Exciting Hour Memory Map

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Memory Map

The following is a memory map that was generated based on the MAME source code (.180). This information is only as accurate as the MAME driver is. If you see any errors, please let me know what that error is.

The Memory Area is related to where the information is from (CPU, Sound Board, etc..), and it may also reflect what it has in common with other hardware.

Exciting Hour (Technos Japan (Taito license), 1985)

Memory Area:matmania_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x077F	1920	RAM
0x0780-0x07DF	96	Write Only, Shared	spriteram
0x1000-0x13FF	1024	RAM, Shared	videoram2
0x1400-0x17FF	1024	RAM, Shared	colorram2
0x2000-0x21FF	512	RAM, Shared	videoram
0x2200-0x23FF	512	RAM, Shared	colorram
0x2400-0x25FF	512	RAM, Shared	videoram3
0x2600-0x27FF	512	RAM, Shared	colorram3
0x3000	1	Read Port, Write Only, Shared	IN0, , pageselect
0x3010	1	Read Port, Write	IN1, matmania_sh_command_w
0x3020	1	Read Port, Write Only, Shared	DSW2, , scroll
0x3030	1	Read Port, Write NOP	DSW1, (/* ?? */)
0x3050-0x307F	48	Write, Shared	matmania_paletteram_w, paletteram
0x4000-0xFFFF	49152	ROM

Memory Area:matmania_sound_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x01FF	512	RAM
0x2000-0x2001	2	Device Write	ay1, ay8910_device, data_address_w
0x2002-0x2003	2	Device Write	ay2, ay8910_device, data_address_w
0x2004	1	Device Write	dac, dac_byte_interface, write
0x2007	1	Device Read	soundlatch, generic_latch_8_device, read
0x8000-0xFFFF	32768	ROM

ROM Map for this game

This is the ROM map for the game. This should tell you what address the ROM is at, how big it is, what it's used for.

Memory Area:audiocpu

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x8000-0xBFFF	16384	k4-0	CRC(86dab489) (Fluke: 7AC1)
0xC000-0xFFFF	16384	k5-0	CRC(4c41cdba) (Fluke: CC8E)

Memory Area:gfx1

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x2000-0x3FFF	8192	e31	CRC(c9506de8) (Fluke: EF50)
0x4000-0x5FFF	8192	e32	CRC(00d1635f) (Fluke: BE1B)

Memory Area:gfx2

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x3FFF	16384	e5	CRC(0604dc55),tile set (Fluke: 4AC0)
0x4000-0x7FFF	16384	ks-02	CRC(2e9f3ba0) (Fluke: DEE2)
0x8000-0xBFFF	16384	e3	CRC(ebd273c6) (Fluke: 0880)

Memory Area:gfx3

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x3FFF	16384	k6-00	CRC(294d0878),sprites (Fluke: B176)
0x4000-0x7FFF	16384	k7-00	CRC(0908c2f5) (Fluke: D613)
0x8000-0xBFFF	16384	k8-00	CRC(ae8341e1) (Fluke: 3EC5)
0xC000-0xFFFF	16384	k9-00	CRC(752ac2c6) (Fluke: C749)
0x10000-0x13FFF	16384	ka-00	CRC(46a9cb16) (Fluke: EB03)
0x14000-0x17FFF	16384	kb-00	CRC(bf016772) (Fluke: 2ED6)
0x18000-0x1BFFF	16384	kc-00	CRC(8d08bce7) (Fluke: 450C)
0x1C000-0x1FFFF	16384	kd-00	CRC(af1d6a60) (Fluke: ED36)
0x20000-0x23FFF	16384	ke-00	CRC(614f19b0) (Fluke: FB72)
0x24000-0x27FFF	16384	kf-00	CRC(bdf58c18) (Fluke: 877A)
0x28000-0x2BFFF	16384	kg-00	CRC(2189f5cf) (Fluke: 4C1E)
0x2C000-0x2FFFF	16384	kh-00	CRC(6b11ed1f) (Fluke: F227)
0x30000-0x33FFF	16384	ki-00	CRC(d7ac4ec5) (Fluke: 03E6)
0x34000-0x37FFF	16384	kj-00	CRC(2caee05d) (Fluke: E9F4)
0x38000-0x3BFFF	16384	kk-00	CRC(eb54f010) (Fluke: 9375)
0x3C000-0x3FFFF	16384	kl-00	CRC(fa4c7e0c) (Fluke: 088B)
0x40000-0x43FFF	16384	km-00	CRC(6d2369b6) (Fluke: FC84)
0x44000-0x47FFF	16384	kn-00	CRC(c55733e2) (Fluke: FB53)
0x48000-0x4BFFF	16384	ko-00	CRC(ed3c3476) (Fluke: D2A1)
0x4C000-0x4FFFF	16384	kp-00	CRC(9c84a969) (Fluke: E88D)
0x50000-0x53FFF	16384	kq-00	CRC(fa2f0003) (Fluke: 171D)

Memory Area:maincpu

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x4000-0x7FFF	16384	e29	CRC(c453e855) (Fluke: 6646)
0x8000-0xBFFF	16384	e28	CRC(17b63708) (Fluke: 2C4E)
0xC000-0xFFFF	16384	e27	CRC(269ab3bc) (Fluke: FB35)

Memory Area:proms

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x001F	32	matmania.1	CRC(1b58f01f),char palette red and green components (Fluke: F751)
0x0020-0x003F	32	matmania.5	CRC(2029f85f),tile palette red and green components (Fluke: B499)
0x0040-0x005F	32	matmania.2	CRC(b6ac1fd5),char palette blue component (Fluke: B538)
0x0060-0x007F	32	matmania.16	CRC(09325dc2),tile palette blue component (Fluke: 6112)