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i tried the 73769 byte spritedemo on my Sony LCD and it looks really whack :( the top third shifts in color and seems both over & under saturated. will try the original hex next oddly enough the first 'newengine' looks a little more stable, but basically the same issue occurs Just to be sure, a...

Sure, you can post some comparison shots, but be sure they are both the same hex!

The problem is this: Initially when I first released the Uzebox, the video engine was generating 522 lines per video frame. Although a far stretch from the standard (525 lines) the image looked great on CRT and even LCD tvs. With the advent of the sprites engine Clay and I noticed that there's was s...

Well, I don't know what to do here. Seems no fix works everywhere.

Hey, not fair, it should have been the Uzebox in there!

oddly enough the first 'newengine' looks a little more stable, but basically the same issue occurs I'm wondering...do you have a NES/SNES lying around and do they work well on all your LCD TVs??? Now I'll need your help. What do you know about NTSC superframes? I think that may be the issue here. I...

Ah yeah, at last! basically I moved the color burst offset stuff to the very first scanline which happens to be offscreen. That and instead of doing the switch each frame I did it each field. Seems to be rock solid now. So after all I may have find the way Nintendo did it!

Uze

Can't agree more with that. Each time somebody asks me about some parts I always recommend they buy 2 or more of them (and I do just that myself). When you have a bug, it's just easier to swap them and see if you blew up something. This overclocking issue is worth mentioning so I'll add a remark in ...

Clay also experienced some chips that wouldn't work. But the rate was pretty low if I recall.

Hey Clay, could you give this one a try? If others on the forum could try it too and report any issues on their TV that would be great. It may fix the issue for good (fingers crossed).

Note: the analog distortion when mario jump should be resolved too.

Many thanks
Uze