PPU palettes: Revision history

5 March 2024

• curprev 13:4913:49, 5 March 2024‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ 80,003 bytes −52‎ "The background palette direct access" sounds wrong. Also, I don't think we need the Visual2C02 reference
• curprev 10:0610:06, 5 March 2024‎ Bregalad talk contribs‎ 80,055 bytes −1‎ →‎The background palette hack: Direct access is more accurate than "hack" to describe this effect ~~~~
• curprev 10:0210:02, 5 March 2024‎ Bregalad talk contribs‎ 80,056 bytes +188‎ →‎Memory Map: Include unused colors entrues in the memory map

19 February 2024

• curprev 07:2207:22, 19 February 2024‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 79,868 bytes −1‎ Actually revert generated palettes

18 February 2024

• curprev 06:0706:07, 18 February 2024‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 79,869 bytes 0‎ Revert generated palettes

16 February 2024

• curprev 01:3101:31, 16 February 2024‎ TakuikaNinja talk contribs‎ m 79,869 bytes +25‎ Clarify the Famicom TV as the Sharp C1.

12 February 2024

• curprev 16:0116:01, 12 February 2024‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 79,844 bytes +176‎ Update generated palettes

27 October 2023

• curprev 17:0817:08, 27 October 2023‎ Forple talk contribs‎ 79,668 bytes −130‎ Update with new 2C03 info
• curprev 00:5000:50, 27 October 2023‎ Forple talk contribs‎ m 79,798 bytes +38‎ →‎2C05-99
• curprev 00:4500:45, 27 October 2023‎ Forple talk contribs‎ 79,760 bytes +159‎ →‎2C05-99: clarify why this is done
• curprev 00:4400:44, 27 October 2023‎ Forple talk contribs‎ 79,601 bytes +7,760‎ Add 2C05-99 and Titler info.

15 October 2023

• curprev 21:5921:59, 15 October 2023‎ Forple talk contribs‎ 71,841 bytes +32‎ →‎2C03 and 2C05: tweak the monochrome info

6 August 2023

• curprev 14:2114:21, 6 August 2023‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 71,809 bytes +51‎ →‎Memory Map: zeta0134 suggested mentioning the $3F10 backdrop color footgun earlier

25 July 2023

• curprev 00:5500:55, 25 July 2023‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 71,758 bytes −31‎ Update 2C02/2C07 palettes

16 July 2023

• curprev 00:3200:32, 16 July 2023‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 71,789 bytes +70‎ →‎Palettes: have the prohibited color link to the page that explains what goes wrong

17 June 2023

• curprev 17:2717:27, 17 June 2023‎ Drag talk contribs‎ m 71,719 bytes −4‎ →‎The background palette hack: Removed "the the"
• curprev 17:2517:25, 17 June 2023‎ Drag talk contribs‎ 71,723 bytes +98‎ →‎The background palette hack: Touch up the wording to clarify when the effect starts and ends.

8 June 2023

• curprev 13:4713:47, 8 June 2023‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 71,625 bytes +7‎ Fix composite palette colors with properly rounded RGB values

6 June 2023

• curprev 20:2320:23, 6 June 2023‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 71,618 bytes +184‎ →‎Palettes: Some formatting improvements.
• curprev 20:1120:11, 6 June 2023‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 71,434 bytes +40,426‎ Overhaul palette color tables

26 April 2023

• curprev 12:1712:17, 26 April 2023‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ 31,008 bytes +17‎ →‎The background palette hack: as I noted a while ago on the talk page, I'm pretty sure this was NOT intentional

25 April 2023

• curprev 19:4319:43, 25 April 2023‎ Persune talk contribs‎ 30,991 bytes +4,597‎ Format palette tables for RGB PPUs

7 April 2023

• curprev 23:0723:07, 7 April 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 26,394 bytes −7,398‎ →‎RC2C03B: move this possible bad dump to talk page pending verification

