PocketNES - NES Emulator for Gameboy Advance Version 4 Compatibility List by Titney titney AT pocketheaven DOT com www.pocketheaven.com Tested on real hardware with Flash Advance linker 128 mbit turbo All games tested by Titney unless otherwise noted Mapper info from http://tuxnes.sourceforge.net/nesmapper.txt 250+ games included - latest update 2001-10-20 Updates with V4: Tested in menu mode, adding non-working roms does strange things to the menu. Variables listed in separate list at bottom, see PocketNES docus for more info Please send me any additions or corrections :) Thanks to: head, Alerith, loopy ;D Title Size Mirroring Mapper Comments - Works perfect - some hard to play cuz of limited screen res 1942 (J) 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect with speed hack, sound = annoying screech 1943 (J/U) 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) GFX perfect, sound ok Adventure Island 32k PRG / 32k CHR H CNROM (3) In-game GFX perfect, start screens very garbled, sound ok Alfred Chicken 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) GFX Perfect with speed hack, sound fine Arkanoid 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Balloon Fight 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Baseball 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound ok Clu Clu Land 16k PRG / 16k CHR H CNROM (3) GFX Perfect, sound ok Defender 2 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound ok Dig Dug 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Donkey Kong 3 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Donkey Kong Jr. Math 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound, one annoying note Donkey Kong Jr. 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Donkey Kong 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Dr. Chaos 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) GFX Perfect, sound ok Dragon Quest 2J 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) GFX Perfect, no sound?? Dragon Quest 4J 1024k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) GFX Perfect, sound ok Dragon Warrior4 1024k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) GFX perfect, sound ok Ducktales 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) GFX Perfect with speed hack, sound ok Excitebike 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect with speed hack, sound almost perfect Flying Dragon 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) Works perfect! (Alerith) I couldn't get this to work at all (Titney) Galaga 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound fine Game Genie 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect, no sound (not a game ;) Ghosts N' Goblins 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) GFX Perfect, sound ok Golf (JU) 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Gyruss 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) In-game GFX Perfect, some startup glitches, sound ok Hatris (J) 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) GFX perfect, sound ok Hydlide 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound a bit squeeky Ice Climber 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound ok Ice Hockey 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Ikari Warriors 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) GFX perfect, sound ok Joust 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect, glitches on startup screen only, sound ok Lode Runner (J) 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound a tad annoying Mappy 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) some flicking sprites that might be part of the game, otherwise perfect, sound ok Mario Bros 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Mega Man 2 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) GFX perfect, sound ok Mega Man 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) GFX perfect, sound ok Metroid 128k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) GFX perfect, sound ok Millipede 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Nuts and Milk 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound annoying Othello (J) 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound, plays perfectly! Pac-Man 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound annoying Popeye 16k PRG / 8K CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound ok Q-Bert 32k PRG / 32k CHR H CNROM (3) GFX perfect with speed hack, some garbled start gfx, sound ok Rainbow Islands 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) GFX Perfect with speed hack, sound aiight Space Invaders 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect, sound ok Spy Hunter 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) GFX perfect after start screens, sound great too Super Mario Bros (U/E) 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX perfect with speed hack, sound a bit annoying Tennis 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) GFX Perfect, sound ok Twin Bee 32k PRG / 16k CHR H CNROM (3) GFX perfect with speed hack, sound ok Xevious 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) GFX perfect with speed hack, sound ok - Glitchy but Playable 10 Yard Fight 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) Bit slow and glitched gfx, speed hack might help, sound ok Arkista's Ring unknown garbled intro gfx, gfx flicker in-game, probably helped by speed hack Back to the Future 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0)? gfx flicker and scrolling