 - Black Ice Blitz
  • 400C9-400E1 - Polar Pitfalls
  • 400E2-400FA - Tundra Blunda
  • 400FB-40113 - Bleak Magic
  • 40114-4012C - Red Wharf
  • 4012D-40145 - Ford Knocks
  • 40146-4015E - Jetty Jitters
  • 4015F-40177 - Koco Channel
  • 40178-40190 - Riverbank Riot
  • 40191-401A9 - Surface Tension
  • 401AA-401C2 - Seabed Shanty
  • 401C3-401DB - Coral Quarrel
  • 401DC-401F4 - Deep Reef Grief
  • 401F5-4020D - Barbos Bastion
  • 4020E-40226 - Minky Mischief
  • 40227-4023F - Redwood Rampage
  • 40240-40258 - Simian Shimmy
  • 40259-40271 - Arich Attack
  • 40272-4028A - Vertigo Verge
  • 4028B-402A3 - Rockface Chase
  • 402A4-402BC - Clifftop Critters
  • 402BD-402D5 - Rocketeer Rally
  • 402D6-402EE - Footloose Falls
  • 402EF-40307 - Rickety Rapids
  • 40308-40320 - Stalagmite Frights
  • 40321-40339 - Haunted Hollows
  • 4033A-40352 - Ghoulish Grotto
  • 40353-4036B - K. Rool's Last Stand
  • 4036C-40384 - Jungle Jeopardy
  • 40385-4039D - Tropical Tightropes
  • 4039E-403B6 - Rainforest Rumble
  • 403B7-403CF - Karbine Kaos
  • 403D0-403E8 - Bazuka Bombard
  • 403E9-40401 - Kuchuka Karnage
  • 40402-4041A - Barrel Boulevard
  • 4041B-40433 - Krazy Kaos
  • 40434-4044C - Ugly Ducting
  • 4044D-40465 - Whiplash Dash
  • 40466-4047E - K. Rool Duel

Cheat Codes

• 141B8-141CA - Cheat code info
  • Format works like this:
    • First byte indicates the number of button presses, excluding Right.
    • Subsequent bytes indicate the button presses:
      • 0x80 (bit 7) = Start
      • 0x40 (bit 6) = Select
      • 0x20 (bit 5) = B
      • 0x10 (bit 4) = A
      • 0x08 (bit 3) = Down
      • 0x04 (bit 2) = Up
      • 0x02 (bit 1) = Left
      • 0x01 (bit 0) = Right
      • These button presses, excluding Right, are stored in RAM, starting at 0xD100.
    • Last byte indicates which bit(s) are set to 1. The use of a bitflag allows multiple cheats to be used at once since they can be ORed together. Note that only the three least significant bits are used:
      • 0x01 (bit 0) = Play the card game after the title screen
      • 0x02 (bit 1) = Have 50 lives when starting the game
      • 0x04 (bit 2) = Unlock all levels except the Lost World.
      • This gets ORed with whatever value is in 0xFFF9 in RAM (which starts out at 0).
    • In each cheat code, each button sequence must be followed by Right. Pressing Right in the middle of a sequence does not affect anything.
  • Pointers for these cheat codes are found at 0x14188, 0x1418E, and 0x14194 in ROM.

Time Attack

• 15A46-15A69 = Required times to beat

World Map Animations

Function Caller

• 1278 = Bank for map animation ASM code
• 127D-127E = Pointer for map animation ASM code (little endian)

ASM Code

• 1641A-16701 = ASM code to animate maps
  • 1641A-1641B = Get current world
  • 1641C-16427 = Get proper pointer to jump to based on world, then jump
  • 16428-16435 = Jump pointer table (big endian)

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• • 165DF-165E1 = Northern Kremisphere map animation
  • 16436-164C5 = Cape Codswallop map animation
  • 164C6-16572 = Primate Plains map animation
  • 16573-165BA = Blackforest Plateau map animation
  • 165BB-165DE = Great Ape Lakes map animation
  • 165FA-1661A = Tin Can Valley map animation
  • 165E2-165F9 = The Lost World map animation

