- Apply symbols.inc hardware register names to Defender 2 (U) (51 operands)
- Apply symbols.inc hardware register names to Donkey Kong 3 (JUE) (36 operands)
- Add APU register symbols (-) to Defender 2 (U) and Donkey Kong 3 (JUE) symbols.inc
- Apply symbols to Donkey Kong Jr. Math (U) (80 operands: 11 single + 69 hardware)
- Apply symbols to Excitebike (JU) (786 operands: 785 single + 1 hardware)
- Add promotion criteria to PROMPTS.md: symbol/local substitution,
ROM-specific semantic naming, and verification checklist
Add branch/jump target naming requirement to PROMPTS.md
All branches and jumps must target symbolic labels with descriptive names
derived from program flow role (e.g., _Loop, _Next, _Done, _Store, _Return),
never raw address literals. Adds criterion 8 to verification checklist.
Rename all OVERVIEW.md to README.md; add root README content to top-level
- Rename all OVERVIEW.md files to README.md throughout the repo (47 files)
- Prepend README.md content to top-level OVERVIEW.md before rename
- Fix apply_symbols.py NAME_RE regex to handle spaced assignments
- Apply symbols.inc to Defender 2 (U) (51 hardware operands)
- Apply symbols.inc to Donkey Kong 3 (JUE) (36 hardware operands)
- Apply symbols.inc to Donkey Kong Jr. Math (U) (80 operands: 11 single + 69 hardware)
- Apply symbols.inc to Excitebike (JU) (786 operands: 785 single + 1 hardware)
- Add missing Zp18/FrameCounter aliases to Excitebike prg.s
- Build all 27 top-level projects: byte-identical
Promote Donkey Kong Jr. Math back to _wip tier
Moves code from `copilot` folder and verifies each builds after
Add pre-commit hook for byte-identical verification
Add .git/hooks/pre-commit that runs 'make' then 'make clean' in each
project directory before committing. This ensures every project builds
byte-identical before any commit is accepted.
Also includes all file moves from the Donkey Kong Jr. Math (U) demotion
and other file restructuring from the session.
moves code out of copilot folder, its all AI generated.
Moves NROM games into NROM folder
removes copilot folder from Lunar Pool
Adds makefile to build all projects recursively
Updates docs to reflect changes in layout
Repromotes Donkey Kong Jr Math
Repromotes Excitebike
Promotes Popeye (JU) (PRG 1)
Updates Makefile to provide summary of build failure/success
Promote Raid on Bungeling Bay (U): Pass 2/3 partial, whole-ROM byte-identical
Move _wip/NROM/Raid on Bungeling Bay (U) to NROM/ and switch the build
from a PRG-only compare to a whole-ROM one:
- header.s/chr.s added (one-line .incbin of header.bin / chr.bin)
- linker.cfg gains HEADER ($0000, $0010) and CHR ($0000, $2000)
areas ahead of PRG ($C000, $4000)
- rom.nes symlink to the space-containing original ROM name
- Makefile builds header.o/prg.o/chr.o into reconstructed.nes and
compares it against rom.nes ('Byte-identical ROM verified.')
- one leftover neutral indirect operand jmp (Zp01) at $E2EC becomes
jmp (IndDispatch01); apply_symbols.py reports 0 substitutions pending
README.md / TODO.md / AGENTS.md updated: 29 promoted, 7 in _wip/.
Pac-Man (U): Pass 2 complete (label renaming) + Pass 3 partial (ZP aliases, table names)
Pass 2 — fresh map derived from the committed split, not from any drafted
map (the drafted maps in other projects were audited and found not
applicable):
- all 194 address-derived Label_XXXX definitions renamed to semantic
routine-entry names plus <Routine>_<Role>_<addr> internal branch
targets; zero Label_ remains
- all 49 jsr/jmp call sites resolved from raw $XXXX to labels; zero
raw $XXXX call operands remain
- routinemap.tsv / derived_names.tsv record the derivation
Pass 3 (partial):
- 15 proven semantic zero-page aliases added to locals.inc
(GameState, NmiFlag, ScrollX/Y, PpuCtrlShadow, OamDmaPage,
CocktailModeFlag, ActivePlayerFlag, GameplaySuspended, FrameCounter,
StateTimer, Player1/2Input, ActiveInput, CopyrightVerified)
- 112 operands substituted into prg.s (11 single + 101 hardware)
- key data tables named: ProgrammerSig ($C0EB), GameStateDispatchTable
($C253), TitleScreenData ($C2FD), EntityPtrTable ($D912),
AudioCommandTable ($EFDD)
Also corrects the README's claim that the RESET vector points at padding:
$FF00 holds real boot code (sei/cld, PPU off, double vblank wait, then
jmp ColdStart at $C042).
.gitignore: ignore reconstructed_prg.bin (build artifact of the _wip
Makefiles; '**/reconstructed.*' does not match the underscore form).
