Built-In Palette List

Built-In Palettes

Sometimes a developer will want to make a game that is visually similar to one for some other system. For that to work properly, a part of that is that the colors are correct for the system being imitated.

To make this as easy as possible for game developers NerdConsole supplies a vast collection of built-in palettes from other systems. This saves the effort of researching the color palettes or putting the data for them into your ROM.

The palette ID to use when setting up a special command is included in the list below.

Available Palettes

• PC Group
  • ($00) CGA Mode 4 Palette 0 Low Intensity
  • ($01) CGA Mode 4 Palette 0 High Intensity
  • ($02) CGA Mode 4 Palette 1 Low Intensity
  • ($03) CGA Mode 4 Palette 1 High Intensity
  • ($04) CGA Mode 5 Low Intensity
  • ($05) CGA Mode 5 High Intensity
  • ($06) EGA Default Palette
  • ($07) EGA Full Palette
  • ($08) VGA Default Palette
  • ($09) MS Paint
  • ($0A) Microsoft Windows or OS/2
  • ($0B) Microsoft Windows 20-color Palette
• Nintendo Group
  • ($10) NES 2C02 Chip
  • ($11) NES 2C03 Chip
  • ($12) NES 2C03B Chip
  • ($13) NES 2C04-001 Chip
  • ($14) NES 2C04-002 Chip
  • ($15) NES 2C04-003 Chip
  • ($16) NES 2C04-004 Chip
  • ($17) NES Blargg Emulation
  • ($18) NES Conte Emulation
  • ($19) NES Diskin Emulation
  • ($1A) Game Boy Green LCD
  • ($1B) Game Boy Pocket LCD
  • ($1C) Super Game Boy
  • ($1D) Virtual Boy
• Sega Group
  • ($20) Sega Master System
• Commodore Group
  • ($30) VIC-20 with 5 Luminance
  • ($31) VIC-20 with 9 Luminance
  • ($32) Commodore 64
  • ($33) Commodore 16 or Plus/4
• Atari Group
  • ($40) Atari 2600 NTSC
  • ($41) Atari 2600 PAL
  • ($42) Atari GTIA Chip
• Apple Group
  • ($50) Apple II
  • ($51) Apple II High Resolution
  • ($52) Apple Macintosh
• Other Consoles Group
  • ($60) Odyssey 2
  • ($61) Fairchild Channel F
  • ($62) Epoch Super Cassette Vision
  • ($63) Sam Coupe
  • ($64) Mattel Intellivision
  • ($65) Mattel Aquarius
• Other Computers Group
  • ($70) BBC Micro
  • ($71) ZX Spectrum
  • ($72) TRS-80
  • ($73) TI-99 NTSC
  • ($74) TI-99 MESS Emulation
  • ($75) Amstrad CPC Default Palette
  • ($76) Amstrad CPC Full Palette
  • ($77) MSX
  • ($78) Sinclair QL
  • ($79) Thomson Fixed Palette 1
  • ($7A) Thomson Fixed Palette 2
  • ($7B) Thomson Fixed Palette 3
• Other Chips and Operating Systems Group
  • ($80) TMS-99 Chip
  • ($81) Motorola 6847 Chip
  • ($82) RISC OS
• Classic Games Group
  • ($D0) Wolfenstein 3D
  • ($D1) DOOM
  • ($D2) Quake
• General RGB Group
  • ($E0) General Purpose RGB Levels 666
  • ($E1) General Purpose RGB Levels 676
  • ($E2) General Purpose RGB Levels 685
  • ($E3) General Purpose RGB Levels 884