Donkey Kong Land III/ROM map

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

Color Palettes

English Version

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

Japanese Version

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
  • 3515, 3519 - Shaded water palette for Haunted Hollows (used when the screen is partially submerged)
  • 14F60, 14F64 - Shaded water palette for Haunted Hollows (used when the screen is fully submerged)
• 8523B-8527A - Jungle
• 8527B-852BA - Machine
• 852BB-852FA - Tube
  • 3523, 3527 - Shaded water palette for Ugly Ducting (used when the screen is partially submerged)
  • 14F72, 14F76 - Shaded water palette for Ugly Ducting (used when the screen is fully submerged)

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

Pointer Table

	Offset
	English	Japanese
Levels	40011-40064	40013-40066
Bonus stages	4047F-4050E	40481-40510
Warps	4050F-4051A	40511-4051C

Levels

See this page for more information on this.

• English level headers: 40065-4047E
• Japanese level headers: 40067-40480

Level	English	Japanese
Total Rekoil	40065-4007D	40067-4007F
Liftshaft Lottery	4007E-40096	40080-40098
Miller Instinct	40097-400AF	40099-400B1
Black Ice Blitz	400B0-400C8	400B2-400CA
Polar Pitfalls	400C9-400E1	400CB-400E3
Tundra Blunda	400E2-400FA	400E4-400FC
Bleak Magic	400FB-40113	400FD-40115
Red Wharf	40114-4012C	40116-4012E
Ford Knocks	4012D-40145	4012F-40147
Jetty Jitters	40146-4015E	40148-40160
Koco Channel	4015F-40177	40161-40179
Riverbank Riot	40178-40190	4017A-40192
Surface Tension	40191-401A9	40193-401AB
Seabed Shanty	401AA-401C2	401AC-401C4
Coral Quarrel	401C3-401DB	401C5-401DD
Deep Reef Grief	401DC-401F4	401DE-401F6
Barbos Bastion	401F5-4020D	401F7-4020F
Minky Mischief	4020E-40226	40210-40228
Redwood Rampage	40227-4023F	40229-40241
Simian Shimmy	40240-40258	40242-4025A
Arich Attack	40259-40271	4025B-40273
Vertigo Verge	40272-4028A	40274-4028C
Rockface Chase	4028B-402A3	4028D-402A5
Clifftop Critters	402A4-402BC	402A6-402BE
Rocketeer Rally	402BD-402D5	402BF-402D7
Footloose Falls	402D6-402EE	402D8-402F0
Rickety Rapids	402EF-40307	402F1-40309
Stalagmite Frights	40308-40320	4030A-40322
Haunted Hollows	40321-40339	40323-4033B
Ghoulish Grotto	4033A-40352	4033C-40354
K. Rool's Last Stand	40353-4036B	40355-4036D
Jungle Jeopardy	4036C-40384	4036E-40386
Tropical Tightropes	40385-4039D	40387-4039F
Rainforest Rumble	4039E-403B6	403A0-403B8
Karbine Kaos	403B7-403CF	403B9-403D1
Bazuka Bombard	403D0-403E8	403D2-403EA
Kuchuka Karnage	403E9-40401	403EB-40403
Barrel Boulevard	40402-4041A	40404-4041C
Krazy Kaos	4041B-40433	4041D-40435
Ugly Ducting	40434-4044C	40436-4044E
Whiplash Dash	4044D-40465	4044F-40467
K. Rool Duel	40466-4047E	40468-40480

Bonus Stages

This uses a different format from the regular levels. (TODO: Figure this out...)

• English bonus level/warp headers: 4051B-40962
• Japanese bonus level/warp headers: 4051D-40964