band, sound ok Bionic Commando 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) Near perfect! Some black flicking, sound ok Booby Kids 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) Flickering gfx, sound annoying Bump N' Jump 32k PRG / 32k CHR H CNROM (3) Sprites ok, bg glitched, sound ok Castle of Dragon 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) almost perfect, some blinking, sound ok Castlevania 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) gfx flickering, sound ok Championship Pool 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) glitches, flicker, sound Conan 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) almost perfect, just a few minor gfx glitches, sound ok Contra 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) scrolling lines, other gfx fine, sound ok Defender of the Crown 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) some garbled gfx, some glitching and speed problems, probably helped by speed hacks Donkey Kong Classics 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) some glitches in the title Dr. Mario 32k PRG / 32k CHR H MMC1 (1) play area perfect, other gfx+start glitchy, sound ok Dragon Warrior2 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) some glitches, sound annoying Duck Hunt 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) some very minor gfx glitching that would prob go away with speed hack. not playable without light gun of course ;) Ducktales 2 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) some glitches, scrolling lines, sound ok Elevator Action 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) some gfx glitches, sound ok F1 Race 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) Barely playable, Glitchy gfx, sound Faxanadu 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) Almost perfect, some glitchy gfx sometimes, sound a bit annoying Final Fantasy 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) GFX flickering badly sometimes, sound ok Gradius 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) Garbled title, Some flickering, sound ok Guardian Legend unknown Almost perfect, some minor blinking, probably helped by speed hack Gunsmoke 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) minor gfx glitches, sound ok Hatris (U) 128k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) blinking, sound ok Hello Kitty World 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) gfx glitches, sound ok (this is a clone of balloon kid for gameboy) Kid Icarus 128k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) some gfx glitching, flickering, sound ok Kung-Fu 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) gfx glitches and flickers, sound ok Indiana Jones 3 unknown work after titles, chose screens very hard to get past at first ;-) (head) Legend of Zelda, The (U) 128k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) flicking on scroll, some glitches, sound annoying Life Force 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) some flashing, glitching Micro Machines (Unl) (U) 256k PRG / 0k CHR V Camerica (71) start screens garbled, screen blinks while playing Ms. Pac-Man 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) almost perfect, Screen blinking, otherwise fine, sound great Penguin Kun Wars 2k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) some flicking, sound ok Pinball 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) Playable, some flickering gfx glitches, sound ok Rad Racer 128k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) Barely playable, heavy gfx glithces, sound annoying Rush N' Attack 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) some minor glitches and flashing, sound ok Rygar 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) some minor glitches, sound ok Skate or Die 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) glitchy gfx, speed problems? sound ok Slalom (E,PAL) 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) gfx glitches, sound a bit glitchy Slalom (U) 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) glitches, glitchy sound, gfx worse than pal version Soccer 32k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) bg gfx messed, sprites ok, sound ok Spy Vs. Spy (U) 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0)? some flicker and glitches, sound screetchy Strider 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) some flashing and stuff, sound ok Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) Unplayable, badly garbled gfx, sound ok Tetris (J) 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) some flicker and garbled start screens, strange controls?! Tetris (Unl) unknown garbled start gfx Tetris 2 + Bombliss 128k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) GFX perfect in tetris, some flicking in bombliss, sound ok Trojan 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) some minor flickering etc, sound ok Ultima - Exodus 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) minor glitches/flicker, sound great Wayne Gretzky Hockey 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) work great (head) I couldn't get this to work at all (Titney) Zippy Race 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) some glitches, sound ok Zoids (J) 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) minor flickering, sound ok - Glitchy Unplayable (mostly unsupported mappers creating grave gfx errors) Adventures of Lolo (J) 32k PRG / 32k CHR H MMC3 (4) Sprites badly scrambled, sound ok Bomberman (J) 