Table of Contents

Text Editing

The text for the dialogs, level names, and act (star) names are stored in the ROM using a custom encoding.

Text Data

Type Bank Offset Ext. ROM Offset Items Offset Len. Max data len
Dialog 0xFFC8 0x81311E 170 16 bytes 32997 bytes
Level Names 0x10F68 0x8140BE 26 4 bytes 536 bytes
Act Names 0x1192C 0x814A82 97 4 bytes 2138 bytes

Text Encoding

Hex Display
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
0A A
0B B
0C C
0D D
0E E
0F F
10 G
11 H
12 I
13 J
14 K
15 L
16 M
17 N
18 O
19 P
1A Q
1B R
1C S
1D T
1E U
1F V
20 W
21 X
22 Y
23 Z
24 a
25 b
26 c
27 d
28 e
29 f
2A g
2B h
2C i
2D j
2E k
2F l
30 m
31 n
32 o
33 p
34 q
35 r
36 s
37 t
38 u
39 v
3A w
3B x
3C y
3D z
3E '
3F .
50 [Up]
51 [Down]
52 [Left]
53 [Right]
54 [A]
55 [B]
56 [C]
57 [Z]
58 [R]
6F ,
D0 /
D1 [the]
D2 [you]
9E
9F -
E1 (
E2 )(
E3 )
E4 +
E5 &
E6 :
F2 !
F4 ?
F5 ”
F6 “
F7 ~
F9 $
FA ★
FB [x]
FC [•]
FD ☆
FE Line Break
FF [End]

References