Level		Offset
		English	Japanese
Red Wharf	Bonus #1	4058B-40598	4058D-4059A
	Bonus #2	40599-405A6	4059B-405A8
Seabed Shanty	Bonus #1	40661-4066E	40663-40670
	Bonus #2	4066F-4067C	40671-4067E
Ford Knocks	Bonus #1	405A7-405B4	405A9-405B6
	Bonus #2	405B7-405C4	405B9-405C6
Total Rekoil	Bonus #1	4051B-40528	4051D-4052A
	Bonus #2	40529-40536	4052B-40538
Koco Channel	Bonus #1	405FF-4060C	40601-4060E
	Bonus #2	4060D-4061A	4060F-4061C
Liftshaft Lottery	Bonus #1	40537-40544	40539-40546
	Bonus #2	40545-40552	40547-40554
Coral Quarrel	Bonus #1	4067D-4068A	4067F-4068C
	Bonus #2	4068B-40698	4068D-4069A
Minky Mischief	Bonus #1	40717-40724	40719-40726
	Bonus #2	40725-40732	40727-40734
Jetty Jitters	Bonus #1	405C7-405D4	405C9-405D6
	Bonus #2	405D5-405E2	405D7-405E4
Black Ice Blitz	Bonus #1	40709-40716	4070B-40718
	Bonus #2	406FB-40708	406FD-4070A
Riverbank Riot	Bonus #1	4061B-40628	4061D-4062A
	Bonus #2	40629-40636	4062B-40638
Miller Instinct	Bonus #1	40553-40560	40555-40562
	Bonus #2	40561-4056E	40563-40570
Rocketeer Rally	Bonus #1	407BF-407CC	407C1-407CE
	Bonus #2	407CD-407DA	407CF-407DC
Vertigo Verge	Bonus #1	4076B-40778	4076D-4077A
	Bonus #2	40779-40786	4077B-40788
Polar Pitfalls	Bonus #1	406C3-406D0	406C5-406D2
	Bonus #2	406D1-406DE	406D3-406E0
Surface Tension	Bonus #1	40637-40644	40639-40646
	Bonus #2	40645-40652	40647-40654
Tundra Blunda	Bonus #1	406DF-406EC	406E1-406EE
	Bonus #2	406ED-406FA	406EF-406FC
Redwood Rampage	Bonus #1	40733-40740	40735-40742
	Bonus #2	40741-4074E	40743-40750
Jungle Jeopardy	Bonus #1	40867-40874	40869-40876
	Bonus #2	40875-40882	40877-40884
Footloose Falls	Bonus #1	407DB-407E8	407DD-407EA
	Bonus #2	407E9-407F6	407EB-407F8
Deep Reef Grief	Bonus #1	40699-406A6	4069B-406A8
	Bonus #2	406A7-406B4	406A9-406B6
Karbine Kaos	Bonus #1	408BB-408C8	408BD-408CA
	Bonus #2	408C9-408D6	408CB-408D8
Simian Shimmy	Bonus #1	4074F-4075C	40751-4075E
	Bonus #2	4075D-4076A	4075F-4076C
Rockface Chase	Bonus #1	40787-40794	40789-40796
	Bonus #2	40795-407A2	40797-407A4
Tropical Tightropes	Bonus #1	40883-40890	40885-40892
	Bonus #2	40891-4089E	40893-408A0
Clifftop Critters	Bonus #1	407A3-407B0	407A5-407B2
	Bonus #2	407B1-407BE	407B3-407C0
Rickety Rapids	Bonus #1	407F7-40804	407F9-40806
	Bonus #2	40805-40812	40807-40814
Bazuka Bombard	Bonus #1	408D7-408E4	408D9-408E6
	Bonus #2	408E5-408F2	408E7-408F4
Ugly Ducting	Bonus #1	4092B-40938	4092D-4093A
	Bonus #2	40939-40946	4093B-40948
Stalagmite Frights	Bonus #1	40813-40820	40815-40822
	Bonus #2	40821-4082E	40823-40830
Whiplash Dash	Bonus #1	40947-40954	40949-40956
	Bonus #2	40955-40962	40957-40964
Kuchuka Karnage	Bonus #1	408F3-40900	408F5-40902
	Bonus #2	40901-4090E	40903-40910
Haunted Hollows	Bonus #1	4082F-4083C	40831-4083E
	Bonus #2	4083D-4084A	4083F-4084C
Rainforest Rumble	Bonus #1	4089F-408AC	408A1-408AE
	Bonus #2	408AD-408BA	408AF-408BC
Barrel Boulevard	Bonus #1	4090F-4091C	40911-4091E
	Bonus #2	4091D-4092A	4091F-4092C
Ghoulish Grotto	Bonus #1	4084B-40858	4084D-4085A
	Bonus #2	40859-40866	4085B-40868

Warps

This probably uses the same format as the bonus stages.

Level	Offset
	English	Japanese
Red Wharf	405E3-405F0	405E5-405F2
Seabed Shanty	406B5-406C2	406B7-406C4
Ford Knocks	405F1-405FE	405F3-40600
Total Rekoil	4056F-4057C	40571-4057E
Koco Channel	40653-40660	40655-40662
Liftshaft Lottery	4057D-4058A	4057F-4058C

Cheat Codes

Data	English	Japanese
Cheat code info	141B8-141CA	8EE86-8EE98
Pointers for cheat codes	14188	8EE53
	1418E	8EE59
	14194	8EE5F

• 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 the Japanese version, the RAM address is 0xFFF8 instead.)
  • In each cheat code, each button sequence must be followed by Right. Pressing Right in the middle of a sequence does not affect anything.

