diff --git a/games/lemm/Makefile b/games/lemm/Makefile
index 2aaea662..f8fb3152 100644
--- a/games/lemm/Makefile
+++ b/games/lemm/Makefile
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ LEVEL6:	level6.o
 
 level6.o:	level6.s zp.inc hardware.inc qload.inc lemm.inc \
 		release_lemming.s \
-		graphics/graphics_level6.inc
+		graphics/graphics_level6.inc graphics/l6_animation.inc
 	ca65 -o level6.o level6.s -l level6.lst
 
 
diff --git a/games/lemm/graphics/Makefile b/games/lemm/graphics/Makefile
index abc2a9f5..185e00ff 100644
--- a/games/lemm/graphics/Makefile
+++ b/games/lemm/graphics/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ all:	graphics_test.inc \
 	graphics_level8.inc \
 	graphics_level9.inc \
 	graphics_level10.inc \
-	sprites.inc
+	sprites.inc \
+	l6_animation.inc
 
 
 
@@ -92,6 +93,18 @@ graphics_level10.inc:	\
 	echo "level10_preview_lzsa: .incbin \"level10_preview.lzsa\"" >> graphics_level10.inc
 
 
+###
+
+l6_animation.inc:	level_animations.png
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame0_sprite level_animations.png  42   3  62 11 > l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame1_sprite level_animations.png  28  14  62 23 >> l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame2_sprite level_animations.png  21  25  62 38 >> l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame3_sprite level_animations.png  21  42  62 52 >> l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame4_sprite level_animations.png  14  56  41 63 >> l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame5_sprite level_animations.png  14  68  34 77 >> l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame6_sprite level_animations.png   0  85  27 93 >> l6_animation.inc
+	$(HGR_SPRITE) -s -l flame7_sprite level_animations.png  28  86  34 87 >> l6_animation.inc
+
 
 
 ###
diff --git a/games/lemm/graphics/level_animations.png b/games/lemm/graphics/level_animations.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5884a3f1
Binary files /dev/null and b/games/lemm/graphics/level_animations.png differ
diff --git a/games/lemm/level6.s b/games/lemm/level6.s
index d5c17ca6..24d9a026 100644
--- a/games/lemm/level6.s
+++ b/games/lemm/level6.s
@@ -228,9 +228,21 @@ l6_door_is_open:
 
 	jsr	draw_flames
 
+	;=====================
+	; draw level animation
+	;=====================
+
+	jsr	flame_thrower
+
+	;====================
+	; update timer
+	;====================
+
 	jsr	update_timer
 
+	;====================
 	; main drawing loop
+	;====================
 
 	jsr	erase_lemming
 
@@ -304,3 +316,76 @@ level6_intro_text:
 .byte 13,18,"TIME 5 MINUTES",0
 .byte 15,20,"RATING FUN",0
 .byte  8,23,"PRESS RETURN TO CONTINUE",0
+
+
+.include "graphics/l6_animation.inc"
+
+	;======================
+	; flame thrower
+	;======================
+flame_thrower:
+
+	; erase old
+
+	; X a->x, savey1->savey2
+
+	lda	#21
+	sta	SAVED_Y1
+	lda	#36
+	sta	SAVED_Y2
+
+	lda	#11
+	ldx	#19
+
+	jsr	hgr_partial_restore
+
+	; draw new
+
+	lda	FRAMEL
+	and	#$7
+	tay
+
+	lda	flame_sprites_l,Y
+	sta	INL
+	lda	flame_sprites_h,Y
+	sta	INH
+
+	lda	flame_sprites_x,Y
+	sta	XPOS
+
+	lda	flame_sprites_y,Y
+	sta	YPOS
+
+        jsr	hgr_draw_sprite
+
+	rts
+
+flame_sprites_l:
+	.byte <flame0_sprite,<flame1_sprite
+	.byte <flame2_sprite,<flame3_sprite
+	.byte <flame4_sprite,<flame5_sprite
+	.byte <flame6_sprite,<flame7_sprite
+
+flame_sprites_h:
+	.byte >flame0_sprite,>flame1_sprite
+	.byte >flame2_sprite,>flame3_sprite
+	.byte >flame4_sprite,>flame5_sprite
+	.byte >flame6_sprite,>flame7_sprite
+
+flame_sprites_x:
+;	.byte 15,13
+;	.byte 12,12
+;	.byte 11,11
+;	.byte 11,11
+	.byte 16,14
+	.byte 13,13
+	.byte 12,12
+	.byte 10,12
+
+flame_sprites_y:
+	.byte 27,26
+	.byte 24,25
+	.byte 26,23
+	.byte 21,21
+
+