Wario Land II/ROM map

The following article is a ROM map for Wario Land II.

General

• 0x100000-0x200000: unused, old stuff leftover from the original non-color version

• 0xFC000: flagman DD title screen
• 0xF8000: assigns object sprites and palettes, also contains code
• 0xF4000: object sprites
• 0xF0000: subtile palettes

• 0xEC000: tile sprites
• 0xE8000: level tiles
• 0xE4000: unknown effect
• 0xE0000: boss sprites

• 0xDC000: unknown effect
• 0xD8000: unknown effect
• 0xD4000: unknown effect
• 0xD0000: object behavior

• 0xCC000: enemy behavior
• 0xc8000: enemy behavior
• 0xc4000: unknown effect
• 0xC0000: changing this causes enemies to behave differently

• 0xBC000: changing this makes tiles appear around the room when objects/enemies are near
• 0xB8000: level tiles
• 0xB4000: level tiles
• 0xB0000: level tiles

• 0xAC000: level tiles
• 0xA8000: level tiles
• 0xA4000: level tiles
• 0xA0000: flagman DD data

• 0x9C000: changes scrolling data/buffer, freezes the game most of the time when changing this
• 0x98000: affects end of level menu
• 0x94000: unknown effect
• 0x90000: seems to affect boss tile data

• 0x8C000: Wario sprites
• 0x88000: affects intro, pause screen, and level titles (89DCA: room titles)
• 0x84000: unknown code
• 0x81700: assigns tile behavior
• 0x80000: object behavior

• 0x7C000: level tiles
• 0x78000: level tiles
• 0x74000: level tiles
• 0x70000: color palettes

• 0x6C000: more music (flagman DD, really final chapter, more)
• 0x68000: more music
• 0x64000: level music
• 0x60000: sound data/code

• 0x5C000: unknown effect
• 0x58000: ending cutscene data/code
• 0x54000: end of stage tile indexes
• 0x50000: cut scene data/code

• 0x4C000: end of level code
• 0x48000: cut scene tiles
• 0x44000: cut scene sprites
• 0x40000: enemy sprites

• 0x3C000: object placement/tiles
• 0x38000: level tiles
• 0x34000: level tiles
• 0x30000: tile sprites (and some temporary sprites like spinning coins and blocks breaking)

• 0x2E800: animated tile sprites
• 0x2C000: sprite/object data
• 0x29000: level data
• 0x28000: every two bytes points to a level starting at 0x28195, after that contains data for second tile sets
• 0x24000: changing this usually causes the game to freeze when playing cutscenes
• 0x20000: code?

• 0x1C000: level tiles
• 0x18000: metatiles
• 0x14000: code?
• 0x10000: makes different tiles appear around Wario depending on what he's doing

• 0xC000: sprites
• 0x8000: affects level select and level title tiles (0xB1E6: level music)
• 0x4000: code?
• 0x0000: code?

Level tile locations

• 0xEA2D6: Ruins at the Bottom of the sea, Inside the ruins!
• 0xE8D25: Ruins at the Bottom of the sea, Defeat the giant spear man
• 0xE8000: Go to the cellar!!, Defeat the cave master!!
• 0xBA56B: Go to the cellar!!, Find the exit!!
• 0xB9C15: Go to the cellar!!, Stop that train!
• 0xB8B80: Go to the cellar!!, Avoid the rocks!
• 0xB8000: Go to the cellar!!, Defeat the giant spear man
• 0xB6AF9: Invade Wario Castle, Kick'em out!
• 0xB5D14: Invade Wario Castle, Go through the grand hall
• 0xB516D: Invade Wario Castle, Defeat the giant spear man
• 0xB4000: Invade Wario Castle, Storm the castle!!
• 0xB2A73: Invade Wario Castle, To the castle!!
• 0xB1E75: Syrup Castle, The Final Battle!!
• 0xB0EAF: Syrup Castle, Find the hidden door!!
• 0xB0000: Syrup Castle, Defeat four ducks!
• 0xAE8BB: Syrup Castle, Storm the castle!!
• 0xADBA6: Syrup Castle, Get to the Castle!!
• 0xACF30: In Town, Anyone for B-ball?
• 0xAC000: In Town, Escape from the factory!
• 0xAA4B8: In Town, Down in the cellar
• 0xA92C8: In Town, Up on the rooftop!!
• 0xA889A: In Town, Stop that train!
• 0xA8000: Maze Woods, Defeat the giant bee!
• 0xA655E: Ruins at the Bottom of the sea, Escape from the Tea Cup!
• 0xA568A: Ruins at the Bottom of the sea, Captured Syrup!
• 0xA4957: THE REALLY FINAL CHAPTER, Steal the Syrup's treasure!!
• 0xA4000: SS Tea Cup, Defeat Bobo!!
• 0x7ED07: Mysterious Factory!, Awaiting Syrup!
• 0x7DEE7: Mysterious Factory!, Don't shock the owl!
• 0x7CFA5: Mysterious Factory!, Move through the water!
• 0x7C000: Mysterious Factory!, Into the factory!
• 0x79B0F: Mysterious Factory!, Defeat the giant spear man
• 0x79164: Uncanny Mansion, Capture the ghost!
• 0x7893B: Uncanny Mansion, Coming back is difficult
• 0x78000: Uncanny Mansion, The way to the open door
• 0x76359: Uncanny Mansion, Hold on to the owl
• 0x7562E: Uncanny Mansion, Defeat the giant spear man
• 0x74000: Ruins at the Bottom of the sea, Escape from the ruins!
• 0x3A6D4: Maze Woods, Get to Maze Woods
• 0x39DD8: One Noisy Morning, Go down to the cellar
• 0x3944C: One Noisy Morning, Let the water out!
• 0x38AF0: One Noisy Morning, Turn off the giant faucet!
• 0x38000: One Noisy Morning, Turn off the alarm clock!
• 0x35B91: SS Tea Cup, Get in the Tea Cup
• 0x350A4: SS Tea Cup, Escape from the woods!
• 0x34858: SS Tea Cup, Return the hen to her nest
• 0x34000: One Noisy Morning, Defeat the giant snake
• 0x1E896: Maze Woods, Escape from Maze Woods
• 0x1D95D: Maze Woods, Through the thorny maze!!
• 0x1CC5F: Maze Woods, Defeat the giant spear man
• 0x1C000: SS Tea Cup, Drop the anchor!!