diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.Core.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.Core.cs
index d09c060f3d..723edd5c5e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.Core.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.Core.cs
@@ -911,5 +911,51 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES
 			MemoryCallbacks.CallWrites(addr);
 		}
 
+		//the palette for each VS game needs to be chosen explicitly since there are 6 different ones.
+		//let's do it here where it's easy to keep track of
+		public void VS_pick_palette()
+		{
+			if (cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "C145803B5FEE71172A890606A44C6D5DF6D2FA8F" // VS Star Luster
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "E0572DA111D05BF622EC137DF8A658F7B0687DDF" // VS Battle City
+
+			)
+				SetPalette(Palettes.palette_2c03_2c05);
+
+			if (cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "1A4EC64E576BAD64DAF320AEED0BE1B8B50D21DF" // VS Pinball
+
+
+			)
+				SetPalette(Palettes.palette_2c04_001);
+
+			if (cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "CAE9CB4C0452C56BED58AEACCEACE8A3107F843A" // VS Mighty Bomb Jack (J)
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "4E38B4C231C44BB1408AC6C6F941A136DD33D0EB" // VS Platoon
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "F8A0F2C5A4B7212CB35F53EA7193B3DD85D6E1CD" // VS Mach Rider
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "F8ED6FAFA057DBEEB0398EECCC9DE91747D479AD" // VS Mach Rider [b1]
+
+
+
+			)
+				SetPalette(Palettes.palette_2c04_002);
+
+			if (cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "21674A6571F0D4C812B9C30092C0C5ABED0C92E1" // VS Gumshoe
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "1CF6AA8625AD1558E1F1AAF2E1710D5A09A2CED0" // VS Excite Bike (US)
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "BBB0AF27B313D7C838A38FB772A6FE8AFBAFBB95" // VS Soccer (US)
+
+
+			)
+				SetPalette(Palettes.palette_2c04_003);
+
+			if (cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "B21AA940728ED80C72EE23C251C96E42CC84B2D6" // VS Super Mario Bros
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "9F1943AADE4233285589CEA5BDC96B5380D49337" // VS Ice Climber (USA)
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "8885F4F00C0B73C156179BCEABA5381487DBEAAD" // VS Spy Vs. Spy (J)[!]
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "56FB1AAABA3B8C05452B2D5B8F232FAFB64AC70D" // VS Excite Bike (US) [a1]
+				|| cart.DB_GameInfo.Hash == "7FD66E0A4CC0E404F404D8164FA221EE2ACB7A38" // VS Clu Clu Land
+
+
+			)
+				SetPalette(Palettes.palette_2c04_004);
+
+		}
+
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.cs
index 9b6a6d87d6..bc6228ed96 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/NES.cs
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES
 			// we need to put this here because the line directly above will overwrite palette intialization anywhere else
 			if (_isVS)
 			{
-				Console.WriteLine(palette_compiled[0]);
-				//Settings.Palette = (byte[,])Palettes.palette_2c04.Clone();
-				SetPalette(Palettes.palette_2c04_B);
-				Console.WriteLine(palette_compiled[0]);
-				Console.WriteLine(Palettes.QuickNESPalette[0, 0]);
+				VS_pick_palette();
 			}
 
 			
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs
index 809671e402..b14d114bf3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs
@@ -188,7 +188,279 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.NES
 			{0, 0, 0},
 		};
 
-		public static byte[,] palette_2c04_B =
+		public static byte[,] palette_2c03_2c05 =
+		{
+			{3<<5, 3<<5, 3<<5},
+			{0<<5, 1<<5, 4<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 6<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 6<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{5<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{1<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 1<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 6<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 4<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{1<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{3<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{2<<5, 7<<5, 6<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{5<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 4<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 2<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{5<<5, 7<<5, 2<<5},
+			{4<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{2<<5, 7<<5, 6<<5},
+			{4<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+		};
+
+		public static byte[,] palette_2c04_001 =
+		{
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+			{1<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{2<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 4<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{3<<5, 3<<5, 3<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{3<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{3<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 4<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{2<<5, 7<<5, 6<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{2<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 6<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 1<<5, 4<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{5<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+			{0<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{5<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 6<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{1<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 1<<5},
+			{5<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 6<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 6<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{1<<5, 1<<5, 1<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{7<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+		};
+
+		public static byte[,] palette_2c04_002 =
+		{
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 7<<5, 2<<5},
+			{4<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{7<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+			{5<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{5<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 6<<5},
+			{0<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{3<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{2<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{2<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{2<<5, 7<<5, 6<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 6<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 4<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 6<<5},
+			{3<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 6<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 3<<5, 3<<5},
+			{1<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{1<<5, 1<<5, 1<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+			{0<<5, 1<<5, 4<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 4<<5},
+			{1<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 1<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+		};
+
+		public static byte[,] palette_2c04_003 =
+		{
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{5<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{5<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{1<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 1<<5, 4<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 4<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 4<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 6<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{4<<5, 6<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+			{5<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 7<<5},
+			{1<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 5<<5, 3<<5},
+			{3<<5, 3<<5, 3<<5},
+			{3<<5, 2<<5, 6<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 6<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 5<<5},
+			{6<<5, 3<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{1<<5, 1<<5, 1<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 4<<5, 0<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{3<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 3<<5},
+			{3<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 6<<5},
+			{4<<5, 4<<5, 4<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{3<<5, 1<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 7<<5},
+			{2<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{5<<5, 7<<5, 2<<5},
+			{7<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{4<<5, 2<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 7<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{2<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+			{0<<5, 3<<5, 1<<5},
+			{0<<5, 0<<5, 0<<5},
+			{6<<5, 5<<5, 7<<5},
+			{7<<5, 7<<5, 3<<5},
+			{4<<5, 0<<5, 7<<5},
+			{2<<5, 7<<5, 6<<5},
+			{7<<5, 6<<5, 0<<5},
+			{0<<5, 2<<5, 2<<5},
+		};
+
+		public static byte[,] palette_2c04_004 =
 		{
 			{4<<5, 3<<5, 0<<5},
 			{3<<5, 2<<5, 6<<5},