Time Attack

Data	English	Japanese
Required times to beat	15A46-15A69	1613F-16162
Levels	15874-1587F	16047-16052

ASM Code

---

Data	English	Japanese
Print level types (e.g. Stilt), Re-enter game, Last time on screen	15880-158A2	7D7D6-7D803
Load Time Attack records from SRAM, then print them	158A3-158DC	16053-1608C
Print most recent time on bottom-right of screen	158DD-15901	N/A
Print ! on screen for cleared times	15902-15930	1608D-160BB
Generate two-digit number (seconds, 1/100 seconds)	15931-15950	160BC-160DB
Load data in SRAM based on save file	15B94-15BA4	16294-162A4

World Map Animations

Function Caller

Data	English	Japanese
Bank for map animation ASM code	1278	125E
Pointer for map animation ASM code (little endian)	127D-127E	1263-1264

ASM Code

English version

• 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

---

• • 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

• 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 English and Spanish fan translations, which restore the map animations, 125E is changed to 25, and 1263-1264 is changed to 00 40, placing the new function at 94000.

Level Maps

Pointer Table

Pointer format works as follows:

• First byte contains the ROM bank.
• Last two bytes contain the RAM address. This is stored in big endian.

See this page for more information.

	Offset
	English	Japanese
Levels	40963-409E0	40965-409E2
Bonus stages	409E1-40AB8	409E3-40ABA
Warps	40AB9-40ACA	40ABB-40ACC

Levels

Level	Offset
	English Prototype	English v1.0	English v1.1	Japanese
Red Wharf	5C001
Seabed Shanty	58001
Ford Knocks	5C3E0
Total Rekoil	5A456	5A457
Koco Channel	6A259	6A25F
Liftshaft Lottery	5A886	5A88E
Barbos Bastion	5A422	5A423
Coral Quarrel	58C01	58C02
Minky Mischief	5DE5C	5DE56
Jetty Jitters	5C97A	5C975
Black Ice Blitz	5CE75	5CE70
Riverbank Riot	5BAFC	5BB0D
Miller Instinct	5AE89	5AE93
Bleak Magic	6BDA9	6BD9D
Rocketeer Rally	60001
Vertigo Verge	68D39	68D38
Polar Pitfalls	5D45C	5D457
Surface Tension	69ED5	69EDB
Tundra Blunda	5DA05	5D9FF
Redwood Rampage	5E486	5E487	5E4A0
Arich Attack	5E936	5E939	5E952
Jungle Jeopardy	5E961	5E964	5E97D
Footloose Falls	6228B	6225E
Deep Reef Grief	5979B	5979C
Karbine Kaos	6A5F1	6A5F7
Simian Shimmy	62FCC	62FA2
Rockface Chase	69266	69265
Krazy Kaos	6BD6A	6BD5E
Tropical Tightropes	5EE01	5EE04	5EE1D
Clifftop Critters	6986D	69873
Rickety Rapids	6279B	62775
Bazuka Bombard	6B174	6B182
Ugly Ducting	43988	439B8		43A08
Stalagmite Frights	63864	63863
K. Rool Duel	6BDDB	6BDCF
Whiplash Dash	5FC08	5FC0B	5FC24
Kuchuka Karnage	6AB56	6AB67
Haunted Hollows	68001
Rainforest Rumble	5F2A0	5F2A1	5F2BA
Barrel Boulevard	5B31C	5B328
Ghoulish Grotto	685AB	685AA
K. Rool's Last Stand	6BE18	6BE0C

