diff --git a/mist/meche.s b/mist/meche.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be9fcf1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mist/meche.s
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+; Mechanical Engineer (meche) island
+
+; by deater (Vince Weaver) <vince@deater.net>
+
+; Zero Page
+	.include "zp.inc"
+	.include "hardware.inc"
+
+
+meche_start:
+	;===================
+	; init screen
+	jsr	TEXT
+	jsr	HOME
+	bit	KEYRESET
+
+	bit	SET_GR
+	bit	PAGE0
+	bit	LORES
+	bit	FULLGR
+
+	lda	#0
+	sta	DRAW_PAGE
+
+	; init cursor
+
+	lda	#20
+	sta	CURSOR_X
+	sta	CURSOR_Y
+
+	;=================
+	; init vars
+	;	FIXME: we could be re-called from other books
+	;	so don't set location here
+
+	lda	#0
+	sta	LOCATION
+	lda	#DIRECTION_E
+	sta	DIRECTION
+
+
+	lda	LOCATION
+	bne	not_first_time
+
+not_first_time:
+
+
+	; set up initial location
+
+	jsr	change_location
+
+	lda	#1
+	sta	CURSOR_VISIBLE		; visible at first
+
+
+
+game_loop:
+	;=================
+	; reset things
+	;=================
+
+	lda	#0
+	sta	IN_SPECIAL
+	sta	IN_RIGHT
+	sta	IN_LEFT
+
+	;====================================
+	; copy background to current page
+	;====================================
+
+	jsr	gr_copy_to_current
+
+	;====================================
+	; handle special-case forground logic
+	;====================================
+
+
+nothing_special:
+
+	;====================================
+	; draw pointer
+	;====================================
+
+	jsr	draw_pointer
+
+	;====================================
+	; page flip
+	;====================================
+
+	jsr	page_flip
+
+	;====================================
+	; handle keypress/joystick
+	;====================================
+
+	jsr	handle_keypress
+
+
+	;====================================
+	; inc frame count
+	;====================================
+
+	inc	FRAMEL
+	bne	room_frame_no_oflo
+	inc	FRAMEH
+room_frame_no_oflo:
+
+	jmp	game_loop
+
+
+	;==========================
+	; includes
+	;==========================
+
+	.include	"gr_copy.s"
+	.include	"gr_offsets.s"
+	.include	"gr_pageflip.s"
+	.include	"gr_putsprite_crop.s"
+	.include	"text_print.s"
+	.include	"gr_fast_clear.s"
+	.include	"decompress_fast_v2.s"
+	.include	"keyboard.s"
+	.include	"draw_pointer.s"
+
+	.include	"audio.s"
+
+	.include	"graphics_meche/meche_graphics.inc"
+
+
+	; puzzles
+
+	; linking books
+
+;	.include	"link_book_mist.s"
+
+	.include	"common_sprites.inc"
+
+	.include	"leveldata_meche.inc"
+
+
+
+
+
+;.align $100
+audio_red_page:
+.incbin "audio/red_page.btc"
+audio_link_noise:
+.incbin "audio/link_noise.btc"
+
+
diff --git a/mist/zp.inc b/mist/zp.inc
index d5f2a4e0..aa0a5907 100644
--- a/mist/zp.inc
+++ b/mist/zp.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ;; LZSA addresses
 NIBCOUNT	= $00
+WHICH_LOAD	= $05
 
 ;; Zero page monitor routines addresses