diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs
index e03e559e71..2ff417b2f6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/CoreFileProvider.cs
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 
 		#endregion
 
+		// this should go away now
 		public static void SyncCoreCommInputSignals(CoreComm target = null)
 		{
 			if (target == null)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
index d1129f4bcc..45aac8d48d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/RomLoader.cs
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 								}
 								else
 								{
-									nextEmulator = new QuickNES(nextComm, rom.FileData);
+									nextEmulator = new QuickNES(nextComm, rom.FileData, GetCoreSettings<QuickNES>());
 								}
 
 								break;
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
index be685f28bd..55e92eedae 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.csproj
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@
     <Compile Include="config\NES\NESSyncSettingsForm.Designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>NESSyncSettingsForm.cs</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="config\NES\QuickNesConfig.cs">
+      <SubType>Form</SubType>
+    </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="config\NES\QuickNesConfig.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>QuickNesConfig.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="config\PathConfig.cs">
       <SubType>Form</SubType>
     </Compile>
@@ -903,6 +909,9 @@
     <EmbeddedResource Include="config\NES\NESSyncSettingsForm.resx">
       <DependentUpon>NESSyncSettingsForm.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
+    <EmbeddedResource Include="config\NES\QuickNesConfig.resx">
+      <DependentUpon>QuickNesConfig.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
     <EmbeddedResource Include="config\PathConfig.resx">
       <DependentUpon>PathConfig.cs</DependentUpon>
     </EmbeddedResource>
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
index 510391787b..d7599c0c32 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.SNES;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.PCEngine;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Sega.MasterSystem;
+using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES;
+using BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.config.NES;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 {
@@ -1220,8 +1222,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 		private void NESGraphicSettingsMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
-			new NESGraphicsConfig().ShowDialog();
-			CoreFileProvider.SyncCoreCommInputSignals();
+			if (Global.Emulator is NES)
+				new NESGraphicsConfig().ShowDialog(this);
+			else if (Global.Emulator is QuickNES)
+				new QuickNesConfig().ShowDialog(this);
 		}
 
