00200: kidniki: on real hardware it is possible to see the shape of his hair when in the darkness during the title sequence.

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
00200	Color/Palette	Minor	Have not tried	Jan 26, 2008, 19:56	Apr 28, 2008, 09:15

Tester	Stefan Lindberg	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To	couriersud	Resolution	Open	OS
Status [?]	Assigned			Driver	irem/m62.cpp
Version	0.104u3	Fixed in Version		Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	00200: kidniki: on real hardware it is possible to see the shape of his hair when in the darkness during the title sequence.
Description	When playing Kid Niki on real hardware it is possible to see the shape of his hair when in the darkness during the title sequence, i have not been able to get the same effect with Mame... see pic. Updated in 0.116u4: kidniki0104u3gre is fixed. Stefan Lindberg says: But now the sprites(kid-niki) look way too dark during gameplay?
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Affected Sets / Systems	kidniki

Attached Files	kidniki0104u3gre.jpg (56,066 bytes) Feb 13, 2008, 21:51

No.00279 BMF54123 Tester Mar 20, 2008, 06:08	Perhaps this is a quirk of the circuitry that combines the background and sprites? The SNES has a very similar "problem" in that you can still see faint outlines of certain layers and sprites when you set the screen brightness to zero. I imagine you'd have to implement some form of analog monitor simulation in order to reproduce this behavior.