Technical information documenting the Banjo-Tooie EEPROM data storage.
Compiled by Iconoclast.
Note: This is not a user's manual! See the MANUAL help text for help
with program usage. This file is for bit-wise documentation.
Let `global_data` be a pointer to one of two 256-byte chunks of EEPROM.
The first possibility is EEPROM + 0x000; the second is EEPROM + 0x080.
Rareware seems to like alternating and swapping which one's the valid
block and which one's not to throw people off examining changed bit
properties in a hex editor. The way to tell which one the game will
read from next time is simply by reading the very first byte.
if (EEPROM[0x080] == 0x08)
global_data == EEPROM + 0x080;
else
global_data == EEPROM + 0x000;
Everything else from EEPROM[0x100] to EEPROM[0x7FF] is all stuff used by
the game save files' progress when playing the game normally.
/* magic number */
global_data[0x00] = 0b00001000; /* Anything else is invalid. */
/* WIDESCREEN MODE */
global_data[0x01] &= 0b11111101; /* global_data[0x01]1 <-- 0 */
global_data[0x01] |= 0b00000000; /* 0 :: off */
global_data[0x01] |= 0b00000010; /* 1 :: on */
/* SCREEN ADJUSTMENT */
global_data[0x01] ^= 0b00000001; /* unknown/unused bit 0? */
global_data[0x01] &= 0b00000011; /* global_data[0x01]7..2 <-- 0 */
global_data[0x02] &= 0b11000000; /* global_data[0x02]5..0 <-- 0 */
global_data[0x01] |= 0b??????00; /* 0 to 63 pixels off from the left */
global_data[0x02] |= 0b00??????; /* 0 to 63 pixels off from the top */
global_data[0x02] ^= 0b11000000; /* unknown/unused bits 7..6? */
/* SPEAKER MODE */
global_data[0x02] &= 0b00111111; /* global_data[0x02]7..6 <-- 0 */
global_data[0x02] |= 0b00000000; /* 0 :: MONO */
global_data[0x02] |= 0b01000000; /* 1 :: STEREO */
global_data[0x02] |= 0b10000000; /* 2 :: HEADPHONE */
global_data[0x02] |= 0b11000000; /* 3 :: DOLBY SURROUND */
/* BOSSES */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b00000001; /* KLUNGO 1 */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b00000010; /* KLUNGO 2 */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b00000100; /* KLUNGO 3 */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b00001000; /* TARGITZAN */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b00010000; /* OLD KING COAL */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b00100000; /* MR. PATCH */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b01000000; /* LORD WOO FAK FAK */
global_data[0x03] |= 0b10000000; /* TERRY */
global_data[0x04] |= 0b00000001; /* WELDAR */
global_data[0x04] |= 0b00000010; /* CHILLY WILLY */
global_data[0x04] |= 0b00000100; /* CHILLY BILLI */
global_data[0x04] |= 0b00001000; /* MINGY JONGO */
global_data[0x04] |= 0b00010000; /* HAG 1 */
/* unknown, but automatically set */
global_data[0x04] |= 0b11100000;
global_data[0x05] |= 0b11111111;
global_data[0x06] |= 0b00000111;
/* MINI-GAMES */
global_data[0x06] |= 0b00001000; /* MAYAN KICKBALL (QUARTERFINAL) */
global_data[0x06] |= 0b00010000; /* MAYAN KICKBALL (SEMIFINAL) */
global_data[0x06] |= 0b00100000; /* MAYAN KICKBALL (FINAL) */
global_data[0x06] |= 0b01000000; /* ORDNANCE STORAGE */
global_data[0x06] |= 0b10000000; /* DODGEMS CHALLENGE (1-ON-1) */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b00000001; /* DODGEMS CHALLENGE (2-ON-1) */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b00000010; /* DODGEMS CHALLENGE (3-ON-1) */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b00000100; /* HOOP HURRY CHALLENGE */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b00001000; /* BALLOON BURST CHALLENGE */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b00010000; /* SAUCER OF PERIL RIDE */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b00100000; /* MINI-SUB CHALLENGE */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b01000000; /* CHOMPA'S BELLY */