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• • 1643F-16481 = Mill animation (Cape Codswallop)
  • 16511-15648 = Mill animation (Primate Plains)
  • 1661B-16646 = Water animation
  • 16647-16681 = Waterfall animation
  • 166A7-166D8 = Sheepy Shop animation (most maps, except for Primate Plains and Blackforest Plateau)
  • 166D9-16701 = Factory smoke animation
  • 16682-166A6 = Wrinkly Refuge animation (most maps, including Blackforest Plateau, Great Ape Lakes, Tin Can Valley, and The Lost World)

Japanese Version

Color Values

Sprite Color Palettes

• 1BE60-1BE67 - Palette #00
• 1BE68-1BE6F - Palette #01
• 1BE70-1BE77 - Palette #02
• 1BE78-1BE7F - Palette #03
• 1BE80-1BE87 - Palette #04
• 1BE88-1BE8F - Palette #05
• 1BE90-1BE97 - Palette #06
• 1BE98-1BE9F - Palette #07

Level Color Palettes

• 84FFB-8503A - Coral
• 8503B-8507A - Mill
• 8507B-850BA - River
• 850BB-850FA - Snow
• 850FB-8513A - Stilt
• 8513B-8517A - Tree
• 8517B-851BA - Cliff
• 851BB-851FA - Falls
• 851FB-8523A - Cave
  • 14F60, 14F64 - Shaded water palette for Haunted Hollows
• 8523B-8527A - Jungle
• 8527B-852BA - Machine
• 852BB-852FA - Tube
  • 14F72, 14F76 - Shaded water palette for Ugly Ducting

World Map Color Palettes

• 85B3B-85B7A - Northern Kremisphere
• 858FB-8593A - Cape Codswallop
• 858BB-858FA - Primate Plains
• 8587B-858BA - Blackforest Plateau
• 8583B-8587A - Great Ape Lakes
• 857FB-8583A - Tin Can Valley
• 8577B-857BA - The Lost World

Bonus Stage Screen Color Palettes

• 8557B-855BA - Bash the Baddies!
• 856BB-856FA - Collect the Stars!
• 85B7B-85BBA - Find the Token!

Miscellaneous Color Palettes

• 854FB-8553A - Sheepy Shop
• 8563B-8567A - File Select
• 856FB-8573A - Time Attack
• 859BB-859FA - Wrinkly Refuge
• 85AFB-85B3A - Game Over Screen
• 8D805-8D844 - Title Screen
• 91805-91844 - Intro Screen

Sprite Colors

Notes:

