diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Boards/UxROM.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Boards/UxROM.cs
index 844bb83271..5b708c256c 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Boards/UxROM.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Boards/UxROM.cs
@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES
 			switch (Cart.board_type)
 			{
 				case "MAPPER0002-00":
-					Cart.vram_size = 8;
-					//no assertions here, since the only variations will be stuff unambiguously specified by iNES 2.0
+					//probably a mistake. 
+					//but (for chrram): "Use of $00 with no CHR ROM implies that the game is wired to map nametable memory in CHR space. The value $00 MUST NOT be used if a mapper isn't defined to allow this. "
+					//well, i'm not going to do that now. we'll save it for when it's needed
+					//"it's only mapper 218 and no other mappers"
+					//so, dont assume this
+					//Cart.vram_size = 8;
 					break;
 
 				case "MAPPER002":