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Games-NES-ROM-0.08
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NAME

Games::NES::ROM - View information about an NES game from a ROM file

SYNOPSIS

use Games::NES::ROM;

# Read in the ROM without having to know its format
my $rom = Games::NES::ROM->load( 'file.nes' );

# Specifically read in an iNES file
$rom = Games::NES::ROM::INES->new( filename => 'file.nes' );

# Access the details
print 'PRG Banks: ', $rom->prg_count, "\n";
print 'CHR Banks: ', $rom->prg_count, "\n";
# etc...

# View the SHA-1 & CRC checksums
print 'SHA1: ', $rom->sha1, "\n";
print ' CRC: ', $rom->crc, "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This module loads the details of an NES rom file. It is primarily meant to be used a base class for more specific file formats. Those formats include:

INSTALLATION

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

METHODS

load( $filename )

Attemps to read the ROM structure into memory using all available file formats until success.

prg_count( )

Returns the number of PRG banks for this ROM.

chr_count( )

Returns the number of CHR banks for this ROM.

sha1( )

Returns the SHA-1 checksum for the PRG and CHR data.

crc( )

Returns the CRC checksum for the PRG and CHR data.

sprite( $chr_bank, $index )

Returns the raw (composite) sprite in the specified CHR bank at the specified array index.

BASE ATTRIBUTES

The following base attributes are available for all file formats:

  • filename - The filename from which data was loaded

  • id - A string found at the beginning of a file to identify the file format

  • title - The game's title, if available

  • prg_banks - An arrayref of PRG bank data

  • chr_banks - An arrayref of CHR bank data

  • has_sram - Boolean value to determine if the ROM is battery backed

  • mapper - A value indicating what memory mapper to use with the ROM

  • mirroring - A value indicating what time of mirroring is used in the ROM

NOTES

  • mapper - iNES uses integer IDs, UNIF uses string IDs

  • mirroring - An integer ID, using the UNIF list as a basis

Each file format will have an extended set of attributes specific to its data structure. Please consult their documentation for more information.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2007-2013 by Brian Cassidy

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.