 		private void NESSoundChannelsMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.Designer.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c851ad1aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.config.NES
+{
+	partial class QuickNesConfig
+	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Required designer variable.
+		/// </summary>
+		private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components = null;
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Clean up any resources being used.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="disposing">true if managed resources should be disposed; otherwise, false.</param>
+		protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+		{
+			if (disposing && (components != null))
+			{
+				components.Dispose();
+			}
+			base.Dispose(disposing);
+		}
+
+		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
+		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
+		/// </summary>
+		private void InitializeComponent()
+		{
+			this.propertyGrid1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid();
+			this.groupBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
+			this.buttonOK = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+			this.buttonCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+			this.buttonPal = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+			this.pictureBox1 = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
+			this.buttonPalReset = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
+			this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
+			this.groupBox1.SuspendLayout();
+			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).BeginInit();
+			this.SuspendLayout();
+			// 
+			// propertyGrid1
+			// 
+			this.propertyGrid1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 12);
+			this.propertyGrid1.Name = "propertyGrid1";
+			this.propertyGrid1.PropertySort = System.Windows.Forms.PropertySort.Alphabetical;
+			this.propertyGrid1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(465, 189);
+			this.propertyGrid1.TabIndex = 0;
+			this.propertyGrid1.ToolbarVisible = false;
+			// 
+			// groupBox1
+			// 
+			this.groupBox1.Controls.Add(this.pictureBox1);
+			this.groupBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 207);
+			this.groupBox1.Name = "groupBox1";
+			this.groupBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(465, 156);
+			this.groupBox1.TabIndex = 1;
+			this.groupBox1.TabStop = false;
+			this.groupBox1.Text = "Palette Preview:";
+			// 
+			// buttonOK
+			// 
+			this.buttonOK.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(321, 369);
+			this.buttonOK.Name = "buttonOK";
+			this.buttonOK.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
+			this.buttonOK.TabIndex = 2;
+			this.buttonOK.Text = "OK";
+			this.buttonOK.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+			this.buttonOK.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonOK_Click);
+			// 
+			// buttonCancel
+			// 
+			this.buttonCancel.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel;
+			this.buttonCancel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(402, 369);
+			this.buttonCancel.Name = "buttonCancel";
+			this.buttonCancel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
+			this.buttonCancel.TabIndex = 3;
+			this.buttonCancel.Text = "Cancel";
+			this.buttonCancel.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+			// 
+			// buttonPal
+			// 
+			this.buttonPal.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(61, 369);
+			this.buttonPal.Name = "buttonPal";
+			this.buttonPal.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
+			this.buttonPal.TabIndex = 4;
+			this.buttonPal.Text = "Browse...";
+			this.buttonPal.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+			this.buttonPal.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonPal_Click);
+			// 
+			// pictureBox1
+			// 
+			this.pictureBox1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(6, 19);
+			this.pictureBox1.Name = "pictureBox1";
+			this.pictureBox1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(453, 131);
+			this.pictureBox1.TabIndex = 0;
+			this.pictureBox1.TabStop = false;
+			// 
+			// buttonPalReset
+			// 
+			this.buttonPalReset.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(142, 369);
+			this.buttonPalReset.Name = "buttonPalReset";
+			this.buttonPalReset.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(75, 23);
+			this.buttonPalReset.TabIndex = 5;
+			this.buttonPalReset.Text = "Reset...";
+			this.buttonPalReset.UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
+			this.buttonPalReset.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.buttonPalReset_Click);
+			// 
+			// label1
+			// 
+			this.label1.AutoSize = true;
+			this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(12, 374);
+			this.label1.Name = "label1";
+			this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(43, 13);
+			this.label1.TabIndex = 6;
+			this.label1.Text = "Palette:";
+			// 
+			// QuickNesConfig
+			// 
+			this.AcceptButton = this.buttonOK;
+			this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
+			this.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Font;
+			this.CancelButton = this.buttonCancel;
+			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(489, 404);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.label1);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonPalReset);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonPal);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonCancel);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.buttonOK);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.groupBox1);
+			this.Controls.Add(this.propertyGrid1);
