During the 8-bit era, programmers sometimes took advantage of the way older televisions were built to make certain graphics more colorful than the computer had been designed to allow. Using a more expensive computer monitor back then or an S-video connection today, the cockpit of Atari 8-bit Flight Simulator II is all white, and finely detailed. On a conventional television with only a composite connection, greens and purples appear. The extra color actually makes some of the instruments easier to read, but at the same time smaller details get smeared away.