diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/Makefile b/games/riven_hgr/Makefile
index 00a259e6..42166dd9 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/Makefile
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/Makefile
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ riven_disk02.dsk:	QBOOT QLOAD TITLE_02 \
 
 riven_disk03.dsk:	QBOOT QLOAD TITLE_03 \
 	disk03_files/DISK03 \
+	disk03_files/LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS \
 	disk03_files/LEVEL_OUTSIDE
 	cp $(EMPTY_DISK)/empty.dsk riven_disk03.dsk
 	$(DOS33_RAW) riven_disk03.dsk  0  0 QBOOT                0   1
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ riven_disk03.dsk:	QBOOT QLOAD TITLE_03 \
 	$(DOS33_RAW) riven_disk03.dsk  0  1 disk03_files/DISK03  0   0
 	$(DOS33_RAW) riven_disk03.dsk  0  8 TITLE_03		 0   0
 	$(DOS33_RAW) riven_disk03.dsk  1  0 QLOAD                0   0
+	$(DOS33_RAW) riven_disk03.dsk  2  0 disk03_files/LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS      0   0
 	$(DOS33_RAW) riven_disk03.dsk  16  0 disk03_files/LEVEL_OUTSIDE      0   0
 
 ###
@@ -505,6 +507,9 @@ disk02_files/LEVEL_TOP:
 
 ####
 
+disk03_files/LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS:	
+	cd disk03_files && make
+
 disk03_files/LEVEL_OUTSIDE:	
 	cd disk03_files && make
 
@@ -692,6 +697,7 @@ riven_hgr.2mg:	dts_block PROBOOTHD QLOAD_HD \
 	disk02_files/LEVEL_STEPS1 \
 	disk02_files/LEVEL_TOP \
 	disk03_files/DISK03 \
+	disk03_files/LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS \
 	disk03_files/LEVEL_OUTSIDE \
 	disk04_files/DISK04 \
 	disk04_files/LEVEL_TUNNEL3 \
@@ -749,6 +755,7 @@ riven_hgr.2mg:	dts_block PROBOOTHD QLOAD_HD \
 	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 2 2  0` disk02_files/LEVEL_STEPS1      0   0
 	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 2 22 0` disk02_files/LEVEL_TOP      0   0
 	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 3 0  2` disk03_files/DISK03  0   0
+	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 3 2  0` disk03_files/LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS     0   0
 	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 3 16 0` disk03_files/LEVEL_OUTSIDE     0   0
 	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 4 0  2` disk04_files/DISK04  0   0
 	$(PRODOS_RAW) riven_hgr.2mg `./dts_block 4 27 0` disk04_files/LEVEL_TUNNEL3     0   0
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/Makefile b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/Makefile
index 81a0b09d..a6c323d4 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/Makefile
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include ../../../Makefile.inc
 LINKER_SCRIPTS = ../../../linker_scripts/
 
 
-all:	DISK03 LEVEL_OUTSIDE
+all:	DISK03 LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS LEVEL_OUTSIDE
 
 ####
 
@@ -27,21 +27,37 @@ level_outside.o:	level_outside.s \
 
 ####
 
+LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS:	level_downsteps.o
+	ld65 -o LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS level_downsteps.o -C $(LINKER_SCRIPTS)/apple2_4000.inc
+
+level_downsteps.o:	level_downsteps.s \
+		../zp.inc ../hardware.inc ../qload.inc \
+		../common_defines.inc disk03_defines.inc \
+		leveldata_downsteps.inc \
+		graphics_downsteps/downsteps_graphics.inc
+	ca65 -o level_downsteps.o level_downsteps.s -l level_downsteps.lst
+
+####
+
 graphics_outside/outside_graphics.inc:
 	cd graphics_outside && make
 
+graphics_downsteps/downsteps_graphics.inc:
+	cd graphics_downsteps && make
+
 ####
 
 clean:		
 	rm -f *~ *.o *.lst DISK03 \
-		LEVEL_OUTSIDE
+		LEVEL_OUTSIDE LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS
 
 ####
 
 distclean:
 	rm -f *~ *.o *.lst DISK03 \
-		LEVEL_OUTSIDE
+		LEVEL_OUTSIDE LEVEL_DOWNSTEPS
 	cd graphics_outside && make clean
+	cd graphics_downsteps && make clean
 
 
 
