diff --git a/cutscene.cpp b/cutscene.cpp
index de40570..2766961 100644
--- a/cutscene.cpp
+++ b/cutscene.cpp
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void Cutscene::drawFrame() {
 	_render->clearScreen();
 	if (_frameCounter != 0) {
 		const int y = (kCutsceneDisplayHeight - _fileHdr.videoFrameHeight) / 2;
-		_render->copyToOverlayLut(0, y, _frameBuffers[0], _palette, _fileHdr.videoFrameWidth, _fileHdr.videoFrameHeight);
+		_render->copyToOverlay(0, y, _fileHdr.videoFrameWidth, _fileHdr.videoFrameHeight, _frameBuffers[0], false, _palette);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/game.cpp b/game.cpp
index 1c20281..ff41792 100644
--- a/game.cpp
+++ b/game.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ Game::Game(Render *render, const GameParams *params)
 	memset(&_drawCharBuf, 0, sizeof(_drawCharBuf));
 	memset(&_drawNumber, 0, sizeof(_drawNumber));
 
+	_displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen = -1;
+
 	_ticks = 0;
 	_level = 0;
 	_skillLevel = kSkillNormal;
@@ -1153,6 +1155,27 @@ void Game::init() {
 	initLevel();
 }
 
+bool Game::displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen() {
+	switch (_displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen) {
+	case 1:
+		_render->resizeOverlay(kVrmLoadingScreenWidth, kVrmLoadingScreenHeight, true);
+		_displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen = 2;
+		// fall-through
+	case 2:
+		_render->copyToOverlay(0, 0, kVrmLoadingScreenWidth, kVrmLoadingScreenHeight, _resPsx._vrmLoadingBitmap, true);
+		break;
+	}
+	const bool present = !inp.enterKey && !inp.spaceKey;
+	inp.enterKey = false;
+	inp.spaceKey = false;
+	if (!present) {
+		_render->resizeOverlay(0, 0);
+		_displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen = 0;
+		_resPsx.unloadLevelData(kResTypePsx_VRM);
+	}
+	return present;
+}
+
 void Game::initLevel(bool keepInventoryObjects) {
 	debug(kDebug_GAME, "Game::initLevel() level %d keepInventory %d", _level, keepInventoryObjects);
 
@@ -1168,7 +1191,10 @@ void Game::initLevel(bool keepInventoryObjects) {
 	clearLevelData();
 
 	if (g_hasPsx) {
-		// _resPsx.loadLevelData(_level, kResTypePsx_VRM);
+		_resPsx.loadLevelData(_level, kResTypePsx_VRM);
+		if (_resPsx._vrmLoadingBitmap) {
+			_displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen = 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (_params.playDemo) {
diff --git a/game.h b/game.h
index e8ec225..644825e 100644
--- a/game.h
+++ b/game.h
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ struct Game {
 	bool _changeLevel;
 	int _room, _roomPrev;
 	bool _endGame;
+	int _displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen;
 	int _mainLoopCurrentMode;
 	int _conradHit;
 
@@ -669,6 +670,7 @@ struct Game {
 	void updateSceneTextures();
 	void initScene();
 	void init();
+	bool displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen();
 	void initLevel(bool keepInventoryObjects = false);
 	void setupConradObject();
 	void changeRoom(int room);
diff --git a/render.cpp b/render.cpp
index 2c70563..8c69dfa 100644
--- a/render.cpp
+++ b/render.cpp
@@ -457,8 +457,12 @@ void Render::drawRectangle(int x, int y, int w, int h, int color) {
 	emitQuad2i(x, y, w, h);
 }
 
-void Render::copyToOverlayLut(int x, int y, const uint8_t *data, const uint8_t *pal, int w, int h) {
+void Render::copyToOverlay(int x, int y, int w, int h, const uint8_t *data, bool rgb, const uint8_t *pal) {
 	assert(_overlay.tex);
+	if (x == 0 && y == 0 && w == _overlay.tex->bitmapW && h == _overlay.tex->bitmapH) {
+		_textureCache.updateTexture(_overlay.tex, data, w, h, rgb, pal);
+		return;
+	}
 	assert(x + w <= _overlay.tex->bitmapW);
 	assert(y + h <= _overlay.tex->bitmapH);
 	const int dstPitch = _overlay.tex->bitmapW;
@@ -472,7 +476,7 @@ void Render::copyToOverlayLut(int x, int y, const uint8_t *data, const uint8_t *
 			data += w;
 		}
 	}
-	_textureCache.updateTexture(_overlay.tex, _overlay.buf, _overlay.tex->bitmapW, _overlay.tex->bitmapH, pal);
+	_textureCache.updateTexture(_overlay.tex, _overlay.buf, _overlay.tex->bitmapW, _overlay.tex->bitmapH, _overlay.rgb, pal);
 }
 
 void Render::setIgnoreDepth(bool ignoreDepth) {
@@ -504,7 +508,7 @@ void Render::setOverlayBlendColor(int r, int g, int b) {
 	_overlay.b = b;
 }
 