16k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) Hangs on start screen Breakthru 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) garbled gfx Bubble Bobble U 128k PRG / 32k CHR H MMC1 (1) GFX badly scrambled, sound perfect Castelian 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) garbled start gfx, game not starting Choplifter 32k PRG / 16k CHR V CNROM (3) flickering gfx, controls not responding, no sound Dragon Warrior 64k PRG / 16k CHR H MMC1 (1) garbled gfx, sound ok Drop Zone 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) badly garbed gfx Flipull 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) garbled gfx Garfield 128k PRG / 32k CHR H MMC1 (1) garbled gfx, sound ok Goonies 2, The 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) garbled gfx, no sound Jaws 32k PRG / 32k CHR H CNROM (3) garbled gfx, sound ok Maniac Mansion 256k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) flicker, save error? Mario Open Golf 256k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) garbled gfx, sound ok Metal Gear 128k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) garbled gfx, sound weird Paperboy (U/J) 32k PRG / 32k CHR H CNROM (3) completely garbled gfx Qix unknown very glitchy gfx Snow Bros 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) heavy glitches Spot 128k PRG / 0k CHR V MMC1 (1) gfx ok, controls not responding, sound ok Tetris (U) 32k PRG / 128k CHR V MMC1 (1) barely playable, seriously garbled gfx, sound glitchy Top Gun 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) garbled gfx, sound ok Yoshi no Tamago 128k PRG / 32k CHR H MMC1 (1) gfx badly garbled - Not working at all (some of these might be working but the tested rom was faulty or didn't work on the menu. Please report errors) 3d world runner unknown nothing (head) 720 unknown nothing (head) A Boy and his Blob unknown black screen w/sound (Alerith) Addams Family, The 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) Nothing Adventure Island 2 unknown black screen/nothing (Alerith) Adventure Island 3 unknown black screen/nothing (Alerith) adventures of bayou billy unknown nothing (head) Adventures of Lolo2 J unknown (V3) Nothing afterbunner2 unknown flickering gray screen (head) airwolf unknown nothing (head) Alien Syndrome unknown black screen/nothing (Alerith) Antarctic Adventure 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) nothing (tested as single) Archon unknown title screen perfect, nothing else (sound?) (Alerith) Astyanax unknown black screen, nothing (Alerith) bad dudes unknown nothing (head) bad street brawler unknown after title nothing, p.s. has anyone ever heard of this game??? i haven't ;) (head) barbie unknown nothing (head) bart simpson vs the world unknown nothing (head) bart sipson vs space mutants unknown nothing (head) base wars unknown nothing (head) batman2 unknown sound and kinda of the first screen nothing else (head) batman3 unknown sound nothing else (head) batman unknown nothing (head) Battle at Olympus unknown flickers a few colors, then freezes (Alerith) battle toads unknown nothing (head) bible adventures unknown nothing (head) Bio Miracle Upa (MarioBaby) unknown nothing (Titney) blaster master unknown sound nothing else (head) bo jacksons baseball unknown nothing (head) Bonk's Adventure unknown Nothing bram stokers dracula unknown nothing (head) Bubble Bobble 2 unknown black screen/nothing (Alerith) Burgertime (J) 16k PRG / 8k CHR H ---- (0) nothing Caesar's Palace 256k PRG / 0k CHR H AOROM (7) intro screen only, loops captain america unknown nothing (head) Castlequest (J) 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC3 (4) garbled start gfx, sound, then nothing Castlevania 2 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) (V3) nothing Castlevania 3 unknown Nothing (Alerith) caveman games unknown sound nothing else (head) Chessmaster unknown just sound (Titney) conflict unknown nothing (head) Conquest of the Crystal Palace unknown Nothing (Alerith) Crystalis unknown Nothing (Alerith) Darkman unknown Sound, nothing else (Alerith) Deadly Towers unknown Red screen with a pink scanline (?), nothing else (Alerith) Deja Vu unknown Nothing (Alerith) Demon Sword unknown Sound, green screen (no graphics) (Alerith) Dragon Fighter unknown Sound, no graphics (Alerith) Dragon Power unknown Nothing (Alerith) Dragon Quest 3 256k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) Nothing Dragon Quest 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) Nothing Dragon Spirit unknown Nothing (Alerith) Dragon Warrior 3 512k PRG / 0k CHR H MMC1 (1) nothing? Dungeon Magic unknown Nothing (Alerith) Dynowarz unknown Sound, nothing else (Alerith) earthbound unknown nothing (head) Family Fued 32k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) sound, weird flicker gfx Faria unknown black screen/nothing (Alerith) felix the cat unknown nothing (head) Final Fantasy 2 (J)[T-eng] 256k PRG / 0k CHR V UNROM (2) Some garbled gfx, nothing more Final Fantasy 3 (Trans) unknown Nothing (Alerith) flinstones, the rescue unknown nothing (head) Friday The 13th 32k PRG / 32k CHR V CNROM (3) Garbled title screen only Gargoyle's Quest 2 unknown Nothing (Alerith) Gemfire unknown Nothing (Alerith) ghostbusters 2 unknown sound nothing else (head) ghostbusters unknown nothing (head) Gradius 2 unknown Nothing (Alerith) Gremlins 2 unknown Nothing (Alerith) Indiana Jones / Temple of Doom 128k PRG / 128k CHR V MMC3 (4) garbled title screen, nothing else indiana jones 2 unknown nothing (head) jurrasic park unknown nothing (head) Kirby's