1. All these bytes range from 00-07, depending on the sprite color palettes defined above.
2. This list is incomplete.

• 1BEA0 - Niknak
• 1BEA1 - Kobble
• 1EBA2 - Koco
• 1BEA3 - Krimp
• 1BEA4 - Skidda/Defeated Kobble
• 1BEA5 - Booty Bird
• 1BEA6 - Klasp
• 1BEA7 - Krusha
• 1BEA8 - Steel Barrel
• 1BEA9 - Bazza
• 1BEAA - Bounty Bass
• 1BEAB - Flagpole
• 1BEAC - Elevator
• 1BEAD - Lurchin
• 1BEAE - ???
• 1BEAF - Bristles
• 1BEB0 - Nid
• 1BEB1 - Minky's nuts/Squawks's eggs
• 1BEB2 - Rekoil
• 1BEB3 - Minky
• 1BEB4 - Lemguin
• 1BEB5 - Buzz
• 1BEB6 - Krumple
• 1BEB7 - Koin
• 1BEB8 - Sneek
• 1BEB9 - Minky Shield Barrels
• 1BEBA - Clouds
• 1BEBB - Rocket Barrel
• 1BEBC - Tracker Barrel
• 1BEBD - Kopter
• 1BEBE - Barbos
• 1BEBF - Kuchuka
• 1BEC0 - Kuchuka's and K. Rool's bombs
• 1BEC1 - Ghost Barrel
• 1BEC2 - Dixie walking
• 1BEC3 - Dixie running
• 1BEC4 - Dixie standing
• 1BEC5 - Dixie's Helicopter Spin
• 1BEC6 - Dixie jumping
• 1BEC7 - Dixie turning around
• 1BEC8 - Dixie climbing vertically
• 1BEC9 - Dixie climbing vertically, switching sides
• 1BECA - Dixie attacking
• 1BECB - Dixie climbing horizontally
• 1BECC - Dixie crouching
• 1BECD - Dixie swimming
• 1BECE - Bazuka
• 1BECF - Wrinkly
• 1BED0 - ???
• 1BED1 - Ellie's water
• 1BED2 - Dixie launched (from barrel)
• 1BED3 - Dixie taking damage
• 1BED4 - Karbine
• 1BED5 - Kong letters in air
• 1BED6 - Bear Coin
• 1BED7 - Bonus Coin
• 1BED8 - DK Coin
• 1BED9 - ???
• 1BEDA - Banana Bunch
• 1BEDB - Balloon
• 1BEDC - Puffball/explosion (e.g. when switching Kongs or taking damage)
• 1BEDD - Blast Barrel
• 1BEDE - ???
• 1BEDF - Dixie picking up barrel
• 1BEE0 - Dixie carrying barrel, walking/jumping
• 1BEE1 - Dixie throwing barrel
• 1BEE2 - Dixie carrying barrel, standing
• 1BEE3 - Barrel explosion
• 1BEE4 - Karbine's fireballs/Bleak's snowballs
• 1BEE5 - Bear
• 1BEE6 - Watch
• 1BEE7 - Kiddy walking
• 1BEE8 - Kiddy crouching
• 1BEE9 - Kiddy climbing vertically
• 1BEEA - Kiddy climbing vertically, switching sides
• 1BEEB - Kiddy rolling
• 1BEEC - Arich
• 1BEED - Kiddy picking up barrel
• 1BEEE - Kiddy carrying barrel
• 1BEEF - Kiddy throwing barrel
• 1BEF0 - Arich's shots
• 1BEF1 - Kiddy taking damage
• 1BEF2 - Kiddy swimming
• 1BEF3 - Ellie turning around/moving/shooting
• 1BEF4 - Ellie standing/taking damage
• 1BEF5 - Ellie jumping/launched (from barrel)
• 1BEF6 - Dixie swimming, turning around
• 1BEF7 - Kiddy swimming, turning around
• 1BEF8 - Kiddy turning around
• 1BEF9 - Kiddy running
• 1BEFA - ???
• 1BEFB - Kiddy standing
• 1BEFC - Kiddy climbing horizontally
• 1BEFD - Squitter standing/walking
• 1BEFE - Squitter jumping
• 1BEFF - Squawks
• 1BF00 - Kiddy jumping
• 1BF01 - Enguarde
• 1BF02 - Toboggan
• 1BF03 - Squitter's webs
• 1BF04 - Kaos
• 1BF05 - Kaos's fists
• 1BF06 - ???
• 1BF07 - Splash animation
• 1BF08 - Bleak
• 1BF09 - K. Rool
• 1BF0A - Wooden barrels
• 1BF0B - K. Rool's lightning bolts
• 1BF0C - ???
• 1BF0D - Bonus/Warp Barrel
• 1BF0E - Star Barrel
• 1BF0F - ???
• 1BF10 - Animal Barrels
• 1BF11 - DK Barrel
• 1BF12 - No Animal Sign
• 1BF13 - ???
• 1BF14 - ???
• 1BF15 - ???
• 1BF16 - ???
• 1BF17 - Kiddy in a toboggan
• 1BF18 - Dixie in a toboggan
• 1BF19 - ???
• 1BF1A - ???
• 1BF1B - ???
• 1BF1C - ???
• 1BF1D - ???
• 1BF1E - Collected DK/Bonus Coin
• 1BF1F - ???
• 1BF20 - ???
• 1BF21 - ???
• 1BF22 - ???
• 1BF23 - ???
• 1BF24 - ???
• 1BF25 - ???
• 1BF26 - ???
• 1BF27 - ???
• 1BF28 - ???