Promote Pac-Man (U): Pass 2/3 complete, whole-ROM byte-identical
Move _wip/NROM/Pac-Man (U) to NROM/ and switch the build from a PRG-only
compare to a whole-ROM one:
- header.s/chr.s added (one-line .incbin of header.bin / chr.bin)
- linker.cfg gains HEADER ($0000, $0010) and CHR ($0000, $2000)
areas ahead of PRG ($C000, $4000)
- rom.nes symlink to 'Pac-Man (U) [!].nes' (the original ROM name
contains a space and brackets)
- Makefile builds header.o/prg.o/chr.o into reconstructed.nes and
compares it against rom.nes
- reconstructed.nes is 24,592 bytes, MD5 a69d310f8cae9397fbd39f204672b5c7
- equal to the original ROM; the header/prg/chr splits were checked
against the original before promotion and are byte-exact
Pass 3 residue closed. The last 7 multi-alias zero-page operands are
resolved per site through a new sites.tsv, each proven from context
rather than guessed:
- jmp ($0010) at $C250/$D3CA/$D90F/$D9B6 -> (DispatchPtrLo); each
is immediately preceded by sta DispatchPtrLo/sta DispatchPtrHi
- jmp ($00FE) at $EFDA -> (AudioHandlerPtrLo); preceded by
sta AudioHandlerPtrLo/sta AudioHandlerPtrHi
- sta a:$0000,y at $C048/$C089 -> a:Zp00,y; the literal zero-page
base in the two ZP clear loops, so the neutral name is used rather
than the semantic WorkPtrLo. The 'a:' prefix survives the
substitution, so the bytes stay 99 00 00 (sta abs,Y)
apply_symbols.py now reports 119 operands substituted (101 hardware,
11 single-name, 7 site) and 0 residue.
New tool _tools/align_audit_comments.py: re-aligns the audit comment to
column 35 after a substitution lengthens an operand (nesdis.py pads each
instruction to 31 characters). Whitespace-only, so the byte identity
cannot change. 405 lines re-aligned in this project; all 2,387 audit
comments still match prg.bin at the stated PRG offset, 0 mismatches.
Docs: root README.md / TODO.md / AGENTS.md updated - 30 promoted, 6 in
_wip/; a per-project detail entry for Pac-Man (U) added; the stale
'Donkey Kong 3 (JUE) has no README.md' claim corrected (it has a
318-line one).
Promote Raid on Bungeling Bay (U) [a2]: Pass 3 complete, whole-ROM byte-identical
Move _wip/NROM/Raid on Bungeling Bay (U) [a2] to NROM/ and switch the build
from a PRG-only compare to a whole-ROM one:
- header.s/chr.s added (one-line .incbin of header.bin / chr.bin)
- linker.cfg gains HEADER ($0000, $0010) and CHR ($0000, $2000)
areas ahead of PRG ($C000, $4000)
- rom.nes symlink to 'Raid on Bungeling Bay (U) [a2].nes' (the original
ROM name contains spaces and brackets)
- reconstructed.nes is 24,592 bytes, MD5 659d340a1e9d420eee28df13319b0094
- equal to the original ROM; the header/prg/chr splits were checked
against the original before promotion and are byte-exact
Pass 3 - 15 semantic zero-page aliases, each applied only at the sites
where its role is proven:
- PpuCtrlShadow ($C2), 15 sites: the reset entry primes it right after
'sta PPUCTRL', and every other use is an ora/and/eor followed by
'sta PPUCTRL'
- NmiPathSelector ($C4), 5 sites: written 1 at $C3E9 and 0 at $C962
- GameState ($D6), 6 sites: 'cmp #$02' and used as an index at $C4C7
- FrameSubCounter ($55), 6 sites: set to $0A at $C520, decremented per
NMI at $C07B
- PrngPeriodCounter ($EA) / PrngSeedB ($EB) / PrngState ($EC), 13 sites:
the PRNG state
- PtrLo ($00) / PtrHi ($01), 8 sites: the 16-bit pair $1C13 and $1610
compared at $E785/$E791
- IndDispatch01 ($01) / IndDispatch02 ($02), 3 sites: the computed
dispatch at $E2EC
- IndDispatch1B ($1B) / IndDispatch1C ($1C), 6 sites: the dispatch at
$E7A3
- IndDispatch17 ($17) / IndDispatch19 ($19): the dispatches at $E79D
and $E7A0
Addresses that carry two names keep the neutral ZpXX name where the other
role applies - $01 is PtrHi at the 16-bit compare and IndDispatch01 at the
dispatch; $17 is IndDispatch17 at the dispatch and Zp17 for the absolute
RAM $0017 store in the copy loop at $E895/$E8D0.
New tool _tools/apply_zp_aliases.py does the per-site substitution:
apply_symbols.py only rewrites *numeric* operands, so it cannot rename an
operand that is already written as a neutral ZpXX name. The tool keeps the
ca65 'a:' prefix (dropping it would turn 'sta a:Zp17,y' into a zero-page
store and change the bytes) and rewrites only the operand token, so the
audit comment survives byte for byte.
Naming correction in the promoted sibling. Finishing this dump showed that
$EA was misnamed 'VBlankWaitCounter': the routine at $C412 is the game's
pseudo-random generator (the classic eor/asl/php/lsr/plp/rol scrambler,
called from thirteen gameplay sites, twice in a row at $CDF4/$CDF9 with the
second result masked #$07), so $EA is the scrambler's phase counter.
Renamed PrngPeriodCounter in both dumps and named $EB/$EC PrngSeedB /
PrngState. The sibling's two 'sta a:IndDispatch17,y' operands were also
wrong - they are absolute stores to RAM $0017, not the dispatch pointer -
and are now 'a:Zp17,y', matching the file's 'a:' = absolute convention.
