Background: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:31, 20 July 2023

A Background is a layer of tiles, mapped and possibly scrolled, that appears behind the sprite layer. The SNES supports up to four simultaneous backgrounds, conventionally named:

throughout the official Super Nintendo development manual.

Mode	# of Layers Displayed	Layer	# of Tile Dots	# of Tile Colors	# of Palettes	# of Colors Per Layer
0	max 4	BG1	8x8	4	8	32
		BG2	or	4	8	32
		BG3	16x16	4	8	32
		BG4		4	8	32
1	max 3	BG1		16	8	128
		BG2		16	8	128
		BG3		4	8	32
2	max 2	BG1		16	8	128
		BG2		16	8	128
3	max 2	BG1		256	1	256
		BG2		16	8	128
4	max 2	BG1		256	1	256
		BG2		4	8	32
5	max 2	BG1		16	8	128
		BG2		4	8	32
6	1	BG1	16x8	16	8	128
7	1	BG1	8x8	256	1	256
EXT BG	1	BG1	8x8	128	1	128

Reference

Appendix A-5 of Book I of the official Super Nintendo development manual

@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 ! Mode !! # of Layers Displayed !! Layer !! # of Tile Dots !! # of Tile Colors !! # of Palettes !! # of Colors Per Layer !! Function !!
 |-
-| 0 || max 4 || BG1 || 8x8 || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 0|0]] || max 4 || BG1 || 8x8 || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
 |-
 |  ||  || BG2 || or || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 |  ||  || BG4 ||  || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
 |-
-| 1 || max 3 || BG1 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 1|1]] || max 3 || BG1 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
 |-
 |  ||  || BG2 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 |  ||  || BG3 ||  || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
 |-
-| 2 || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 2|2]] || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
 |-
 |  ||  || BG2 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
 |-
-| 3 || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 256 || 1 || 256 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 3|3]] || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 256 || 1 || 256 ||  ||
 |-
 |  ||  || BG2 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
 |-
-| 4 || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 256 || 1 || 256 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 4|4]] || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 256 || 1 || 256 ||  ||
 |-
 |  ||  || BG2 ||  || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
 |-
-| 5 || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 5|5]] || max 2 || BG1 ||  || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
 |-
 |  ||  || BG2 ||  || 4 || 8 || 32 ||  ||
 |-
-| 6 || 1 || BG1 || 16x8 || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 6|6]] || 1 || BG1 || 16x8 || 16 || 8 || 128 ||  ||
 |-
-| 7 || 1 || BG1 || 8x8 || 256 || 1 || 256 ||  ||
+| [[Mode 7|7]] || 1 || BG1 || 8x8 || 256 || 1 || 256 ||  ||
 |-
-| EXT BG || 1 || BG1 || 8x8 || 128 || 1 || 128 ||  ||
+| [[EXT BG]] || 1 || BG1 || 8x8 || 128 || 1 || 128 ||  ||
 |}