Popeye 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.

Popeye (bootleg, 1982)

Memory Area:popeye_io_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x0001	2	Device Write	aysnd, ay8910_device, address_data_w
0x0000	1	Read Port	P1
0x0001	1	Read Port	P2
0x0002	1	Read Port	SYSTEM
0x0003	1	Device Read	aysnd, ay8910_device, data_r

Memory Area:popeye_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x7FFF	32768	ROM
0x8000-0x87FF	2048	RAM
0x8800-0x8BFF	1024	RAM
0x8C00-0x8C02	3	RAM, Shared	background_pos
0x8C03	1	RAM, Shared	palettebank
0x8C04-0x8E7F	636	RAM, Shared	spriteram
0x8E80-0x8FFF	384	RAM
0xA000-0xA3FF	1024	Write, Shared	popeye_videoram_w, videoram
0xA400-0xA7FF	1024	Write, Shared	popeye_colorram_w, colorram
0xC000-0xDFFF	8192	Write	popeye_bitmap_w
0xE000-0xE001	2	Read/Write	protection_r,protection_w

Memory Area:popeyebl_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x7FFF	32768	ROM
0x8000-0x87FF	2048	RAM
0x8C00-0x8C02	3	RAM, Shared	background_pos
0x8C03	1	RAM, Shared	palettebank
0x8C04-0x8E7F	636	RAM, Shared	spriteram
0x8E80-0x8FFF	384	RAM
0xA000-0xA3FF	1024	Write, Shared	popeye_videoram_w, videoram
0xA400-0xA7FF	1024	Write, Shared	popeye_colorram_w, colorram
0xC000-0xCFFF	4096	Write	skyskipr_bitmap_w
0xE000-0xE01F	32	ROM, Region	blprot, 0x00

Memory Area:skyskipr_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x7FFF	32768	ROM
0x8000-0x87FF	2048	RAM
0x8C00-0x8C02	3	RAM, Shared	background_pos
0x8C03	1	RAM, Shared	palettebank
0x8C04-0x8E7F	636	RAM, Shared	spriteram
0x8E80-0x8FFF	384	RAM
0xA000-0xA3FF	1024	Write, Shared	popeye_videoram_w, videoram
0xA400-0xA7FF	1024	Write, Shared	popeye_colorram_w, colorram
0xC000-0xCFFF	4096	Write	skyskipr_bitmap_w
0xE000-0xE001	2	Read/Write	protection_r,protection_w

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:blprot

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x001F	32	po_d1-e1.bin	CRC(8de22998),protection PROM (Fluke: DB0C)

Memory Area:gfx1

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x07FF	2048	v-5n	CRC(cca61ddd),first half is empty (Fluke: 04EA)

Memory Area:gfx2

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x1FFF	8192	v-1e	CRC(0f2cd853) (Fluke: D9B8)
0x2000-0x3FFF	8192	v-1f	CRC(888f3474) (Fluke: 7345)
0x4000-0x5FFF	8192	v-1j	CRC(7e864668) (Fluke: B1BF)
0x6000-0x7FFF	8192	v-1k	CRC(49e1d170) (Fluke: 590F)

Memory Area:maincpu

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x1FFF	8192	po1	CRC(b14a07ca) (Fluke: D04B)
0x2000-0x3FFF	8192	po2	CRC(995475ff) (Fluke: 4AB9)
0x4000-0x5FFF	8192	po3	CRC(99d6a04a) (Fluke: CF37)
0x6000-0x7FFF	8192	po4	CRC(548a6514) (Fluke: D755)

Memory Area:proms

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x001F	32	popeye.pr1	CRC(d138e8a4),background palette (Fluke: D252)
0x0020-0x003F	32	popeye.pr2	CRC(0f364007),char palette (Fluke: AAC1)

Memory Area:sprpal

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x00FF	256	popeye.pr3	CRC(ca4d7b6a),sprite palette - low 4 bits (Fluke: 3C7D)
0x0100-0x01FF	256	popeye.pr4	CRC(cab9bc53),sprite palette - high 4 bits (Fluke: 9D65)