[Coco] Thexder RGB vs Composite Mode.
Robert Gault
robert.gault at att.net
Wed Dec 21 12:19:45 EST 2011
OK, the "bug" if you want to call it that is a table of equivalent color values
stored in the ROM at $C1F7-$C216. The first half are the RGB colors and the
second half the CMP.
Since the CMP colors are not correct, I'd bet that they were taken from a
reference without testing. The only way to correct the problem would be to burn
a new EPROM with a better color equivalency table.
Creating a better table is easy but time consuming. You need to use MESS which
can flip at will between CMP and RGB colors. Write a program that changes
palette colors on command and try to match CMP and RGB colors.
Specifically for each RGB entry in the Thexder color table, find a matching CMP
color. With a revised color table, you could play the game in MESS with a
patched ROM image if you can't burn an EPROM.
You should be aware that you can't match perfectly CMP and RGB colors. However
you ought to be able to get closer than those used in Thexder.
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