80186 programming for the Wonderswan and Wonderswan Color

The Wonderswan was never released outside of Japan, released in 1999, it was released to compete with the Gameboy Color and NeoGeo...

It was upgraded just one year later with an upgraded color model, there was also a Wonderswan Crystal, however this was technically the same as the Wonderswan Color, just with a better screen...

Despite being a commercial failure, the Wonderswan was a powerful system, and impressively, it's V30MZ CPU is x86 compatible! (80186)... this means we can write games and programs for it with UASM!

Specs:

	Wonderswan	Wonderswan color
Cpu	3.072mhz 186 compatible	3.072mhz 186 compatible
Ram	16k	64k
Resolution	224x144 (28x18 tiles)	224x144 (28x18 tiles)
Colors	16 Greyscale	4096 (256 onscreen)
Tile Layers	2 tilemaps (32x32) 2bpp planar	2 tilemaps (32x32) 4bpp / 2bpp... planar / linear
Sprites	128 (8x8 px 32 per line) 2bpp planar	128 (8x8 px 32 per line) 4bpp/2bpp... planar / linear
Sound	4 x 4 bit PCM	4 x 4 bit PCM

WonderSwan, Wonderswan Color, Womderswan Crystal

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Resources
WSMAN - The only real documentation on the wonderswan out there

ChibiAkumas Tutorials

Memory Map

Address	Size	Purpose	Bits	Details
$00000		IVT Interrupt Table
$00100		Wonderwan RAM
$00E00	$200	Sprite settings	XXXXXXXX YYYYYYYY VHPWpppn nnnnnnnn	N=tile Number V=Vflip H=Hflip P=Priority W=Window p=Palette(8+) Y=(-8 to 144) X=(-8 to 224)
$01000	$800	Tilemap 1 (SCR1)	VHBPPPPT TTTTTTT	Tile / Palette / wsc Bank / Hflip / Vflip
$01800	$800	Tilemap 2 (SCR2)	VHBPPPPT TTTTTTT	Tile / Palette / wsc Bank / Hflip / Vflip
$02000	$2000	2bpp tiles / Sprites
$04000	$4000/2000	4bpp Sprites / WSC extra 2bpp tiles)
$08000	$4000	4bpp tiles
$0FE00	$100	Palettes 0-7	-RGB
$0FF00	$100	Palettes 8-15	-RGB
$10000	$10000	Cartridge SRAM
$20000		ROM 0
$30000		ROM 1
$40000		ROM 2

Note: Address of Tilemap 1,2 set by port 07h (value for these settings 32h) and Sprites set by port 04h (value for these settings 07h)

