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The "defines" file declares names for constants and addresses of variables and data. It is included in other files via the .include directive, and also makes a handy RAM map.

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; -------------------
; METROID source code
; -------------------
; MAIN PROGRAMMERS
;     HAI YUKAMI
;   ZARU SOBAJIMA
;    GPZ SENGOKU
;    N.SHIOTANI
;     M.HOUDAI
; (C) 1986 NINTENDO
;
;Disassembled, reconstructed and commented
;by SnowBro [Kent Hansen] <kentmhan@online.no>
;Continued by Dirty McDingus (nmikstas@yahoo.com)
;Can be reassembled using Ophis.
;A work in progress.
;Last updated: 3/9/2010

;Hosted on wiki.metroidconstruction.com, with possible additions by wiki contributors.

;Metroid defines.

;-------------------------------------------[ Defines ]----------------------------------------------

.alias CodePtr                  $0C     ;Points to address to jump to when choosing-->
;      CodePtr+1                $0D     ;a routine from a list of routine addresses.

;The bits of the change and status addresses represent the following joypad buttons:
;bit 7=A, bit 6=B, bit 5=SELECT, bit 4=START, bit 3=Up, bit 2=Down, bit 1=Left, bit 0=Right.

.alias Joy1Change               $12     ;These addresses store any button changes-->
.alias Joy2Change               $13     ;that happened since last frame(pads 1 and 2).
.alias Joy1Status               $14     ;These two addresses store all buttons-->
.alias Joy2Status               $15     ;currently being pressed on the two controllers.
.alias Joy1Retrig               $16     ;These two addresses store any buttons that need-->
.alias Joy2Retrig               $17     ;to retrigger after being held down by player.
.alias RetrigDelay1             $18     ;These two addresses are counters that control-->
.alias RetrigDelay2             $19     ;The retriggering of held down buttons.

.alias NMIStatus                $1A     ;0=NMI in progress. anything else, NMI not in progress.
.alias PPUDataPending           $1B     ;1=not PPU data pending, 1=data pending.
.alias PalDataPending           $1C     ;Pending palette data. Palette # = PalDataPending - 1.
.alias GameMode                 $1D     ;0 = Game is playing, 1 = At title/password screen
.alias MainRoutine              $1E     ;5 = Game paused, 3 = Game engine running
.alias TitleRoutine             $1F     ;Stores title routine number currently running.
.alias NextRoutine              $20     ;Stores next routine to jump to after WaitTimer expires.
.alias CurrentBank              $23     ;0 thru 7. current memory page in lower memory block.
.alias SwitchPending            $24     ;Switch memory page. Page # = SwitchPending - 1.
.alias MMCReg0Cntrl             $25     ;Stores bits to be loaded into MMC1 Register 0.
.alias SwitchUpperBits          $28     ;Used to store bits 3 and 4 for MMC1 register 3.  Bits-->
                                        ;3 and 4 should always be 0 under normal conditions.

.alias TimerDelay               $29     ;Count down from 9 to 0. Decremented every frame.
.alias Timer1                   $2A     ;Decremented every frame after set.
.alias Timer2                   $2B     ;Decremented every frame after set.
.alias Timer3                   $2C     ;Decremented every 10 frames after set.

.alias FrameCount               $2D     ;Increments every frame(overflows every 256 frames).

.alias RandomNumber1            $2E     ;Random numbers used-->         
.alias RandomNumber2            $2F     ;throughout the game.

.alias SpareMem30               $30     ;Written to, but never accessed.
.alias GamePaused               $31     ;#$00=Game running, #$01=Game paused.

.alias RoomPtr                  $33     ;Low byte of room pointer address.
;      RoomPtr+1                $34     ;High byte of room pointer address.

.alias StructPtr                $35     ;Low bute of structure pointer address.
;      StructPtr+1              $36     ;High byte of structure pointer address.
                                
.alias CartRAMWorkPtr           $37     ;Low byte of pointer to current position in room RAM.
;      CartRAMWorkPtr+1         $38     ;High byte of pointer to current position in room RAM.
                                        ;The CartRAMWorkPtr points to the current memory address-->
                                        ;in the room RAM that is being loaded.

.alias CartRAMPtr               $39     ;Low byte of pointer to room RAM (#$00).
;      CartRAMPtr+1             $3A     ;High byte of pointer to room RAM (#$60 or #$64).
                                        ;Room RAM is a screen buffer where the objects that make-->
                                        ;up a room are loaded.  There are two room RAM memory-->
                                        ;areas and they are the exact same size as the two name-->
                                        ;tables and attribute tables in the PPU. Once the room-->
                                        ;RAM conatins a completed room in it, the entire contents-->
                                        ;of the room RAM is loaded into the PPU. 

.alias RoomPtrTable             $3B     ;Low byte of start of room pointer table.
;      RoomPtrTable+1           $3C     ;High byte of start of room pointer table.

.alias StructPtrTable           $3D     ;Low byte of start of structure pointer table.
;      StructPtrTable+1         $3E     ;High byte of structure pointer table.

.alias MacroPtr                 $3F     ;Low byte of pointer into macro definitions.
;      MacroPtr+1               $40     ;High byte of pointer into macro definitions.

.alias EnmyFrameTbl1Ptr         $41     ;Low byte of pointer into address table to find enemy animations.
;      EnmyFrameTbl1Ptr+1       $42     ;High byte of pointer into address table to find enemy animations.

.alias EnmyFrameTbl2Ptr         $43     ;Same as above except in a second table because there are-->
;      EnmyFrameTbl2Ptr+1       $44     ;too many entries to fit into one table.

.alias EnmyPlaceTblPtr          $45     ;Low byte of pointer into enemy frame placement table.
;      EnmyPlaceTblPtr+1        $46     ;High byte of pointer into enemy frame placement table.

.alias EnemyAnimPtr             $47     ;Low byte of start of EnemyAnimIndexTbl.
;      EnemyAnimPtr+1           $48     ;High byte of start of EnemyAnimIndexTbl.

.alias ScrollDir                $49     ;0=Up, 1=Down, 2=Left, 3=Right.

.alias TempScrollDir            $4A     ;Stores ScrollDir when room is initially loaded.

.alias PageIndex                $4B     ;Index to object data.
                                        ;#$D0, #$E0, #$F0 = projectile indices(including bombs).
                                        ;
.alias ItemIndex                $4C     ;#$00 or #$08. Added to PowerUpType addresses to determine if-->
                                        ;the first or second item slot is being checked. 

