Thank you, I'll give this a shot! I've tried the one you suggested in the past and unfortunately it didn't help much, but I've seen it recommended often enough that I believe it's legit. Some of the others in this video are new to me and I'll definitely be trying them out.
It goes up and down (louder and quieter?) for me, and it's especially strong lately so I'm a little extra salty about it right now. ๐ซ
This is really interesting, thanks for the details. I fiddle around with 6510 assembly sometimes, and didn't realize that the 6507 and other chips that the 2600 uses required those tricks for the player objects. The things that developers manage to make the 2600 do with such limited hardware blows my mind.
I have a couple different 2600 versions, a Jr, a colecovision Atari adapter and maybe a couple other variants in the closet that I'll try to dig out this weekend and see how it handles this game! Unfortunately I don't have a 7800, despite that being the console I had as a kid. I should add that to the wish list.