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03.s b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03.s
index b434be25..87bf8cef 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03.s
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03.s
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .include "../zp.inc"
 .include "../disk02_files/disk02_defines.inc"
-;.include "../disk04_files/disk04_defines.inc"
 .include "../disk00_files/disk00_defines.inc"
 
 which_disk_bcd:
@@ -10,19 +9,19 @@ which_disk_bin:
 	.byte	3
 
 load_address_array:
-	.byte	$40,$40,$40,$40	; TITLE, STEPS1,STEPS3,OUTSIDE
+	.byte	$40,$40,$40,$40	; TITLE, DSTEPS1,DSTEPS3,OUTSIDE
 	.byte	$40,$00,$00,$00 ;
 
 track_array:
-	.byte	0, 2, 9,16	; TITLE, STEPS1,STEPS3,OUTSIDE
+	.byte	0, 2, 9,16	; TITLE, DSTEPS1,DSTEPS3,OUTSIDE
 	.byte	22,0,0,0	;
 
 sector_array:
-	.byte	8, 0, 0, 0	; TITLE, STEPS1,STEPS3,OUTSIDE
+	.byte	8, 0, 0, 0	; TITLE, DSTEPS1,DSTEPS3,OUTSIDE
 	.byte	0,0,0,0		;
 
 length_array:
-	.byte	8, 96,84, 96	; TITLE, STEPS1,STEPS3,OUTSIDE
+	.byte	8, 96,84, 96	; TITLE, DSTEPS1,DSTEPS3,OUTSIDE
 	.byte	80,0,0,0
 
 
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03_defines.inc b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03_defines.inc
index 4ac74ad1..b709670f 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03_defines.inc
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/disk03_defines.inc
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 LOAD_TITLE_03	=	0
-LOAD_STEPS1	=	1
-LOAD_STPES3	=	2
+LOAD_DSTEPS1	=	1
+LOAD_DSTPES3	=	2
 LOAD_OUTSIDE	=	3
 
 ;================================
 ; Level definitions
 
+; DSTEPS1
+
+RIVEN_DOWN1	=	0
+RIVEN_DOWN2	=	1
+
 ; OUTSIDE
 
 RIVEN_OUTSIDE	=	0
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/Makefile b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3d72f63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+include ../../../../Makefile.inc
+
+ZX02 = ~/research/6502_compression/zx02.git/build/zx02 -f
+PNG_TO_HGR = ../../../../utils/hgr-utils/png2hgr
+
+all:	downsteps_graphics.inc
+
+downsteps_graphics.inc:	\
+	down1_n.hgr.zx02 down1_s.hgr.zx02
+	echo "down1_n_zx02: .incbin \"down1_n.hgr.zx02\"" > downsteps_graphics.inc
+	echo "down1_s_zx02: .incbin \"down1_s.hgr.zx02\"" >> downsteps_graphics.inc
+
+
+
+####
+
+%.hgr: %.png
+	$(PNG_TO_HGR) $< > $@
+
+%.hgr.zx02: %.hgr
+	$(ZX02) -f $< $@
+
+####
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *~ *.o *.lst  *.zx02 *.hgr downsteps_graphics.inc
+
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/down1_n.png b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/down1_n.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d9d23aa
Binary files /dev/null and b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/down1_n.png differ
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/down1_s.png b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/down1_s.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..edd54f7d
Binary files /dev/null and b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_downsteps/down1_s.png differ
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/Makefile b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/Makefile
index 87428ed5..0eb8fce0 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/Makefile
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ PNG_TO_HGR = ../../../../utils/hgr-utils/png2hgr
 all:	outside_graphics.inc
 
 outside_graphics.inc:	\
-	outside_n.hgr.zx02 outside_s.hgr.zx02
+	outside_n.hgr.zx02 outside_s.hgr.zx02 outside_e.hgr.zx02 outside_w.hgr.zx02
 	echo "outside_n_zx02: .incbin \"outside_n.hgr.zx02\"" > outside_graphics.inc
 	echo "outside_s_zx02: .incbin \"outside_s.hgr.zx02\"" >> outside_graphics.inc
+	echo "outside_e_zx02: .incbin \"outside_e.hgr.zx02\"" >> outside_graphics.inc
+	echo "outside_w_zx02: .incbin \"outside_w.hgr.zx02\"" >> outside_graphics.inc
+
 