Audit-comment alignment re-done with _tools/align_audit_comments.py (1,040
lines here, 1,080 in the sibling). Both files still match prg.bin at every
stated PRG offset: 5,467 and 5,483 audit comments, 0 mismatches.
Docs: root README.md / TODO.md / AGENTS.md updated - 31 promoted, 5 in
_wip/; per-project detail entries added for both Raid dumps.
Promote Pac-Man (Tengen) (U): Pass 2/3 from scratch, whole-ROM byte-identical
Move _wip/NROM/Pac-Man (Tengen) (U) to NROM/ and switch the build from a
PRG-only compare to a whole-ROM one:
- header.s/chr.s added (one-line .incbin of header.bin / chr.bin)
- linker.cfg gains HEADER ($0000, $0010) and CHR ($0000, $2000)
areas ahead of PRG ($C000, $4000)
- rom.nes symlink to 'Pac-Man (Tengen) (U) [!].nes'
- reconstructed.nes is 24,592 bytes, MD5 d34e7a74d8d2c231b6cc601210e28ad0
- equal to the original ROM; the header/prg/chr splits were checked
against the original before promotion and are byte-exact
Disassembled from scratch. No name, map or file was carried over from the
sibling 'Pac-Man (U)' dump; the map was derived from this dump's own
committed split and the two were only compared afterwards.
Pass 2 (new tool _tools/apply_pass2_map.py):
- all 194 Label_XXXX definitions renamed to semantic routine entries plus
<Routine>_<Role> branch targets; zero Label_ remains
- all 48 raw $XXXX jsr/jmp operands resolved to labels; zero raw $XXXX
call or branch operands remain
- the map is in routinemap.tsv
Pass 3:
- 30 semantic zero-page aliases, each applied only at the sites where its
role is proven (per-site choice in sites.tsv; the addresses that carry
two roles keep the neutral ZpXX name elsewhere). _tools/
derive_zp_aliases.py records how the set was derived, and locals.inc
records the reason for every remaining neutral slot
- 28 data tables named (new tool _tools/name_data_region.py), including
CharacterDataTable ($C66A) and CharacterNameStrings ($C67E), where the
ROM itself names Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde - which is why the four
indexed entities are called ghosts and not 'actors'
- apply_symbols.py reports 0 substitutions pending and 0 residue
- audit-comment alignment re-done with _tools/align_audit_comments.py;
all 2,479 audit comments still match prg.bin at the stated PRG offset
Pass 1 correction - six command handlers recovered (new tool
_tools/recode_region.py). ScriptCommandTable ($EFDD) is read by the traced
instruction at $EFCC, and six of its entries point at $F00A, $F022, $F03A,
$F052, $F062 and $F072 - all of which the tracer had left as data, and two
of which it had mis-split across the 'jmp $EF61' at $F01F and $F04F.
Those 120 bytes are code here, decoded straight from the ROM; the six
handlers tile $F00A-$F081 exactly. The same gap exists in the promoted
'Pac-Man (U)' dump, which has not been corrected - recorded in both READMEs.
Residue (documented, not guessed): the unreached main game logic at
$C45A-$C55F is still .byte data. It is code - the tracer's own decoder
walks it cleanly and the dispatch table at $C511 points into it - but
nothing reaches it, so it cannot be entered without a guess. The same gap
exists in the promoted 'Pac-Man (U)' dump. Re-deriving it is a Pass 1 job;
a Mesen Code Data Logger capture is the tool the repo uses for it.
Docs: root README.md / TODO.md / AGENTS.md updated - 32 promoted, 4 in
_wip/; a per-project detail entry added for the Tengen dump.
Promote Pyramid (U): Pass 1 corrected, Pass 2/3 complete, whole-ROM byte-identical
Move _wip/NROM/Pyramid (U) to NROM/ and switch the build from a PRG-only
compare to a whole-ROM one:
- header.s/chr.s added (one-line .incbin of header.bin / chr.bin)
- linker.cfg gains HEADER ($0000, $0010) and CHR ($0000, $2000)
areas ahead of PRG ($C000, $4000)
- rom.nes symlink to 'Pyramid (U) (Sachen).nes'
- reconstructed.nes is 24,592 bytes, MD5 aa285ff17f25dd05da5996b7466c59e2
- equal to the original ROM; the header/prg/chr splits were checked
against the original before promotion and are byte-exact
Pass 1 correction - the committed split was a strict subset of the correct
one. This game dispatches through 'jmp' trampoline tables that live
*inside* the data regions, and the tracer cannot follow a jmp there, so
828 bytes of code were still marked as data. Four such tables were found
($C01E 3 entries, $C02A 6, $C042 2, $C054 5) plus ten more entries at
$C000-$C01B; all sixteen targets decode as valid instructions. Seeding
them, the $C800 boot mainline and six further code starts recovers the
whole lot, plus a five-byte stub at $DF89 (lda $33 / jmp $DECB) that sat
in a hole between two routines. The re-trace loses NO committed code byte
and takes the split from 34.5% to 39.6% (3,130 instructions / 6,493 code
bytes). 'make regen' reproduces it, so the split stays verifiable.