global_data[0x07] |= 0b10000000; /* CLINKER'S CAVERN */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b00000001; /* TWINKLIES PACKING */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b00000010; /* COLOSSEUM KICKBALL (QUARTERFINAL) */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b00000100; /* COLOSSEUM KICKBALL (SEMIFINAL) */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b00001000; /* COLOSSEUM KICKBALL (FINAL) */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b00010000; /* POT O' GOLD */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b00100000; /* TRASH CAN GERMS */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b01000000; /* ZUBBAS' HIVE */
global_data[0x08] |= 0b10000000; /* TOWER OF TRAGEDY QUIZ (ROUND 1) */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b00000001; /* TOWER OF TRAGEDY QUIZ (ROUND 2) */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b00000010; /* TOWER OF TRAGEDY QUIZ (ROUND 3) */
/* CINEMA */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b00000100; /* OPENING STORY */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b00001000; /* KING JINGALING GETS ZAPPED */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b00010000; /* BOTTLES AND JINGALING RESTORED */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b00100000; /* GRUNTY DEFEATED */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b01000000; /* CREDITS */
global_data[0x09] |= 0b10000000; /* CHARACTER PARADE */
/* seemingly unused */
global_data[0x0A] &= 0b11111111; /* 0x00 in 100% finished saves */
/*
* likely used, but unconfirmed
* I would have to say these two bytes contain other special global flags,
* such as whether multiplayer jinjo was unlocked, whether or not a player
* has already entered the PLAYITAGAINSON code in the Mayahem code chamber,
* possibly even some old stuff that was going to get used with the Banjo-
* Kazooie Stop-'N-Swop eggs mystery or other 64DD things?
*/
global_data[0x0B];
global_data[0x0C];
/* nothing but trailing zeros as far as I can tell */
global_data[0x0D];
/* ... */
global_data[0x77];
/* terminal 64-bit checksum */
*(__int64 *)(global_data + 0x78) &= 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF;
Let `game` be a pointer to one of four 448-byte chunks of EEPROM.
The four possibilities are:
* EEPROM + 0x100
* EEPROM + 0x2C0
* EEPROM + 0x480
* EEPROM + 0x640
Although there is enough space for four game save files, there are only three
which can actually be accessed through the game. The fourth is used for
swapping with the last-updated game save file and destroying the old copy in an
attempt to break save editors or views in a hex editor. The first 64-bit block,
from game[0x000] to game[0x007], is destroyed to 0 when updating a game save
file over to a fourth, backup slot.
The 8-bit octet at game[0x00A] stores what game save file number the data is
for (either 0x01, 0x02, or 0x03).
Since these chunks of data are so much larger to explore, what has been found
about them is essentially covered in the C source code to the save-editing
application. A shameless dump of unused notes that didn't make their way into
the save editor follows:
game[0x0E5] |= 0x01; /* Klungo defeated */
game[0x0E9] |= 0x80; /* met the fish under the boulder */
game[0x0C6] |= 0x10; /* mayahem honeycomb */
game[0x0C0] == Jinjos?
game[0x08F] |= 0b00010000; /* informed of FEATHERS cheat */
game[0x08F] |= 0b00000100; /* Cheato introduces code chamber podium */
game[0x08F] |= 0b00001000; /* Cheato code chamber instructions */
game[0x08F] |= 0b00100000; /* informed of EGGS cheat */
game[0x08F] |= 0b01000000; /* informed of FALLPROOF cheat */
game[0x08F] |= 0b10000000; /* informed of HONEYBACK cheat */
game[0x090] |= 0b00000001; /* informed of JUKEBOX cheat */
game[0x090] |= 0b00000010; 1. DOUBLE MAXIMUM FEATHERS
game[0x090] |= 0b00000100; 2. DOUBLE MAXIMUM EGGS
game[0x090] |= 0b00001000; 3. NO ENERGY LOSS FROM FALLING
game[0x090] |= 0b00010000; 4. AUTOMATIC ENERGY REGAIN
game[0x090] |= 0b00100000; 5. JOLLY'S JUKEBOX
game[0x090] |= 0b01000000; /* informed of GETJIGGY cheat */
game[0x090] |= 0b10000000; 6. JIGGYWIGGY TEMPLE SIGNPOSTS
game[0x091] |= 0b00000001; 7. FAST BANJO
game[0x091] |= 0b00000010; 8. FAST BADDIES
game[0x091] |= 0b00000100; 9. NO ENERGY OR AIR LOSS
game[0x08A] |= 0b00000100; 10. INFINITE EGGS AND FEATHERS
game[0x08B] |= 0b00001000; 11. OPEN UP ALL WORLD DOORS
game[0x091] |= 0b00100000; 12. ENABLE HOMING EGGS