diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
index 4559e94ec1..6186955a04 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/MainForm.cs
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 					Global.Game.Name = (Global.Emulator as NES).GameName;
 				}
 
-				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(game.System) + " - " + game.Name + " \\";
+				Text = DisplayNameForSystem(game.System) + " - " + game.Name;
 				ResetRewindBuffer();
 				Global.Config.RecentRoms.Add(file.CanonicalName);
 				if (File.Exists(game.SaveRamPath))
@@ -916,8 +916,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
 				{
 					runloop_second = DateTime.Now;
 					Global.RenderPanel.FPS = runloop_fps;
-					if(Text.IndexOf('\\') != -1)
-						Text = Text.Substring(0, Text.IndexOf('\\')) + "\\ " + runloop_fps + " fps";
 					Global.RenderPanel.FPS = runloop_fps;
 					runloop_fps = 0;
 				}
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
index e09b59cb50..5b609e653d 100644
--- a/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.MultiClient/RenderPanel.cs
@@ -258,19 +258,25 @@ namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
             //TODO: If movie loaded use that frame counter, and also display total movie frame count if read-only
             if (Global.Config.DisplayFrameCounter)
             {
-                //MessageFont.DrawString(null, MakeFrameCounter(), Global.Config.DispFrameCx+2,
-                //    Global.Config.DispFrameCy+2, new Color4(Color.Black));
+                MessageFont.DrawString(null, MakeFrameCounter(), Global.Config.DispFrameCx+2,
+                    Global.Config.DispFrameCy+2, new Color4(Color.Black));
                 MessageFont.DrawString(null, MakeFrameCounter(), Global.Config.DispFrameCx,
                     Global.Config.DispFrameCy, Color.FromArgb(Global.Config.MessagesColor));
             }
             if (Global.Config.DisplayInput)
             {
                 string input = MakeInputDisplay();
-                MessageFont.DrawString(null, input, Global.Config.DispInpx, Global.Config.DispInpy, new Color4(Color.White));
+                MessageFont.DrawString(null, input, Global.Config.DispInpx+2, Global.Config.DispInpy+2, new Color4(Color.Black));
+                MessageFont.DrawString(null, input, Global.Config.DispInpx, Global.Config.DispInpy, Color.FromArgb(Global.Config.MessagesColor));
             }
 
-			if (Global.Config.DisplayFPS)
-                MessageFont.DrawString(null, FPS.ToString() + " fps", Global.Config.DispFPSx, Global.Config.DispFPSy, new Color4(Color.White));
+            if (Global.Config.DisplayFPS)
+            {
+                MessageFont.DrawString(null, FPS.ToString() + " fps", Global.Config.DispFPSx+2, 
+                    Global.Config.DispFPSy+2, new Color4(Color.Black));
+                MessageFont.DrawString(null, FPS.ToString() + " fps", Global.Config.DispFPSx,
+                    Global.Config.DispFPSy, Color.FromArgb(Global.Config.MessagesColor));
+            }
         }
 
         private string MakeFrameCounter()