Colors in 2600 mode

[Nostalgic]

Has anyone else who has both a 2600 and a 7800 noticed any difference in how the 7800 displays colors in 2600 mode?

 

Take Euchre for instance. On a 2600 the greens seem a shade more blue and everything is much brighter, especially the white parts. It's much closer to what I intended when played on a 7800.

 

I found it similar in Circus Atari. The blue background and the colors of the balloons are a bit darker when I use my 7800.

 

Then again, I've sometimes wondered if my 2600 (an old but not "heavy" six-switch) is a little off on colors. I remember my dad had bought Basic Programming when I was a kid, but returned it to the store since the colors on screen never matched what the manual said they should be. (The colors were significant somehow.) Perhaps it's part of the "Never Twice Same Color" curse of NTSC.

[King Atari]

I've never noticed any color differences.

[+Mitch]

The 7800 has two color adjustment pots. One for 7800 mode and one for 2600 mode.

 

Mitch

http://atari7800.atari.org

[Goochman]

Dunno but love your Avatar icon

[Nostalgic]

The 7800 has two color adjustment pots. One for 7800 mode and one for 2600 mode.

 

The pot in my 7800 is probably set differently than the pot in my 2600. The one in the 2600 is likely off by a bit.

 

Thanks for the explanation!

 

Dunno but love your Avatar icon

 

Yours too! Ultima ][ (which I think yours is - it looks like Minax is there) was the first of the series I owned and solved. I played it for hours upon hours. I got hooked then.