Ports

Port	RW	Purpose	Bits	Details
000h	RW	REG_DISP_CTRL	--EMWS21	1=Scr 1 2=Scr2 S=Sprite on / W=SprWin on / M=Scr2 Win Mode / E=Scr2 Win Enable
001h	RW	REG_BACK_COLOR	CCCCCCCC	C=Color
002h	R	REG_LINE_CUR	YYYYYYYY	Y=Current Y line being drawn
003h	RW	REG_LINE_CMP	YYYYYYYY	Interrupt Ypos
004h	RW	REG_SPR_BASE	--AAAAAA	A=Sprite Address>>9 (04h=0E00h)
005h	RW	REG_SPR_FIRST	SSSSSSSS	First Sprite to show (128 total)
006h	RW	REG_SPR_COUNT	SSSSSSSS	Sprite Count to show (128 total)
007h	RW	REG_MAP_BASE	22221111	Tilemap Bases>>11 (32h= 1000h / 1800h)
008h	RW	REG_SCR2_WIN_X0	XXXXXXXX	Window - Min X
009h	RW	REG_SCR2_WIN_Y0	YYYYYYYY	Window - Min Y
00Ah	RW	REG_SCR2_WIN_X1	XXXXXXXX	Window - Max X
00Bh	RW	REG_SCR2_WIN_Y1	YYYYYYYY	Window - Max Y
00Ch	RW	REG_SPR_WIN_X0	XXXXXXXX	Sprite Window - Min X
00Dh	RW	REG_SPR_WIN_Y0	YYYYYYYY	Sprite Window - Min Y
00Eh	RW	REG_SPR_WIN_X1	XXXXXXXX	Sprite Window - Max X
00Fh	RW	REG_SPR_WIN_Y1	YYYYYYYY	Sprite Window - Max Y
010h	RW	REG_SCR1_X	XXXXXXXX
011h	RW	REG_SCR1_Y	YYYYYYYY
012h	RW	REG_SCR2_X	XXXXXXXX
013h	RW	REG_SCR2_Y	YYYYYYYY
014h	RW	REG_LCD_CTRL	-------C	1=WSC High Contrast
015h	RW	REG_LCD_ICON	DDDDDDDD
016h	RW	REG_LCD_VTOTAL	DDDDDDDD
017h	RW	REG_LCD_VSYNC	DDDDDDDD
01Ch	RW	REG_PALMONO_POOL_0	11110000
01Dh	RW	REG_PALMONO_POOL_1	33332222
01Eh	RW	REG_PALMONO_POOL_2	55554444
01Fh	RW	REG_PALMONO_POOL_3	77776666
020h	RW	REG_PALMONO_0 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 0
021h	RW	REG_PALMONO_0 H	33332222
022h	RW	REG_PALMONO_1 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 1
023h	RW	REG_PALMONO_1 H	33332222
024h	RW	REG_PALMONO_2 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 2
025h	RW	REG_PALMONO_2 H	33332222
026h	RW	REG_PALMONO_3 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 3
027h	RW	REG_PALMONO_3 H	33332222
028h	RW	REG_PALMONO_4 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 4 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
029h	RW	REG_PALMONO_4 H	33332222
02Ah	RW	REG_PALMONO_5 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 5 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
02Bh	RW	REG_PALMONO_5 H	33332222
02Ch	RW	REG_PALMONO_6 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 6 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
02Dh	RW	REG_PALMONO_6 H	33332222
02Eh	RW	REG_PALMONO_7 L	11110000	Tilemap Palette 7 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
02Fh	RW	REG_PALMONO_7 H	33332222
030h	RW	REG_PALMONO_8 L	11110000	Sprite Palette 1
031h	RW	REG_PALMONO_8 H	33332222
032h	RW	REG_PALMONO_9 L	11110000	Sprite Palette 2
033h	RW	REG_PALMONO_9 H	33332222
034h	RW	REG_PALMONO_A L	11110000	Sprite Palette 3
035h	RW	REG_PALMONO_A H	33332222
036h	RW	REG_PALMONO_B L	11110000	Sprite Palette 4
037h	RW	REG_PALMONO_B H	33332222
038h	RW	REG_PALMONO_C L	11110000	Sprite Palette 5 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
039h	RW	REG_PALMONO_C H	33332222
03Ah	RW	REG_PALMONO_D L	11110000	Sprite Palette 6 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
03Bh	RW	REG_PALMONO_D H	33332222
03Ch	RW	REG_PALMONO_E L	11110000	Sprite Palette 7 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
03Dh	RW	REG_PALMONO_E H	33332222
03Eh	RW	REG_PALMONO_F L	11110000	Sprite Palette 8 (Color 0 Transp on Mono System)
03Fh	RW	REG_PALMONO_F H	33332222

Sprites

Sprites are controlled by a set of registers, and 4 bytes per entry in the table at address defined by port 04h. There are 128 in total.

Each sprite uses 4 bytes in the format: %XXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYVHPWpppnnnnnnnnn N=tile Number V=Vflip H=Hflip P=Priority W=Window p=Palette(8+) Y=(-8 to 144) X=(-8 to 224)

The window can be enabled or disabled by port 00h, and how the window affects the sprites is defined by bit 12 of the sprite definitions in ram.

If we set the base of the tile ram to 0E00h, the memory addresses that define each sprite will be as shown below.

Sprite palette uses palettes 8+... on mono systems color 0 is not transparent for palette 8-11, and transparent for 12-15.

