| MOS MCS 6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual | OEM | The MOS MCS 6500 Microcomputer Family Programming Manual is part of the KIM-1 hardware development kit. This document applies to all the 65xx CPUs with slight variations, such as the 6502 in the NES, 6510 in the C-64, 6507 in the Atari 2600, the list…. | Assembly | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 01 Jan 1976 |
| Programming the Z80 | Rodnay Zaks | Programming the Z80 is a very complete book for learning the basics of how to program systems that use the microprocessor Zilog 80. This book covers the basics, starting from various number systems, including hexadecimal and binary. Also covering flo…. | Assembly | Multiple | N/A | 3.0 | Int | 01 Jan 1981 |
| Programming the 6502 | Rodnay Zaks | This is a 408 page book that teaches you how to program on systems that use a 6502 microprocessor. Many basic concepts will be explained, starting with number systems, computer math and then on to flow charting. Many technical aspects will be explain…. | Assembly | Multiple | N/A | 4.0 | Int | 01 Jan 1983 |
| Programming the 65816 | William Labiak | This is a book that teaches you how to assembly program on the 65816 microprocessor. It teaches you many things, starting from number systems, boolean math. Including the technical details about the 65816 microprocessor. | Assembly | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 01 Jan 1986 |
| NEC V60 CPU Manual | OEM | The NEC V60 (μPD70616) was a CISC processor manufactured by NEC introduced in the late 1980s. It had a 32-bit internal bus and a 16-bit external bus with a 24-bit address bus. A relatively obscure design, it was a radical departure from NEC’s p…. | Hardware Info. | Multiple | N/A | V60 | Adv | 01 Nov 1986 |
| Lz_comp2 | Haruhiko Okumura | A very old (ca. 1989) package including a document explaining various compression algorithms (LZSS, LZW, Huffman, LZARI, LZHUF) and the standard ANSI C source code to various (de)compression utilities implementing the described algorithms (LZARI, LZH…. | Source Code | Multiple | N/A | 2.0 | Adv | 10 Apr 1989 |
| The ROM Hacker's Bible | SeRiAlKlR | A very old document on text replacement. | Text Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 01 Jan 1997 |
| Hacking Save States | The Spook | A general introductory document on the subject of save state hacking. | Save State Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 01 Jan 1998 |
| AnusP's Advanced Hacking Tutorial | AnusP | One of the first documents to give detailed information on NES and SNES pointers. Still a very valuable resource. | Pointer Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.2 | Int | 25 Mar 1998 |
| SNES and GB sprite storage formats | Piken | This document covers several different storage formats for GB and SNES graphics. | Graphics Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 0.0 | Int | 28 May 1998 |
| Relative Searcher 2.4 Tutorial | Jair | A tutorial for Relative Searcher 2.4 by the author of the program. Good general information on relative searching in general as well. | Relative Searching | Multiple | N/A | 2.4 | Beg | 13 Oct 1998 |
| Text Hacking / Translation Tutorial | Jair | A good, graphical tutorial for basic ROM hacking. Another excellent starting point for beginners. | Text Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 04 Jun 1999 |
| Tables for Dummies | satsu | A reasonably comprehensive and relatively easy to read table document. | Table Files | Multiple | N/A | 2.5 | Beg | 01 Dec 1999 |
| Console Graphics Document | Klarth | Descriptions of graphics storage methods for the NES, SNES, NGPC, Virtual Boy, SMS, Game Gear, WSC, and Genesis. | Graphics Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 0.7 | Int | 18 Jul 2000 |
| Kiwibonga's Table-File Making Doc | Kiwibonga | A basic tutorial on table creation. | Table Files | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 30 Oct 2000 |
| How To Make Table Files | Kevtav | Another guide to making table files. | Table Files | Multiple | N/A | 0.10 | Beg | 27 Jan 2001 |
| Definitive Guide to ROM Hacking Tables, The | InVerse | This is the end all and be all of ROM hacking table documentation. | Table Files | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 03 Sep 2001 |
| Corrupt Corrupting | Weasel | This document is designed to help people with the grand art of rom corrupting. For those of you who don’t know (you know who you are!), rom corrupting is a long, (occasionally)boring process of finding data in a Rom. If you don’t know what …. | Miscellaneous | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 01 Jan 2002 |
| Using Pointers Effectively | Gideon Zhi | A document which describes how to save space by optimizing pointers. | Pointer Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 09 Apr 2002 |
| BCEI Basic Text Replacement | PhilAM | An old document on an old method for text replacement. | Text Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 09 Apr 2002 |