.alias SamusDir                 $4D     ;0 = Right, 1 = Left.
.alias SamusDoorDir             $4E     ;Direction Samus passed through door.
.alias MapPosY                  $4F     ;Current y position on world map.
.alias MapPosX                  $50     ;Current x position on world map.
.alias SamusScrX                $51     ;Samus x position on screen.
.alias SamusScrY                $52     ;Samus y position on screen.
.alias WalkSoundDelay           $53
.alias IsSamus                  $55     ;1=Samus object being accessed, 0=not Samus.
.alias DoorStatus               $56     ;0=Not in door, 1=In right door, 2=In left door, 3=Scroll up-->
                                        ;4=Scroll down, 5=Exit door, MSB set=Door entered. If value-->
                                        ;is 3 or 4, a door was entered while in a verticle shaft and-->
                                        ;the door was not centered on the screen and up or down-->
                                        ;scrolling needs to occur before scrolling to the next room.
.alias DoorScrollStatus         $57     ;#$01=Entered right hand door from horizontal area.-->
                                        ;#$02=Entered left hand door from horizontal area.-->
                                        ;#$03=Entered door from verticle shaft and room needs to-->
                                        ;be centered before horizontal scrolling. #$04=Entered-->
                                        ;door from verticle shaft and room was already centered.
.alias SamusDoorData            $58     ;The upper 4 bits store either 1 or 2. If 1 is stored(bit 4-->
                                        ;set), the scrolling after Samus exits the door is toggled.-->
                                        ;If 2 is stored(bit 5 set), the scrolling is set to-->
                                        ;horizontal scrolling after Samus exits the door. This-->
                                        ;happens mostly in item rooms. The lower 4 bits store Samus'-->
                                        ;action status as she enters the door. This is used to set-->
                                        ;Samus' action after she exits and keeps her looking the same.
.alias DoorDelay                $59     ;Number of frames to delay when Samus entering/exiting doors.
.alias RoomNumber               $5A     ;Room number currently being loaded.
.alias SpritePagePos            $5B     ;Index into sprite RAM used to load object sprite data.
.alias SamusInLava              $64     ;#$01=Samus in lava, #$00=She is not.
.alias ObjectCounter            $65     ;Counts such things as object explosion time.
.alias ObjectPal                $67     ;Attrib. table info for room object(#$00 thru #$03).
.alias RoomPal                  $68
.alias TempX                    $69
.alias TempY                    $6A
.alias ObjectCntrl              $6B     ;Controls object properties such as mirroring and color-->
                                        ;bits. Bit 4 controls object mirroring.

.alias DoorOnNameTable3         $6C     ;The following two addresses are used to keep track of the-->
.alias DoorOnNameTable0         $6D     ;doors loaded on the name tables. The information is used-->
                                        ;in the GetRoomNum routine to prevent the loading of a-->
                                        ;room behind a door when scrolling horizontally. This has-->
                                        ;the effect of stopping scrolling until Samus walks through-->
                                        ;the door. #$01=Left door on name table. #$02=right door-->
                                        ;on name table. #$03 two doors on the same name table.-->
                                        ;#$00 is possible in $6D if 2 doors are on name table 0-->
                                        ;while vertically scrolling.

.alias HealthLoChange           $6E     ;Amount to add/subtract from HealthLo.
.alias HealthHiChange           $6F     ;Amount to add/subtract from HealthHi.

.alias SamusBlink               $70
.alias UpdatingProjectile       $71     ;#$01=Projectile update in process. #$00=not in process.
.alias DamagePushDirection      $72     ;#$00=Push Samus left when hit, #$01=Push right, #$FF=No push. 
.alias InArea                   $74     ;#$10(or #$00)=Brinstar, #$11=Norfair, #$12=Kraid hideout,-->
                                        ;#$13=Tourian, #$14=Ridley hideout.

.alias SpareMem75               $75     ;Initialized to #$FF in AreaInit. Not used.
.alias PalToggle                $76

.alias ItemRoomMusicStatus      $79     ;#$00=Item room music not playing. 
                                        ;#$01=Play item room music.
                                        ;#$80=Stop item room music once door scroll complete. 
                                        ;#$81=Item room music already playing. Don't restart.

.alias OnFrozenEnemy            $7D     ;#$01=Samus standing on frozen enemy, #$00=she is not.

;--------------------------------------[ End routine specific ]--------------------------------------

.alias EndMsgWrite              $7A     ;0=don't write end message, 1=write end message.
.alias IsCredits                $7B     ;0=credits not rolling, 1=credits rolling.
.alias SpriteByteCounter        $7C     ;Used to indicate when Samus sprite load complete.
.alias SpritePointerIndex       $7D     ;Index to proper Samus sprite graphics at end game.
.alias SpriteAttribByte         $7E     ;#$00.  Attribute byte of some sprites.
.alias ColorCntIndex            $7F     ;Index for finding count number for ClrChangeCounter.
.alias CreditPageNumber         $80     ;Stores current page of credits(#$00 thru #$06).
.alias HideShowEndMsg           $81     ;0=show end message, 1=erase end message.
.alias ClrChangeCounter         $82     ;When=#$00, change end Samus sprite colors.
.alias WaveSpritePointer        $83     ;Address pointer to Samus hand waving sprites in end.
.alias WaveSpriteCounter        $84     ;Stores length of wave sprite data (#$10).

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.alias MetroidOnSamus           $92     ;#$01=Metroid on Samus, #$00=Metroid not on Samus.

.alias MaxMissilePickup         $93     ;Maximum missiles power-ups that can be picked up. Randomly-->
                                        ;recalculated whenever Samus goes through a door.
.alias MaxEnergyPickup          $94     ;Maximum energy power-ups that can be picked up. Randomly-->
                                        ;recalculated whenever Samus goes through a door.
.alias CurrentMissilePickups    $95     ;Number of missile power-ups currently collected by Samus-->
                                        ;Reset to 0 when Samus goes through a door.
.alias CurrentEnergyPickups     $96     ;Number of energy power-ups currently collected by Samus-->
                                        ;Reset to 0 when Samus goes through a door.

.alias MotherBrainStatus        $98     ;#$00=Mother brain not in room, #$01=Mother brain in room,-->
                                        ;#$02=Mother brain hit, #$03=Mother brain dying-->
                                        ;#$04=Mother brain dissapearing, #$05=Mother brain gone,-->
                                        ;#$06=Time bomb set, #$07=Time bomb exploded,-->
                                        ;#$08=Initialize mother brain,-->
                                        ;#$09, #$0A=Mother brain already dead.
.alias MotherBrainHits          $99     ;Number of times mother brain has been hit. Dies at #$20.

.alias SpareMemB7               $B7     ;Written to in title routine and accessed by unsed routine.
.alias SpareMemB8               $B8     ;Written to in title routine and accessed by unsed routine.
.alias SpareMemBB               $BB     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.

.alias First4SlowCntr           $BC     ;This address holds an 8 frame delay. when the delay is up,-->
                                        ;The crosshair sprites double their speed.
.alias Second4Delay             $BD     ;This address holds a 32 frame delay.  When the delay is-->
                                        ;up, the second set of crosshair sprites start their movement.
.alias SecondCrosshairSprites   $BF     ;#$01=Second crosshair sprites active in intro.