Bonus Stages

Level		Offset
		English Prototype	English v1.0	English v1.1	Japanese
Red Wharf	Bonus #1	61442	61445
	Bonus #2	614EA	614ED
Seabed Shanty	Bonus #1	6046D
	Bonus #2	6054D
Ford Knocks	Bonus #1	61570	61573
	Bonus #2	61610	61613
Total Rekoil	Bonus #1	60915
	Bonus #2	6096E	6096D
Koco Channel	Bonus #1	60C44	60C43
	Bonus #2	60D05	60D04
Liftshaft Lottery	Bonus #1	609E2	609E1
	Bonus #2	60A6F	60A6E
Coral Quarrel	Bonus #1	60656
	Bonus #2	606EC
Minky Mischief	Bonus #1	6184A	61822
	Bonus #2	618FE	618D6
Jetty Jitters	Bonus #1	61683	6165A
	Bonus #2	61758	6172F
Black Ice Blitz	Bonus #1	613AF	613B2
	Bonus #2	612DB	612DE
Riverbank Riot	Bonus #1	60DDF	60DDE
	Bonus #2	60E71	60E70
Miller Instinct	Bonus #1	60B30	60B2F
	Bonus #2	60BFA	60BF9
Rocketeer Rally	Bonus #1	62D19	62CF3
	Bonus #2	62D9D	62D77
Vertigo Verge	Bonus #1	61D65	61D3C
	Bonus #2	61DB9	61D8C
Polar Pitfalls	Bonus #1	61011	61010
	Bonus #2	610B9	610B8
Surface Tension	Bonus #1	60EFD	60EFC
	Bonus #2	60F64	60F63
Tundra Blunda	Bonus #1	61180	61183
	Bonus #2	61214	61217
Redwood Rampage	Bonus #1	619E4	619BC
	Bonus #2	61AAD	61A84
Jungle Jeopardy	Bonus #1	5F6A3	5F6A4	5F6BD
	Bonus #2	5F746	5F747	5F760
Footloose Falls	Bonus #1	62E03	62DDD
	Bonus #2	62E8C	62E62
Deep Reef Grief	Bonus #1	607A2
	Bonus #2	60861
Karbine Kaos	Bonus #1	6B86A	6B85B
	Bonus #2	6B8E0	6B8D1
Simian Shimmy	Bonus #1	61B84	61B5B
	Bonus #2	61C42	61C19
Rockface Chase	Bonus #1	61E6B	61E3E
	Bonus #2	61F4F	61F22
Tropical Tightropes	Bonus #1	5F7CF	5F7D0	5F7E9
	Bonus #2	5F85F	5F860	5F879
Clifftop Critters	Bonus #1	61FF5	61FC8
	Bonus #2	62055	62028
Rickety Rapids	Bonus #1	62EDD	62EB3
	Bonus #2	62F5A	62F30
Bazuka Bombard	Bonus #1	6B952	6B943
	Bonus #2	6B9FD	6B9EE
Ugly Ducting	Bonus #1	5FA41	5FA42	5FA5B
	Bonus #2	5FAED	5FAEE	5FB07
Stalagmite Frights	Bonus #1	633C7	633A5
	Bonus #2	6347F	6345D
Whiplash Dash	Bonus #1	5FB58	5FB5B	5FB74
	Bonus #2	5FB8D	5FB90	5FBA9
Kuchuka Karnage	Bonus #1	6BAE2	6BAD6
	Bonus #2	6BB7B	6BB6F
Haunted Hollows	Bonus #1	6357D	6355A
	Bonus #2	63620	635FD
Rainforest Rumble	Bonus #1	5F8DE	5F8DF	5F8F8
	Bonus #2	5F989	5F98A	5F9A3
Barrel Boulevard	Bonus #1	6BC46	6BC3A
	Bonus #2	6BCD0	6BCC4
Ghoulish Grotto	Bonus #1	63724	63723
	Bonus #2	637E6	637E5

Warps

Level	Offset
	English Prototype	English v1.0 / v1.1 / Japanese
Red Wharf	621F9	621CC
Seabed Shanty	620E2	620B5
Ford Knocks	62237	6220A
Total Rekoil	6214E	62121
Koco Channel	621DA	621AD
Liftshaft Lottery	6218C	6215F

Level Data Master Pointer Table

All pointers here are big endian.

• 40001 - Level header data
• 40003 - Level map data
• 40005 - Level tile data
• 40007 - Level metatile data, tile properties
• 40009 - Sprite pointer
• 4000B - Level sprite table
• 4000D - Bonus level/warp header data
• 4000F - Bonus level/warp sprite table
• 40011 - Level palettes (Japanese version)

Text

English version

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Japanese version

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
• 9FB2-9FB3 = Top half of ! icon on map screen
• 9FB8-9FB9 = Bottom half of ! icon on map screen
• 9FC3-9FC4 = Top half of DK Coin icon on map screen
• 9FCA-9FCB = Bottom half of DK Coin icon on map screen

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

Demos

Format is: Button combination, length.

For button combinations:

• 0x80 (bit 7) = Down
• 0x40 (bit 6) = Up
• 0x20 (bit 5) = Left
• 0x10 (bit 4) = Right
• 0x08 (bit 3) = Start
• 0x04 (bit 2) = Select
• 0x02 (bit 1) = B
• 0x01 (bit 0) = A

Demo data

Data	English	Japanese
Jetty Jitters	???	53014-53133
Rickety Rapids*	???	53134-5319B
Whiplash Dash*	???	53361-53384
Deep Reef Grief*	???	53405-537B5

*Note: Could possibly be longer, but demo cuts short due to glitch

Pointers

Data	English	Japanese
Levels	???	8EE26-8EE29
Pointers to button sequences (big endian)	???	8EE2A-8EE31