Astro Wars 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.

Astro Wars (Zaccaria / Zelco, 1980)

Memory Area:astrowar_mem_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000-0x13FF	5120	ROM
0x1400-0x14FF	256	Mirror, RAM	0x6000,
0x1500-0x15FF	256	Mirror, Device Read/Write	0x6000, s2636_0, s2636_device, read_data, write_data
0x1800-0x1BFF	1024	Mirror, Read, Write, Shared	0x6000, cvs_video_or_color_ram_r, galaxia_video_w, video_ram
0x1C00-0x1CFF	256	Mirror, RAM, Shared	0x6000, , bullet_ram
0x2000-0x33FF	5120	ROM

Memory Area:galaxia_io_map

Address Range	Length	Function	Description
0x0000	1	Read/Write	galaxia_collision_r, galaxia_ctrlport_w
0x0000	1	Read/Write	galaxia_collision_clear, galaxia_dataport_w
0x0000	1	Read Port	SENSE
0x0000	1	Write, Read Port	galaxia_scroll_w, IN0
0x0002	1	Read Port	IN1
0x0005	1	Read NOP
0x0006	1	Read Port	DSW0
0x0007	1	Read Port	DSW1
0x00AC	1	Read NOP

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:gfx1

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x03FF	1024	astro.1d	CRC(6053f834) (Fluke: 855B)
0x0400-0x07FF	1024	astro.3d	CRC(822505aa) (Fluke: 86AE)

Memory Area:maincpu

Address Range	Length	Label/Location	Description
0x0000-0x03FF	1024	astro.8h	CRC(b0ec246c) (Fluke: FE9F)
0x0400-0x07FF	1024	astro.10h	CRC(090d360f) (Fluke: 3765)
0x0800-0x0BFF	1024	astro.11h	CRC(72ab1378) (Fluke: 383E)
0x0C00-0x0FFF	1024	astro.13h	CRC(2dc4c895) (Fluke: BA99)
0x1000-0x13FF	1024	astro.8i	CRC(ab87fbfc) (Fluke: 5562)
0x2000-0x23FF	1024	astro.10i	CRC(533675c1) (Fluke: 8684)
0x2400-0x27FF	1024	astro.11i	CRC(59cf8901) (Fluke: 0CAC)
0x2800-0x2BFF	1024	astro.13i	CRC(5149c121) (Fluke: 077D)
0x2C00-0x2FFF	1024	astro.11l	CRC(29f52f57) (Fluke: A6A3)
0x3000-0x33FF	1024	astro.13l	CRC(882cdb87) (Fluke: 4D98)