+			this.Name = "QuickNesConfig";
+			this.Text = "QuickNesConfig";
+			this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.QuickNesConfig_Load);
+			this.groupBox1.ResumeLayout(false);
+			((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.pictureBox1)).EndInit();
+			this.ResumeLayout(false);
+			this.PerformLayout();
+
+		}
+
+		#endregion
+
+		private System.Windows.Forms.PropertyGrid propertyGrid1;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox groupBox1;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonOK;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonCancel;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonPal;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox pictureBox1;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.Button buttonPalReset;
+		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..caf81dbb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Data;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES;
+using BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES;
+using BizHawk.Client.Common;
+using BizHawk.Common;
+
+namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk.config.NES
+{
+	public partial class QuickNesConfig : Form
+	{
+		private QuickNES.QuickNESSettings Settings;
+
+		public QuickNesConfig()
+		{
+			InitializeComponent();
+		}
+
+		private void QuickNesConfig_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
+		{
+			Settings = (QuickNES.QuickNESSettings)Global.Emulator.GetSettings();
+			propertyGrid1.SelectedObject = Settings;
+			SetPaletteImage();
+		}
+
+		void SetPaletteImage()
+		{
+			int w = pictureBox1.Size.Width;
+			int h = pictureBox1.Size.Height;
+			var bmp = new Bitmap(w, h);
+			var pal = Settings.Palette;
+
+			for (int j = 0; j < h; j++)
+			{
+				int iy = j * 12 / h;
+				int cy = iy / 3;
+				for (int i = 0; i < w; i++)
+				{
+					int ix = i * 112 / w;
+					int cx = ix / 7;
+					if (iy % 3 == 2)
+					{
+						cx += 64 * (ix % 7 + 1);
+					}
+					int cindex = cy * 16 + cx;
+					Color col = Color.FromArgb(0xff, pal[cindex * 3], pal[cindex * 3 + 1], pal[cindex * 3 + 2]);
+					bmp.SetPixel(i, j, col);
+				}
+			}
+			pictureBox1.Image = bmp;
+		}
+
+		private void buttonPal_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+		{
+			OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog
+			{
+				InitialDirectory = PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(Global.Config.PathEntries["NES", "Palettes"].Path, "NES"),
+				Filter = "Palette Files (.pal)|*.PAL|All Files (*.*)|*.*",
+				RestoreDirectory = true
+			};
+
+			var result = ofd.ShowDialog();
+			if (result != DialogResult.OK)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+			HawkFile palette = new HawkFile(ofd.FileName);
+
+			if (palette != null && palette.Exists)
+			{
+				var data = BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES.NES.Palettes.Load_FCEUX_Palette(HawkFile.ReadAllBytes(palette.Name));
+				Settings.SetNesHawkPalette(data);
+				SetPaletteImage();
+			}
+		}
+
+		private void buttonOK_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+		{
+			GlobalWin.MainForm.PutCoreSettings(Settings);
+			DialogResult = DialogResult.OK;
+			Close();
+		}
+
+		private void buttonPalReset_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
+		{
+			Settings.SetDefaultColors();
+			SetPaletteImage();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.resx b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.resx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29dcb1b3a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/config/NES/QuickNesConfig.resx
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1"><value>this is my long string</value><comment>this is a comment</comment></data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]</value>
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        <value>[base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]</value>
+        <comment>This is a comment</comment>
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:import namespace="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" />
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="assembly">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:attribute name="alias" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+              <xsd:attribute ref="xml:space" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+</root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs
index 6449bdb124..32237bcea2 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/LibQuickNES.cs
@@ -74,8 +74,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="e">Context</param>
 		/// <param name="dest">rgb32 256x240 packed</param>
+		/// <param name="colors">rgb 24 colors, red first, 512 of them (1536 bytes)</param>
 		[DllImport(dllname, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
-		public static extern void qn_blit(IntPtr e, IntPtr dest);
+		public static extern void qn_blit(IntPtr e, IntPtr dest, byte[] colors);
+		/// <summary>
+		/// get quicknes's default palette
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <returns>1536 bytes suitable for qn_blit</returns>
+		[DllImport(dllname, CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public static extern IntPtr qn_get_default_colors();
 		/// <summary>
 		/// get number of times joypad was read in most recent frame
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
index cdfd1d5fe9..33eb2b77c6 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ using System.Text;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using BizHawk.Common;
+using System.ComponentModel;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 {
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 			LibQuickNES.qn_setup_mappers();
 		}
 
