iNES Mapper 063 is used for NTDEC's "Powerful 250-in-1" multicart (PCB ID TH2291-3) and its pirate-of-a-pirate equivalent, the "Hello Kitty 255-in-1" (PCB ID CH-011) multicart (Submapper 0), as well as the 82AB PCB used by a 82-in-1 multicart (Submapper 1). The address-latch-based bankswitching hardware supports only NROM-128 and NROM-256 games. CHR data is stored in 8 KiB of unbanked CHR-RAM that can be write-protected.
Submapper 0:
A~FEDC BA98 7654 3210 ------------------- 1... .CBB BBBB BbPM ||| |||| |||+- Select nametable mirroring type ||| |||| ||| 0: Vertical ||| |||| ||| 1: Horizontal ||| |||| ||+-- Select PRG banking mode ||| |||| || 0: NROM-128, CPU A14 replaced with b ||| |||| || 1: NROM-256, CPU A14 unmodified |++-++++-++--- Select 16 KiB PRG-ROM bank (A14..A21) +------------- Select CHR-RAM write-protection 0: Disabled, CHR-RAM writable 1: Enabled, CHR-RAM write-protected
For the menu code to correctly detect the number of games, selecting unpopulated PRG-ROM banks must result in open bus rather than wrapped addresses.
Submapper 1:
A~FEDC BA98 7654 3210 ------------------- 1... ..CB BBBB BbPM || |||| |||+- Select nametable mirroring type || |||| ||| 0: Vertical || |||| ||| 1: Horizontal || |||| ||+-- Select PRG banking mode || |||| || 0: NROM-128, CPU A14 replaced with b || |||| || 1: NROM-256, CPU A14 unmodified |+-++++-++--- Select 16 KiB PRG-ROM bank (A14..A21) +------------ Select CHR-RAM write-protection 0: Disabled, CHR-RAM writable 1: Enabled, CHR-RAM write-protected
Compared to Submapper 0, Submapper 1 can be thought as having one PRG-ROM bit less, and moving the CHR-RAM Protect bit into its place.
Categories: Discrete logic mappers, INES Mappers, Multicart mappers