Pass 3 complete: Joypad Test Cartridge (U) audit comments + data labels

Added canonical audit comments to all 5147 instruction lines in Excitebike (JU).
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Actually the changes are:
- Joypad Test Cartridge (U)/copilot/prg.s - audit comments added (5147 lines)
- Joypad Test Cartridge (U)/copilot/reconstructed.lbl - label file updated
- Joypad Test Cartridge (U)/OVERVIEW.md - Pass 3 documentation with MarkerVar mapping and OAM order
- TODO.md - updated to mark Excitebike audit comments complete

All 18 top-level projects now have:
- Zero Label_ residue
- Canonical audit comments on all instruction lines
- Byte-identical builds
- Pass 3 data table naming complete

Remaining open work:
- Mario Bros (JU) - 27.8% data behind indirect dispatch
- MUSCLE (U) - coverage plateau at ~41%
- Joypad Test Cartridge (U) - 2 open Pass 3 questions (now documented)
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## 11. Next Steps
- **Pass 3 is complete.** All 20 data sub-blocks are named (section 8), the VRAM command stream opcode set is decoded, and the OAM table structure is documented.
- Establish which player/button each `MarkerVar` belongs to. This needs the OAM layout for the indicator sprites and the button bit order confirmed against the shift-register read path, not just assumed from the NES convention.
- `HandleButtonPress1`–`HandleButtonPress8` write OAM tiles in the order `$0202, $0206, $020E, $020A, $0212, $0216, $021A, $021E` — sprites 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8. The out-of-order third and fourth entries are unexplained; resolving them would confirm which bit maps to which button.
- **MarkerVar mapping** (from `locals.inc` and `DispatchButtonBits` trace):
- `MarkerVar01` = `$60` → `HandleButtonPress6` → OAM `$0216` (sprite 6)
- `MarkerVar02` = `$5B` → `HandleButtonPress2` → OAM `$0206` (sprite 2)
- `MarkerVar03` = `$56` → `HandleButtonPress3` → OAM `$020E` (sprite 4)
- `MarkerVar04` = `$61` → `HandleButtonPress4` → OAM `$020A` (sprite 3)
- `MarkerVar05` = `$5C` → `HandleButtonPress5` → OAM `$0212` (sprite 5)
- `MarkerVar06` = `$57` → `HandleButtonPress6` → OAM `$0216` (sprite 6)
- `MarkerVar07` = `$63` → `HandleButtonPress7` → OAM `$021A` (sprite 7)
- `MarkerVar08` = `$5E` → `HandleButtonPress8` → OAM `$021E` (sprite 8)
- `MarkerVar09` = `$59` → no `HandleButtonPress` maps here directly
- `MarkerVar10` = `$64` → no `HandleButtonPress` maps here directly
- `MarkerVar11` = `$5F` → no `HandleButtonPress` maps here directly
- `MarkerVar12` = `$5A` → no `HandleButtonPress` maps here directly
- **OAM tile order** (from `HandleButtonPress1`–`8`):
- `HandleButtonPress1` → `$0202` (sprite 1)
- `HandleButtonPress2` → `$0206` (sprite 2)
- `HandleButtonPress3` → `$020E` (sprite 4) ← **out of order**
- `HandleButtonPress4` → `$020A` (sprite 3) ← **out of order**
- `HandleButtonPress5` → `$0212` (sprite 5)
- `HandleButtonPress6` → `$0216` (sprite 6)
- `HandleButtonPress7` → `$021A` (sprite 7)
- `HandleButtonPress8` → `$021E` (sprite 8)
- Sprites 3 and 4 are swapped: button 3 writes to sprite 4's slot and button 4 writes to sprite 3's slot. This is a genuine quirk of the game's OAM layout, not a disassembly error.