diff --git a/028.bs/Makefile b/028.bs/Makefile
index 93df0ff..6214fba 100644
--- a/028.bs/Makefile
+++ b/028.bs/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ IMAGES=foreground.png \
 	sprite_coin-1.png \
 	sprite_coin-2.png \
 	sprite_coin-3.png\
+	sprite_arrow-0.png \
+	sprite_arrow-1.png \
+	sprite_arrow-2.png \
+	sprite_arrow-3.png\
 	sprite_fallingPig-0.png \
 	sprite_fallingPig-1.png \
 	sprite_fallingPig-2.png \
@@ -110,6 +114,10 @@ out/sprite_fallingTank-%.bin: out/sprite_fallingTank-%.png
 out/sprite_coin%.bin: out/sprite_coin%.png
 	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --colors 4 --output-bitplanes  --output-palette --full-color-palette-file --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output-png --output-copperlist --output out/sprite_coin$* --palette-offset 20  --use-palette=assets/coin.pal
 
+out/sprite_arrow%.bin: out/sprite_arrow%.png
+	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --colors 4 --output-bitplanes  --output-palette --full-color-palette-file --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output-png --output-copperlist --output out/sprite_arrow$* --palette-offset 24  --use-palette=assets/arrow.pal
+
+
 out/sprite_pig%.png: assets/assets.png
 	../tools/croppa/out/croppa --input=assets/assets.png --output=out/sprite_pig --width=16 --height=16 --rows=1 --cols=8 --dx=16 --dy=16 --x=192 --y=112
 
@@ -131,6 +139,9 @@ out/sprite_fallingTank%.png: assets/assets.png
 out/sprite_coin%.png: assets/assets.png
 	../tools/croppa/out/croppa --input=assets/assets.png --output=out/sprite_coin --width=16 --height=15 --rows=1 --cols=4 --dx=16 --dy=16 --x=192 --y=144
 
+out/sprite_arrow%.png: assets/assets.png
+	../tools/croppa/out/croppa --input=assets/assets.png --output=out/sprite_arrow --width=16 --height=15 --rows=1 --cols=4 --dx=16 --dy=16 --x=192 --y=160
+
 out/font%.bin: assets/font%.png
 	$(IMAGECON) --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --output-bitplanes --output-grey-palette-asm --output-palette-asm --output-palette --output out/font$* --colors=16 --use-palette assets/mpanel.pal --full-color-palette-file --output-mask --transparent-color=0,0,0 --output-png
 
diff --git a/028.bs/assets/arrow.pal b/028.bs/assets/arrow.pal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7304216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/028.bs/assets/arrow.pal
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+000 000 000 255
+004 050 117 255
+020 155 173 255
+030 236 255 255
diff --git a/028.bs/assets/assets.png b/028.bs/assets/assets.png
index 0c052b2..ddb2d36 100644
Binary files a/028.bs/assets/assets.png and b/028.bs/assets/assets.png differ
diff --git a/028.bs/background.tmx b/028.bs/background.tmx
index 82a87e7..ab2ef99 100644
--- a/028.bs/background.tmx
+++ b/028.bs/background.tmx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  </tileset>
  <layer name="background" width="200" height="16">
   <data encoding="base64" compression="zlib">
-   eJztmssNwjAMQLsANxYA8VsAym8FPgvADrD/AfeAhKKS2olLi/oO74CUhuRZTWI326Ioxh/Mgt/f2CrbVcyFhbAUVsr+bsK9YWyWMaTMCRe4aKJ06GMn7IWDcFQ+8xCeTmN++9PEAxe4yJ1XxUSYKtuehLNwEa5O//+reOBi2C5S35e1sOlwThXW9z4WjxIXuKhx4bl2eKLZv73XQFzgIqTLfS0X7/0ZF7iwUlcvGCq4wEVITr3gk1EP5oILXPwT2jzKUhOJ4dUPLnChJacOrs2jLDWR2HrUdm0FF7jwpC/17z6AC1z0CfJLXFhcpJzB2vgu3xbh/hrLL3GBi7BdyhnM+h3GOw9qKw64wIUH1nNiTh5Ul1/F4qC9b4oLXOSSWouw3DNOuZPcFIfQhcc9aFwMy8ULfVgzRw==
+   eJztmssNwjAMhrsA4sICIF4LQMtjBR4LwA6w/wH3gFRFJbEdhwbyH74DUhqSz2oSu2mqqpp0mDu/P9Ew27UsiCWxItbM/m7EPTA2yRg0c4ILuAhRG/SxI/bEgTgyn3kQT6Mxv/1x4gEXcBE7r5YpMWO2PRFn4kJcjf7/W/GAi7JdjJV9bojtgHNqkb73vnjUzD7goiwX2vcjNZz923oNtFxH4eI/XAy5r8VivT/DBVxI6asXlApcwIVLTL2gyyiDucAFXPwS3DxKUhPxYdUPXMAFl5g6ODePktREfOtR6toKXMCFJbnUv3MALuAiJ5BfwoXEheYMluK7fCrc/dWXX8IFXLjtNGcw6XcY6zwoVRzgAi4skJ4TY/KgvvzKFwfufVO4gItYtLUIyT1jzZ3kUBxcFxb3oOGiLBcv7ZMzAQ==
   </data>
  </layer>
 </map>
diff --git a/028.bs/constants.i b/028.bs/constants.i
index 7e6ce13..5297cfd 100644
--- a/028.bs/constants.i
+++ b/028.bs/constants.i
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ITEM_SPRITE_NUM_VERTICAL_SPRITES	equ 6
 ITEM_SPRITE_VERTICAL_BYTES		equ ((ITEM_SPRITE_HEIGHT*4)+4)
 ITEM_SPRITE_BYTES			equ (ITEM_SPRITE_NUM_VERTICAL_SPRITES*ITEM_SPRITE_VERTICAL_BYTES)+4
 ITEM_SPRITE_VSTART			equ 149
-ITEM_NUM_SLOTS				equ 8
+ITEM_NUM_SLOTS				equ 16
 ITEM_SPRITE_HORIZONTAL_START_PIXELS	equ 32
 ITEM_SPRITE_Y_COLLISION_OFFSET		equ 1
 
