VRAM (in word addressing)

Gameplay
{
    $0000..3FFF: BG1/2 tiles (4-bit) / mode 7 graphics
    {
        $0000..27FF: Room tiles. Only $0000..23FF used by non-Kraid tilesets
        {
            $00E0..EF: Animated tiles - Wrecked Ship treadmill

            $0410..7F: Animated tiles - Brinstar mouth

            $0840..5F: Animated tiles - Tourian statue - Kraid

            $0CA0..DF: Animated tiles - Tourian statue - Draygon

            $1000..1F: Animated tiles - Maridia sand ceiling
            $1020..27: Animated tiles - Maridia sand falling

            $19C0..FF: Animated tiles - Wrecked Ship screen

            $1B00..FF: Animated tiles - Crateria lake
        }
        $2800..3FFF: CRE tiles / extended room tiles
        {
            $3380..8F: Transparent tile
        
            $3880..BF: Animated tiles - vertical spikes

            $3D60..9F: Animated tiles - horizontal spikes

            $3E00..FF: Room item PLM tiles
            {
                $3E00..3F: Item PLM 0 - frame 0
                $3E40..7F: Item PLM 0 - frame 1
                $3E80..BF: Item PLM 1 - frame 0
                $3EC0..FF: Item PLM 1 - frame 1
                $3F00..3F: Item PLM 2 - frame 0
                $3F40..7F: Item PLM 2 - frame 1
                $3F80..BF: Item PLM 3 - frame 0
                $3FC0..FF: Item PLM 3 - frame 1
            }
        }
    }
    $4000..47FF: BG3 tiles (2-bit). Standard BG3 tiles are $9A:B200..C1FF
    {
        $4000..4F: HUD digits. "1".."9", "0" (one tile per character)
        $4050..57: HUD '%'
        $4058..6F: First three tiles of HUD 'ENERGY'
        $4070..7F: Transparent tile (unknown use)
        $4078..7F: Blank tile (for HUD)

        $4180..87: Empty energy tank
        $4188..8F: Non-empty energy tank
        $4190..97: Last tile of HUD 'ENERGY'
        $4198..9F: Reserve auto icon arrow point
        $41A0..AF: HUD super missile icon
        $41B0..BF: HUD power bomb icon
        $41C0..CF: HUD grapple icon
        $41D0..DF: HUD x-ray icon
        $41E0..422F: Digits "1".."9", "0" (unknown use, outline / fill colours swapped compared to $4000..4F)
        $4230..37: Reserve auto icon arrow turn
        $4238..47: Reserve auto icon 'AUTO'
        $4248..67: HUD missile icon
        $4268..6F: Map save room
        $4270..77: Blank tile (for FX)

        $4280..A7: Animated tiles
        {
            $4280..97: Spores
            $4280..9F: Lava/acid
            $4280..A7: Rain
        }

        $4400..67: Fog

        $4480..457F: Water
        {
            $4480..FF: Surface (two rows of four tiles each)
            $4500..7F: Depths (two rows of four tiles each, repeated indefinitely)
        }
        $4580..97: Message box "press"
        $4598..A7: Message box "hold"
        $45A8..BF: Message box "utton"

        $45C8..DF: Message box "select"
        $45E0..EF: Message box "run"
        $45F0..FF: Message box "with"
        $4600..0F: Message box " the"
        $4610..17: Message box "to"
        $4618..27: Message box "for"
        $4628..37: Message box "set"
        $4638..3F: Message box "it"
        $4640..47: Message box "&"
        $4648..4F: Message box morph ball icon

        $4658..5F: Message box "."
        $4660..6F: Message box option select arrow

        $4678..7F: Message box "-"

        $4688..8F: Message box " " (end of "the ", contains a fragment of the "e")

        $4698..9F: Message box "b" (for "button")

