Suggestions for jailbars testing

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Suggestions for jailbars testing
by on (#234756)
Hi, I intend to do some silly tests with some NES/FC clones to see wich has less noticeable jailbars.
For now, I think I'll test with Fester's Quest, Super Mario Bros 2 and Megaman, wich are 3 games that seems to show a lot of jailbars.
Can someone suggest me some more games or these are already fine?
Thanks in advance.
Re: Suggestions for jailbars testing
by on (#234764)
Tank (grey background), Duck Tales II (solid blue screen 2 seconds after power up), Doki Doki Yuuenchi (yellow curtain).

BTW. I don't know why but when testing solid backgrounds, some colors tends to have very sharp jailbars while other doesn't.
Re: Suggestions for jailbars testing
by on (#235293)
I find it most noticeable with blue skies.

That + some background details that you can see some 8x8 blocks clearly so you can see where the dimensions of the screen are would probably be ideal?
Re: Suggestions for jailbars testing
by on (#235330)
Interesting.
The Kings of the Beach seems to be a nice candidate with the yellow sand and solid blue background.
I think there are lots of others too like Kid Dracula a Jackie Chan's. Thanks for pointing!
What could be a nice way to "register" my findings, a TV picture or a video capture frame?
Re: Suggestions for jailbars testing
by on (#235345)
Re: jailbar visibility testing: try Pooyan or Bird Week -- both have fairly static, blue screens that really bring this out. Added bonus is that they're both NROM games, so if you needed to make test carts, they're easy.
Re: Suggestions for jailbars testing
by on (#235467)
Great!
I think I have these games in a multicart I've got as a gift.
Thanks!