Mega Man ZX (USA) Dialogue chars table - AlaryVanEeckhout/Mega_Man_ZX_Editor GitHub Wiki
In this game the dialogue scripts are stored in files named with the prefix "talk_". Each byte(or pair of hexadecimal digits) corresponds to a char in the game's encoding(has similarities with ASCII). Some of them(>0xEF) have special behaviors and are not interpreted as chars to draw on screen.
This table shows all chars from the game's English font (chars 0x00 to 0x1F from the normal ASCII table are excluded, which means char 0x00-0x5E/0x80-0xDF for this table += 0x20 for the normal/extended ASCII table)
| Value | Description | Additional Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0x00 | ASCII | |
| 0x01 | ! | ASCII |
| 0x02 | " | ASCII |
| 0x03 | # | ASCII |
| 0x04 | $ | ASCII |
| 0x05 | % | ASCII |
| 0x06 | & | ASCII |
| 0x07 | ' | ASCII |
| 0x08 | ( | ASCII |
| 0x09 | ) | ASCII |
| 0x0A | * | ASCII |
| 0x0B | + | ASCII |
| 0x0C | , | ASCII |
| 0x0D | - | ASCII |
| 0x0E | . | ASCII |
| 0x0F | / | ASCII |
| 0x10 | 0 | ASCII |
| 0x11 | 1 | ASCII |
| 0x12 | 2 | ASCII |
| 0x13 | 3 | ASCII |
| 0x14 | 4 | ASCII |
| 0x15 | 5 | ASCII |
| 0x16 | 6 | ASCII |
| 0x17 | 7 | ASCII |
| 0x18 | 8 | ASCII |
| 0x19 | 9 | ASCII |
| 0x1A | : | ASCII |
| 0x1B | ; | ASCII |
| 0x1C | < | ASCII |
| 0x1D | = | ASCII |
| 0x1E | > | ASCII |
| 0x1F | ? | ASCII |
| 0x20 | @ | ASCII |
| 0x21 | A | ASCII |
| 0x22 | B | ASCII |
| 0x23 | C | ASCII |
| 0x24 | D | ASCII |
| 0x25 | E | ASCII |
| 0x26 | F | ASCII |
| 0x27 | G | ASCII |
| 0x28 | H | ASCII |
| 0x29 | I | ASCII |
| 0x2A | J | ASCII |
| 0x2B | K | ASCII |
| 0x2C | L | ASCII |
| 0x2D | M | ASCII |
| 0x2E | N | ASCII |
| 0x2F | O | ASCII |
| 0x30 | P | ASCII |
| 0x31 | Q | ASCII |
| 0x32 | R | ASCII |
| 0x33 | S | ASCII |
| 0x34 | T | ASCII |
| 0x35 | U | ASCII |
| 0x36 | V | ASCII |
| 0x37 | W | ASCII |
| 0x38 | X | ASCII |
| 0x39 | Y | ASCII |
| 0x3A | Z | ASCII |
| 0x3B | [ | ASCII |
| 0x3C | \ | ASCII |
| 0x3D | ] | ASCII |
| 0x3E | ^ | ASCII |
| 0x3F | _ | ASCII |
| 0x40 | ` | ASCII |
| 0x41 | a | ASCII |
| 0x42 | b | ASCII |
| 0x43 | c | ASCII |
| 0x44 | d | ASCII |
| 0x45 | e | ASCII |
| 0x46 | f | ASCII |
| 0x47 | g | ASCII |
| 0x48 | h | ASCII |
| 0x49 | i | ASCII |
| 0x4A | j | ASCII |
| 0x4B | k | ASCII |
| 0x4C | l | ASCII |
| 0x4D | m | ASCII |
| 0x4E | n | ASCII |
| 0x4F | o | ASCII |
| 0x50 | p | ASCII |
| 0x51 | q | ASCII |
| 0x52 | r | ASCII |
| 0x53 | s | ASCII |
| 0x54 | t | ASCII |
| 0x55 | u | ASCII |
| 0x56 | v | ASCII |
| 0x57 | w | ASCII |
| 0x58 | x | ASCII |
| 0x59 | y | ASCII |
| 0x5A | z | ASCII |
| 0x5B | { | ASCII |
| 0x5C | | | ASCII |
| 0x5D | } | ASCII |
| 0x5E | ~ | ASCII |
| 0x5F | ⠂ | |
| 0x60 | € | |
| 0x61 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x62 | 𐄀 | |
| 0x63 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x64 | ⠤ | |
| 0x65 | ┅ | |
| 0x66 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x67 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x68 | ˆ | |
| 0x69 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x6A | Š | |
| 0x6B | ⟨ | |
| 0x6C | Π| |
| 0x6D | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x6E | Ž | |
| 0x6F | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x70 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x71 | ‘ | |
| 0x72 | ’ | |
| 0x73 | “ | |
| 0x74 | ” | |
| 0x75 | • | |
| 0x76 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x77 | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x78 | ˜ | |
| 0x79 | ™ | |
| 0x7A | š | |
| 0x7B | ⟩ | |
| 0x7C | œ | |
| 0x7D | unknown char, empty in font | |
| 0x7E | ž | |
| 0x7F | Ÿ | |
| 0x80 | Extended ASCII, space | |
| 0x81 | ¡ | Extended ASCII |
| 0x82 | ¢ | Extended ASCII |
| 0x83 | £ | Extended ASCII |
| 0x84 | ¤ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x85 | ¥ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x86 | ¦ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x87 | § | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x88 | ¨ | Extended ASCII |
| 0x89 | © | Extended ASCII |
| 0x8A | ª | Extended ASCII |
| 0x8B | « | Extended ASCII |
| 0x8C | ¬ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x8D | Extended ASCII, empty | |
| 0x8E | ® | Extended ASCII |
| 0x8F | ¯ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x90 | ° | Extended ASCII |
| 0x91 | ± | Extended ASCII |
| 0x92 | ² | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x93 | ³ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x94 | ´ | Extended ASCII |
| 0x95 | µ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x96 | ¶ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x97 | · | Extended ASCII |
| 0x98 | ¸ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x99 | ¹ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x9A | º | Extended ASCII |
| 0x9B | » | Extended ASCII |
| 0x9C | ¼ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x9D | ½ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x9E | ¾ | Extended ASCII, empty in font |
| 0x9F | ¿ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA0 | À | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA1 | Á | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA2 | Â | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA3 | Ã | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA4 | Ä | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA5 | Å | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA6 | Æ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA7 | Ç | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA8 | È | Extended ASCII |
