Keatah Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) I don't have a VCS handy to check something. When you start a game in stella, it starts immediately in screen-save mode, with the colors cycling right away. When you plug-in a game on the real VCS, don't the colors stay the same as if you were playing the actual game? And only later do they go into a burn-in prevention cycle or screensaver mode? Edited March 4, 2014 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LidLikesIntellivision Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 I don't have a VCS handy to check something. When you start a game in stella, it starts immediately in screen-save mode, with the colors cycling right away. When you plug-in a game on the real VCS, don't the colors stay the same as if you were playing the actual game? And only later do they go into a burn-in prevention cycle or screensaver mode? Do you have an example? I'm playing Phoenix this week and the game does begin with cycling colors when you power on the Atari VCS. I don't see any reason for Stella behaving in a different way from real game cartridges. And, if I find some game that is different, I guess the first suspect is the rom image! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 When you plug-in a game on the real VCS, don't the colors stay the same as if you were playing the actual game? And only later do they go into a burn-in prevention cycle or screensaver mode? Depends on the game. For example, "real" VCS: Pac-man - Cycle colors Space-Invaders - Cycle colors Seaquest - Game starts right away Pitfall - Game starts right away clock not ticking, Harry standing still Pitfall II - Game at first screen - No music - Harry Standing still on cross - hit reset to start. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Title screen with Indy being pulled down until reaching bottom then continued theme music recycled. E.T. - Title Screen Music and face portrait of ET Ms. Pac-Man - Demo mode - normal colors Mouse Trap - Game starts right away. Enduro - Demo mode - normal colors. In all the above instances, Stella behaves the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 What does Air-Sea Battle do? Guys it's been a hundred years since I played with a real VCS so maybe I am mistaken on this entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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