Memory Layout

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0000-3fff ROM

0000 - 0fff	pacman 6e	mspacman boot1
1000 - 1fff	pacman 6f	mspacman boot2
2000 - 2fff	pacman 6h	mspacman boot3
3000 - 3fff	pacman 6j	mspacman boot4
4000-43ff Video RAM
4400-47ff Color RAM
4c00-4fff RAM
8000-9fff ROM (Ms Pac-Man and Ponpoko only)
8000 - 8fff			mspacman boot5
9000 - 9fff			mspacman boot6

a000-bfff ROM (Ponpoko only)

memory mapped ports:

read:
5000      IN0
5040      IN1
5080      DSW 1
50c0      DSW 2 (Ponpoko only)

IN0:
    01 up
    02 left
    04 right
    08 down
    10 rack test
    20 coin 1
    40 coin 2
    80 coin 3

IN1:
    01 up
    02 left
    04 right
    08 down
    10 service
    20 start 1
    40 start 2
    80 cabinet (set - upright)

write:
4ff0-4fff 8 pairs of two bytes:
    the first byte contains the sprite image number (bits 2-7), 
		Y flip (bit 0),
		X flip (bit 1);
		the second byte the color

5000      		interrupt enable
5001      		sound enable
5002      		????
5003     		flip screen
5004      		1 player start lamp
5005      		2 players start lamp
5006      		coin lockout
5007      		coin counter
5040-5044 	sound voice 1 accumulator (nibbles) (used by the sound hardware only)
5045      		sound voice 1 waveform (nibble)
5046-5049 	sound voice 2 accumulator (nibbles) (used by the sound hardware only)
504a      		sound voice 2 waveform (nibble)
504b-504e 	sound voice 3 accumulator (nibbles) (used by the sound hardware only)
504f      		sound voice 3 waveform (nibble)
5050-5054 	sound voice 1 frequency (nibbles)
5055      		sound voice 1 volume (nibble)
5056-5059 	sound voice 2 frequency (nibbles)
505a      		sound voice 2 volume (nibble)
505b-505e 	sound voice 3 frequency (nibbles)
505f     		sound voice 3 volume (nibble)
5060-506f 	Sprite coordinates, x/y pairs for 8 sprites
50c0      		Watchdog reset

I/O ports:
OUT on port $0 sets the interrupt vector

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