Level Header Data

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• 40067-40480 - Level Headers
  • 40067-4007F - Total Rekoil
  • 40080-40098 - Liftshaft Lottery
  • 40099-400B1 - Miller Instinct
  • 400B2-400CA - Black Ice Blitz
  • 400CB-400E3 - Polar Pitfalls
  • 400E4-400FC - Tundra Blunda
  • 400FD-40115 - Bleak Magic
  • 40116-4012E - Red Wharf
  • 4012F-40147 - Ford Knocks
  • 40148-40160 - Jetty Jitters
  • 40161-40179 - Koco Channel
  • 4017A-40192 - Riverbank Riot
  • 40193-401AB - Surface Tension
  • 401AC-401C4 - Seabed Shanty
  • 401C5-401DD - Coral Quarrel
  • 401DE-401F6 - Deep Reef Grief
  • 401F7-4020F - Barbos Bastion
  • 40210-40228 - Minky Mischief
  • 40229-40241 - Redwood Rampage
  • 40242-4025A - Simian Shimmy
  • 4025B-40273 - Arich Attack
  • 40274-4028C - Vertigo Verge
  • 4028D-402A5 - Rockface Chase
  • 402A6-402BE - Clifftop Critters
  • 402BF-402D7 - Rocketeer Rally
  • 402D8-402F0 - Footloose Falls
  • 402F1-40309 - Rickety Rapids
  • 4030A-40322 - Stalagmite Frights
  • 40323-4033B - Haunted Hollows
  • 4033C-40354 - Ghoulish Grotto
  • 40355-4036D - K. Rool's Last Stand
  • 4036E-40386 - Jungle Jeopardy
  • 40387-4039F - Tropical Tightropes
  • 403A0-403B8 - Rainforest Rumble
  • 403B9-403D1 - Karbine Kaos
  • 403D2-403EA - Bazuka Bombard
  • 403EB-40403 - Kuchuka Karnage
  • 40404-4041C - Barrel Boulevard
  • 4041D-40435 - Krazy Kaos
  • 40436-4044E - Ugly Ducting
  • 4044F-40467 - Whiplash Dash
  • 40468-40480 - K. Rool Duel

Cheat Codes

• 8EE86-8EE98 - Cheat code info
  • Format works like this:
    • First byte indicates the number of button presses, excluding Right.
    • Subsequent bytes indicate the button presses:
      • 0x80 (bit 7) = Start
      • 0x40 (bit 6) = Select
      • 0x20 (bit 5) = B
      • 0x10 (bit 4) = A
      • 0x08 (bit 3) = Down
      • 0x04 (bit 2) = Up
      • 0x02 (bit 1) = Left
      • 0x01 (bit 0) = Right
      • These button presses, excluding Right, are stored in RAM, starting at 0xD100.
    • Last byte indicates which bit(s) are set. The use of a bitflag allows multiple cheats to be used at once since they can be ORed together. Note that only the three least significant bits are used:
      • 0x01 (bit 0) = Play the card game after the title screen
      • 0x02 (bit 1) = Have 50 lives when starting the game
      • 0x04 (bit 2) = Unlock all levels except the Lost World.
      • This gets ORed with whatever value is in 0xFFF8 in RAM (which starts out at 0).
    • In each cheat code, each button sequence must be followed by Right. Pressing Right in the middle of a sequence does not affect anything.
  • Pointers for these cheat codes are found at 0x8EE53, 0x8EE59, and 0x8EE5F in ROM.

Time Attack

• 161EF-16162 = Required times to beat

World Map Animations

Function Caller

• 125E = Bank for map animation ASM code
• 1263-1264 = Pointer for map animation ASM code (little endian)

ASM Code

• 14910 = Dummied ASM code to animate maps (only consists of a single "ret" instruction), thus removing animated maps

Map animations can be restored by porting the code from the GB version, and changing the function pointer so that when it is called, the function is in a different part of the ROM.
For example, in the Spanish hack, which restores the map animations, 125E is changed to 25, and 1263-1264 is changed to 00 40, placing the new function at 94000.

Text

Pointers

Unless otherwise mentioned, pointers point to bank 1F (corresponds to 7C000-7FFFF in ROM).