Pass 2 - a fresh map derived from this dump's own committed split:
- 428 Label_XXXX definitions renamed; zero Label_ residue
- 320 raw $XXXX jsr/jmp operands resolved; zero raw $XXXX branch
operands remain
- 431 routine entries and the 32 data blocks named from the code
- the internal branch-target names are derived mechanically from the
branch that reaches them by the new _tools/derive_branch_names.py
(beq -> OnZero, bne -> OnNonzero, bcc/bcs -> the carry cases, a
backwards branch -> Loop)
- recorded in routinemap.tsv
Pass 3:
- 24 semantic zero-page aliases, each applied only where its role is
proven; the 57 slots that stay neutral are each listed with the reason
in locals.inc (the neutral set lives in zp_aliases.inc so that
'make regen' can rebuild locals.inc from prg.bin)
- 32 data tables named - TaskVectorTable1/2, LevelScriptData,
MusicPeriodTable, SoundEnvelopeTable, the actor tables - recorded in
data_region_names.tsv
- apply_symbols.py reports 0 substitutions pending and 0 residue; no
hardware register is left as a raw literal
- the audit comments are now canonical on every line, data included
(the old file carried only 'PRG:$xxxx' on its 1,358 data lines);
all 3,762 audit comments match prg.bin at their stated PRG offset
Kept as-is, not 'cleaned up':
- sta $4100 stays a raw operand. The iNES header claims mapper 0 but
the boot code writes past the NES register space; the ROM does not
explain it, so it is recorded rather than guessed
- the 'A'/'V' check on RAM $0120/$0121 and its seed/clear routines
are named for what they do, not for what they are for
- the ninth entry of the $C3A6 task vector table ($D820) is a junk
slot and stays data
Docs: root README.md / TODO.md / AGENTS.md updated - 33 promoted, 3 in
_wip/; a per-project detail entry added.
Hogan's Alley (JU): Pass 1 correction, Pass 2, Pass 3, promoted to NROM/
The light-gun game whose engine dispatches through *inline* tables:
`IndirectCall` at $C34D pops the return address of the `jsr` that called
it and reads a 16-bit handler pointer from the word that follows, so all
six handler tables ($C124 19 entries, $C219 4, $C89C 14, $CDD1 1, $D234 2,
$D3D6 14) live inside the code stream and the static tracer cannot follow
them.
Pass 1 correction. The committed split was a strict subset of the correct
one -- 41.8% of the PRG was classified as code. A fresh Mesen Code Data
Logger capture was merged with the four captures already in the folder
(hogans_merged.cdl, the OR of five per-byte flag arrays, 6,544 code bytes)
and _tools/cdl_reclass.py rewrote the split to match what the CPU actually
fetched: 1,216 bytes moved from data to code, five the other way, 59 labels
emitted. The split is now 49.1% code (3,950 instructions, 8,041 bytes).
The four branch targets the reclassifier could not prove were turned into
labels by the new _tools/resolve_raw_branches.py.
Pass 2. 206 routine entries hand-named from this dump's own code and 413
internal branch targets derived mechanically by _tools/derive_branch_names.py:
630 Label_XXXX definitions gone, 484 raw $XXXX call operands resolved, 15
call targets the tracer had never labelled given a label. Recorded in
routinemap.tsv. No SubC<addr> residue was needed -- every entry the engine
reaches is named after what it does.
Pass 3. 60 semantic zero-page aliases, each applied only where its role is
proven (zp_aliases.inc, zp_alias_sites.tsv); the slots that stay neutral are
each listed with the reason. All 34 data blocks named
(data_region_names.tsv). apply_symbols.py reports 1 residue: `sta a:$00B4,y`
at $C203, the same address as Zp40/ActorPalette but forced to absolute
addressing, so it must stay numeric.
Promotion. header.s, chr.s and a HEADER/PRG/CHR linker.cfg added, rom.nes
symlinked to the original ROM; the whole-ROM cmp passes on the first
promoted build. There is deliberately no `make regen` target: the Pass 1
split here is the static trace corrected by a CDL capture, and the base the
correction was applied to is not what the current _tools/nesdis.py
produces, so prg.s is the maintained source of truth.
Tools changed:
nesdis.py --split/--note/--provenance options, so a data
region can carry its own name and explanation;
a forced-data address is no longer reported as a
recovered routine entry
apply_pass2_map.py can create the label for a call target the tracer
left unlabelled; no longer double-labels it
apply_zp_aliases.py --at-file, an address-based per-site list
derive_branch_names.py keeps the map's own header instead of writing a
fixed one
resolve_raw_branches.py new: turns `bXX *+$NN` operands into labels
build_hogans_map.py new: the hand-written Pass 2 map builder
The existing regen pipelines (MUSCLE (U), Urban Champion (JU)) still
reproduce prg.s byte for byte.
Apply the symbols.inc register names at Pass 1; fix a dropped byte in cdl_reclass
nesdis.py now names the hardware registers as it renders the operands, so a
project's Pass 1 output already reads `lda PPUSTATUS` instead of `lda $2002`
and the Pass 3 apply_symbols.py step has nothing left to do for them.
* nesdis.py --symbols FILE reads a symbols.inc-style file and substitutes
the register names. Only unambiguous entries in the $2000-$4017 window
are used: $4017 is both JOY2 and APUFRAMECOUNTER, so it stays numeric
and apply_symbols.py reports it as multi-alias residue, exactly as
before. The default is the symbols.inc next to --out, so a new project
gets the names without asking; --no-symbols opts out.