29 March 2023

• curprev 02:0602:06, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,792 bytes +209‎ →‎See also: full palette demo, palette test rom
• curprev 01:5001:50, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,583 bytes +94‎ →‎See also: link to palettes image category
• curprev 01:3601:36, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,489 bytes +65‎ →‎See also: explanation of the source of the converter tool
• curprev 01:3301:33, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,424 bytes +179‎ forum post for RGB palette reference
• curprev 01:2901:29, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,245 bytes +188‎ link useful RGB palette converter tool
• curprev 01:1901:19, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 33,057 bytes −140‎ →‎RC2C03B: remove 0x from table, use capitals for A-F, use $ instead of 0x for text discussion
• curprev 01:1701:17, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 33,197 bytes −128‎ →‎2C03 and 2C05: table does not need 0x in every column
• curprev 01:1601:16, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,325 bytes −64‎ →‎2C02 and 2C07: we do not normally use "classic VGA" 6-bit palettes in any common emulator, and we don't need the link to shikadi (the .pal article does a better job, and already links to that as reference anyway)
• curprev 01:1101:11, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,389 bytes +217‎ →‎2C04: note that greyscale is not intuitive for 2C04
• curprev 01:0701:07, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,172 bytes +84‎ →‎2C03 and 2C05: note duplicates
• curprev 00:5500:55, 29 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,088 bytes −82‎ →‎2C04: replacing "dup of" with the actual duplicated colour (found this confusing)

28 March 2023

• curprev 23:5823:58, 28 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,170 bytes −247‎ →‎2C02 and 2C07: remove comments about PAL palette difference until I can confirm
• curprev 22:2822:28, 28 March 2023‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 33,417 bytes +570‎ →‎Palettes: adding description of the 2C07 and moving explanation of RGB PPUs to the start of this section

16 February 2023

• curprev 18:4218:42, 16 February 2023‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 32,847 bytes +31‎ →‎RC2C03B: be a little more specific
• curprev 07:1607:16, 16 February 2023‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 32,816 bytes +125‎ →‎RC2C03B: might be erroneously assigned

15 February 2023

• curprev 20:1020:10, 15 February 2023‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 32,691 bytes +123‎ →‎Memory Map: big ol' warning box about color $0d

23 January 2023

• curprev 17:1717:17, 23 January 2023‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 32,568 bytes −45‎ Removes link to the now-deleted Chinese version of the page, which was almost entirely English.

26 May 2022

• curprev 09:1509:15, 26 May 2022‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 32,613 bytes +349‎ →‎RP2C04-0004: add section for games that support multiple PPUs - maybe it doesn't belong on this page, but I'm not certain where it does belong

6 September 2021

• curprev 19:2919:29, 6 September 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 32,264 bytes −4,138‎ Undo revision 19682 by Piotr Grochowski (talk) - regardless of whether they're "numbers" or "colors in an opaque format", this is still the wrong place to put that table
• curprev 18:4818:48, 6 September 2021‎ >Piotr Grochowski‎ m 36,402 bytes +4,138‎ These are COLOURS, not 'numbers'.
• curprev 16:4516:45, 6 September 2021‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 32,264 bytes −4,165‎ Undo good-faith edit by Piotr Grochowski (talk) - that huge pile of numbers is hard to read, and if it belongs on the wiki it should be in a file not in-line
• curprev 13:1413:14, 6 September 2021‎ >Piotr Grochowski‎ 36,429 bytes +234‎ →‎Color names
• curprev 12:5912:59, 6 September 2021‎ >Piotr Grochowski‎ 36,195 bytes +4,165‎ →‎2C02

27 November 2020

• curprev 02:5402:54, 27 November 2020‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ m 32,030 bytes 0‎ →‎2C04: 2C04 is a PPU, not a CPU

1 September 2020

• curprev 13:1813:18, 1 September 2020‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ 32,030 bytes +89‎ →‎RC2C03B: clarify "color bits 0-1 are 01"

27 May 2020

• curprev 21:4221:42, 27 May 2020‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 31,941 bytes −555‎ Remove long-winded speculation on why emulators might want to use predefined palettes.