.alias FlashScreen              $C0     ;#$01=Flash screen during crosshairs routine.
.alias PalDataIndex             $C1
.alias ScreenFlashPalIndex      $C2     ;Index to palette data to flash screen during intro.
.alias IntroStarOffset          $C3     ;Contains offset into IntroStarPntr table for twinkle effect.
.alias FadeDataIndex            $C4     ;Index to palette data to fade items in and out during intro.

.alias SpareMemC5               $C5     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias CrossDataIndex           $C6     ;#$00 thru #$04. Index to find cross sprite data.
.alias DrawCross                $C7     ;#$01=Draw cross on screen during crosshairs routine.
.alias SpriteLoadPending        $C8     ;Set to #$00 after sprite RAM load complete.
.alias SpareMemC9               $C9     :Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemCB               $CB     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemCC               $CC     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemCD               $CD     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemCE               $CE     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemCF               $CF     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemD0               $D0     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemD1               $D1     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemD2               $D2     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemD3               $D3     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias SpareMemD7               $D7     ;Written to in title routine, but never accessed.
.alias IntroMusicRestart        $D8     ;After all title routines run twice, restarts intro music.
.alias ABStatus                 $F0     ;Stores A and B button status in AreaInit. Never used.
;                               $F7

.alias MirrorCntrl              $FA     ;If bit 3 is set, PPU set to horizontal mirroring-->
                                        ;else if bit 3 is clear, PPU is set to vertical-->
                                        ;mirroring. No other bits seem to matter.

.alias ScrollY                  $FC     ;Y value loaded into scroll register. 
.alias ScrollX                  $FD     ;X value loaded into scroll register.
.alias PPUCNT1ZP                $FE     ;Data byte to be loaded into PPU control register 1.
.alias PPUCNT0ZP                $FF     ;Data byte to be loaded into PPU control register 0.

.alias HealthLo                 $0106   ;Lower health digit in upper 4 bits.
.alias HealthHi                 $0107   ;Upper health digit in lower 4 bits-->
                                        ;# of full tanks in upper 4 bits.
.alias MiniBossKillDelay        $0108   ;Initiate power up music and delay after Kraid/Ridley killed.
.alias PowerUpDelay             $0109   ;Initiate power up music and delay after item pickup.

.alias EndTimerLo               $010A   ;Lower byte of end game escape timer.
.alias EndTimerHi               $010B   ;Upper byte of end game escape timer.

.alias MissileToggle            $010E   ;0=fire bullets, 1=fire missiles.

;-----------------------------------------[ Sprite RAM ]---------------------------------------------

.alias Sprite00RAM              $0200   ;$0200 thru $02FF
.alias Sprite01RAM              $0204   ;
.alias Sprite02RAM              $0208   ;
.alias Sprite03RAM              $020C   ;
.alias Sprite04RAM              $0210   ;
.alias Sprite05RAM              $0214   ;
.alias Sprite06RAM              $0218   ;
.alias Sprite07RAM              $021C   ;
.alias Sprite08RAM              $0220   ;
.alias Sprite09RAM              $0224   ;
.alias Sprite0ARAM              $0228   ;
.alias Sprite0BRAM              $022C   ;
.alias Sprite0CRAM              $0230   ;
.alias Sprite0DRAM              $0234   ;
.alias Sprite0ERAM              $0238   ;
.alias Sprite0FRAM              $023C   ;
.alias Sprite10RAM              $0240   ;
.alias Sprite11RAM              $0244   ;
.alias Sprite12RAM              $0248   ;
.alias Sprite13RAM              $024C   ;
.alias Sprite14RAM              $0250   ;
.alias Sprite15RAM              $0254   ;
.alias Sprite16RAM              $0258   ;
.alias Sprite17RAM              $025C   ;
.alias Sprite18RAM              $0260   ;
.alias Sprite19RAM              $0264   ;
.alias Sprite1ARAM              $0268   ;These 256 bytes of memory are loaded into sprite
.alias Sprite1BRAM              $026C   ;RAM using the DMA sprite register $4014.
.alias Sprite1CRAM              $0270   ;
.alias Sprite1DRAM              $0274   ;
.alias Sprite1ERAM              $0278   ;
.alias Sprite1FRAM              $027C   ;
.alias Sprite20RAM              $0280   ;
.alias Sprite21RAM              $0284   ;
.alias Sprite22RAM              $0288   ;
.alias Sprite23RAM              $028C   ;
.alias Sprite24RAM              $0290   ;
.alias Sprite25RAM              $0294   ;
.alias Sprite26RAM              $0298   ;
.alias Sprite27RAM              $029C   ;
.alias Sprite28RAM              $02A0   ;
.alias Sprite29RAM              $02A4   ;
.alias Sprite2ARAM              $02A8   ;
.alias Sprite2BRAM              $02AC   ;
.alias Sprite2CRAM              $02B0   ;
.alias Sprite2DRAM              $02B4   ;
.alias Sprite2ERAM              $02B8   ;
.alias Sprite2FRAM              $02BC   ;
.alias Sprite30RAM              $02C0   ;
.alias Sprite31RAM              $02C4   ;
.alias Sprite32RAM              $02C8   ;
.alias Sprite33RAM              $02CC   ;
.alias Sprite34RAM              $02D0   ;
.alias Sprite35RAM              $02D4   ;
.alias Sprite36RAM              $02D8   ;
.alias Sprite37RAM              $02DC   ;
.alias Sprite38RAM              $02E0   ;
.alias Sprite39RAM              $02E4   ;
.alias Sprite3ARAM              $02E8   ;
.alias Sprite3BRAM              $02EC   ;
.alias Sprite3CRAM              $02F0   ;
.alias Sprite3DRAM              $02F4   ;
.alias Sprite3ERAM              $02F8   ;
.alias Sprite3FRAM              $02FC   ;

;-----------------------------------------[ Object RAM ]---------------------------------------------

