NTSC NES Palette

+Trebor · November 24, 2005

Hi All,

Attached is IMHO, the best NTSC palette thus far. I have done *very* little work to obtain these colors - as it is simply a hybrid of the hard work of AspiringSquire and FirebrandX on the ZSNES forum boards. I call this palette Trebor.pal (lol).

Using fbx.pal [Noted as FX] dated 11/22/2005 & RealityB.pal [Noted as RB] dated 11/10/2005 along with NESten Palette Editor inside NESten 0.61 Beta 1:

0/00 = RB

1/01 = RB

2/02 = RB

3/03 = RB

4/04 = RB

5/05 = FX

6/06 = FX

7/07 = FX

8/08 = FX

9/09 = FX

10/0A = FX

11/0B = FX

12/0C = FX

13/0D = RB

14/0E = RB

15/0F = RB

16/10 = RB

17/11 = RB

18/12 = RB

19/13 = RB

20/14 = RB

21/15 = FX

22/16 = FX

23/17 = FX

24/18 = FX

25/19 = FX

26/1A = FX

27/1B = FX

28/1C = FX

29/1D = RB

30/1E = RB

31/1F = RB

32/20 = Same in both

33/21 = RB

34/22 = RB

35/23 = RB

36/24 = RB

37/25 = FX

38/26 = FX

39/27 = FX

40/28 = FX

41/29 = FX

42/2A = FX

43/2B = FX

44/2C = FX

45/2D = RB

46/2E = RB

47/2F = RB

48/30 = Same in both

49/31 = RB

50/32 = RB

51/33 = RB

52/34 = RB

53/35 = FX

54/36 = FX

55/37 = FX

56/38 = FX

57/39 = FX

58/3A = FX

59/3B = FX

60/3C = FX

61/3D = RB

62/3E = RB

63/3F = RB

You get... tada...Trebor.pal

To explain further:

The blues, blacks, greys by AspiringSquire's RealityB.pal palette are the most accurate I have seen.

On the other hand, the reds, browns, greens in FirebrandX's fbx.pal are the most accurate I have seen as well.

Hence, the above hybrid.

My "accurate" statement is based on the following setup/equipment and observations.

1. Top Loader NES via Panasonic 27" TV.

2. Radeon 9800 Video Card connect to same television via S-Video.

3. Television screenshots of the NES from other individuals.

IMHO, the above "hybrid" of palettes is the best I have seen for NES NTSC colors. I know there's no *real* technical validity behind the palette. Nonetheless, just thought I share and see if anyone here had any thoughts or comments. If you are a PAL user you won't like it and the colors obviously will be wrong for you. However, any US NTSC users (hopefully) will enjoy it.

-Trebor

Trebor.zip

Edited November 24, 2005 by Trebor