Atari-Jess Posted October 18, 2001 Share Posted October 18, 2001 why does the 7800 (5200 too) have this seemingly huge lack of the color red? I mean ive played tons of games that I would expect to have red, Donkey Kong mostly, is this some hardware restriction, a emulation bug, im somewhat color blind, what? I really want to know.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted October 18, 2001 Share Posted October 18, 2001 There is plenty of red in Robotron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted October 18, 2001 Author Share Posted October 18, 2001 Well im not saying in ALL games, Im just asking basicly why the games that you would expect to have red, dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 18, 2001 Share Posted October 18, 2001 I just took a look through the screenshots online to find some games that have red. Here's what I found (these aren't all of them, but a decent enough sampling): - Asteroids - Ballblazer - Barnyard Blaster - Ballblazer - Choplifter! - Dark Chambers - Fatal Run - Joust - Karateka - Pole Position II - Scrapyard Dog So I don't think the 7800 has any problems with displaying red. However, while looking through all the 7800 screenshots there certainly seem to be a lot of games that use purple and violet. Not sure what's up with that. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari-Jess Posted October 18, 2001 Author Share Posted October 18, 2001 ok ok then, so lots of 7800 games have red BUT Ive still to find out why Donkey Kong uses purple! (even the 2600 version had purple in it damn why did coleco make such a crappy version? The coleco version still is graphicly better then the 2600 version could have been.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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