-void Render::resizeOverlay(int w, int h) {
+void Render::resizeOverlay(int w, int h, bool rgb) {
 	if (_overlay.tex) {
 		_textureCache.destroyTexture(_overlay.tex);
 		_overlay.tex = 0;
@@ -516,9 +520,11 @@ void Render::resizeOverlay(int w, int h) {
 	if (w == 0 || h == 0) {
 		return;
 	}
-	_overlay.buf = (uint8_t *)calloc(w * h, sizeof(uint8_t));
+	const int colorSize = rgb ? 4 * sizeof(uint8_t) : sizeof(uint8_t);
+	_overlay.rgb = rgb;
+	_overlay.buf = (uint8_t *)calloc(w * h, colorSize);
 	if (_overlay.buf) {
-		_overlay.tex = _textureCache.createTexture(_overlay.buf, w, h);
+		_overlay.tex = _textureCache.createTexture(_overlay.buf, w, h, rgb);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/render.h b/render.h
index 8ad906a..8cfd470 100644
--- a/render.h
+++ b/render.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ struct Render {
 	uint8_t *_screenshotBuf;
 	struct {
 		uint8_t *buf;
+		bool rgb;
 		Texture *tex;
 		int r, g, b;
 	} _overlay;
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ struct Render {
 	void endObjectDraw();
 
 	void setOverlayBlendColor(int r, int g, int b);
-	void resizeOverlay(int w, int h);
-	void copyToOverlayLut(int x, int y, const uint8_t *data, const uint8_t *clut, int w, int h);
+	void resizeOverlay(int w, int h, bool rgb = false);
+	void copyToOverlay(int x, int y, int w, int h, const uint8_t *data, bool rgb = false, const uint8_t *clut = 0);
 
 	void setPaletteScale(bool greyScale, int rgbScale);
 	void setPalette(const uint8_t *pal, int offset, int count);
diff --git a/resourcepsx.cpp b/resourcepsx.cpp
index 1a3a87e..930cea5 100644
--- a/resourcepsx.cpp
+++ b/resourcepsx.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 #include "resourcepsx.h"
 
 static const char *_levels[] = {
-	"1", "2a", "2b", "2c", "3", "4a", "4b", "4c", "5a", "5b", "5c", "6a", "6b", 0
+	"1", "2a", "2b", "2c", "3", "4a", "4b", "4c", "5a", "5b", "5c", "6a", "6b"
 };
 
+ResourcePsx::ResourcePsx() {
+	_vrmLoadingBitmap = 0;
+}
+
 void ResourcePsx::loadLevelData(int level, int resType) {
 	char name[16];
 	switch (resType) {
@@ -15,14 +19,31 @@ void ResourcePsx::loadLevelData(int level, int resType) {
 				fileReadUint32LE(fp);
 				int count = 0;
 				while (1) {
-					const int w = fileReadUint16LE(fp);
-					const int h = fileReadUint16LE(fp);
+					int w = fileReadUint16LE(fp);
+					int h = fileReadUint16LE(fp);
 					if (fileEof(fp)) {
 						break;
 					}
-					debug(kDebug_INFO, "VRAM %d w %d h %d", count, w, h);
+					debug(kDebug_RESOURCE, "VRAM %d w %d h %d", count, w, h);
 					if (count == 0) {
 						assert(w == 640 && h == 272);
+						_vrmLoadingBitmap = (uint8_t *)malloc(kVrmLoadingScreenWidth * kVrmLoadingScreenHeight * 4);
+						if (_vrmLoadingBitmap) {
+							const int dstPitch = kVrmLoadingScreenWidth * 4;
+							for (int y = 0; y < kVrmLoadingScreenHeight; ++y) {
+								uint8_t *dst = _vrmLoadingBitmap + (kVrmLoadingScreenHeight - 1 - y) * dstPitch;
+								for (int x = 0; x < kVrmLoadingScreenWidth; ++x) {
+									const uint16_t color = fileReadUint16LE(fp);
+									*dst++ = ( color        & 31) << 3;
+									*dst++ = ((color >>  5) & 31) << 3;
+									*dst++ = ((color >> 10) & 31) << 3;
+									*dst++ = 255;
+								}
+							}
+							h -= kVrmLoadingScreenHeight;
+						}
+					} else {
+						assert(w == 256 && h == 256);
 					}
 					fileSetPos(fp, w * h, kFilePosition_CUR);
 					++count;
@@ -33,3 +54,12 @@ void ResourcePsx::loadLevelData(int level, int resType) {
 		break;
 	}
 }
+
+void ResourcePsx::unloadLevelData(int resType) {
+	switch (resType) {
+	case kResTypePsx_VRM:
+		free(_vrmLoadingBitmap);
+		_vrmLoadingBitmap = 0;
+		break;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/resourcepsx.h b/resourcepsx.h
index 965c107..9441e9b 100644
--- a/resourcepsx.h
+++ b/resourcepsx.h
@@ -9,9 +9,19 @@ enum {
 	kResTypePsx_VRM
 };
 