* The renderer records the operand's numeric value on the Insn, because
operand_value() used to re-parse the operand text and could no longer
read a name.
* The controller bit masks in symbols.inc (PAD_A and friends) are
constants, not addresses, and are still never substituted.
MUSCLE (U) and Urban Champion (JU) keep --no-symbols: their committed
prg.s was produced with the registers named by the Pass 3 apply_symbols.py
step, and the columns in those files reflect the in-place substitution.
Adding the missing apply_symbols.py step to both regen pipelines makes
them reproduce their committed prg.s byte for byte again - neither did
before this change (MUSCLE was 440 lines out, Urban Champion 772).
cdl_reclass.py had a bug that cost a byte: a region whose last source row
straddled the region's end was replaced by a regeneration of the region
only, so the tail of that row was dropped. Mario Bros (JU) hit it at
$C595, where the rebuild came out one byte short and every label after it
shifted. A region now covers the whole rows it replaces.
pass2.py reflow takes an optional column argument; the default is
unchanged (the ';' lands on the same column as before).
Mario Bros (JU): Pass 1 correction, Pass 2, Pass 3, promoted to NROM/
A two-player platformer whose handler tables are *inline*: the pointers sit
in the middle of the code stream, right after the `jsr` that reads them, so
the static tracer could never follow them.
Pass 1 correction. The committed split was a strict subset of the correct
one -- only 72.0% of the PRG was classified as code. A Mesen Code Data
Logger capture of this ROM (mario_mesen.cdl, 10,915 code bytes) showed
1,010 bytes the tracer had left as data were code; two branch targets the
capture never reached ($E4CB and $E639) were forced with --override for 57
more, so 1,067 bytes moved from data to code and 22 moved the other way.
The split is now 78.4% code (6,210 instructions, 12,847 bytes). The three
branch targets the reclassifier could not prove were turned into labels by
_resolve_raw_branches.py, which now refuses to put a label on a `.byte` row.
Pass 2. 206 routine entries and 519 internal branch targets: 931
Label_XXXX definitions gone, 51 raw $XXXX call operands resolved and 12 call
targets the tracer had never labelled given a label. Zero SubC residue --
the 185 entries a previous session had left as address-derived residue were
all named from this dump's own code. Recorded in routinemap.tsv.
Pass 3. 25 semantic zero-page aliases, each applied only where its role is
proven (zp_aliases.inc); the slots that stay neutral are each listed with the
reason. 35 data tables named -- GameStateHandlerTable, EnemyBehaviourTable,
EnemyScriptTable, EnemyTypePointerTable, SoundRoutineTable,
NoteFrequencyTable and the rest -- and recorded in
data_region_names.tsv. apply_symbols.py reports 0 residue.
Promotion. header.s, chr.s and a HEADER/PRG/CHR linker.cfg added, rom.nes
symlinked to the original ROM; the whole-ROM cmp passes on the first
promoted build. There is deliberately no `make regen` target: the Pass 1
split here is the static trace corrected by a CDL capture, and the base the
correction was applied to is not what the current _tools/nesdis.py
produces, so prg.s is the maintained source of truth.
Tools:
apply_pass2_map.py renames a label of any spelling -- SubC<addr> is
the honest residue form -- and its references
follow it; one combined pattern, so a 16,000-line
file does not need a substitution per label
resolve_raw_branches.py refuses to label a data row
build_mario_map.py new: the hand-written Pass 2 map builder
Remove the old _wip/NROM/Mario Bros (JU) folder (promoted to NROM/)
Mario Bros (JU): add the promoted-tier header, CHR, rom.nes symlink and zero-page aliases
Moves _ROMS/<ROM> into _wip/<MAPPER>/<ROM>
Sync the docs and the skeleton tool with the 857-project _wip tier
The _wip/ tier now holds 857 projects across 30 mapper folders, all
building byte-identical for the whole ROM. README.md, TODO.md and
AGENTS.md still described the old 39-project tier, so bring them in line
with WIP.md, which carries the tier's index.
The tier is no longer 39 projects of NROM-256 with a 16/32 KB PRG:
only two projects have a 16 KB PRG, 151 have 32 KB, 523 have 128 KB and
one has 1.5 MB, so most of it is a banked mapper whose image does not fit
the 6502's address space. Those projects link their MEMORY areas at .nes
file offsets rather than CPU addresses, which is the only option and the
honest model; the 39 older projects keep the CPU-address layout because
their PRG really is one contiguous window.
make_skeleton.py gains the two layouts (--layout flat|cpu), the board
name for the mapper, and a fix for find_rom() mistaking the build
output reconstructed.nes for the source ROM.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Seven
|
||
Five foot nine<Of all the birds in the world, only one has two toes. Which is it?
|
||
The one in the Gucci shoes?
|
||
The chicken
|
||
The ostrich<Traditionally, something in Mexico lasts for 3 hours. What is it?
|
||
A trip to the hombres room?
|
||
A wedding reception
|
||
The siesta, but it rarely does any more<According to Ann Landers, the 3 things that hold a marriage together are love, respect, and ... what else?
|
||
Credit card payments
|
||
Children
|
||
Loyalty - fidelity<What is the only animal that will actually eat a skunk?
