september 20th 2001

00:01 checksum (add upper:lower byte, if upper goes over 255, subtract 256, inc lower)
08:09 compliment (FF - checksum)
each slot 1620 bytes?
slot 1 starts at 16
slot 2 starts at 1636?
8176 8177, 8184 8185 checksum/compliment duplicated
remove 15A5h bytes from beginning of save state for save ram

16-17 turn on the below options, same value = on
18 2F: 
 01 varia suit
 02 spring ball
 04 morphing ball
 08 screw attack
 32 gravity suit
19 F3:
 01 high jump boots
 02 space jump
 16 bomb
 32 speed booster
 64 grapple
 128 x-ray, 
20-21 0B: turn on the below options, same value = on
22 0F:
 01 wave
 02 ice
 04 spazer
 08 plasma 
23 16 charge
25 08 x-ray look up
27 04 x-ray look down (above must be 08)
29 02 x-ray turn to the left
31 01 x-ray turn to the right
6000 6802 5D00 800E

button settings
00 32=select, 00 64=Y, 00 128=B, 16 00=R, 32 00=L, 64 00=X, 128 00=A
32  Shot
34  Jump
36  Dash
38  Item Cancel
40  Item Select
42  Angle Down
44  Angle Up

48 DB * 1 current health
49 05 * 256 current health
50 DB * 1 maximum health
51 05 * 256 maximum health
52 E7 * 1 current amount of missles
53 03 * 256 current amount of missles
54 E7 * 1 maximum amount of missles
55 03 * 256 maximum amount of missles
56 63 current amount of super missles
58 63 maximum amount of super missles
60 63 current amount of super bombs
62 63 maximum amount of super bombs
64-65 constant 00 ????
66 90 * 1 maximum reserve tank energy
67 01 * 256 maximum reserve tank energy
68 90 * 1 current reserve tank energy
69 01 * 256 current reserve tank energy
70 63h ??? beat first first boss
72 23h, 13h something with time/progress ??? 3B beat first boss
74 07, 1Ah something with time/progress ??? 3B beat first boss
76 00,3Bh minutes of gameplay
78 00,63h hours of gameplay

80 00, 01 english/japanese

82 00, 01 moon walk off/on
88 00, 01 icon cancel manual/auto

113 00 tube not broken, 08 tube broke

Maps, 00 not got, FF got
 344 crateria
 345 brinstar
 346 norfair
 347 wrecked ship
 348 maridia
 349 tourian
 350 colony

356
 00 show intro
 01 return to title
 02 loop option mode
 04 return to game select
 05 show map when starting
 06 don't show map when starting

358/360 save spot

 00 00 crateria 1 (ship)
 01 00 crateria 2

 00 01 brinstar 1
 01 01 brinstar 2
 02 01 brinstar 4
 03 01 brinstar 5
 04 01 brinstar 3

 00 02 norfair 5
 01 02 norfair 1
 02 02 norfair 2
 03 02 norfair 3
 04 02 norfair 4
 05 02 norfair 6

 00 03 wrecked ship (1)

 00 04 maridia 4
 01 04 maridia 1
 02 04 maridia 3
 03 04 maridia 2

 00 05 tourian 2
 01 05 tourian 1

 00 06 colony (?)

175 30, 70 ???