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Lunar Address is basically a SNES address converter with a layout
based on the useful Hex to SNES program from J2E, but with some
additional functionality that I felt would be convenient for my own
work.
First off, the text fields are standard edit controls that you can
copy and paste into using the windows clipboard. Also, the program
ignores extra non-hexadecimal characters, so you can input formatted
addresses straight from an assembly trace if you like. Thus 8000,
$00:8000, and 80M00N are all the same as far as the application is
concerned.
Conversion is done automatically as you type, and a text field below
the edit control will describe the address and identify what part of
the ROM it accesses. Note that you can convert from RAM to ZSNES
savestates at any time in one of the ROM modes without having to be
in the RAM - ZSNES conversion mode, simply by typing in a SNES RAM
address.
The program also allows you to convert SNES addresses from outside
the "standard" range for the ROM type selected. For example, 00:8000
is a perfectly valid pointer in a HiROM game, even though it doesn't
access the same PC location that it would in a LoROM game.
And Lunar Address includes support for ROM sizes above 32 Mbits up to
64 Mbits using the ExHiROM and ExLoROM options.
If you don't know what type of ROM you're working with, you can use
the Auto-Detect feature to let the program try and figure it out
for you. This will detect both the ROM map type and the header.
It should work for most ROMs, but if the ROM is interleaved or uses
an extra chip it may not be of much use.
The program actually has 4 different layouts that you can choose
from in the system menu (right-click on the window's title bar).
"Expanded" is the default mode that the program starts in. "Large"
moves the ROM type selection and other options into menus, which
considerably reduces the size of the window. "Medium" is much like
"Large", except without the menu. And "Small" removes everything
except for the 2 edit controls... when combined with the "Top Most
Window" option, this can be extremely useful for keeping the address
converter present but out of the way while you work.
You can also use the F1-F4 keys to quickly switch between the
different layouts available.
All settings are saved to the registry, so when you run the program
again it'll be in the same state you left it in.
Lunar Address (WinZip File)
Size: 155K zipped, 342K unzipped
Minimum OS (32 bit): Win95
Minimum OS (64 bit): WinXP 64
Version: 1.05
Updated: February 9, 2022.
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