EarthBound Beginnings

EarthBound Beginnings
Also known as: Mother (JP), Earth Bound (US/EU in-game title), EarthBound Zero (unofficial title) Developers: Nintendo EAD, Ape, Pax Softnica Publisher: Nintendo Platform: NES Released in JP: July 27, 1989 Released in US: June 14, 2015 (Virtual Console) Released in EU: June 15, 2015 (Virtual Console) ROM map RAM map Text table TCRF

Mother
Mapper No.	4
Mapper Name	Nintendo MMC3
PRG-ROM Pages	16 x 16 KiB
CHR-ROM Pages	16 x 8 KiB
Mirroring	Horizontal
4-Screen Mirroring	No
SRAM Enabled	Yes

Sub-pages

ROM map

RAM map

Text table

Utilities

• BBHack
• archive containing EarthBound Zero Nightmare modules.
• cheats that are useful for decompilation

Hacks

Complete

• Mother: 25th Anniversary Edition
  • Addendum
    • Earth Bound Beginnings 25th Faithful Edition
    • EarthBound Beginnings: Ultimate Faithful Edition
    • Mother 25th Faithful Edition
    • Mother 25th Restoration Hack
    • MOTHER - Re-Faithful
    • MOTHER - Vanilla Sprites

Gameplay

• +30% Money and EXP
• -30% Encounter Rate

Improvement

• Earth Bound 0 / Mother Window Hack
• Earthbound Beginnings: Consistent Version
• EarthBound Beginnings Uncut
• Earth Bound (Zero Removal)
• Earth Bound Zero sprite restore
• EarthBound Zero Tweaks
• Mother B-Button Run
• MOTHER Restored

Spoof

• Cooey Found Weed

Translations

• French
• Italian
• Polish
• Russian
• Spanish by OAD
• Spanish by Jackic

Known Dumps

• EarthBound (U) (Prototype)
• EarthBound (U) (Prototype) [b1]
• EarthBound (U) (Prototype) [h1]
• EarthBound (U) (Prototype) [h2]
• EarthBound (U) (Prototype) [h3]
• EarthBound (U) (Prototype) [o1]
• Mother (J)
• Mother (J) [b1]
• Mother (J) [b2]
• Mother (J) [h1]
• Mother (J) [o1]
• Mother (J) [b1][o1]

External links

• Lost Levels Online - Spotlight: Earthbound - A thorough history of the EarthBound Zero cart.
• Enemy data documentation
• Item data documentation
• PSI data documentation
• Music format documentation