        $46E0..FF: Samus (for the bombs acquired message box)
        $4700..FF: Message box characters. "A".."Z", ".,`'?!" (one tile per character). Used for save dialog and controller buttons
    }
    $4800..4FFF: BG2 tilemap
    $5000..57FF: BG1 tilemap
    $5800..5FFF: BG3 tilemap
    {
        $5800..587F: HUD. 4 rows, first row is blank tiles
        $5880..5BDF: FX padding. 1Bh rows of blank tiles. Uses palette blend background colour
        {
            $5880..5B9F: Region displayed on screen (under normal circumstance)
            $5BA0..BF: Never displayed
            $5BC0..DF: Displayed above lava/acid tilemap (for some reason)
        }
        $5BE0..5FFF: FX (21h rows)
        {
            $5C00: Liquid hitbox starts here
        }
    }
    $6000..7FFF: Sprite tiles (4-bit). Used for BG1/2 tiles in Ceres Ridley's room. Standard sprite tiles are $9A:D200..F1FF, initially loaded to $6000..6FFF, of which only $6200..6CFF is non "X" tiles
    {
        $6000..61FF: Samus graphics
        {
            $6000..7F: Samus top 1 graphics
            $6080..FF: Samus bottom 1 graphics
            $6100..7F: Samus top 2 graphics
            $6180..FF: Samus bottom 2 graphics
            {
                $61F0..FF: Arm cannon when not closed
            }
        }
        
        $6200..4F: Grapple beam
        {
            $6200..0F: Grapple beam end
            $6210..4F: Four grapple beam segments
        }
        $6200..0F: Ceres elevator pad level data concealer
        $6210..1F: Left part of Samus' chest when facing forward in power suit (gets overwritten by grapple beam)
        
        $6250..5F: Draygon breath bubbles - frame 0 / Samus bubbles / n00b tube released air bubbles / Crocomire flowing down the river
        $6260..7F: Power bomb - frames 0..1
        $6280..8F: Rock particle - frame 3 / contact damage explosion
        $6290..9F: Rock particle - frame 2 / contact damage explosion
        $62A0..AF: Rock particle - frame 1 / contact damage explosion
        $62B0..BF: Rock particle - frame 0 / contact damage explosion
        $62C0..FF: Water splash (footstep, Tourian statue unlocking particle, eye door sweat)
        $6300..7F: Beam. Including ice/wave/spazer SBA
        $6380..BF: Beam trail - ice beams / charged power beam
        
        $63C0..FF: Beam trail - wave beam
        $63D0..EF: Small health pickup - frames 0..1
        
        $6400..0F: Draygon breath bubbles - frame 2 / Samus bubbles / n00b tube released air bubbles / Mother Brain's room turret bullet smoke - last frame
        $6410..1F: Small health pickup - frame 2
        $6420..2F: Small/big health pickup - frame 3
        $6430..3F: Draygon breath bubbles - frame 1 / Samus bubbles / eye door sweat falling / n00b tube released air bubbles
        $6440..6F: Big health pickup - frames 0..2
        $6470..7F: Unused
        $6480..BF: Dust (atmospheric, ninja space pirate / torizo landing, corpse) / lava surface damage / (super) missile trail
        $6480..8F: Dust cloud (big, small, Wrecked Ship chozo spike clearing footstep, Tourian statue) - frame 0
        
        $64C0..FF: Bomb
        
        $6500..3F: Flare (charge beam / hyper beam / grapple beam)
        $6510..1F: Dud shot - frame 1 / tiny/beam explosion - frame 1 / laser flare - frame 1 / work robot laser - frame 1
        $6530..3F: Dud shot - frame 0 / tiny/beam explosion - frame 0 / laser flare - frame 0 / work robot laser - frame 0
        
        $6540..5F: Missile - horizontal
        $6560..8F: Missile - diagonal
        $6590..AF: Missile - vertical
        $65B0..DF: Flare sparks (charge beam / hyper beam) / Draygon's wall turret projectile / Mother Brain elbow charge particles/energy
        $65E0..EF: Diving splash
        $65F0..FF: Small/missile explosion - frame 0 / enemy projectile explosion - frame 0 / Mother Brain elbow charge energy
        
        $6600..3F: Dud shot - frames 2..5 / tiny/beam explosion - frames 2..5 / enemy projectile explosion - frames 1..4 / eye door projectile / Golden Torizo eye beam / work robot laser - frame 2..5
        $6600..0F: Laser flare - frame 1
        