Address(es)	Text	Format/endianness	Notes
A8DC-A953	Level and world names	Big endian	Order of pointers: Levels for each world, includes Sheepy Shop and Wrinkly Refuge where necessary, then last six pointers determine the world names
B0E1-B0F8	Bear (part 1)	Number of lines (1 byte), big endian pointer (2 bytes)
B111-B134	Bear (part 2)
B13D-B154	Bear (part 3)
B15D-B162	Bear (part 4)
B203-B208	K. Rool (part 1, when defeated for final time)	Number of lines (1 byte), big endian pointer (2 bytes)
B218-B21A	Wrinkly (part 1)	Number of lines (1 byte), big endian pointer (2 bytes)
B223-B22B	Wrinkly (part 2)
F705-F706, F710-F711, F719-F71A, F728-F729	K. Rool (part 2, when entering Lost World or K. Rool's Last Stand)	Little endian
162EF-162F0	Trophy screen	Little endian
15F43-15F44	Time Attack	Little endian
16875-16876	Bash the Baddies!	Little endian
168B4-168B5	Collect the Stars!
168F2-168F3	Find the Token!
16993-16994	Delete game confirmation	Little endian
14337-14338	Cast list	Little endian	Points to bank 5 (corresponds to 14000-17FFF in ROM)
14199-1419A	Credits	Little endian	Points to bank 5 (corresponds to 14000-17FFF in ROM)
F574-F579	Text on bottom of file select screen	Big endian (2 bytes each)	Points to bank 3 (corresponds to C000-FFFF in ROM)

Strings

Note that these addresses are from the Japanese version. Fan translations obviously use different addresses due to differing string lengths.

Level & World Names

Format:

• Array of bytes that read the proper tiles in VRAM (where the tiles are defined in the next section). For example, 00 will read the first character tile, 01 will read the second, etc. Generally, this is in sequential order, but since this format is designed to load as few tiles in VRAM as necessary, it may read an earlier tile if that kana/letter appeared earlier in the string.
  • FF indicates a new line.
  • FE indicates the end of the array.
• Next, the character (i.e. kana, letters, kanji, etc.) table is loaded into VRAM (starting at 8DF0). This is basically a string of kana, etc.
  • FF indicates the end of the string.

Addresses:

• 7D804-7D814 = Sheepy Shop
• 7D815-7D82A = Wrinkly Refuge
• 7D82B-7D83B = Red Wharf
• 7D83C-7D84A = Seabed Shanty
• 7D84B-7D85D = Ford Knocks
• 7D85E-7D86F = Total Rekoil
• 7D870-7D87D = Koco Channel
• 7D87E-7D88E = Liftshaft Lottery
• 7D88F-7D8AB = Barbos Bastion
• 7D8AC-7D8B8 = Coral Quarrel
• 7D8B9-7D8CD = Minky Mischief
• 7D8CE-7D8DE = Jetty Jitters
• 7D8DF-7D8F9 = Black Ice Blitz
• 7D8FA-7D90C = Riverbank Riot
• 7D90D-7D927 = Miller Instinct
• 7D928-7D942 = Bleak Magic
• 7D943-7D955 = Rocketeer Rally
• 7D956-7D96A = Vertigo Verge
• 7D96B-7D97F = Polar Pitfalls
• 7D980-7D994 = Surface Tension
• 7D995-7D9A5 = Tundra Blunda
• 7D9A6-7D9BE = Redwood Rampage
• 7D9BF-7D9D3 = Arich Attack
• 7D9D4-7D9E8 = Jungle Jeopardy
• 7D9E9-7D9FB = Footloose Falls
• 7D9FC-7DA08 = Deep Reef Grief
• 7DA09-7DA25 = Karbine Kaos
• 7DA26-7DA3A = Simian Shimmy
• 7DA3B-7DA53 = Rockface Chase
• 7DA54-7DA70 = Krazy KAOS
• 7DA71-7DA89 = Tropical Tightropes
• 7DA8A-7DAA4 = Clifftop Critters
• 7DAA5-7DAB9 = Rickety Rapids
• 7DABA-7DACC = Bazuka Bombard
• 7DACD-7DAE3 = Ugly Ducting
• 7DAE4-7DAFA = Stalagmite Frights
• 7DAFB-7DB11 = K. Rool Duel
• 7DB12-7DB24 = Whiplash Dash
• 7DB25-7DB3D = Kuchuka Karnage
• 7DB3E-7DB5A = Haunted Hollows
• 7DB5B-7DB6D = Rainforest Rumble
• 7DB6E-7DB7D = Barrel Boulevard
• 7DB7E-7DB90 = Ghoulish Grotto
• 7DB91-7DBAF = K. Rool's Last Stand
• 7DBB0-7DBC6 = Cape Codswallop
• 7DBC7-7DBDB = Primate Plains
• 7DBDC-7DBEE = Blackforest Plateau
• 7DBEF-7DC01 = Great Ape Lakes
• 7DC02-7DC14 = Tin Can Valley
• 7DC15-7DC25 = The Lost World