+enum {
+	kVrmLoadingScreenWidth = 320,
+	kVrmLoadingScreenHeight = 240
+};
+
 struct ResourcePsx {
 
+	uint8_t *_vrmLoadingBitmap;
+
+	ResourcePsx();
+
 	void loadLevelData(int level, int resType);
+	void unloadLevelData(int resType);
 };
 
 #endif // RESOURCEPSX_H__
diff --git a/stub.cpp b/stub.cpp
index ec76d18..b90fdad 100644
--- a/stub.cpp
+++ b/stub.cpp
@@ -513,6 +513,10 @@ struct GameStub_F2B : GameStub {
 			} else if (_g->_endGame) {
 				_g->_endGame = false;
 				_g->initLevel();
+			} else if (_g->_displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen) {
+				if (_g->displayPsxLevelLoadingScreen()) {
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 			_g->updateGameInput();
 			_g->doTick();
diff --git a/texturecache.cpp b/texturecache.cpp
index 54f1238..8f158a6 100644
--- a/texturecache.cpp
+++ b/texturecache.cpp
@@ -281,14 +281,29 @@ void TextureCache::destroyTexture(Texture *texture) {
 	delete texture;
 }
 
-void TextureCache::updateTexture(Texture *t, const uint8_t *data, int w, int h, const uint8_t *pal) {
+void TextureCache::updateTexture(Texture *t, const uint8_t *data, int w, int h, bool rgb, const uint8_t *pal) {
 	assert(t->bitmapW == w && t->bitmapH == h);
-	memcpy(t->bitmapData, data, w * h);
+	if (rgb) {
+		assert(t->bitmapData == 0);
+	} else {
+		memcpy(t->bitmapData, data, w * h);
+	}
 	uint16_t *texData = (uint16_t *)calloc(t->texW * t->texH, sizeof(uint16_t));
 	if (texData) {
-		uint16_t clut[256];
-		convertPalette(pal, clut);
-		convertTexture(t->bitmapData, t->bitmapW, t->bitmapH, clut, texData, t->texW);
+		if (rgb) {
+			uint16_t *p = texData;
+			for (int y = 0; y < h; ++y) {
+				for (int x = 0; x < w; ++x) {
+					p[x] = _formats[_fmt].convertColor(data[0], data[1], data[2]); data += 4;
+				}
+				p += t->texW;
+			}
+		} else {
+			assert(pal);
+			uint16_t clut[256];
+			convertPalette(pal, clut);
+			convertTexture(t->bitmapData, t->bitmapW, t->bitmapH, clut, texData, t->texW);
+		}
 		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, t->id);
 		glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, t->texW, t->texH, _formats[_fmt].format, _formats[_fmt].type, texData);
 		free(texData);
diff --git a/texturecache.h b/texturecache.h
index 6a487cc..fb8b351 100644
--- a/texturecache.h
+++ b/texturecache.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct TextureCache {
 	void convertTexture(const uint8_t *src, int w, int h, const uint16_t *clut, uint16_t *dst, int dstPitch);
 	Texture *createTexture(const uint8_t *data, int w, int h, bool rgb = false, const uint8_t *pal = 0);
 	void destroyTexture(Texture *);
-	void updateTexture(Texture *, const uint8_t *data, int w, int h, const uint8_t *pal);
+	void updateTexture(Texture *, const uint8_t *data, int w, int h, bool rgb = false, const uint8_t *pal = 0);
 
 	void convertPalette(const uint8_t *src, uint16_t *dst);
 	void setPalette(const uint8_t *pal, bool updateTextures = true);