        $6640..5F: Super missile - horizontal
        $6660..8F: Super missile - diagonal
        $6690..AF: Super missile - vertical
        $66B0..BF: Laser - dark (space pirate, Mother Brain)
        $66C0..EF: Elevator pad (including Ceres)
        $66F0..FF: Laser - light (middle) (space pirate, Mother Brain, save station)
        $6700..5F: Upper half. Bomb explosion - frames 2..4 / plasma SBA - frames 2..4 / Mother Brain's rainbow beam explosion - frames 2..4
        $6760..9F: Upper half. Smoke - frames 0..1 / contact damage explosion
        $67A0..AF: Bomb explosion - frame 1 / plasma SBA - frame 1 / Mother Brain's rainbow beam explosion - frame 1
        $67B0..BF: Power bomb - frame 2
        $67C0..FF: Upper half. Dust cloud - frames 1..2 / n00b tube released air bubbles / Ceres steam
        $6800..5F: Lower half. Bomb explosion - frames 2..4 / plasma SBA - frames 2..4 / Mother Brain's rainbow beam explosion - frames 2..4
        $6860..9F: Lower half. Smoke - frames 0..1 / contact damage explosion
        $68A0..AF: Small/missile explosion - frame 1 / big/super missile explosion - frame 0
        $68B0..BF: Bomb explosion - frame 0 / plasma SBA - frame 0 / Mother Brain's rainbow beam explosion - frame 0
        $68C0..FF: Lower half. Dust cloud - frames 1..2 / n00b tube released air bubbles / Ceres steam
        
        $6900..7F: Upper half. Small/missile explosion - frames 2..5 / contact damage explosion
        $6900..3F: Upper half. Big/super missile explosion - frames 1..2
        
        $6980..9F: Upper half. Smoke - frame 2 / contact damage explosion
        
        $69A0..DF: Upper half. Dust cloud - frames 3..4 / diving splash / n00b tube released air bubbles / Ceres steam
        $69C0..DF: Upper half. Contact damage explosion
        
        $69E0..FF: Upper half. Smoke - frame 3 / contact damage explosion
        
        $6A00..7F: Lower half. Small/missile explosion - frames 2..5 / contact damage explosion
        $6A00..3F: Lower half. Big/super missile explosion - frames 1..2
        
        $6A80..9F: Lower half. Smoke - frame 2 / contact damage explosion
        
        $6AA0..DF: Lower half. Dust cloud - frames 3..4 / diving splash / n00b tube released air bubbles / Ceres steam
        $6AC0..DF: Lower half. Contact damage explosion
        
        $6AE0..FF: Lower half. Smoke - frame 3
        $6B00..1F: Upper half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 3
        $6B20..2F: Big/super missile explosion - frame 3
        $6B30..4F: Upper half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 4
        $6B50..6F: Upper half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 4
        $6B70..7F: Big/super missile explosion - frame 5
        $6B80..9F: Upper half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 5
        $6BA0..AF: Diving splash
        $6BB0..BF: Big/super missile explosion - frame 5
        $6BC0..DF: Enemy shot - frames 0..1
        $6BE0..FF: Upper half. Shot gate
        $6C00..1F: Lower half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 3
        $6C20..2F: Big/super missile explosion - frame 3
        $6C30..4F: Lower half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 4
        $6C50..6F: Lower half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 4
        $6C70..7F: Diving splash
        $6C80..9F: Lower half. Big/super missile explosion - frame 5
        $6CA0..AF: Diving splash
        $6CB0..CF: Enemy shot - frames 2..3
        $6CD0..DF: Laser - light (sides) (space pirate, Mother Brain, save station)
        $6CE0..FF: Lower half. Shot gate
        
        $6B00..6FFF: Enemy debugger tiles
        $6D00..6FFF: Extra enemy tiles. Also used for BG2 tiles in Ceres Ridley's room
        {
            $6D00..6FFF: Used by enemies $DDBF (Crocomire), $E23F (Ceres door), $EC7F (Mother Brain's body) and $F03F (Tourian entrance statue ghost). Also used for mini-Draygon in Draygon fight
            $6E00..6FFF: Used by enemy $E1BF (Ridley's explosion), enemy projectile function $86:AA3D (torizo)
        }
        $7000..7FFF: Enemy and enemy projectile tiles
        {
            $7220..3F: Animated tiles - Tourian statue - Ridley

            $7800..3F: Animated tiles - Tourian statue - Phantoon
        }
    }
}

Kraid
{
    $0000..3FFF: BG1/2 tiles
    {
        $2000..27FF: BG3 tiles
        
        $3E00..3FFF: BG1/2 tiles that need reloading after pause screen
        {
            $3F00..3FFF: Room background
        }
    }
    $4000..4FFF: BG2 tilemap
    $5000..57FF: BG1 tilemap
    $5800..5FFF: BG3 tilemap
    $6000..7FFF: Sprite tiles
}

Pause screen
{
    $0000..1FFF: BG1/2 tiles
    $2000..2FFF: Sprite tiles
    $3000..37FF: BG1 tilemap (map data, equipment screen)
    $3800..3BFF: BG2 tilemap (map screen background + frame, buttons)
    $4000..47FF: BG3 tiles. Standard BG3 tiles ($9A:B200..C1FF)
    $4800..4FFF: Cleared and then unused! Gameplay BG2 tilemap is backed up to $7E:DF5C..EF5B
    $5800..5BFF: BG3 tilemap (HUD)
    $5C00..7FFF: Unused (preserved for gameplay)
}

Menu
{
    $0000..3FFF: BG1/2 tiles
    {
        $0000..2AFF: Menu tiles
    
        $3000..3FFF: Pause screen tiles
    }
    $4000..42FF: BG3 tiles (beta minimap tiles)
    
    $5000..57FF: BG1 tilemap
    $5800..5BFF: BG2 tilemap
    $5C00..5FFF: BG3 tilemap
    $6000..6FFF: Sprite tiles
}

Nintendo logo
{
    $6000..7FFF: Sprite tiles
}

Anti-piracy screens
{
    $0000..1FFF: BG1 tiles
    
    $4000..47FF: BG1 tilemap
}

Title sequence
{
    $0000..3FFF: Mode 7 BG
    {
        $3800..FF: Baby metroid
    }
    
    $6000..7FFF: Sprite tiles
}

Intro
{
    $0000..3FFF: BG1/2 tiles
    $4000..447F: BG3 tiles (font 1)
    {
        $4180..447F: Japanese text (font 2)
    }
    $4800..4BFF: BG2 tilemap (Samus head)
    $4C00..4FFF: BG3 tilemap (text)
    $5000..5FFF: BG1 tilemaps
    {
        $5000..53FF: Old Mother Brain's room
        $5400..57FF: Baby metroid discovery
        $5800..5BFF: Baby metroid being delivered
        $5C00..5FFF: Baby metroid being examined
    }
    $6000..7FFF: Sprite tiles
    {
        $6000..6DFF: Standard sprite tiles
        $6E00..7FFF: Intro sprite tiles
    }
}

Ceres / Samus goes to Zebes cutscene
{
    $0000..3FFF: Mode 7 BG (gunship)
    
    $5C00..5FFF: BG1 tilemap (space colony text, Zebes during mosaic effect)
    $6000..7FFF: BG1/sprite tiles
}

Zebes destruction cutscene
{
    $0000..3FFF: Mode 7 BG (Zebes / grey clouds)
    $4000..5FFF: BG1/2 tiles
    
    $6000..7FFF: Sprite tiles (yellow clouds)
    
    $7000..77FF: BG1 tilemaps
    {
        $7000..73FF: Wide part of Zebes explosion
        $7400..77FF: Concentric wide part of Zebes explosion
    }
    $7800..7FFF: BG2 tilemaps
    {
        $7800..7BFF: Eclipse of Zebes during explosion
        $7C00..7FFF: Blank
    }
}

Credits
{
    $0000..1FFF: Sprite tiles (post-credits ending Samus)
    $2000..207F: BG3 tiles
    $2400..27FF: BG3 tilemap (post-credits Samus transformation effect)
    $4000..47FF: BG1 tiles (font 3)
    $4800..4BFF: BG1 tilemap (text)
    $4C00..4FFF: BG2 tilemap (post-credits suited Samus)
    $5000..5FFF: BG2 tiles
}

Samus shooting the screen / Super Metroid icon
{
    $0000..3FFF: Mode 7 BG (post-credits Samus beam)
    $4000..47FF: BG1 tiles
    {
        $4000..47FF: Font 3
        $4800..49FF: Item percentage Japanese text
    }
    
    $5400..57FF: BG2 tilemap. Super Metroid icon tilemap
    
    $6000..7FFF: BG2/sprite tiles (post-credits Samus shooting the screen, Super Metroid icon)
}