diff --git a/src/emucore/tia/core_6502ts/TIA.cxx b/src/emucore/tia/core_6502ts/TIA.cxx
index 1ba0d63da..9fb901156 100644
--- a/src/emucore/tia/core_6502ts/TIA.cxx
+++ b/src/emucore/tia/core_6502ts/TIA.cxx
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ void TIA::renderPixel(uInt32 x, uInt32 y, bool lineNotCached)
     switch (myPriority)
     {
       // Playfield has priority so ScoreBit isn't used
-      // Priority from highest to lowest:  
+      // Priority from highest to lowest:
       //   BL/PF => P0/M0 => P1/M1 => BK
       case Priority::pfp:  // CTRLPF D2=1, D1=ignored
         color = myMissile1.getPixel(color);
@@ -850,31 +850,22 @@ void TIA::renderPixel(uInt32 x, uInt32 y, bool lineNotCached)
         break;
 
       case Priority::score:  // CTRLPF D2=0, D1=1
-        // Score mode left half
-        if (x < 80) {
-          // Priority from highest to lowest:
-          //   PF/P0/M0 => P1/M1 => BL => BK
-          color = myBall.getPixel(color);
-          color = myMissile1.getPixel(color);
-          color = myPlayer1.getPixel(color);
-          color = myMissile0.getPixel(color);
-          color = myPlayer0.getPixel(color);
-          color = myPlayfield.getPixel(color);
-        }
-        else  // Score mode right half
-        {
-          // Priority from highest to lowest:  
-          //   P0/M0 => PF/P1/M1 => BL => BK
-          color = myBall.getPixel(color);
-          color = myMissile1.getPixel(color);
-          color = myPlayer1.getPixel(color);
-          color = myPlayfield.getPixel(color);
-          color = myMissile0.getPixel(color);
-          color = myPlayer0.getPixel(color);
-        }
+        // Formally we have (priority from highest to lowest)
+        //   PF/P0/M0 => P1/M1 => BL => BK
+        // for the first half and
+        //   P0/M0 => PF/P1/M1 => BL => BK
+        // for the second half. However, the first ordering is equivalent
+        // to the second (PF has the same color as P0/M0), so we can just
+        // write
+        color = myBall.getPixel(color);
+        color = myMissile1.getPixel(color);
+        color = myPlayer1.getPixel(color);
+        color = myPlayfield.getPixel(color);
+        color = myMissile0.getPixel(color);
+        color = myPlayer0.getPixel(color);
         break;
 
-      // Priority from highest to lowest:  
+      // Priority from highest to lowest:
       //   P0/M0 => P1/M1 => BL/PF => BK
       case Priority::normal:  // CTRLPF D2=0, D1=0
         color = myPlayfield.getPixel(color);