Mega Man 5/RAM map

The following article is a RAM map for Mega Man 5.

Player Variables

Input

RAM	Function	Details
$0014-$----	Keys pressed on pad 1
$0015-$----	Always cleared
$0016-$----	Keys held on pad 1
$0017-$----	Always cleared

Camera & Scrolling

RAM	Function	Details
$0028-$----	Scrolling direction
$002A-$----	Maximum screen
$002B-$----	Current screen
$0044-$----	Previous scroll X
$0045-$----	Previous scroll Y
$00A2-$----	Current Y scroll
$00A4-$----	Current X scroll
$00F9-$----	Scroll X high
$00FA-$----	Scroll Y
$00FB-$----	Vertical screen offset
$00FC-$----	Scroll X
$00FD-$----	Current nametable

Life & Health

RAM	Function	Details
$00B0-$----	Life
$00BD-$----	E-Tanks
$00BE-$----	M-Tanks
$00BF-$----	Lives

Player State

RAM	Function	Details
$0030-$----	Current move
$0031-$----	Direction
$0032-$----	Current weapon
$0033-$----	Shooting timer
$0034-$----	Shooting flag
$0035-$----	Sliding timer
$0038-$----	Charge counter
$00AF-$----	Mega Man upside down

Collision / Damage

RAM	Function	Details
$0036-$----	Kill block type	F0 = Kill; 00 = Nothing; Others = decrease life by 1
$0042-$----	Largest block type found
$0043-$----	Number of destroyed blocks

Weapons & Abilities

Weapon Energy

RAM	Function	Details
$00B1-$00BC	Weapon energy	Array

Special Items

RAM	Function	Details
$005D-$----	Picked up M-Tank

Stage / Progress

RAM	Function	Details
$0026-$----	Current level
$0027-$----	PRG bank for level
$0029-$----	Area number
$0069-$----	Last screen visited
$006A-$----	Current boss in rematch
$006B-$----	Killed bosses in rematch
$006C-$----	Current Wily level
$006D-$----	Beat letters
$006E-$----	Levels cleared

Graphics & Display

Rendering / PPU

RAM	Function	Details
$0018-$----	Palette changed
$0019-$----	Draw horizontal data
$001A-$----	Draw vertical data
$001B-$----	Palette cycle stopped
$001C-$----	Update tile
$001E-$----	New tile position
$0023-$----	New tile number
$0047-$----	Block number to draw
$0048-$004F	Block types in tested positions
$005A-$----	Animation disable
$0060-$----	Display updated
$00F0-$----	Screen disabled
$00FE-$----	Display settings 1
$00FF-$----	Display settings 2

Palette

RAM	Function	Details
$0600-$061F	Palette
$0620-$063F	Original palette
$05F0-$05F3	Palette animation
$05F4-$05F7	Palette frame
$05F8-$05FB	Palette timer

Sprite / Object Arrays

RAM	Function	Details
$0300-$0317	Sprite type
$0318-$032F	X position fraction
$0330-$0347	X position low
$0348-$035F	X position high
$0360-$0377	Y position fraction
$0378-$038F	Y position low
$0390-$03A7	Y position high
$03A8-$03BF	X speed low
$03C0-$03D7	X speed high
$03D8-$03EF	Y speed low
$03F0-$0407	Y speed high
$0408-$041F	Sprite flags	7 = Hurts Mega Man; 6 = Shielded; 5–0 = Size
$0420-$0437	Direction
$0438-$044F	Sprite number
$0450-$0467	Life
$0468-$047F	Variable A
$0480-$0497	Variable B
$0498-$04AF	Variable C
$04B0-$04C7	Variable D
$04C8-$04DF	Variable E
$04E0-$04F7	Variable F
$04F8-$050F	Variable G
$0510-$0527	Variable H
$0528-$053F	Display flags	6 = Flipped; 5 = Mirrored; 4 = In background; 3 = Don’t destroy off-screen; 2 = Invisible
$0540-$0557	Animation frame
$0558-$056F	Animation
$0570-$0587	Animation timer
$0588-$059F	Enemy handler (low)
$05A0-$05B7	Enemy handler (high)
$05B8-$05CF	Flash counter

Sound

RAM	Function	Details
$00C0-$----	In sound code
$00C7-$----	Song time increment
$00C8-$----	Song time low
$00C9-$----	Song speed high
$00CA-$----	Song speed low
$00CB-$----	Global transpose
$00CC-$----	SF channels playing
$00CF-$----	Current track bit
$00D0-$00D1	SF pointer
$00D2-$----	SF transpose
$00D3-$----	SF ontime
$00D4-$----	SF timer
$00D5-$----	SF on-timer
$00DA-$----	Sound queue write pointer
$00DB-$----	Sound queue read pointer
$00DC-$00E3	Sound queue

Memory / System

RAM	Function	Details
$0100-$011F	Powerups taken in level
$0150-$016F	Debug stack
$0170-$017F	Main stack
$0190-$01AF	Palette animation stack
$01B0-$01DF	Game stack
$01E0-$01FF	System stack
$0200-$02FF	OAM table
$0680-$06BF	Local destroyed blocks
$06C0-$06FF	Destroyed blocks
$0700-$077F	Channel variables
$0780-$07FF	Drawing buffer

(Source: HHS)