-		public QuickNES(CoreComm nextComm, byte[] Rom)
+		public QuickNES(CoreComm nextComm, byte[] Rom, object Settings)
 		{
 			using (FP.Save())
 			{
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 					BoardName = mappername;
 					CoreComm.VsyncNum = 39375000;
 					CoreComm.VsyncDen = 655171;
+					PutSettings(Settings ?? QuickNESSettings.GetDefaults());
 				}
 				catch
 				{
@@ -367,9 +370,102 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 
 		#region settings
 
+		public class QuickNESSettings
+		{
+			[DefaultValue(8)]
+			[Description("Set the number of sprites visible per line.  0 hides all sprites, 8 behaves like a normal NES, and 64 is maximum.")]
+			public int NumSprites
+			{
+				get { return _NumSprites; }
+				set { _NumSprites = Math.Min(64, Math.Max(0, value)); }
+			}
+			[JsonIgnore]
+			private int _NumSprites;
+
+			[DefaultValue(false)]
+			[Description("Clip the left and right 8 pixels of the display, which sometimes contain nametable garbage.")]
+			public bool ClipLeftAndRight { get; set; }
+
+			[DefaultValue(false)]
+			[Description("Clip the top and bottom 8 pixels of the display, which sometimes contain nametable garbage.")]
+			public bool ClipTopAndBottom { get; set; }
+
+			[Browsable(false)]
+			public byte[] Palette
+			{
+				get { return _Palette; }
+				set
+				{
+					if (value == null)
+						throw new ArgumentNullException();
+					else if (value.Length == 64 * 8 * 3)
+						_Palette = value;
+					else
+						throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
+				}
+			}
+			[JsonIgnore]
+			private byte[] _Palette;
+
+			public QuickNESSettings Clone()
+			{
+				var ret = (QuickNESSettings)MemberwiseClone();
+				ret._Palette = (byte[])_Palette.Clone();
+				return ret;
+			}
+			public static QuickNESSettings GetDefaults()
+			{
+				return new QuickNESSettings
+				{
+					NumSprites = 8,
+					ClipLeftAndRight = false,
+					ClipTopAndBottom = false,
+					_Palette = GetDefaultColors()
+				};
+			}
+
+			public void SetNesHawkPalette(int[,] pal)
+			{
+				if (pal.GetLength(0) != 64 || pal.GetLength(1) != 3)
+					throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
+				for (int c = 0; c < 64; c++)
+				{
+					_Palette[c * 3] = (byte)pal[c, 0];
+					_Palette[c * 3 + 1] = (byte)pal[c, 1];
+					_Palette[c * 3 + 2] = (byte)pal[c, 2];
+				}
+				for (int c = 64; c < 512; c++)
+				{
+					int a = c & 63;
+					int r = _Palette[a * 3];
+					int g = _Palette[a * 3 + 1];
+					int b = _Palette[a * 3 + 2];
+					BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES.NES.Palettes.ApplyDeemphasis(ref r, ref g, ref b, c >> 6);
+					_Palette[c * 3] = (byte)r;
+					_Palette[c * 3 + 1] = (byte)g;
+					_Palette[c * 3 + 2] = (byte)b;
+				}
+			}
+
+			static byte[] GetDefaultColors()
+			{
+				IntPtr src = LibQuickNES.qn_get_default_colors();
+				byte[] ret = new byte[1536];
+				Marshal.Copy(src, ret, 0, 1536);
+				return ret;
+			}
+
+			public void SetDefaultColors()
+			{
+				_Palette = GetDefaultColors();
+			}
+		}
+
+		QuickNESSettings Settings = QuickNESSettings.GetDefaults();
+
 		public object GetSettings()
 		{
-			return null;
+			return Settings.Clone();
 		}
 
 		public object GetSyncSettings()
@@ -379,6 +475,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 
 		public bool PutSettings(object o)
 		{
+			Settings = (QuickNESSettings)o;
+			LibQuickNES.qn_set_sprite_limit(Context, Settings.NumSprites);
 			return false;
 		}
 
@@ -428,7 +526,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 
 		void Blit()
 		{
-			LibQuickNES.qn_blit(Context, VideoOutputH.AddrOfPinnedObject());
+			LibQuickNES.qn_blit(Context, VideoOutputH.AddrOfPinnedObject(), Settings.Palette);
 		}
 
 		public IVideoProvider VideoProvider { get { return this; } }
diff --git a/output/dll/libquicknes.dll b/output/dll/libquicknes.dll
index 5b8ef0eb80..98f992c1ee 100644
Binary files a/output/dll/libquicknes.dll and b/output/dll/libquicknes.dll differ
diff --git a/quicknes/bizinterface.cpp b/quicknes/bizinterface.cpp
index 7a18b16f24..37eeed66e9 100644
--- a/quicknes/bizinterface.cpp
+++ b/quicknes/bizinterface.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ EXPORT const char *qn_emulate_frame(Nes_Emu *e, int pad1, int pad2)
 	return e->emulate_frame(pad1, pad2);
 }
 
-EXPORT void qn_blit(Nes_Emu *e, char *dest)
+EXPORT void qn_blit(Nes_Emu *e, char *dest, const Nes_Emu::rgb_t *colors)
 {
 	// what is the point of the 256 color bitmap and the dynamic color allocation to it?
 	// why not just render directly to a 512 color bitmap with static palette positions?
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ EXPORT void qn_blit(Nes_Emu *e, char *dest)
 	const unsigned char *srcend = src + e->image_height * srcpitch;
 
 	const short *lut = e->frame().palette;
-	const Nes_Emu::rgb_t *colors = e->nes_colors;
 
 	for (; src < srcend; src += srcpitch)
 	{
@@ -92,6 +91,11 @@ EXPORT void qn_blit(Nes_Emu *e, char *dest)
 	}
 }
 
+EXPORT const Nes_Emu::rgb_t *qn_get_default_colors()
+{
+	return Nes_Emu::nes_colors;
+}
+
 EXPORT int qn_get_joypad_read_count(Nes_Emu *e)
 {
 	return e->frame().joypad_read_count;