;Samus RAM.
.alias ObjAction                $0300   ;Status of object. 0=object slot not in use.
.alias ObjRadY                  $0301   ;Distance in pixels from object center to top or bottom.
.alias ObjRadX                  $0302   ;Distance in pixels from object center to left or right side.
.alias AnimFrame                $0303   ;*2 = Index into FramePtrTable for current animation.
.alias AnimDelay                $0304   ;Number of frames to delay between animation frames.
.alias AnimResetIndex           $0305   ;Restart index-1 when AnimIndex finished with last frame. 
.alias AnimIndex                $0306   ;Current index into ObjectAnimIndexTbl.
.alias SamusOnElevator          $0307   ;0=Samus not on elevator, 1=Samus on elevator.
.alias ObjVertSpeed             $0308   ;MSB set=moving up(#$FA max), MSB clear=moving down(#$05 max).
.alias ObjHorzSpeed             $0309   ;MSB set=moving lft(#$FE max), MSB clear=moving rt(#$01 max).
.alias SamusHit                 $030A   ;Samus hit by enemy.
.alias ObjectOnScreen           $030B   ;1=Object on screen, 0=Object beyond screen boundaries.
.alias ObjectHi                 $030C   ;0=Object on nametable 0, 1=Object on nametable 3.
.alias ObjectY                  $030D   ;Object y position in room(not actual screen position).
.alias ObjectX                  $030E   ;Object x position in room(not actual screen position).
.alias SamusJumpDsplcmnt        $030F   ;Number of pixels vertically displaced from jump point.
.alias VertCntrNonLinear        $0310   ;Verticle movement counter. Exponential change in speed.
.alias HorzCntrNonLinear        $0311   ;Horizontal movement counter. Exponential change in speed.
.alias VertCntrLinear           $0312   ;Verticle movement counter. Linear change in speed.
.alias HorzCntrLinear           $0313   ;Horizontal movement counter. Linear change in speed.
.alias SamusGravity             $0314   ;Value used in calculating vertical acceleration on Samus.
.alias SamusHorzAccel           $0315   ;Value used in calculating horizontal acceleration on Samus.
.alias SamusHorzSpeedMax        $0316   ;Used to calc maximum horizontal speed Samus can reach.

;Elevator RAM.
.alias ElevatorStatus           $0320   ;#$01=Elevator present, #$00=Elevator not present.

;Power-up item RAM.
.alias PowerUpAnimFrame         $0343   ;*2 = Index into FramePtrTable for current animation.
.alias PowerUpHi                $034C   ;Name table power up item is located on.
.alias PowerUpY                 $034D   ;Room Y coord of power up item.
.alias PowerUpX                 $034E   ;Room x coord of power up item.

;-------------------------------------[ Title routine specific ]-------------------------------------

.alias PasswordCursor           $0320   ;Password write position (#$00 - #$17).
.alias InputRow                 $0321   ;Password character select row (#$00 - #$04).
.alias InputColumn              $0322   ;Password character select column (#$00 - #$0C).
.alias PasswordStat00           $0324   ;Does not appear to have a function.
.alias StartContinue            $0325   ;0=START selected, 1=CONTINUE selected.

;------------------------------------------[ Enemy RAM ]---------------------------------------------

.alias EnYRoomPos               $0400   ;Enemy y position in room.(not actual screen position).
.alias EnXRoomPos               $0401   ;Enemy x position in room.(not actual screen position).
;                               $0402
;                               $0403
;                               $0404
;                               $0405
.alias EnCounter                $0406   ;Counts such things as explosion time.
;                               $0407
;                               $0408
.alias EnDelay                  $0409   ;Delay counter between enemy actions.
;                               $040A
.alias EnHitPoints              $040B   ;Current hit points of enemy.
;                               $040C
;                               $040D
;                               $040E
.alias EnSpecialAttribs         $040F   ;Bit 7 set=tough version of enemy, bit 6 set=mini boss.

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;Tile respawning
.alias TileRoutine              $0500
.alias TileAnimFrame            $0503
.alias TileAnimDelay            $0504
.alias TileAnimIndex            $0506
.alias TileDelay                $0507
.alias TileWRAMLo               $0508
.alias TileWRAMHi               $0509
.alias TileType                 $050A

;---------------------------------[ Sound engine memory addresses ]----------------------------------

.alias Cntrl0Data               $EA     ;Temp storage for data of first address sound channel
.alias VolumeCntrlAddress       $EB     ;Desired address number in VolumeCntrlAdressTbl

.alias MusicSQ1PeriodLow        $0600   ;Loaded into SQ1Cntrl2 when playing music
.alias MusicSQ1PeriodHigh       $0601   ;Loaded into SQ1Cntrl3 when playing music

.alias SFXPaused                $0602   ;0=Game not paused, 1=Game paused
.alias PauseSFXStatus           $0603   ;Plays PauseMusic SFX if less than #$12

.alias MusicSQ2PeriodLow        $0604   ;Loaded into SQ2Cntrl2 when playing music
.alias MusicSQ2PeriodHigh       $0605   ;Loaded into SQ2Cntrl3 when playing music

.alias WriteMultiChannelData    $0607   ;1=data needs to be written, 0=no data to write

.alias MusicTriPeriodLow        $0608   ;Loaded into TriangleCntrl2 when playing music
.alias MisicTriPeriodHigh       $0609   ;Loaded into TriangleCntrl3 when playing music 

.alias TrianglePeriodLow        $0610   ;Stores triangle SFX period low for processing
.alias TrianglePeriodHigh       $0611   ;Stroes triangle SFX period high for processing
.alias TriangleChangeLow        $0612   ;Stores triangle SFX change in period low
.alias TriangleChangeHigh       $0613   ;Stores triangle SFX change in period high

.alias TriangleLowPercentage    $0614   ;Stores percent to change period low by each frame
.alias TriangleHighPercentage   $0615   ;Stores percent to change period high by each frame 
.alias PercentDifference        $0616   ;if=5, percent=1/5(20%), if=0A, percent=1/10(10%), etc
.alias DivideData               $0617   ;Used in DivideTrianglePeriods

.alias HasBeamSFX               $061F   ;Bit 7 set=has long beam, bit 0 set=has ice beam

;The following addresses are loaded into $0640 thru $0643 when those 
;addresses decrement to zero.  These addresses do not decrement.

.alias SQ1FrameCountInit        $0620   ;Holds number of frames to play sq1 channel data
.alias SQ2FrameCountInit        $0621   ;Holds number of frames to play sq2 channel data
.alias TriangleFrameCountInit   $0622   ;Holds number of frames to play triangle channel data
.alias NoiseFrameCountInit      $0623   ;Holds number of frames to play noise channel data

.alias SQ1RepeatCounter         $0624   ;Number of times to repeat SQ1 music loop
.alias SQ2RepeatCounter         $0625   ;Number of times to repeat SQ2 music loop
.alias TriangleRepeatCounter    $0626   ;Number of times to repeat Triangle music loop
.alias NoiseRepeatCounter       $0627   ;Number of times to repeat Noise music loop

.alias SQ1DutyEnvelope          $0628   ;Loaded into SQ1Cntrl0 when playing music
.alias SQ2DutyEnvelope          $0629   ;Loaded into SQ2Cntrl0 when playing music
.alias TriLinearCount           $062A   ;disable\enable counter, linear count length

