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Documents

Mappers

mappers.txt Comprehensive NES Mapper Document (0.80) (Firebug)
nesmapper.txt Bigass NES Mapper List: List of Games and Which Mapper They Use (0.1)
mapper1.txt Nintendo MMC1 Info for 8-bit NES Carts (Matthew J. Richey)
mapper6.txt Famicom/NES Mapper Documents Vol.1: Focus on FFE Mapper Type I (0.2b) (FanWen Yang)
7in1.txt 7 in 1 Mapper Info (#44) (2000/10/16) (The Mad Dumper)
150in1.txt Golden Game 150 in 1 Mapper Info (#235) (2.0, 2000/12/09) (The Mad Dumper)
11in1bg.txt 11 in 1 Ball Games Mapper Info (#51) (2.0, 2000/10/29) (The Mad Dumper)
1min1.txt 1000000 in 1 Mapper Info (#45) (1.2, 2000/11/08) (K. Horton)
4in1.txt 4 in 1 Mapper Info (#49) (2000/12/07) (The Mad Dumper)
mari7in1.txt Mario Party 7 in 1 Mapper Info (#52) (1.0, 2000/12/19) (The Mad Dumper)
smb2ja.txt SMB2j (aka The Lost Levels) Mapper Info (#40) (2000/02/08) (The Mad Dumper)
smb2j.txt SMB2j Revision A Mapper Info (#50) (2.00, 2000/12/09) (The Mad Dumper)

Patents

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US Patent 4,926,372: Memory Cartridge Bank Selection
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US Patent 5,276,831: Memory Cartridge Having a Multi-Memory Controller with Memory Bank Switching Capabilities and Data Processing Apparatus

Controllers

NES4Playeradapter.txt NES 4player-adapter documentation (0.9) (Fredrik Olsson)
nescont.html NES/SNES Controller Pinouts (1998/06/28) (Jay Tilton) (from Deathskull Laboratories)

File Formats

fam2form.txt FAM 2 Format Info
jdc-pcjr.txt Doctor PC Jr (.PCJ) File Format (1.01) (JDC)
neshdr20.txt iNES Header/Format Information File (2.0) (VmprHntrD)

Graphics

skinny.txt (part 1)
skinnynt.txt (part 2)
The Skinny on NES Scrolling (Loopy) (from NesDev)
PPU addressing.txt NES PPU Addressing/Scrolling Operation Details (1st release) (Brad Taylor) (from NesDev)
basics.txt How NES Graphics Work: The Basics
scrollq.txt PPU Scrolling Questions and Answers
consolegfx.txt Console Graphics Formats (0.7, 2000/01/02) (Klarth)

Miscellaneous

NES.html Nintendo Entertainment System Architecture (2.4, 2002/09/03) (Marat Fayzullin)
nes2.htm Andy Simpson's NES Documentation
nestech.txt Nintendo Entertainment System Documentation (2.00) (JDC)
nestech-10.txt Nintendo Entertainment System Documentation (1.00) (JDC)
everynes.htm
everynes.txt
Everynes: Nocash NES Specs (2004) (Martin Korth) (from Nocash)
nesgg.txt NES Game Genie Code Format (0.71) (Benzene of Digital Emutations)
genie.html A Note on Game Genie Codes for the NES (2010/09/09) (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
2C02_errata.txt 2C02 errata (Fx3)
nessound.txt NES Sound Channel Guide (1.8, 2000/07/27) (Brad Taylor)