diff -r b5c2449616b5 -r 66dde6412125 src/video/sdl_v.cpp
--- a/src/video/sdl_v.cpp	Sun Jun 17 21:31:00 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/video/sdl_v.cpp	Tue Jun 26 23:40:58 2007 +0000
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@
 
 static void UpdatePalette(uint start, uint count)
 {
-	/* We can only update the palette in 8bpp for now */
-	/* TODO -- We need support for other bpps too! */
-	if (BlitterFactoryBase::GetCurrentBlitter()->GetScreenDepth() != 8) return;
-
 	SDL_Color pal[256];
 	uint i;
 
@@ -61,9 +57,25 @@
 
 static void CheckPaletteAnim()
 {
-	if (_pal_last_dirty != -1) {
-		UpdatePalette(_pal_first_dirty, _pal_last_dirty - _pal_first_dirty + 1);
-		_pal_last_dirty = -1;
+	if (_pal_count_dirty != 0) {
+		Blitter *blitter = BlitterFactoryBase::GetCurrentBlitter();
+
+		switch (blitter->UsePaletteAnimation()) {
+			case Blitter::PALETTE_ANIMATION_VIDEO_BACKEND:
+				UpdatePalette(_pal_first_dirty, _pal_count_dirty);
+				break;
+
+			case Blitter::PALETTE_ANIMATION_BLITTER:
+				blitter->PaletteAnimate(_pal_first_dirty, _pal_count_dirty);
+				break;
+
+			case Blitter::PALETTE_ANIMATION_NONE:
+				break;
+
+			default:
+				NOT_REACHED();
+		}
+		_pal_count_dirty = 0;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -430,6 +442,7 @@
 static void SdlVideoMainLoop()
 {
 	uint32 cur_ticks = SDL_CALL SDL_GetTicks();
+	uint32 last_cur_ticks = cur_ticks;
 	uint32 next_tick = cur_ticks + 30;
 	uint32 pal_tick = 0;
 	uint32 mod;
@@ -460,13 +473,12 @@
 
 		cur_ticks = SDL_CALL SDL_GetTicks();
 		if (cur_ticks >= next_tick || (_fast_forward && !_pause_game) || cur_ticks < prev_cur_ticks) {
+			_realtime_tick += cur_ticks - last_cur_ticks;
+			last_cur_ticks = cur_ticks;
 			next_tick = cur_ticks + 30;
 
 			_ctrl_pressed  = !!(mod & KMOD_CTRL);
 			_shift_pressed = !!(mod & KMOD_SHIFT);
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-			_dbg_screen_rect = !!(mod & KMOD_CAPS);
-#endif
 
 			// determine which directional keys are down
 			_dirkeys =