Title  | Author | Description | Category | Platform | Game | Ver | Level | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anomie's S-DSP Doc | Anomie | Extremely in depth technical information on the S-DSP sound hardware on the SNES and how sound is generated. Mostly for experts only, but it can be used as an intermediate-level reference to the S-DSP registers. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1212 | Adv | 28 Sep 2015 |
| Anomie's SNES Memory Mapping Doc | Anomie | This is a document intended to describe the SNES memory map. It will NOT include information on the MAD-1 or any other address decoder. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2008-12-21 | Int | 21 Dec 2008 |
| Anomie's SNES Timing Doc | Anomie | This is a document intended to describe various aspects of SNES timing. It will probably not be useful unless you already know a good bit about the SNES. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2008-12-21 | Adv | 21 Dec 2008 |
| Anomie's SPC700 Cycle Doc | Anomie | Cycle information for the SPC700. Probably not too useful for ROMhacking, but is for emulator authors. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2007-04-21 | Adv | 21 Apr 2007 |
| Anomie's SPC700 Doc | Anomie | In depth information on the SPC700 including a diassembly of the Boot ROM. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2009-07-19 | Int | 19 Jul 2009 |
| Anomie’s C4 Chip Doc | Anomie | In depth information on the SNES C4 cartridge add-on chip and it’s registers. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2007-07-12 | Adv | 12 Jul 2007 |
| Anomie’s Register Doc | Anomie | A nice in depth look at all the SNES hardware registers. This is must have reference material for anybody doing any assembly hacking or homebrew coding for the SNES. This document is the most recent and up to date we have on the SNES registers (as of…. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2007-07-12 | Int | 12 Jul 2007 |
| Anomie’s SNES OpenBus and Wrapping Doc | Anomie | Explains OpenBus effect on the SNES hardware, and the behavior of S-CPU accesses that cross page/bank boundaries. For experts only. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2007-04-21 | Adv | 21 Apr 2007 |
| Anomie’s SNES Port Doc | Anomie | This is a document intended to describe the various hardware ports on the SNES. It will not describe how these ports are used by what may be plugged into them. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2007-04-27 | Int | 27 Apr 2007 |
| Blargg’s S-DSP Timer Glitch Explanation | Blargg | An email detailing Blargg’s discoveries regarding a glitch in the S-DSP timers when the target is written just when the internal counter is ticked. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2007-03-31 | Adv | 31 Mar 2007 |
| Broadcast Satellaview-X Internal ROM Info | D | The Broadcast Satellaview-X Internal ROM info including offsets and a few other tidbits of information. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2006/2/7 | Int | 07 Feb 2006 |
| BRR Sound Encoding Scheme | Butcha | Explains the BRR encoding scheme used by the SPC700 in detail. Note: The filter formulas are not bit perfect if you are coding an emulator. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 21 May 2007 |
| Qwertie’s SNES Documentation Plus DMA Revision 6 | Qwertie | Contains essential information for experienced hackers. Covers topics such as joypads, DMA & HDMA transfer, sprites, and registers. Note though, there are inaccuracies.
| Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2.1 | Adv | 01 Jan 1998 |
| SNES Cart Hacking Info | Siudym | This is an extremely detailed technical document of SNES cartridge pinouts. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 01 Jan 2001 |
| SNES Chip Labels | Piken | A document outlining the actual chip markings found on the SNES circuit board. Also has chip information for various special chip cart games with the SuperFX, DSP, SA-1 and other chips. Very useful to help obtain chip data sheets and other informatio…. | Hardware Info. | SNES | Multiple Games | 2004-04-04 | Adv | 04 Apr 2004 |
| SNES CPU | Randall Hyde | This is an extremely detailed technical document of the SNES 65c816 processor. It is a customized 16 bit processor made for the SNES. It operates in both 16- (Native) and 8-bit (Emulation) modes. The 8-bit emulation mode is 100% compatible with the 6…. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 11 Mar 1998 |
| SNES Developer Manual | OEM | This is heck of an SNES technical reference document. With over 800+ pages of information covering most aspects of the SNES including CPU, APU, DSP,SA-1, SFX, Super Scope, SNES mouse, multi-tap, and more, this document is a treasure! | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 14 Jun 2005 |
| SNES Doc | Y0SHi | The greatest Super Nintendo documentation in its day, but newer docs have more information. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2.30 | Beg | 28 Dec 1994 |
| SNES FastROM Information | Paul | This document provides information on the SNES’s FastROM mode, which allows a speed increase of around 33%. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 16 Feb 1994 |
| SNES Graphics | Starr | These documents tells all about the SNES graphics array. It is what sets the SNES apart from all the 16 bit systems. It consists of four overlapping backgrounds that can scroll by themselves in any direction. It runs on 256 colors (Or 15 bit colors f…. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 04 Oct 1997 |
| SNES Kart | DiskDude | In depth detail on the actual cartridge layout. Not really “the most complete [or accurate] guide to a SNES cartridge worldwide” though. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.6 | Int | 01 Jan 1997 |
| SNES Kart (HTML) | DiskDude | In depth detail on the actual cartridge layout. Not really “the most complete [or accurate] guide to a SNES cartridge worldwide” though. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.6 | Int | 01 Jan 1996 |
| SNES Layering Explained | Piken | This is some advanced information on layering and color math in SNES background modes 0 and 1. An Image to go along with document can be found on author’s homepage. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2004-04-04 | Adv | 04 Apr 2004 |
| SNES Memory Mapping | ]SiMKiN[ | Brief description of SNES LoROM and HiROM memory maps. Nice as a quick graphical type reference, but not as complete as some other sources on the subject such as open source emulator source code. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 3.5 | Int | 23 Mar 1998 |
| SNES Multiplication/Division Registers | Vic Ricker | This is an in-depth documentation on the SNES’s special multiplication/division registers. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 26 Dec 1993 |
| SNES Register Map | OEM | A short and sweet guide to the SNES hardware registers. It can be a handy quick reference register sheet when doing SNES programming. Anomie’s Register doc is also recommended. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 16 May 2007 |
| SNES Sound Processors Info | Gau Of The Veldt | The SNES sound system was custom made by Sony specifically for the SNES. It’s labeled as an SPC-700. It is superior to most sound chips of its time (1991), for it has its own memory and instruction set, which takes the load off the main CPU. If …. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 05 Feb 1998 |
| SNES translucency FAQ | Bregalad | This document talks about how translucency works on the SNES, and shows a few examples how to use the hardware to your advantage. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2.0 | Int | 21 May 2015 |
| SNES/SFC Manual (PDF Version) | OEM | This is an SFC version of the SNES Dev Manual we also have on the site, covering the PPU and CPU. This is a good technical supplement to the actual SNES Dev Manual we also have on the site. It also contains a nice 2-page register summary sheet. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | Int | 31 Mar 1994 | |
| SPC700 Mini Tutorial | Gau | This is a small tutorial with a basic example of how to transfer data to the SPC700 and get some sound code up and running. Useful for SPC700 beginners as a supplement to other SPC700 documents. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 31 Oct 2011 |
| SPC7110 Info | Dark Force | This document contains reverse engineered information on the SPC7110 regarding registers, memory map, real time clock commands, and more. It was originally created by Dark Force of DeJap and then updated more recently by The Dumper. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 25 Jul 2008 |
| SPC7110F0a Chip Information | Kammedo | This document contains information about the SPC7110 chip, which is used for the SNES games; Far East Of Eden Zero (FEoEZ), Super Power League 4 (SPL4) and Momotarou Densetsu Happy (MDH). It contains pinouts, memory map, and so…. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 1.0 | Adv | 30 May 2008 |
| Super Famicom Sound Manual | Piken | A manual to the SPC700 and SNES sound hardware. IPL ROM disable bit of register $00f1 functionality is missing. Also,there are some errors in the opcode tables. | Hardware Info. | SNES | N/A | 2001-10-15 | Int | 15 Oct 2001 |
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