using Stella (latest) in permanent B&W mode?

[proteanthread]

does anyone know how to make B&W the default in Stella for all the games that had or used a B&W mode; rather than individually per game?

[Thomas Jentzsch]

Use the command line:

-tv <Color|BW> Set "Console.TelevisionType" property.

[+stephena]

There's no way to do it within the UI, but it can be forced from the commandline by adding "-tv bw" to the options (stands for TV Type = BlackandWhite). You'd have to edit the Windows ICON file, or do something similar in Linux/OSX. Or simply create a script to launch Stella that way.

 

Remember though, that many (most?) games don't actually have a B&W mode, as it was software controlled. Some ROMs even use the B&W key for some other purpose, so forcing B&W might do something unexpected.

[proteanthread]

There's no way to do it within the UI, but it can be forced from the commandline by adding "-tv bw" to the options (stands for TV Type = BlackandWhite). You'd have to edit the Windows ICON file, or do something similar in Linux/OSX. Or simply create a script to launch Stella that way.

 

Remember though, that many (most?) games don't actually have a B&W mode, as it was software controlled. Some ROMs even use the B&W key for some other purpose, so forcing B&W might do something unexpected.

Use the command line:

 

Thanks, I'll try that.