diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs
index 0ab5f46e73..a5ac8bf1ab 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Core.cs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 		/// <summary>
 		/// sets the provided palette as current
 		/// </summary>
-		void SetPalette(int[,] pal)
+		public void SetPalette(int[,] pal)
 		{
 			Array.Copy(pal,palette,64*3);
 			for(int i=0;i<64*8;i++)
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs
index d3ac0de16c..f3a2929872 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/NES/Palettes.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 {
 	partial class NES
 	{
-		static class Palettes
+		public static class Palettes
 		{
 			static float[] rtmul = { 1.239f, 0.794f, 1.019f, 0.905f, 1.023f, 0.741f, 0.75f };
 			static float[] gtmul = { 0.915f, 1.086f, 0.98f, 1.026f, 0.908f, 0.987f, 0.75f };
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo
 				if (b > 0xFF) b = 0xFF;
 			}
 
+			/// <summary>
+			/// Loads a simple 192 byte (64 entry RGB888) palette which is FCEUX format (and probably other emulators as well)
+			/// </summary>
+			/// <param name="fileContents">192 bytes, the contents of the palette file</param>
+			public static int[,] Load_FCEUX_Palette(byte[] fileContents)
+			{
+				if (fileContents.Length != 192) return null;
+				int[,] ret = new int[64, 3];
+				int i=0;
+				for (int c = 0; c < 64; c++)
+				{
+					for(int z=0;z<3;z++)
+						ret[c,z] = fileContents[i++];
+				}
+				return ret;
+			}
+
 			const int SHIFT = 2;
 			public static int[,] FCEUX_Standard = new int[,]
 			{
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Util.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Util.cs
index b32efd8e8f..71b88cd30e 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Util.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Util.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,39 @@ namespace BizHawk
 
     public static class Extensions
     {
+		public static void CopyTo(this Stream src, Stream dest)
+		{
+			int size = (src.CanSeek) ? Math.Min((int)(src.Length - src.Position), 0x2000) : 0x2000;
+			byte[] buffer = new byte[size];
+			int n;
+			do
+			{
+				n = src.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+				dest.Write(buffer, 0, n);
+			} while (n != 0);
+		}
+
+		public static void CopyTo(this MemoryStream src, Stream dest)
+		{
+			dest.Write(src.GetBuffer(), (int)src.Position, (int)(src.Length - src.Position));
+		}
+
+		public static void CopyTo(this Stream src, MemoryStream dest)
+		{
+			if (src.CanSeek)
+			{
+				int pos = (int)dest.Position;
+				int length = (int)(src.Length - src.Position) + pos;
+				dest.SetLength(length);
+
+				while (pos < length)
+					pos += src.Read(dest.GetBuffer(), pos, length - pos);
+			}
+			else
+				src.CopyTo((Stream)dest);
+		}
+
+
         public static bool IsBinary(this string str)
         {
             for (int i = 0; i < str.Length; i++)
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs
index f75522c0b6..50d72dc47d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/HawkFile.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,29 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 
     public class HawkFile : IDisposable
     {
+		public static bool ExistsAt(string path)
+		{
+			using (var file = new HawkFile(path))
+			{
+				return file.Exists;
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static byte[] ReadAllBytes(string path)
+		{
+			using (var file = new HawkFile(path))
+			{
+				if (!file.Exists) throw new FileNotFoundException(path);
+				using (Stream stream = file.GetStream())
+				{
+					MemoryStream ms = new MemoryStream((int)stream.Length);
+					stream.CopyTo(ms);
+					return ms.GetBuffer();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// returns whether a bound file exists. if there is no bound file, it can't exist
 		/// </summary>
@@ -90,7 +113,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 		public HawkFile(string path)
         {
 			string autobind = null;
-			if (IsCanonicalArchivePath(path))
+			bool isArchivePath = IsCanonicalArchivePath(path);
+			if (isArchivePath)
 			{
 				string[] parts = path.Split('|');
 				path = parts[0];
@@ -114,7 +138,13 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				//bind it later with the desired extensions.
 			}
 
-			if (autobind != null)
+			if (autobind == null)
+			{
+				//non-archive files can be automatically bound this way
+				if (!isArchivePath)
+					BindRoot();
+			}
+			else
 			{
 				autobind = autobind.ToUpperInvariant();
 				for (int i = 0; i < extractor.ArchiveFileData.Count; i++)
@@ -189,7 +219,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// causes the root to be bound (in the case of non-archive files
+		/// causes the root to be bound (in the case of non-archive files)
 		/// </summary>
 		void BindRoot()
 		{
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index ef69ac7e82..b8f3f1e991 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -740,7 +740,15 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
                             LoadTI83KeyPad();
 						break;
 					case "NES":
-						nextEmulator = new NES();
+						{
+							NES nes = new NES();
+							nextEmulator = nes;
+							string palette_file = @"C:\svn\fceux\fceu\output\palettes\FCEU-15-nitsuja_new.pal";
+							if (HawkFile.ExistsAt(palette_file))
+							{
+								nes.SetPalette(NES.Palettes.Load_FCEUX_Palette(HawkFile.ReadAllBytes(palette_file)));
+							}
+						}
 						break;
 					case "GB":
 						nextEmulator = new Gameboy();