Adventure E unknown Nothing (tested as single) knight rider unknown nothing (head) krusty's fun house unknown nothing (head) Lemmings 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) Nothing lemmings unknown sound nothing else (head) monopoly unknown nothing (head) narc unknown nothing (head) Ninja Gaiden 1 unknown Black screen, don't show crap, random tiles pop up sometimes (Alerith) Ninja Gaiden 2 unknown Black screen/nothing (Alerith) Ninja Gaiden 3 unknown Black screen/nothing (Alerith) Pac-Land 32k PRG / 8k CHR V ---- (0) Start screens only punch out unknown nothing (head) rad racer 2 unknown nothing (head) RBI baseball2 unknown nothing (head) RBI baseball3 unknown nothing (head) RBI baseball unknown very messed up graphics no sound (head) Rc-proam2 unknown nothing (head) Rc-proam unknown nothing (head) ren and stimpy show unknown nothing (head) robocop2 unknown sound nothing else (head) robocop3 unknown nothing (head) robocop unknown nothing (head) rock n ball pinball unknown nothing (head) S.C.A.T unknown nothing (head) Shufflepuck Cafe 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) sound, no image (tested as single) Side Pocket 128k PRG / 0k CHR H UNROM (2) nothing silver surfer unknown nothing (head) smash tv unknown nothing (head) Snake Rattle N' Roll unknown nothing (Titney) Solitaire (Unl) (U) unknown nothing (tested as single) Solomon no Kagi 32k PRG / 32k CHR H CNROM (3) Nothing (tested as single) star wars empire strikes unknown nothing (head) star wars unknown nothing (head) startropics unknown nothing (head) super c unknown nothing (head) Super Mario Bros 2 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC3 (4) badly garbled title gfx, nothing more (tested as single) Super Mario Bros 3 256k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC3 (4) Nothing tecmo bowl unknown sound nothing else (head) terminator unknown nothing (head) the battles of 3d world runner unknown starts then freezes (head) the punisher unknown nothing (head) the simpsons, bartman unknown nothing (head) TMNT2 unknown nothing (head) TMNT3 unknown nothing (head) TMNT unknown sound nothing else (head) track and field 2 unknown nothing (head) ultimate air combat unknown nothing (head) wheel of fortune unknown nothing (head) WWF wrestlemania unknown nothing (head) XENOPHOBE unknown sound nothing else (head) Yoshi 128k PRG / 128k CHR H MMC1 (1) sound, no image (tested as single) zelda 2 unknown some sound nothing else (head) - Variables 1942 |20|12 speeds up game and follows sprite, helps a bit (Titney) 1943 sprite following don't seem t work (Titney) Alfred Chicken |4 speeds up game removing all flicker! |20|18 removes flicker and follows alfred, a bit too high making it a bit hard to see the ground (Titney) Arkanoid |19|1 puts the screen in a pretty good place, static though, better off setting the screen manually |19|11 follows the ball, but it's pretty useless cuz you can't see the paddle -_- (Titney) Balloon Fight |19|8 works perfect :D (Titney) Castlevania |2 removes most flicker, sprite following don't work well (Titney) Donkey Kong |19|0 and |19|1 works perfect (Titney) Donkey Kong 3 sprite following don't seem to work Donkey Kong Jr. |19|8 works great (Titney) Dr Chaos |19|1 works great :D (Alerith) Ducktales |33|1600 speeds up the game removing all flicker and follows uncle scrooge nicely, |16 breaks up the screen, unusable (Titney) Excitebike |3 speeds up the game removing flicker (if any) (Titney) Final Fantasy |2 speeds up game, text stops flickering, instead static garbled gfx, easier to read (Titney) Galaga Follow-the-sprite works terrible... I'm trying to find a decent mode that works for scrolling (Alerith) Guardian Legend difficult to find a proper sprite follow mode. (Alerith) Gyruss |32|1086 follows the ship nicely making the game a lot more playable, |16 sprite following makes screen shake (Titney) Hello Kitty World |19|8 speeds up game; reducing flicker and follows hello kitty (Titney) Hydlide |19|0 works all right but jumpy at times (Alerith) Ice Climber |19|0 works perfect, |19|1 too (Titney) Kid Icarus |19|11 works perfect! (loopy) Legend of Zelda |19|18 screen following works great, but sound gets worse? (loopy) Maniac Mansion |19|1 Screen follows cursor and stops flicker |3 stop flickering (HelpMan) Mappy |19|8 follows sprite (Titney) Mario Bros |20|8 speeding up removing all flicker, follows mario but not in the bonus level?! (Titney) Mega Man |35|1536 works perfect! (loopy) Mega Man 2 |35|1184 works perfect (loopy) Micro Machines |1 reduce flicker a bit, other settings dont help, screen following not necessary (Titney) Nuts and Milk |19|8 works pretty good (Titney) Pac-Man |19|2 works pretty good, doesn't go all the way down for some reason (Titney) Pinball |19|11 follows the ball great but makes aiming at the paddles hard sometimes (Titney) Q-Bert |3 speeds up removing all flicker (Titney) Rainbow Islands |35|1024 speeds up removing all flicker and follows sprites memory location nicely. |16 sprite following makes the screen jump |35|1028 works as well. (Titney) Slalom Speed hacks and following only aggrevate problems (Titney) Space Invaders Speed hacks doesn't speed up game noticeably (Titney) Strider |19|10 Works fine, but as Strider's head bobs up and down when he walks, so does the screen- don't know how to bypass that... (Alerith) Super Mario Bros |18|8 speeds up game removing all flicker and follows mario (Titney) Twin Bee |4 Removes all flicker, Sprite following doesn't seem to work (Titney) Xevious |3 removes all flicking (Titney)