diff --git a/cli.py b/cli.py
index 63bb4dd..3d700b8 100644
--- a/cli.py
+++ b/cli.py
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ def rez_scope():
 	import menu
 	import sound
 	import rect
+	import version
 	import constants
 
 	# could do: mod = importlib.import_module("base"), etc.
 	scope = {}
-	for mod in (base, window, control, menu, sound, rect, constants):
+	for mod in (base, window, control, menu, sound, rect, version, constants):
 		if hasattr(mod, '__all__'): keys = mod.__all__
 		else: keys = [x for x in dir(mod) if x[0] != '_']
 
diff --git a/examples/version.prez b/examples/version.prez
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..82b8347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/version.prez
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+#
+#
+#
+
+rVersion("1.2.3b4", verUS, "short name", "long name", id = 1)
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..728b5ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+
+from base import rObject
+from utils import *
+import enum
+import struct
+import re
+
+__all__ = ["rVersion"]
+
+class Region(enum.Enum):
+
+	verUS = 0
+	verFrance = 1
+	verBritain = 2
+	verGermany = 3
+	verItaly = 4
+	verNetherlands = 5
+	verBelgiumLux = 6
+	verFrBelgiumLux = 6 # alias
+	verSweden = 7
+	verSpain = 8
+	verDenmark = 9
+	verPortugal = 10
+	verFrCanada = 11
+	verNorway = 12
+	verIsrael = 13
+	verJapan = 14
+	verAustralia = 15
+	verArabia = 16
+	verArabic = 16 # alias
+	verFinland = 17
+	verFrSwiss = 18
+	verGrSwiss = 19
+	verGreece = 20
+	verIceland = 21
+	verMalta = 22
+	verCyprus = 23
+	verTurkey = 24
+	verYugoslavia = 25
+	verYugoCroatian = 25 # alias
+	verIndia = 33
+	verIndiaHindi = 33 # alias
+	verPakistan = 34
+
+	verLithuania = 41
+	verPoland = 42
+	verHungary = 43
+
+	verEstonia = 44
+	verLatvia = 45
+	verLapland = 46
+	verFaeroeIsl = 47
+	verIran = 48
+	verRussia = 49
+	verIreland = 50
+	verKorea = 51
+
+	verChina = 52
+	verTaiwan = 53
+	verThailand = 54
+
+
+# import enums.
+globals().update(Region.__members__)
+__all__.extend(list(Region.__members__))
+
+def _version_to_version(vstr):
+	# 1 - major
+	# 1.2 - major.minor
+	# 1.2.3 - major.minor.bug
+	# 1.2.3 [dabfr] - major.minor.bug develop/alpha/beta/final/release
+	# 1.2.3r4 - major.minor.bug stage release version
+
+	# release implies release version of 0.
+
+	major = 0
+	minor = 0
+	bug = 0
+	stage = 'r'
+	release = 0
+
+	m = re.match(r"([0-9.]+)([dabfr])(\d+)?$", vstr)
+	if not m: raise ValueError("Bad version string: {}".format(vstr))
+
+	stage = m[2]
+	release = int(m[3], 10)
+
+	vv = m[1].split('.')
+	if len(vv) < 1 or len(vv) > 3 or not all(vv):
+		raise ValueError("Bad version string: {}".format(vstr))
+
+	if len(vv) >= 1: major = int(vv[0], 10)
+	if len(vv) >= 2: minor = int(vv[1], 10)
+	if len(vv) >= 3: bug = int(vv[2], 10)
+
+	# convert to bcd format.  25 (base 10) -> 0x25 (base 16)
+	if major > 99: raise ValueError("major version too big: {}".format(major))
+	if minor > 9: raise ValueError("minor version too big: {}".format(minor))
+	if bug > 9: raise ValueError("bug version too big: {}".format(bug))
+	if release > 99: raise ValueError("release version too big: {}".format(release))
+
+	major = (major % 10) + (major // 10) * 16
+	release = (release % 10) + (release // 10) * 16
+
+	return (major, minor, bug, stage, release)
+
+class rVersion(rObject):
+	rName = "rVersion"
+	rType = 0x8029
+
+	def __init__(self, version, region, short, long, **kwargs):
+		super().__init__(**kwargs)
+
+		self.version = _version_to_version(version)
+		self.region = region
+		self.short = str_to_bytes(short)
+		self.long = str_to_bytes(long)
+
+	def __bytes__(self):
+		major, minor, bug, stage, release = self.version
+
+		stagemap = {
+			'd': 0b0010_0000,
+			'a': 0b0100_0000,
+			'b': 0b0110_0000,
+			'f': 0b1000_0000,
+			'r': 0b1010_0000,
+		}
+
+		bb = struct.pack("<4BH",
+			release,
+			stagemap[stage],
+
+			(minor << 4) + (bug),
+			major,
+
+			self.region.value
+		)
+
+		bb += bytes( (len(self.short), ) )
+		bb += self.short
+
+		bb += bytes( (len(self.long), ) )
+		bb += self.long
+
+		return bb
+
+	def _rez_string(self):
+
+		stagemap = {
+			'd': 'develop',
+			'a': 'alpha',
+			'b': 'beta',
+			'f': 'final',
+			'r': 'release',
+		}
+		major, minor, bug, stage, release = self.version
+
+		return (
+			"\t{{ ${:02x}, ${:02x}, ${:02x}, {}, ${:02x} }}, /* version */\n"
+			"\t{}, /* region */\n"
+			"\t{}, /* short name */\n"
+			"\t{} /* more info */".format(
+				major, minor,bug, stagemap[stage], release,
+				self.region.name,
+				format_string(self.short),
+				format_string(self.long)
+		))