|
||
One that doesn't shower?
|
||
A mountain lion
|
||
An owl<Who are the only people allowed to enter the sacred city of Mecca?
|
||
Rabbis?
|
||
Christians
|
||
Muslims<What is the only animal besides man that can get a sunburn?
|
||
George Hamilton's dog?
|
||
A snake
|
||
A pig<According to Greek mythology, Neptune,God of the Sea, always carried his trident in his hand. What's a trident?
|
||
If it's not gum, I'm not sayin'!
|
||
A dolphin
|
||
A three-pronged spear<Can you teach a pig to fetch?
|
||
Yes, but only Kermit's pipe and slippers...
|
||
No
|
||
Yes<Where did baroque sculpture first appear?
|
||
At my house. We found the pieces in the kids' room!
|
||
In Spain
|
||
In Rome. This art form first appeared there in the late 1500s<Who was the entrepreneur who coined the phrase, ^There's a sucker born every minute^?
|
||
I forget his name, but my spouse just bought his diet book!
|
||
Mike Todd
|
||
P.T. Barnum<If someone asked you if you were in the mood for a little ^snooker^ and you consented, what would you end up playing?
|
||
Hard to get?
|
||
Ping pong
|
||
Billiards or pool<Extra-short radio waves are causing friction inside your food. What are you doing?
|
||
Hanging it from your car antenna?
|
||
Baking it in an oven
|
||
Cooking it in a microwave oven<It was something that tormented the French people for years. So when the revolution came, the first thing the people did was to storm the what?
|
||
Deodorant shops!
|
||
Palace
|
||
The Bastille<According to ^Psychology Today,^ if your infant is beginning to explore the wonderful world of breakable objects, should you restrain him with a light slap on the hand?
|
||
Instead, introduce him to the wonderful world of sore bottoms!
|
||
Yes
|
||
No - they'll just do it again!<According to ^Consumer Reports,^ the best ones in 1936 were Shelvador, Adjusto Shelf and Norge. What were they?
|
||
Swedish lovers?
|
||
Ovens
|
||
Refrigerators<On an average, for an hour of use, which costs you more - your television, air conditioner or microwave oven?
|
||
My teen-age daughter's phone bills
|
||
Air conditioner
|
||
Microwave oven<Some names just naturally go together: Sodom and Gomorrah, Cain and Abel, David and ... who?
|
||
Letterman?
|
||
Cleopatra
|
||
Bathsheba<If someone tells another person he has ^bats in his belfry,^ what is he trying to say?
|
||
Bela Lugosi is living in his attic.
|
||
Get organized
|
||
He is a little weird, maybe even crazy!<True or false? The apostle bird gets its name because it travels in groups of 12 just like the 12 Apostles.
|
||
Yes, and always over my car!
|
||
False
|
||
True<According to Roman mythology, who was the messenger of the gods?
|
||
Federal Express?
|
||
Apollo
|
||
Mercury<In what Walt Disney classic film will you find a cute, furry little critter named Thumper?
|
||
Wasn't it ^Dirty Harry^?
|
||
^Fantasia^
|
||
^Bambi^ - Thumper is Bambi's rabbit pal<The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that 50 to 75 percent of jobs available to the next generation will involve ... what?
|
||
Getting out of bed?
|
||
Knowing a foreign language
|
||
Computers<According to the ^World Book,^ where does mohair come from?
|
||
From Moe's head!
|
||
From the alpaca
|
||
From the angora goat<Here's something you might not know: Many insurance companies are now offering discounts to owners of cars containing ... what?
|
||
Pretty blondes?
|
||
Shoulder restraints
|
||
Air bags<In 1714, a British inventor described it as ^an artificial machine or method of impressing letters singly or progressively one after the other.^ What was it?
|
||
Junk mailing machine?
|
||
The printing press
|
||
The typewriter<Why did British miners take canaries with them into the mines?
|
||
For snacks?
|
||
Their singing cheered them up
|
||
To determine the presence of gas<According to etiquette expert Elizabeth Post, what should a host do when a discussion among guests gets too heated?
|
||
Throw them out!
|
||
Stay out of it
|
||
Step in and change the subject<According to the language of the Old West, what did it mean when a cowboy ^sold his saddle^?
|
||
He lost his money and horse in a poker game?
|
||
He was dead
|
||
He was disgraced<What famous movie star once sang a very sultry version of ^Happy Birthday^ to President John F. Kennedy?
|
||
Pee Wee Herman
|
||
Zsa Zsa Gabor
|
||
Marilyn Monroe<According to mythology, what would a mermaid do when she wanted mortal man to live with her in the sea?
|
||
Slip him a fin?
|
||
Drown him
|
||
Slip a magic cap over his head so he could breathe<What well-known thing comes to mind when you hear the phrase ^Plop-plop-fizz-fizz^?
|
||
A leaky faucet?
|
||
It's a song from ^Mary Poppins^
|
||
Alka Seltzer ... it's one of their classic advertising slogans<The term ^beating the spread^ refers to ... what?
|
||
Making sandwiches?
|
||
Dieting
|
||
Betting<True or false? According to the ^World Book,^ a ^sitzmark^ is the impression a skier makes in the snow when he falls?
|
||
Only if he has pimples.
|
||
False
|
||
True<On TV, where could you see ^sweathogs^?