 ####
 
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_e.png b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_e.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b6792f12
Binary files /dev/null and b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_e.png differ
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_n.png b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_n.png
index b6792f12..95d73653 100644
Binary files a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_n.png and b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_n.png differ
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_w.png b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_w.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c2c63094
Binary files /dev/null and b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/graphics_outside/outside_w.png differ
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/level_downsteps.s b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/level_downsteps.s
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b6eaf14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/level_downsteps.s
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+; Riven -- heading down the steps
+
+; by deater (Vince Weaver) <vince@deater.net>
+
+; Zero Page
+	.include "../zp.inc"
+	.include "../hardware.inc"
+	.include "../common_defines.inc"
+	.include "../qload.inc"
+	.include "disk03_defines.inc"
+
+downsteps_start:
+
+	;===================
+	; init screen
+	;===================
+
+;	jsr	TEXT
+;	jsr	HOME
+	bit	KEYRESET
+
+	bit	SET_GR
+	bit	PAGE1
+	bit	HIRES
+	bit	FULLGR
+
+	;========================
+	; set up location
+	;========================
+
+	lda	#<locations
+	sta	LOCATIONS_L
+	lda	#>locations
+	sta	LOCATIONS_H
+
+	lda	#0
+	sta	DRAW_PAGE
+	sta	LEVEL_OVER
+
+	lda	#0
+	sta	JOYSTICK_ENABLED
+	sta	UPDATE_POINTER
+
+	lda	#1
+	sta	CURSOR_VISIBLE
+
+	lda	#20
+	sta	CURSOR_X
+	sta	CURSOR_Y
+
+
+
+
+	;===================================
+	; init
+	;===================================
+
+; done in title
+
+;	lda	#$20
+;	sta	HGR_PAGE
+;	jsr	hgr_make_tables
+
+	jsr	change_location
+
+	jsr     save_bg_14x14           ; save old bg
+
+game_loop:
+
+	;===================================
+	; draw pointer
+	;===================================
+
+	jsr	draw_pointer
+
+	;===================================
+	; handle keypress/joystick
+	;===================================
+
+	jsr	handle_keypress
+
+	;===================================
+	; increment frame count
+	;===================================
+
+	inc	FRAMEL
+	bne	frame_no_oflo
+
+	inc	FRAMEH
+frame_no_oflo:
+
+	;====================================
+	; check level over
+	;====================================
+
+	lda	LEVEL_OVER
+	bne	really_exit
+
+	jmp	game_loop
+
+really_exit:
+
+	rts
+
+
+	;==========================
+	; includes
+	;==========================
+
+
+.include "graphics_downsteps/downsteps_graphics.inc"
+
+.include "leveldata_downsteps.inc"
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_downsteps.inc b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_downsteps.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49267574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_downsteps.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+;===============================================
+; level data for outside
+;===============================================
+
+locations:
+	.word location0
+
+; RIVEN_DOWN1	-- outside the door
+location0:
+	.byte	LOAD_OUTSIDE<<4|RIVEN_OUTSIDE		; north exit
+	.byte	$E0		; south exit
+	.byte	$ff		; east exit
+	.byte	$ff		; west exit
+	.byte	DIRECTION_E	; north exit_dir
+	.byte	DIRECTION_S	; south exit_dir
+	.byte	$ff		; east exit_dir
+	.byte	$ff		; west exit_dir
+	.word	down1_n_zx02	; north bg
+	.word	down1_s_zx02	; south bg
+	.word	$0000		; east bg
+	.word	$0000		; west bg
+	.byte	BG_NORTH|BG_SOUTH
+	.byte	$ff		; special exit
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_outside.inc b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_outside.inc
index 965a8229..b5bb7a20 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_outside.inc
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/disk03_files/leveldata_outside.inc
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ locations:
 ; RIVEN_OUTSIDE	-- outside the door
 location0:
 	.byte	$FF		; north exit
-	.byte	$E0		; south exit
+	.byte	LOAD_DSTEPS1<<4|RIVEN_DOWN1		; south exit
 	.byte	$ff		; east exit
 	.byte	$ff		; west exit
 	.byte	$FF		; north exit_dir
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ location0:
 	.byte	$ff		; west exit_dir
 	.word	outside_n_zx02	; north bg
 	.word	outside_s_zx02	; south bg
-	.word	$0000		; east bg
-	.word	$0000		; west bg
-	.byte	BG_NORTH|BG_SOUTH	; all bgs
+	.word	outside_e_zx02	; east bg
+	.word	outside_w_zx02	; west bg
+	.byte	BG_NORTH|BG_SOUTH|BG_EAST|BG_WEST	; all bgs
 	.byte	$ff		; special exit
diff --git a/games/riven_hgr/title.s b/games/riven_hgr/title.s
index c0d73f8a..f60c5922 100644
--- a/games/riven_hgr/title.s
+++ b/games/riven_hgr/title.s
@@ -435,10 +435,10 @@ game_continue:
 .endif
 
 .if DISK=03
-	lda	#LOAD_OUTSIDE
+	lda	#LOAD_DSTEPS1
 	sta	WHICH_LOAD
 
-	lda	#RIVEN_OUTSIDE
+	lda	#RIVEN_DOWN1
 	sta	LOCATION
 
 	lda	#DIRECTION_N