| 0xA9 | É | Extended ASCII |
| 0xAA | Ê | Extended ASCII |
| 0xAB | Ë | Extended ASCII |
| 0xAC | Ì | Extended ASCII |
| 0xAD | Í | Extended ASCII |
| 0xAE | Î | Extended ASCII |
| 0xAF | Ï | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB0 | Ð | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB1 | Ñ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB2 | Ò | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB3 | Ó | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB4 | Ô | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB5 | Õ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB6 | Ö | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB7 | × | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB8 | Ø | Extended ASCII |
| 0xB9 | Ù | Extended ASCII |
| 0xBA | Ú | Extended ASCII |
| 0xBB | Û | Extended ASCII |
| 0xBC | Ü | Extended ASCII |
| 0xBD | Ý | Extended ASCII |
| 0xBE | Þ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xBF | ß | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC0 | à | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC1 | á | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC2 | â | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC3 | ã | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC4 | ä | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC5 | å | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC6 | æ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC7 | ç | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC8 | è | Extended ASCII |
| 0xC9 | é | Extended ASCII |
| 0xCA | ê | Extended ASCII |
| 0xCB | ë | Extended ASCII |
| 0xCC | ì | Extended ASCII |
| 0xCD | í | Extended ASCII |
| 0xCE | î | Extended ASCII |
| 0xCF | ï | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD0 | ð | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD1 | ñ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD2 | ò | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD3 | ó | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD4 | ô | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD5 | õ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD6 | ö | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD7 | ÷ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD8 | ø | Extended ASCII |
| 0xD9 | ù | Extended ASCII |
| 0xDA | ú | Extended ASCII |
| 0xDB | û | Extended ASCII |
| 0xDC | ü | Extended ASCII |
| 0xDD | ý | Extended ASCII |
| 0xDE | þ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xDF | ÿ | Extended ASCII |
| 0xE0 | DPAD (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xE1 | DPAD (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xE2 | BUTTON A (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xE3 | BUTTON A (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xE4 | BUTTON B (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xE5 | BUTTON B (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xE6 | BUTTON X (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xE7 | BUTTON X (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xE8 | BUTTON Y (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xE9 | BUTTON Y (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xEA | BUTTON L (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xEB | BUTTON L (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xEC | BUTTON R (LEFT HALF) | |
| 0xED | BUTTON R (RIGHT HALF) | |
| 0xEE | 🡅 | |
| 0xEF | 🡇 | |
| 0xF0 | Last chars of font | Sets next char to the char at the index of 0xF0 + value(0x00 => 🡄, 0x01 => 🡆, and 0x02 => ⯈) |
| 0xF1 | Set color | Interprets the next half-word as a color index(white, red, blue, green, gray). values greater than 4 have weird effects. |
| 0xF2 | Set placement | Interprets the next half-word as an indicator for the "placement"(top, bottom, left, right) of the current dialogue box. |
| 0xF3 | Set mugshot | Interprets the next half-word as a mugshot index to set that mugshot for the current dialogue box |
| 0xF4 | ??? | |
| 0xF5 | ??? | |
| 0xF6 | set 2 choices* | Interprets the next half-word as an indicator of something. I'm not sure what, though. |
| 0xF7 | ??? | |
| 0xF8 | Set name | Interprets the next half-word as a name index to set the name associated with the current dialogue box |
| 0xF9 | ??? | Seems to interpret the next two half-words as arguments |
| 0xFA | Player name | writes the player's name. Useful to reduce the amount of space used in a dialogue. Note that this character doesn't seem to be used in the intro of the game, but it appears to be otherwise always used in dialogues. |
| 0xFB | 3 choices* | sets this page's three lines as choices that can be selected. |
| 0xFC | Newline | if this value isn't used at the end of each line, the next characters will overlap those from the previous line |
| 0xFD | New page | |
| 0xFE | End dialogue | |
| 0xFF | End of file | Behaves like 0xFE, but is used to mark the end of used content in file. What comes after is duplicate text filling |
*Note: due to choices having an arrow in front of them, you should leave two spaces at the start of each line that corresponds to a choice, so that the arrow doesn't overlap any text in that zone.