MIPS Assembly programming for
the N64
The N64 was Nintendo's first steps
into 3D... Built from the technology from the SGI workstations, the
N64 gave home users some of the first 3D graphics.
While limited compared to modern systems, the N64 was revolutionary
for it's day, and gives us an capable system for learning MIPS!
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Cpu |
93.75mh NEC VR4300 MIPS III |
Ram |
4MB Rambus RDRAM
(8mb upgradable) |
Video |
SGI RCP (Reality Co-Processor) |
Resolution |
320x240 / 640x480 |
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Memory Map
KUSEG |
KSEG0
(Cached) |
KSEG1
(Uncached) |
KSSEG
(TLB-mapped) |
Size |
Purpose |
0x00000000
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0x80000000
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0xA0000000
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0xC0000000 |
2048K |
RDRAM 0 |
0x00200000 |
0x80200000 |
0xA0200000 |
0xC0200000 |
2048K |
RDRAM 1 |
0x00400000 |
0x80400000 |
0xA0400000 |
0xC0400000 |
2048K |
DisKDrive RDRAM 2 |
0x00600000 |
0x80600000 |
0xA0600000 |
0xC0600000 |
2048K |
DisKDrive RDRAM 3 |
0x00800000 |
0x80800000 |
0xA0800000 |
0xC0800000 |
55MB |
Reserved |
0x03F00000 |
0x83F00000 |
0xA3F00000 |
0xC3F00000 |
1024K |
RDRAM regs |
0x04000000 |
0x84000000 |
0xA4000000 |
0xC4000000 |
16MB |
RCP |
0x05000000 |
0x85000000 |
0xA5000000 |
0xC5000000 |
48MB |
DiskDrive |
0x08000000 |
0x88000000 |
0xA8000000 |
0xC8000000 |
128MB |
Reserved |
0x10000000 |
0x90000000 |
0xB0000000 |
0xD0000000 |
253MB |
N64 Cartridge |
Screen Memory
Each pixel is represented by one BIG ENDIAN word, in the format %RRRRRGGGGGBBBBBB-
Endian
The N64 is BIG ENDIAN
the PSX is LITTLE ENDIAN
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