This image is from google, but playing tloz on my switch it looks like this, but on my phone, the colors are much more vibrant and enjoyable to me. Why is there a color difference?
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You can change the palette in emulators. NES only had composite and RF video outputs, so there's a debate of what NES colors are "supposed" to look like. Some people the garish colors of the PC10 is the definitive palette while others thing the duller hours of composite are the real deal. Just look for a palette you like.
>NES only had composite and RF video outputs, so there's a debate of what NES colors are "supposed" to look like
Interesting. I didn't know this. Thanks. The emulator for my phone requires payment to change advanced display settings so frick that. Besides I like how it looks. I just wish the switch version looked like it.
The switch version is how it’s supposed to look, the vibrant colours are often used to create different colours on composite
Similar situations occurred right throughout retro systems, but it’s less noticeable than the NES due to its limited colour palette
Another thing while unrelated but similar situation is audio
Higher kHz audio range often makes the older games sound really tinny, when they were supposed to be lower range, this happened a lot with arcade games
The NES color palette entirely depends on the NTSC decoder on your TV. There's no defined RGB color values. Like the other anon said, pick a palette you like the look of and it won't be wrong since there is no "correct" one.
>depends on the NTSC decoder on your TV
no, it depends if you used NTSC or not
Welcome to the amazing world of NES palette autism, anon!
If the sky in mario bros. is Blue then the palette is most likely correct.
The sky in Mario is supposed to be slightly purplish, anon
hi troony
>supposed to be
Do I care? I want what looks good, not what's correct
Was there a similar color issue with PAL?
PAL looks closer to RGB colours
So it looked the same across all PAL TVs?
pretty much, because it's all the same frequency, it's the same with NTSC, the differences come from the calibration on your TV
It's blue on NTSC, the actual colour is Indigo which is the mid point between blue and purple
NES palettes drive me nuts
Pretty sure YUV and alternative are the intended ones
It's not so hard to figure out
I've heard Alternative is supposed to reflect how Japanese CRTs display colors or something like that, but I'm not sure if that's true.
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