|
||
On the ^Richard Simmons Show^?
|
||
On ^Gomer Pyle, USMC^
|
||
On ^Welcome Back, Kotter^<According to the ^World Book,^ do most teenagers prefer the company of their friends or the company of their parents?
|
||
The company of their parents... if the company's worth over a million!
|
||
Their parents
|
||
Their friends<What is another name for the wild, flat-faced, big-mouthed creature known as ^Yeti^?
|
||
My mother-in-law?
|
||
The sabre-toothed tiger
|
||
The Abominable Snowman<In a ^Good Housekeeping^ survey, in social situations who do women dress to please: themselves, men or other women?
|
||
The credit card company?
|
||
Men
|
||
Themselves<In the comics, who is Charlie Brown's little sister?
|
||
Helen Gurley Brown?
|
||
Lucy
|
||
Sally<According to experts, if your younger sister is constantly playing with your things, what does that probably mean?
|
||
She's probably not your sister...
|
||
She's lonely
|
||
She wants to be like you ... she looks up to and emulates you<According to the ^World Book,^ Billy the Kid was 15 years old the first time he did it ... did what?
|
||
Was toilet trained?
|
||
Got married
|
||
Shot his first man<According to ^Self^ magazine, is giving in to your partner a good way to keep a relationship going?
|
||
Only if the gun is loaded!
|
||
Yes
|
||
No<According to the ^Dictionary of Scriptures and Myths,^ when you hear the voice of God, you are really hearing ... what?
|
||
Memorex?
|
||
Your darkest fears
|
||
Your conscience<According to ^Self^ magazine, what is the most stressful month of the year?
|
||
Whichever one lasts longer than your paycheck!
|
||
December
|
||
June ... the kids are home from school<Can a person turn orange from eating too many carrots?
|
||
I've never seen an orange rabbit!
|
||
No
|
||
Yes, cut them out and it will disappear<According to a major accounting firm, if you're called down by the IRS for a tax audit, the basic thing to always remember is ... what?
|
||
Your Russian accent
|
||
Be on time
|
||
Have all the information in order. Don't fumble<According to ^Parents^ magazine, should you pay your child as an incentive to get better grades in school?
|
||
Yes, but only by check!
|
||
Yes
|
||
No. Children are not strongly motivated by money<Is there anything you could do to make a chicken go 30 miles an hour under its own power?
|
||
Feed it my mother-in-law's chili.
|
||
Yes, they can move at over 30 mph
|
||
No, the fastest a chicken can travel is 9 or 10 mph<According to ^Parents^ magazine, what are you teaching your child if you tell him to close his eyes, put his hand on his bellybutton, and breathe through imaginary holes in his feet?
|
||
How to stay out of the army?
|
||
How to ride a bike
|
||
How to calm himself<According to ^Parents^ magazine, what is the average allowance of a child under seven?
|
||
Only 12 hours of TV per day...
|
||
25 cents a week
|
||
One dollar a week<According to the ^Book Publishers Annual,^ what is the all-time, best selling children's book: Peter Rabbit, Alice in Wonderland, or Winnie the Pooh?
|
||
What'd they do with Dick and Jane?
|
||
Alice in Wonderland
|
||
Peter Rabbit<In what year was George Washington sworn in as our first president: 1776, 1783 or 1789?
|
||
The year after Martha made him stop sleeping around
|
||
1776
|
||
1789<Was the title of Loretta Lynn's autobiography ^Coal Miner's Daughter,^ ^Stand By Your Man^ or ^Bound for Glory^?
|
||
I thought it was ^My Adventures in a Can of Crisco^
|
||
^Bound for Glory^
|
||
^Coal Miner's Daughter^<Which ^Robert^ first penned the famous line ^The best laid schemes of mice and men...^: Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Burns, or Robert Frost?
|
||
That wasn't a Robert. It was Oliver North!
|
||
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
||
Robert Burns<After helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese war, he was the first American President to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Was it Roosevelt, Wilson or Coolidge?
|
||
We'll never know. Nixon erased the tapes.
|
||
Woodrow Wilson
|
||
Teddy Roosevelt<The face of George Washington appears on our $1 bill. On our $5 bill, it's Abraham Lincoln. Whose face adorns our $10 bill: Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson or Ben Franklin?
|
||
I never could afford one working on this show!
|
||
Ben Franklin
|
||
Alexander Hamilton<The Civil War began with the attack on Fort Sumter. In which state is Fort Sumter: South Carolina, North Carolina or Georgia?
|
||
I'd rather ask Phyllis Diller that one. She was there during the attack!
|
||
North Carolina
|
||
South Carolina<True or false? In mythology, the daughters of King Midas were known as ^The Golden Girls.^
|
||
I thought they were the Gabor sisters.
|
||
True
|
||
False<Can smoking have an effect on a man's reproductive system?
|
||
Yes, if he's careless with his ashes!
|
||
No
|
||
Yes, tests show that male smokers are less fertile.<David only needed one stone to kill that big guy, Goliath. Where did it hit him?
|
||
Where it hurts most, probably.
|
||
In the neck
|
||
On the forehead<True or false? William Evans, an eight-foot giant who served in the court of King Charles of England, always carried a dwarf in his pocket to make the King laugh.
|
||
Where do you dig this garbage up?