.alias NoteLengthTblOffset      $062B   ;Stores the offset to find proper note length table
.alias MusicRepeat              $062C   ;0=Music does not repeat, Nonzero=music repeats
.alias TriangleCounterCntrl     $062D   ;$F0=disable length cntr, $00=long note, $0F=short note
.alias SQ1VolumeCntrl           $062E   ;Entry number in VolumeCntrlAdressTbl for SQ1
.alias SQ2VolumeCntrl           $062F   ;Entry number in VolumeCntrlAdressTbl for SQ2
.alias SQ1LowBaseByte           $0630   ;low byte of base address for SQ1 music data
.alias SQ1HighBaseByte          $0631   ;High byte of base address for SQ1 music data
.alias SQ2LowBaseByte           $0632   ;low byte of base address for SQ2 music data
.alias SQ2HighBaseByte          $0633   ;High byte of base address for SQ2 music data
.alias TriangleLowBaseByte      $0634   ;low byte of base address for Triangle music data
.alias TriangleHighBaseByte     $0635   ;High byte of base address for Triangle music data
.alias NoiseLowBaseByte         $0636   ;low byte of base address for Noise music data
.alias NoiseHighBaseByte        $0637   ;High byte of base address for Noise music data

.alias SQ1MusicIndexIndex       $0638   ;Index to find sQ1 sound data index. Base=$630,$631
.alias SQ2MusicIndexIndex       $0639   ;Index to find SQ2 sound data index. Base=$632,$633
.alias TriangleMusicIndexIndex  $063A   ;Index to find Tri sound data index. Base=$634,$635
.alias NoiseMusicIndexIndex     $063B   ;Index to find Noise sound data index. Base=$636,$637

.alias SQ1LoopIndex             $063C   ;SQ1 Loop start index
.alias SQ2LoopIndex             $063D   ;SQ2 loop start index
.alias TriangleLoopIndex        $063E   ;Triangle loop start index
.alias NoiseLoopIndex           $063F   ;Noise loop start index

.alias SQ1MusicFrameCount       $0640   ;Decrements every sq1 frame. When 0, load new data
.alias SQ2MusicFrameCount       $0641   ;Decrements every sq2 frame. when 0, load new data
.alias TriangleMusicFrameCount  $0642   ;Decrements every triangle frame. When 0, load new data
.alias NoiseMusicFrameCount     $0643   ;Decrements every noise frame. When 0, load new data

.alias MusicSQ1Sweep            $0648   ;Value is loaded into SQ1Cntrl1 when playing music
.alias MusicSQ2Sweep            $0649   ;Value is loaded into SQ2Cntrl1 when playing music
.alias TriangleSweep            $064A   ;Loaded into TriangleCntrl1(not used)

.alias ThisSoundChannel         $064B   ;Least sig. byte of current channel(00,04,08 or 0C)

.alias CurrentSFXFlags          $064D   ;Stores flags of SFX currently being processed.

.alias NoiseInUse               $0652   ;Noise in use? (Not used)
.alias SQ1InUse                 $0653   ;1=SQ1 channel being used by SFX, 0=not in use
.alias SQ2InUse                 $0654   ;2=SQ2 channel being used by SFX, 0=not in use
.alias TriangleInUse            $0655   ;3=Triangle channel being used by SFX, 0=not in use

.alias ChannelType              $065C   ;Stores channel type being processed(0,1,2,3 or 4)
.alias CurrentMusicRepeat       $065D   ;Stores flags of music to repeat
.alias MusicInitIndex           $065E   ;index for loading $62B thru $637(base=$BD31).

.alias NoiseSFXLength           $0660   ;Stores number of frames to play Noise SFX
.alias SQ1SFXLength             $0661   ;Stores number of frames to play SQ1 SFX
.alias SQ2SFXLngth              $0662   ;Stores number of frames to play SQ2 SFX
.alias TriangleSFXLength        $0663   ;Stores number of frames to play Triangle SFX
.alias MultiSFXLength           $0664   ;Stores number of frames to play Multi SFX

.alias ThisNoiseFrame           $0665   ;Stores current frame number for noise SFX
.alias ThisSQ1Frame             $0666   ;Stores current frame number for sq1 SFX
.alias ThisSQ2Frame             $0667   ;Stores current frame number for SQ2 SFX
.alias ThisTriangleFrame        $0668   ;Stores current frame number for triangle SFX
.alias ThisMultiFrame           $0669   ;Stores current frame number for Multi SFX

.alias SQ1VolumeIndex           $066A   ;Stores index to SQ1 volume data in a volume data tbl
.alias SQ2VolumeIndex           $066B   ;Stores index to SQ2 volume data in a volume data tbl

.alias SQ1VolumeData            $066C   ;stores duty cycle and this frame volume data of SQ1
.alias SQ2VolumeData            $066D   ;Stores duty cycle and this frame volume data of SQ2

.alias NoiseSFXData             $0670   ;Stores additional info for Noise SFX
.alias SQ1SFXData               $0671   ;Stores additional info for SQ1 SFX
.alias SQ2SFXData               $0672   ;Stores additional info for SQ2 SFX
.alias TriangleSFXData          $0673   ;Stores additional info for triangle SFX
.alias MultiSFXData             $0674   ;Stores additional info for Multi SFX
.alias SQ1SQ2SFXData            $0675   ;Stores additional info for SQ1 and SQ2 SFX

.alias ScrewAttackSFXData       $0678   ;Contains extra data for screw attack SFX
.alias SQ1SFXPeriodLow          $0679   ;Period low data for processing multi SFX routines

.alias NoiseSFXFlag             $0680   ;Initialization flags for noise SFX
.alias SQ1SFXFlag               $0681   ;Initialization flags for SQ1 SFX
.alias SQ2SFXFlag               $0682   ;Initialization flags for SQ2 SFX(never used)
.alias TriangleSFXFlag          $0683   ;Initialization flags for triangle SFX
.alias MultiSFXFlag             $0684   ;Initialization Flags for SFX and some music

.alias MusicInitFlag            $0685   ;Music init flags

.alias NoiseContSFX             $0688   ;Continuation flags for noise SFX
.alias SQ1ContSFX               $0689   ;Continuation flags for SQ1 SFX
.alias SQ2ContSFX               $068A   ;Continuation flags for SQ2 SFX (never used)
.alias TriangleContSFX          $068B   ;Continuation flags for Triangle SFX
.alias MultiContSFX             $068C   ;Continuation flags for Multi SFX

.alias CurrentMusic             $068D   ;Stores the flag of the current music being played 

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.alias PowerUpType              $0748   ;Holds the byte describing what power-up is on name table.
.alias PowerUpYCoord            $0749   ;Y coordinate of the power-up.
.alias PowerUpXCoord            $074A   ;X coordiante of the power-up
.alias PowerUpNameTable         $074B   ;#$00 if on name table 0, #$01 if on name table 3.
.alias PowerUpAnimIndex         $074F   ;Entry into FramePtrTable for item animation.

.alias PowerUpBType             $0750   ;Holds the description byte of a second power-up(if any).
.alias PowerUpBYCoord           $0751   ;Y coordinate of second power-up.
.alias PowerUpBXCoord           $0752   ;X coordiante of second power-up.
.alias PowerUpBNameTable        $0753   ;#$00 if on name table 0, #$01 if on name table 3.
.alias PowerUpBAnimIndex        $0757   ;Entry into FramePtrTable for item animation.

.alias TileSize                 $0780   ;4 MSBs=Y size of tile to erase.4 LSBs=X size of tile to erase.
.alias TileInfo0                $0781   ;
.alias TileInfo1                $0782   ;
.alias TileInfo2                $0783   ;Tile patterns to replace blasted tiles.
.alias TileInfo3                $0784   ;
.alias TileInfo4                $0785   ;
.alias TileInfo5                $0786   ;

.alias PPUStrIndex              $07A0   ;# of bytes of data in PPUDataString. #$4F bytes max.

;$07A1 thru $07F0 contain a byte string of data to be written the the PPU. The first
;byte in the string is the upper address byte of the starting point in the PPU to write
;the data.  The second bye is the lower address byte. The third byte is a configuration
;byte. if the MSB of this byte is set, the PPU is incremented by 32 after each byte write
;(vertical write).  It the MSB is cleared, the PPU is incremented by 1 after each write
;(horizontal write). If bit 6 is set, the next data byte is repeated multiple times during
;successive PPU writes.  The number of times the next byte is repeated is based on bits
;0-5 of the configuration byte.  Those bytes are a repitition counter. Any following bytes
;are the actual data bytes to be written to the PPU. #$00 separates the data chunks.

.alias PPUDataString            $07A1   ;Thru $07F0. String of data bytes to be written to PPU.

;-------------------------------------[ Hardware defines ]-------------------------------------------

.alias PPUControl0              $2000   ;
.alias PPUControl1              $2001   ;
.alias PPUStatus                $2002   ;
.alias SPRAddress               $2003   ;PPU hardware control registers.
.alias SPRIOReg                 $2004   ;
.alias PPUScroll                $2005   ;
.alias PPUAddress               $2006   ;
.alias PPUIOReg                 $2007   ;

.alias SQ1Cntrl0                $4000   ;
.alias SQ1Cntrl1                $4001   ;SQ1 hardware control registers.
.alias SQ1Cntrl2                $4002   ;
.alias SQ1Cntrl3                $4003   ;

.alias SQ2Cntrl0                $4004   ;
.alias SQ2Cntrl1                $4005   ;SQ2 hardware control registers.
.alias SQ2Cntrl2                $4006   ;
.alias SQ2Cntrl3                $4007   ;

.alias TriangleCntrl0           $4008   ;
.alias TriangleCntrl1           $4009   ;Triangle hardware control registers.
.alias TriangleCntrl2           $400A   ;
.alias TriangleCntrl3           $400B   ;

.alias NoiseCntrl0              $400C   ;
.alias NoiseCntrl1              $400D   ;Noise hardware control registers.
.alias NoiseCntrl2              $400E   ;
.alias NoiseCntrl3              $400F   ;

.alias DMCCntrl0                $4010   ;
.alias DMCCntrl1                $4011   ;DMC hardware control registers.
.alias DMCCntrl2                $4012   ;
.alias DMCCntrl3                $4013   ;

.alias SPRDMAReg                $4014   ;Sprite RAM DMA register.
.alias APUCommonCntrl0          $4015   ;APU common control 1 register.
.alias CPUJoyPad1               $4016   ;Joypad1 register.
.alias APUCommonCntrl1          $4017   ;Joypad2/APU common control 2 register.

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.alias RoomRAMA                 $6000   ;Thru $63FF. Used to load room before it is put into the PPU.
.alias RoomRAMB                 $6400   ;Thru $67FF. Used to load room before it is put into the PPU.

.alias EndingType               $6872   ;1=worst ending, 5=best ending

.alias SamusDataIndex           $6875   ;Index for Samus saved game stats(not used). #$00, #$10, #$20.

.alias SamusStat00              $6876   ;Unused memory address for storing Samus info.
.alias TankCount                $6877   ;Number of energy tanks.
.alias SamusGear                $6878   ;Stores power-up items Samus has.
.alias MissileCount             $6879   ;Stores current number of missiles.
.alias MaxMissiles              $687A   ;Maximum amount of missiles Samus can carry
.alias KraidStatueStatus        $687B   ;bit 0 set, the statues blink, -->
.alias RidleyStatueStatus       $687C   ;bit 7 set, statues are up.
.alias SamusAge                 $687D   ;Low byte of Samus' age.
;      SamusAge+1               $687E   ;Mid byte of Samus' age.
;      SamusAge+2               $687F   ;High byte of Samus' age.
.alias SamusStat01              $6880   ;Unused memory address for storing Samus info.
.alias SamusStat02              $6881   ;SamusStat02 and 03 keep track of how many times Samus has-->
.alias SamusStat03              $6882   ;died, but this info is never accessed anywhere in the game.

.alias AtEnding                 $6883   ;1=End scenes playing, 0=Not at ending.

.alias EraseGame                $6884   ;MSB set=erase selected saved game(not used in password carts).

.alias DataSlot                 $6885   ;#$00 thru #$02. Stored Samus data to load. Apparently a save-->
                                        ;game system was going to be used instead of a password routine.-->
                                        ;The code that uses this memory address is never accessed in-->
                                        ;the actual game. It looks like three player slots were going-->
                                        ;to be used to store game data(like Zelda).  

.alias NumberOfUniqueItems      $6886   ;Counts number of power-ups and red doors-->
                                        ;opened.  Does not count different beams-->
                                        ;picked up (ice, long, wave). increments by 2.

.alias UniqueItemHistory        $6887   ;Thru $68FC. History of Unique items collected.-->
.alias EndItemHistory           $68FC   ;Two bytes per item.

.alias KraidRidleyPresent       $6987   ;#$01=Kraid/Ridley present, #$00=Kraid/Ridley not present.

.alias PasswordByte00           $6988   ;Stores status of items 0 thru 7.
.alias PasswordByte01           $6989   ;Stores status of items 8 thru 15.
.alias PasswordByte02           $698A   ;Stores status of items 16 thru 23.
.alias PasswordByte03           $698B   ;Stores status of items 24 thru 31.
.alias PasswordByte04           $698C   ;Stores status of items 32 thru 39.
.alias PasswordByte05           $698D   ;Stores status of items 40 thru 47.
.alias PasswordByte06           $698E   ;Stores status of items 48 thru 55.
.alias PasswordByte07           $698F   ;Stores status of items 56 thru 58(bits 0 thru 2).
.alias PasswordByte08           $6990   ;start location(bits 0 thru 5), Samus suit status (bit 7).
.alias PasswordByte09           $6991   ;Stores SamusGear.
.alias PasswordByte0A           $6992   ;Stores MissileCount.
.alias PasswordByte0B           $6993   ;Stores SamusAge.
.alias PasswordByte0C           $6994   ;Stores SamusAge+1.
.alias PasswordByte0D           $6995   ;Stores SamusAge+2.
.alias PasswordByte0E           $6996   ;Stores no data.
.alias PasswordByte0F           $6997   ;Stores Statue statuses(bits 4 thu 7).
.alias PasswordByte10           $6998   ;Stores value RandomNumber1.
.alias PasswordByte11           $6999   ;Stores sum of $6988 thru $6998(Checksum).

;Upper two bits of PasswordChar bytes will always be 00.
.alias PasswordChar00           $699A   ;
.alias PasswordChar01           $699B   ;
.alias PasswordChar02           $699C   ;
.alias PasswordChar03           $699D   ;
.alias PasswordChar04           $699E   ;
.alias PasswordChar05           $699F   ;
.alias PasswordChar06           $69A0   ;
.alias PasswordChar07           $69A1   ;
.alias PasswordChar08           $69A2   ;
.alias PasswordChar09           $69A3   ;
.alias PasswordChar0A           $69A4   ;These 18 memory addresses store the 18 characters-->
.alias PasswordChar0B           $69A5   ;of the password to be displayed on the screen.
.alias PasswordChar0C           $69A6   ;
.alias PasswordChar0D           $69A7   ;
.alias PasswordChar0E           $69A8   ;
.alias PasswordChar0F           $69A9   ;
.alias PasswordChar10           $69AA   ;
.alias PasswordChar11           $69AB   ;
.alias PasswordChar12           $69AC   ;
.alias PasswordChar13           $69AD   ;
.alias PasswordChar14           $69AE   ;
.alias PasswordChar15           $69AF   ;
.alias PasswordChar16           $69B0   ;
.alias PasswordChar17           $69B1   ;

.alias NARPASSWORD              $69B2   ;0 = invinsible Samus not active, 1 = invinsible Samus active.
.alias JustInBailey             $69B3   ;0 = Samus has suit, 1 = Samus is without suit.
.alias ItmeHistory              $69B4   ;Thru $6A73. Unique item history saved game data (not used).

;---------------------------------------[ More enemy RAM ]-------------------------------------------

.alias Enstatus                 $6AF4   ;Keeps track of enemy statuses. #$00=Enemy slot not in use,-->
                                        ;#$04=Enemy frozen.
.alias EnRadY                   $6AF5   ;Distance in pixels from middle of enemy to top or botom.
.alias EnRadX                   $6AF6   ;Distance in pixels from middle of enemy to left or right.
.alias EnAnimFrame              $6AF7   ;Index into enemy animation frame data.
.alias EnAnimDelay              $6AF8   ;Number of frames to delay between animation frames.
.alias EnResetAnimIndex         $6AF9   ;Index to beginning of animation sequence.
.alias EnAnimIndex              $6AFA   ;Index to current animation.
.alias EnNameTable              $6AFB   ;#$00=Enemy on name table 0, #$01=Enemy on name table 3.
;                               $6AFC
;                               $6AFD
;                               $6AFE
;                               $6AFF
;                               $6B00
;                               $6B01
.alias EnDataIndex              $6B02   ;Contains index into enemy data tables.
;                               $6B03

;-------------------------------------[ Intro sprite defines ]---------------------------------------

.alias IntroStarSprite00        $6E00   ;thru $6E9F
.alias IntroStarSprite01        $6E04   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite02        $6E08   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite03        $6E0C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite04        $6E10   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite05        $6E14   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite06        $6E18   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite07        $6E1C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite08        $6E20   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite09        $6E24   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite0A        $6E28   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite0B        $6E2C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite0C        $6E30   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite0D        $6E34   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite0E        $6E38   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite0F        $6E3C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite10        $6E40   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite11        $6E44   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite12        $6E48   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite13        $6E4C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite14        $6E50   ;RAM used for storing intro star sprite data.
.alias IntroStarSprite15        $6E54   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite16        $6E58   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite17        $6E5C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite18        $6E60   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite19        $6E64   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite1A        $6E68   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite1B        $6E6C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite1C        $6E70   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite1D        $6E74   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite1E        $6E78   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite1F        $6E7C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite20        $6E80   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite21        $6E84   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite22        $6E88   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite23        $6E8C   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite24        $6E90   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite25        $6E94   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite26        $6E98   ;
.alias IntroStarSprite27        $6E9C   ;

;Intro sprite 0 and sparkle sprite.
.alias IntroSpr0YCoord          $6EA0   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr0PattTbl         $6EA1   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr0Cntrl           $6EA2   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr0XCoord          $6EA3   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr0Index           $6EA4   ;Index to next sparkle sprite data byte.
.alias IntroSpr0NextCntr        $6EA5   ;Decrements each frame. When 0, load new sparkle sprite data.
.alias SparkleSpr0YChange       $6EA6   ;Sparkle sprite y coordinate change.
.alias IntroSpr0XChange         $6EA6   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias SparkleSpr0XChange       $6EA7   ;Sparkle sprite x coordinate change.
.alias IntroSpr0YChange         $6EA7   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr0ChngCntr        $6EA8   ;decrements each frame from #$20. At 0, change sparkle sprite.
.alias IntroSpr0ByteType        $6EA9   ;#$00 or #$01. When #$01, next sparkle data byte uses all 8-->
                                        ;bits for x coord change. if #$00, next data byte contains-->
                                        ;4 bits for x coord change and 4 bits for y coord change.
.alias IntroSpr0Complete        $6EAA   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr0SpareB          $6EAB   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr0XRun            $6EAC   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr0YRise           $6EAD   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr0XDir            $6EAE   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr0YDir            $6EAF   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 1 and sparkle sprite.
.alias IntroSpr1YCoord          $6EB0   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr1PattTbl         $6EB1   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr1Cntrl           $6EB2   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr1XCoord          $6EB3   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr1Index           $6EB4   ;Index to next sparkle sprite data byte.
.alias IntroSpr1NextCntr        $6EB5   ;Decrements each frame. When 0, load new sparkle sprite data.
.alias SparkleSpr1YChange       $6EB6   ;Sparkle sprite y coordinate change.
.alias IntroSpr1XChange         $6EB6   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias SparkleSpr1XChange       $6EB7   ;Sparkle sprite x coordinate change.
.alias IntroSpr1YChange         $6EB7   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr1ChngCntr        $6EB8   ;decrements each frame from #$20. At 0, change sparkle sprite.
.alias IntroSpr1ByteType        $6EB9   ;#$00 or #$01. When #$01, next sparkle data byte uses all 8-->
                                        ;bits for x coord change. if #$00, next data byte contains-->
                                        ;4 bits for x coord change and 4 bits for y coord change.
.alias IntroSpr1Complete        $6EBA   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr1SpareB          $6EBB   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr1XRun            $6EBC   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr1YRise           $6EBD   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr1XDir            $6EBE   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr1YDir            $6EBF   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 2.
.alias IntroSpr2YCoord          $6EC0   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr2PattTbl         $6EC1   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr2Cntrl           $6EC2   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr2XCoord          $6EC3   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr2Spare5          $6EC4   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr2Spare6          $6EC5   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr2XChange         $6EC6   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr2YChange         $6EC7   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr2Spare8          $6EC8   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr2Spare9          $6EC9   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr2Complete        $6ECA   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr2SpareB          $6ECB   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr2XRun            $6ECC   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr2YRise           $6ECD   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr2XDir            $6ECE   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr2YDir            $6ECF   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 3.
.alias IntroSpr3YCoord          $6ED0   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr3PattTbl         $6ED1   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr3Cntrl           $6ED2   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr3XCoord          $6ED3   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr3Spare5          $6ED4   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr3Spare6          $6ED5   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr3XChange         $6ED6   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr3YChange         $6ED7   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr3Spare8          $6ED8   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr3Spare9          $6ED9   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr3Complete        $6EDA   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr3SpareB          $6EDB   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr3XRun            $6EDC   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr3YRise           $6EDD   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr3XDir            $6EDE   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr3YDir            $6EDF   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 4.
.alias IntroSpr4YCoord          $6EE0   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr4PattTbl         $6EE1   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr4Cntrl           $6EE2   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr4XCoord          $6EE3   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr4Spare5          $6EE4   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr4Spare6          $6EE5   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr4XChange         $6EE6   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr4YChange         $6EE7   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr4Spare8          $6EE8   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr4Spare9          $6EE9   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr4Complete        $6EEA   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr4SpareB          $6EEB   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr4XRun            $6EEC   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr4YRise           $6EED   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr4XDir            $6EEE   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr4YDir            $6EEF   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 5.
.alias IntroSpr5YCoord          $6EF0   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr5PattTbl         $6EF1   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr5Cntrl           $6EF2   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr5XCoord          $6EF3   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr5Spare5          $6EF4   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr5Spare6          $6EF5   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr5XChange         $6EF6   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr5YChange         $6EF7   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr5Spare8          $6EF8   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr5Spare9          $6EF9   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr5Complete        $6EFA   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr5SpareB          $6EFB   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr5XRun            $6EFC   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr5YRise           $6EFD   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr5XDir            $6EFE   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr5YDir            $6EFF   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 6.
.alias IntroSpr6YCoord          $6F00   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr6PattTbl         $6F01   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr6Cntrl           $6F02   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr6XCoord          $6F03   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr6Spare5          $6F04   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr6Spare6          $6F05   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr6XChange         $6F06   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr6YChange         $6F07   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr6Spare8          $6F08   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr6Spare9          $6F09   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr6Complete        $6F0A   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr6SpareB          $6F0B   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr6XRun            $6F0C   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr6YRise           $6F0D   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr6XDir            $6F0E   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr6YDir            $6F0F   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;Intro sprite 7.
.alias IntroSpr7YCoord          $6F10   ;Loaded into byte 0 of sprite RAM(Y position).
.alias IntroSpr7PattTbl         $6F11   ;Loaded into byte 1 of sprite RAM(Pattern table index).
.alias IntroSpr7Cntrl           $6F12   ;Loaded into byte 2 of sprite RAM(Control byte).
.alias IntroSpr7XCoord          $6F13   ;Loaded into byte 3 of sprite RAM(X position).
.alias IntroSpr7Spare5          $6F14   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr7Spare6          $6F15   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr7XChange         $6F16   ;Intro sprite x total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr7YChange         $6F17   ;Intro sprite y total movement distance.
.alias IntroSpr7Spare8          $6F18   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr7Spare9          $6F19   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr7Complete        $6F1A   ;#$01=sprite has completed its task, #$00 if not complete.
.alias IntroSpr7SpareB          $6F1B   ;Not used.
.alias IntroSpr7XRun            $6F1C   ;x displacement of sprite movement(run).
.alias IntroSpr7YRise           $6F1D   ;y displacement of sprite movement(rise).
.alias IntroSpr7XDir            $6F1E   ;MSB set=decrease sprite x pos, else increase sprite  x pos.
.alias IntroSpr7YDir            $6F1F   ;MSB set=decrease sprite y pos, else increase sprite  y pos.

;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

.alias WorldMapRAM              $7000   ;Thru $73FF. The map is 1Kb in size (1024 bytes).

.alias SamusData                $77FE   ;Thru $782D. Samus saved game data (not used).

.alias MMC1Reg0                 $8000   ;Writing to any of these addresses or any--> 
.alias MMC1Reg1                 $A000   ;address in between will write configuration-->
.alias MMC1Reg2                 $C000   ;bits to the MMC chip.
.alias MMC1Reg3                 $E000   ;

;------------------------------------------[ Misc. defines ]-----------------------------------------

.alias modeTitle                1

;Bitmask defs used for SamusGear.
.alias gr_BOMBS                 %00000001
.alias gr_HIGHJUMP              %00000010
.alias gr_LONGBEAM              %00000100
.alias gr_SCREWATTACK           %00001000
.alias gr_MARUMARI              %00010000
.alias gr_VARIA                 %00100000
.alias gr_WAVEBEAM              %01000000
.alias gr_ICEBEAM               %10000000

;Samus action handlers.
.alias sa_Stand                 0
.alias sa_Run                   1       ;Also run and jump.
.alias sa_Jump                  2
.alias sa_Roll                  3
.alias sa_PntUp                 4
.alias sa_Door                  5
.alias sa_PntJump               6
.alias sa_Dead                  7
.alias sa_Dead2                 8
.alias sa_Elevator              9
.alias sa_FadeIn0               20
.alias sa_FadeIn1               21
.alias sa_FadeIn2               22
.alias sa_FadeIn3               23
.alias sa_FadeIn4               24
.alias sa_Begin                 255

;Animations
.alias an_SamusRun              $00
.alias an_SamusFront            $04
.alias an_SamusStand            $07
.alias an_SamusJump             $0C
.alias an_SamusSalto            $0E
.alias an_SamusRunJump          $13
.alias an_SamusRoll             $16
.alias an_Bullet                $1B
.alias an_SamusFireJump         $20
.alias an_SamusFireRun          $22
.alias an_SamusPntUp            $27
.alias an_Explode               $32
.alias an_SamusJumpPntUp        $35
.alias an_SamusRunPntUp         $37
.alias an_WaveBeam              $7D
.alias an_BombTick              $7F
.alias an_BombExplode           $82
.alias an_MissileLeft           $8B
.alias an_MissileRight          $8D
.alias an_MissileExplode        $91

;Weapon action handlers.
.alias wa_RegularBeam           1
.alias wa_WaveBeam              2
.alias wa_IceBeam               3
.alias wa_BulletExplode         4
.alias wa_LayBomb               8
.alias wa_BombCount             9
.alias wa_BombExplode           10
.alias wa_Missile               11
</code>
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