diff --git a/vacation.p8 b/vacation.p8
index 695600d..ff59074 100644
--- a/vacation.p8
+++ b/vacation.p8
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ function newtitle()
   }, 
   to=64,
  })
+ setup_arcade_pal()
  return view.of{
   {
    update=function()
@@ -458,7 +459,6 @@ end
 
 -- dolphin sprite states:
 -- spr args
--- draw pal
 -- hitbox offset; it's always
 -- some fixed size (trying to
 -- figure out what that size is)
@@ -478,17 +478,25 @@ phin_uw_pal = {
  [7]=135,
  [12]=140,
 }
-phin_err_pal = {
- [2]=2,
- [7]=7,
- [12]=8,
+identity = {
+ [0]=0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15
 }
 
+function setup_arcade_pal()
+ -- per-line color mode
+ poke(0x5f5f, 0x10)
+ -- rows 72 and lower: sea
+ memset(0x5f79,0xff,7)
+ pal()
+ pal(identity, 2)
+ pal(phin_nrm_pal, 1)
+ pal(phin_uw_pal, 2)
+end
+
 phinstate_nrm = {
  s={4, 36, 4, 9},
  ws=3,
  hs=2,
- p=phin_nrm_pal,
  idle=true,
  xo=-12,
  yo=-8,
@@ -497,7 +505,6 @@ phinstate_jump_full = {
  s={7},
  ws=2,
  hs=3,
- p=phin_nrm_pal,
  xo=-4,
  yo=-8, 
 }
@@ -505,7 +512,6 @@ phinstate_jump_wane = {
  s={1},
  ws=3,
  hs=3,
- p=phin_nrm_pal,
  xo=-12,
  yo=-8,
 }
@@ -513,7 +519,6 @@ phinstate_crest = {
  s={4},
  ws=3,
  hs=2,
- p=phin_nrm_pal,
  xo=-12,
  yo=-8,
 }
@@ -523,7 +528,6 @@ phinstate_dive_full = {
  s={7},
  ws=2,
  hs=3,
- p=phin_uw_pal,
  xo=-4,
  yo=-16,
 }
@@ -531,7 +535,6 @@ phinstate_dive_wane = {
  s={1},
  ws=3,
  hs=3,
- p=phin_uw_pal,
  xo=-12,
  yo=-16,
 }
@@ -539,7 +542,6 @@ phinstate_return = {
  s={4},
  ws=3,
  hs=2,
- p=phin_uw_pal,
  xo=-12,
  yo=-8,
 }
@@ -550,7 +552,6 @@ phinstate_error = {
  s={17},
  ws=1,
  hs=2,
- p=phin_err_pal,
 }
 
 -- coordinates are the notional
@@ -686,7 +687,6 @@ end
 
 function toyphin:draw()
  local st, y = self.state, self.y
- pal(st.p, 1)
  if (st.idle) y += wave()
  spr(st.s[1+(((t()<<1)&0x0.FFFF*#st.s)&0x7FFF)], self.x + st.xo, y + st.yo, self.state.ws, self.state.hs)
 end