17 August 2019

• curprev 06:0806:08, 17 August 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 32,496 bytes +20‎ link Colour emphasis
• curprev 06:0706:07, 17 August 2019‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 32,476 bytes +415‎ adding a lead with a brief explanation, linking more prominently NTSC video

19 July 2019

• curprev 18:0018:00, 19 July 2019‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 32,061 bytes +144‎ →‎RC2C03B: Pattern is evidence of mistake

15 December 2018

• curprev 18:2518:25, 15 December 2018‎ Qalle talk contribs‎ m 31,917 bytes +59‎ link to orphaned page

18 September 2018

• curprev 20:0520:05, 18 September 2018‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 31,858 bytes +390‎ →‎2C03 and 2C05: mention monochrome bit behavior
• curprev 19:4819:48, 18 September 2018‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 31,468 bytes +212‎ →‎RC2C03B: better highlighting of changes. No games are known to be designed for this PPU (right?) so mention that.

2 September 2018

• curprev 19:2219:22, 2 September 2018‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 31,256 bytes +6,937‎ →‎2C03 and 2C05: I think I'd missed this bogus palette before.

13 January 2017

• curprev 19:3819:38, 13 January 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 24,319 bytes +39‎ →‎EGA: Better name is RGBI
• curprev 19:3519:35, 13 January 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 24,280 bytes +39‎ →‎Chroma: Add parallelism for hue list above to emphasize that the Windows/EGA list follows, as opposed to preceding

26 August 2016

• curprev 05:3305:33, 26 August 2016‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 24,241 bytes +39‎ →‎Memory Map: linking Color $0D games

7 June 2016

• curprev 08:0208:02, 7 June 2016‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 24,202 bytes +572‎ →‎2C04: copy/paste information from MAME's source to humor tepples's lede
• curprev 03:4103:41, 7 June 2016‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 23,630 bytes +583‎ →‎Palettes: be consistent about specifying text color for the arcade palettes

19 May 2016

• curprev 20:0520:05, 19 May 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 23,047 bytes +171‎ →‎2C02: Sharp Nintendo TV uses 2C02, presumably because more non-Japanese-developed games ended up using lots of emphasis. Also be a bit more neutral toward use of a predefined palette

11 May 2016

• curprev 19:0619:06, 11 May 2016‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 22,876 bytes +1,146‎ Moved 2C02 palette above 2C03-5 palettes per request on talk

8 December 2015

• curprev 21:5721:57, 8 December 2015‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 21,730 bytes +82‎ →‎2C04: include what these two colors are duplicates of

22 September 2015

• curprev 03:2403:24, 22 September 2015‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 21,648 bytes +214‎ →‎2C04: mention 2C04 PPUMASK "gray"scale mode weirdness

18 September 2015

• curprev 00:4400:44, 18 September 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 21,434 bytes +963‎ →‎Color names: new section
• curprev 00:2700:27, 18 September 2015‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 20,471 bytes +84‎ →‎RGB palette values: add Bisqwit-generated palette

10 November 2014

• curprev 08:0808:08, 10 November 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 20,387 bytes +6,310‎ →‎RGB PPU palettes: This is probably a better visual aid for the 2C04
• curprev 07:4607:46, 10 November 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 14,077 bytes +6,352‎ →‎2C03 and 2C05: Borrow formatting from User:Freem to display the 2C03 palette inline without using an image

2 November 2014

• curprev 20:5920:59, 2 November 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 7,725 bytes +124‎ →‎2C04: The 2C04 palette is basically a superset of the 2C03.

31 October 2014

• curprev 16:0716:07, 31 October 2014‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 7,601 bytes +119‎ →‎RGB palette values: Hamtaro on talk suggested a link to .pal

29 October 2014

• curprev 20:1720:17, 29 October 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 7,482 bytes +44‎ →‎RGB PPU palettes: be more explicit about how to read these

28 October 2014

• curprev 21:4621:46, 28 October 2014‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ m 7,438 bytes +207‎ →‎RGB PPU palettes: Not certain if this is the best place for it, but it'll do for now.