Other

Offset	Text	Format
7DC26-7E222	Bear	Same as level/world format, except tiles get loaded into VRAM starting at 8B40. Notice that before the array terminator FE, the ROM inserts a newline FF right before. However, this is not only unnecessary, but it also causes a bug where tile FE (part of a DK Coin graphic) appears for a split second before the actual text does.
7E223-7E297	K. Rool (when defeated)	Same as level/world format, except tiles get loaded into VRAM starting at 8CC0. Also contains the same bug present from Bear's dialogue.
7E298-7E330	Wrinkly	Same as level/world format, except tiles get loaded into VRAM starting at 8C20. Also contains the same bug present from Bear's dialogue.
7E331-7E4C2	K. Rool (when entering Lost World or K. Rool's Last Stand)	Format is in reverse order of level format. That is, the array that loads the characters (e.g. kana) into VRAM (this time, starting at 8800) appears first. Then, the table that uses the correct tiles is second. Also, in this table, 80 must be added, since the code that loads these screens does not do this automatically. For example, 80 will result in printing the first kana that appears in VRAM, 81 prints the second, etc.
7E4C3-7E4E3	Trophy	Similar to K. Rool format when entering the Lost World. However, the characters are loaded into VRAM starting at 9600. Also, in the array of tiles, instead of adding 80, 60 must be added to print the correct tile.
7E4E4-7E549	Time Attack	Similar to K. Rool format when entering the Lost World. However, the characters are loaded into VRAM starting at 9300. Also, in the array of tiles, instead of adding 80, 30 must be added to print the correct tile.
7E54A-7E564	Bash the Baddies!	Same as level/world format, except tiles get loaded into VRAM starting at 8A00.
7E565-7E579	Collect the Stars!
7E57A-7E58E	Find the Token!
7E58F-7E5B7	Delete game confirmation	Similar to K. Rool format when entering the Lost World. However, the characters are loaded into VRAM starting at 9000. Also, in the array of tiles, nothing needs to be added to print the correct tile. Finally, the first tile (from 9000-9010 in VRAM) will fill up the screen, excluding the text string, so it should always be a space here.
147A8-1490F	Cast list	All characters (kana, etc.) are loaded into VRAM, so this format is simply a traditional text string, reading the tiles one at a time. There are also various control codes between each enemy/NPC name whose format has yet to be determined.
14442-147A7	Credits	Mostly ASCII format, but a character conversion table exists elsewhere (at 68C) to convert punctuation marks properly (since it's different from the ASCII format here). Due to the small size of the conversion table, there is no room to allow lowercase letters properly.
F57A-F588	Select game text (file select screen)	Uses kana that appear starting at 92E0 in VRAM. In the Japanese version, any byte 80 or greater (typically FF) will terminate the string.
F589-F597	Delete game text (file select screen)
F598-F5A6	Game saved text (file select screen)

Positioning

VRAM pointers

Generally, these are pointers that determine where the text starts in VRAM, and the pointers are little endian. For example, in the bonus screens in the Japanese version, at 16907, the byte string is 04 9A, which, when adjusted for endianness, is 9A04. Changing this value will shift the text in the following ways:

• +01 = Shift right
• +20 = Shift down
• -01 = Shift left
• -20 = Shift up

ROM Addresses:

• 16907-16908 = Position of text on bonus screens
• 9F5E-9F5F = Position of text for level and world names
  • Note: While changing this value will shift the text accordingly, keep in mind that when shifting to the right, the spaces left behind are uninitialized. For example, when exiting a level, the game will print glitchy tiles to the left of the level name since they were originally heart icons. A better way to work around this is to keep this value unmodified, but then write custom code set a to 00, then use the ldi a,(hl) instruction to set the first few tiles to 00 to create blank spaces.
• F56A-F56B = Position of text on file select screen
• 15F49-15F4A = Position of text on Time Attack screen (first line)
  • 15F4C = Number of padded spaces on subsequent lines
• 162F5-162F6 = Position of text on trophy screen (first line)
  • 162F8 = Number of padded spaces on subsequent lines

Fonts

• 7E700-7F43F = Main character table
• 7CBF4-7CF24 = Alternate character table, used in credits and Time Attack
• B635-B6E4 = Numerical tiles, used in some Bear dialogue