Address	Sprite	Bits	Details
0E00	0	NNNNNNNN	N=tile Number
0E01	0	VHPWpppN	N=tile Number V=Vflip H=Hflip P=Priority W=Window (0=in 1=out) p=Palette(8+)
0E02	0	YYYYYYYY	Y=(-8 to 144)
0E03	0	XXXXXXXX	X=(-8 to 224)
0E04	1	NNNNNNNN	N=tile Number
0E05	1	VHPWpppN	N=tile Number V=Vflip H=Hflip P=Priority W=Window (0=in 1=out) p=Palette(8+)
0E06	1	YYYYYYYY	Y=(-8 to 144)
0E07	1	XXXXXXXX	X=(-8 to 224)
0E08	2	NNNNNNNN	N=tile Number
0E09	2	VHPWpppN	N=tile Number V=Vflip H=Hflip P=Priority W=Window (0=in 1=out) p=Palette(8+)
0E0A	2	YYYYYYYY	Y=(-8 to 144)
0E0B	2	XXXXXXXX	X=(-8 to 224)
�	�	�	�
0FFC	127	NNNNNNNN	N=tile Number
0FFD	127	VHPWpppN	N=tile Number V=Vflip H=Hflip P=Priority W=Window (0=in 1=out) p=Palette(8+)
0FFE	127	YYYYYYYY	Y=(-8 to 144)
0FFF	127	XXXXXXXX	X=(-8 to 224)

Sound Ports

The sound processor uses wave samples at the address defined by port 08Fh. Each channel uses 16 bytes (32 4 bit samples) If we define the base as being 0D00h (by writing 34h to port 08Fh) the following addresses will define the samples used by the sound processor:

Channel	Address
1	0D00h
2	0D10h
3	0D20h
4	0D30h

Port	Direction	Function	Bits	Details
080h	RW	REG_SND_CH1_PITCH L	LLLLLLLL	Pitch (Higher number=Higher pitch)
081h	RW	REG_SND_CH1_PITCH H	-----HHH
082h	RW	REG_SND_CH2_PITCH L	LLLLLLLL	Pitch (Higher number=Higher pitch)
083h	RW	REG_SND_CH2_PITCH H	-----HHH
084h	RW	REG_SND_CH3_PITCH L	LLLLLLLL	Pitch (Higher number=Higher pitch)
085h	RW	REG_SND_CH3_PITCH H	-----HHH
086h	RW	REG_SND_CH4_PITCH L	LLLLLLLL	Pitch (Higher number=Higher pitch)
087h	RW	REG_SND_CH4_PITCH H	-----HHH
088h	RW	REG_SND_CH1_VOL	LLLLRRRR	L=Left R=Right (15=loud)
089h	RW	REG_SND_CH2_VOL	LLLLRRRR	L=Left R=Right (15=loud)
08Ah	RW	REG_SND_CH3_VOL	LLLLRRRR	L=Left R=Right (15=loud)
08Bh	RW	REG_SND_CH4_VOL	LLLLRRRR	L=Left R=Right (15=loud)
08Ch	RW	REG_SND_SWEEP_VALUE	SSSSSSSS
08Dh	RW	REG_SND_SWEEP_TIME	---TTTTT
08Eh	RW	REG_SND_NOISE	---ERMMM	E=Enable / R=Reset / M=Mode
08Fh	RW	REG_SND_WAVE_BASE	AAAAAAAA	Wave address >>6 (34h= 0D00h)
090h	RW	REG_SND_CTRL	NSV-4321	N= ch4 Noise / S= ch3 Sweep / V= ch2 Voice / M=Channel Modes / 4321 - Channel enable
091h	RW	REG_SND_OUTPUT
092h	R	REG_SND_RANDOM L
093h	R	REG_SND_RANDOM H
094h	RW	REG_SND_VOICE_CTRL
095h	RW	REG_SND_HYPERVOICE
096h	RW	REG_SND_9697 L
097h	RW	REG_SND_9697 H
098h	RW	REG_SND_9899 L
099h	RW	REG_SND_9899 H
09Ah	R	REG_SND_9A
09Bh	R	REG_SND_9B
09Ch	R	REG_SND_9C
09Dh	R	REG_SND_9D
09Eh	R	REG_SND_9E

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