28 December 2013

• curprev 00:3300:33, 28 December 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 7,231 bytes +251‎ →‎RGB palette values: Other palette tools

26 December 2013

• curprev 03:4203:42, 26 December 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,980 bytes +59‎ →‎RGB palette values: incorporate source info from talk

23 December 2013

• curprev 21:1521:15, 23 December 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 6,921 bytes +98‎ →‎RGB palette values: sterility
• curprev 21:1221:12, 23 December 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 6,823 bytes +57‎ →‎RGB palette values: Tone down the scary
• curprev 20:5520:55, 23 December 2013‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 6,766 bytes +2,251‎ include 2c0[345] palettes, reformat rgb palette, add GIANT WARNING LABEL
• curprev 20:2020:20, 23 December 2013‎ Zzo38 talk contribs‎ 4,515 bytes +678‎ No edit summary

22 July 2013

• curprev 04:1904:19, 22 July 2013‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 3,837 bytes −37‎ Define "forced blanking" to make the last two sections more concise

1 July 2013

• curprev 19:0819:08, 1 July 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ 3,874 bytes +54‎ Mention chroma and luma
• curprev 14:4514:45, 1 July 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ 3,820 bytes +150‎ The background palette "hack" is an intentional feature of the PPU

7 April 2013

• curprev 04:0004:00, 7 April 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ 3,670 bytes −96‎ Make description a bit less awkward. (It's still pretty awkward though.)
• curprev 03:5003:50, 7 April 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ m 3,766 bytes +6‎ No edit summary
• curprev 03:4803:48, 7 April 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ 3,760 bytes +396‎ Add some internal details related to disabling background and sprite rendering and restructure things a bit
• curprev 03:1303:13, 7 April 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ 3,364 bytes +223‎ Clarify where the backdrop color is used.

1 April 2013

• curprev 10:5110:51, 1 April 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ m 3,141 bytes +2‎ s/a/the/
• curprev 10:4210:42, 1 April 2013‎ Ulfalizer talk contribs‎ 3,139 bytes +329‎ Clarify why $3F04/$3F08/$3F0C are normally unused and add note on black sky in SMB

31 December 2012

• curprev 08:3808:38, 31 December 2012‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 2,810 bytes +59‎ explaining $0D should not be used

18 September 2012

• curprev 23:3023:30, 18 September 2012‎ Zzo38 talk contribs‎ 2,751 bytes +72‎ No edit summary

19 October 2011

• curprev 07:1307:13, 19 October 2011‎ Bisqwit talk contribs‎ 2,679 bytes +343‎ Clarify the palette background feature

3 January 2011

• curprev 02:4302:43, 3 January 2011‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 2,336 bytes +448‎ Something was missing about how palettes are associated to things on the screen

28 March 2010

• curprev 20:5120:51, 28 March 2010‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 1,888 bytes +405‎ warning about filling the palette during draw time

12 June 2009

• curprev 04:1104:11, 12 June 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 1,483 bytes 0‎ No edit summary

11 June 2009

• curprev 07:1907:19, 11 June 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 1,483 bytes −15‎ →‎Palettes
• curprev 07:1407:14, 11 June 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 1,498 bytes 0‎ moved PPU PALETTES to PPU palettes

20 April 2009

• curprev 10:0810:08, 20 April 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 1,498 bytes −2‎ →‎Palettes

17 April 2009

• curprev 06:3106:31, 17 April 2009‎ Banshaku talk contribs‎ m 1,500 bytes +1,500‎ Created page with '=== Palettes === The palette for the background runs from VRAM $3F00 to $3F0F; the palette for the sprites runs from $3F10 to $3F1F. Each color takes up one byte. {| border=1 | ...'