|
||
False
|
||
True<According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, if you do not know the correct wattage for a light fixture use a bulb no larger than ...what?
|
||
Your head?
|
||
100 watts
|
||
60 watts<Which two houses form the British Parliament?
|
||
The two end ones in Downing Street?
|
||
The Queen's and King's Courts
|
||
The House of Commons and the House of Lords<A parakeet's foot has two toes pointing forward and two facing backward What main purpose does this serve?
|
||
They don't know whether they're coming or going?
|
||
Scratching
|
||
Makes climbing and gripping easier<True or false? The monkey wrench was named for its inventor, Charles Monkey.
|
||
I thought it was Irving Wrench!
|
||
False
|
||
True<True or false? The Miami Indians settled in Miami Beach and built large, elaborate wigwams for other Indians to stay in while they were visiting.
|
||
Oh, yes! They were called condominiwams!
|
||
True
|
||
False<It's a powder of alumina, silica, lime, iron oxide and magnesia burned together in a kiln and pulverized. What is it?
|
||
A hard-hat's lunch!
|
||
Glass
|
||
Cement<One of Hollywood's most endearing and enduring movies was ^Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.^ Who played Mr. Blandings in this 1947 film favorite?
|
||
Donald Trump
|
||
Gary Cooper
|
||
Cary Grant<^A house divided against itself cannot stand^ is a well-known phrase. Where did it originate?
|
||
At a home builders convention
|
||
The Declaration of Independence
|
||
The Bible<Would someone ever have any reason to put a mortarboard on his head?
|
||
Yes, if he was really plastered!
|
||
No
|
||
Yes, it's a type of hat<True or false? Mistletoe is actually a parasite whose berries may be poisonous to people.
|
||
Only if your wife catches you under it with a dynamite-looking redhead!
|
||
False
|
||
True<According to the UCLA Biology Department, what are the building blocks of life?
|
||
Booze, blondes and bucks!
|
||
Blood cells
|
||
Proteins<True or false? According to the ^World Book Encyclopedia,^ it is estimated that termites cause as much property damage each year in the U.S. as fire does.
|
||
Is ^termite^ a scientific name for the household dog?
|
||
False
|
||
True<According to the ^World Book,^ when do boys usually become bigger and heavier than girls?
|
||
Soon, we hope!
|
||
By age 17
|
||
By age 14<According to the ^Ladies Home Journal,^ the average cost of doing it for eighteen years is $199,650. Doing what?
|
||
Making Johnny Carson's monthly alimony payments?
|
||
Paying off a $100,000 home
|
||
Raising a child to age 18<According to ^Redbook^ magazine, is it better for you to take long, hot showers or quick, warm showers?
|
||
Depends on who you're with!
|
||
Long, hot showers
|
||
Quick, warm showers<The early Romans brought live chickens to the table and dunked them in red wine. Why did they do this?
|
||
Everyone knows it should be white wine with poultry and red with meat.
|
||
To soften the skin
|
||
To flavor the birds before eating<Who was the first person to walk in space: Edward White, Alexi Leonov, or Yuri Gagarin?
|
||
Wasn't it Dr. Timothy Leary?
|
||
Yuri Gagarin
|
||
Alexi Leonov<According to ^Good Housekeeping^ magazine, what do most women say is their favorite remedy for curing the common cold?
|
||
Chicken soup, of course!
|
||
A heavy dose of Vitamin C
|
||
Over-the-counter cold remedies<Legend tells us that when the swallows come back to Capistrano, it signifies the beginning of... what?
|
||
The good business season for Capistrano car washes
|
||
Winter
|
||
Spring<In the Israeli desert, camels are now required to wear something usually found on bicycles. What is it?
|
||
Hand brakes?
|
||
Bicycle horns
|
||
Reflectors<True or false? The mating call of some wild monkeys is almost identical to the sound of fingernails scraping across a blackboard.
|
||
This could explain the world's declining wild monkey population.
|
||
False
|
||
True<Who would you see if you were having trouble with your semi-circular canal and your cochlea?
|
||
A urologist?
|
||
An auto mechanic
|
||
An ear doctor<According to ^Redbook,^ there are several signals that could warn you of a marriage in trouble. The first is when you no longer do what together?
|
||
Live together?
|
||
Eat together
|
||
Laugh together<If you see a license plate that says ^Famous Potatoes,^ what should that tell you about the driver?
|
||
He's an Irish braggart?
|
||
He or she is from Montana
|
||
He or she is from Idaho<The 5 branches of the U.S. Armed Forces include the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines, and what else?
|
||
American Express?
|
||
The U.S. Merchant Marine
|
||
The U.S. Coast Guard<It's every bit as popular in Japan as it is here. Over there, it's called ^Macudonarudos.^ What is it called here?
|
||
Mickey Mouse watches
|
||
Macadamia nuts
|
||
McDonald's<You can find a cockle in the sea, but can you eat a cockle and suffer no ill effects?
|
||
Only in months with an ^R^!
|
||
No
|
||
Yes<Fashion experts tell us that if you go around showing off the chic designer labels on your clothes, it really is a sign of ... what?
|
||
Unlimited funds?
|
||
You want to fit in
|
||
Weakness or insecurity<What is a papparazzo?
|
||
The sound I make after too much spaghetti.
|
||
A celebrity
|
||
A photographer who pursues celebrities<ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ |