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Mode 6 is the least frequently used Background Mode. No games use it.^[1][4] It is one of the hi-res modes, meaning the horizontal resolution is 512 dots. When interlacing is enabled, the vertical resolution is also doubled.^[1] It supports offset change mode. PVSnesLib currently does not support Mode 6. ^[2] Color Math should not be used in Mode 6.^[3] Tiles are 16 pixels wide and 8 pixels tall in Mode 6.^[5]

Reference

https://nesdoug.com/2022/05/30/other-modes
https://github.com/alekmaul/pvsneslib/issues/14#issuecomment-698703247
7.1 on page 2-7-2 of Book I of the official Super Nintendo development manual
https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=15087
https://archive.org/details/SNESDevManual/book1/page/n199

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-'''Mode 6''' is the least frequently used [[Background Mode]].  No games use it.<sup>[1][4]</sup>  It is one of the hi-res modes, meaning the horizontal resolution is 512 dots.  When [[interlacing]] is enabled, the vertical resolution is also doubled.<sup>[1]</sup>  It supports [[offset change mode]].  [[PVSnesLib]] currently does not support Mode 6. <sup>[2]</sup>  [[Color Math]] should not be used in Mode 6.<sup>[3]</sup>
+'''Mode 6''' is the least frequently used [[Background Mode]].  No games use it.<sup>[1][4]</sup>  It is one of the hi-res modes, meaning the horizontal resolution is 512 dots.  When [[interlacing]] is enabled, the vertical resolution is also doubled.<sup>[1]</sup>  It supports [[offset change mode]].  [[PVSnesLib]] currently does not support Mode 6. <sup>[2]</sup>  [[Color Math]] should not be used in Mode 6.<sup>[3]</sup>  Tiles are 16 pixels wide and 8 pixels tall in Mode 6.<sup>[5]</sup>
 === See Also ===

Other Background Modes
Mode 0	Mode 1	Mode 2	Mode 3
Mode 4	Mode 5	Mode 6	Mode 7