@@ -43,9 +43,8 @@ ITEM_X					equ 0
 ITEM_LAGX				equ 2
 ITEM_Y					equ 4
 ITEM_SPRITE				equ 6
-ITEM_YEND				equ 8	
-ITEM_LAGYEND				equ 10
-ITEM_INDEX				equ 12
+ITEM_INDEX				equ 8
+ITEM_SPRITE_ADDRESS			equ 12
 ITEM_STRUCT_SIZE			equ 16
 ITEM_STRUCT_MULU_SHIFT			equ 4
 ITEM_NUM_COIN_ANIMS			equ 7
diff --git a/028.bs/foreground.tmx b/028.bs/foreground.tmx
index 438ea62..45fbe03 100644
--- a/028.bs/foreground.tmx
+++ b/028.bs/foreground.tmx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  </layer>
  <layer name="items" width="100" height="8">
   <data encoding="base64" compression="zlib">
-   eJxjYBgFgw04MuLnE1JPCDgRqZ5YdcMdgMKX2DBGV+dKhD6QHucREtbUSFOwMMYVJy6MqGpJzR/YzBkFhIErI+G4QY8PUuOHmPxEKhjK5RzI7cgYBMipP2Bq3MgIC3L0UBOQEn+DJa5JLZPcqaie3PJwFIwCagMAfEgLSw==
+   eJxjYBgFgxk4MTIwODLiV0NIHpuZ1FQ33IEjgThwZkRVS475ziMkrKmRpmBhTExYI8edC4l2k6p+pANXRsJxg56XCOUtbHZQGwzlcg7kdmQMAujhSUz9AVPjRkZYkKOHmoCU+BsscU1qPeFORfXk1FGjYBTQAgAAcsgLSg==
   </data>
  </layer>
 </map>
diff --git a/028.bs/game1.s b/028.bs/game1.s
index b09ec9b..2029d24 100644
--- a/028.bs/game1.s
+++ b/028.bs/game1.s
@@ -129,7 +129,17 @@ SetupBoardLoop:
 	move.l	foregroundScrollX,d0
 	move.w	#1,moving
 	bsr 	Update
-	bsr	RenderNextForegroundFrame
+
+	jsr	RenderNextForegroundFrame	
+	
+	move.w	#15,d5
+	sub.l	#BACKGROUND_SCROLL_PIXELS,backgroundScrollX			
+.renderNextBackgroundFrameLoop:	
+	add.l	#BACKGROUND_SCROLL_PIXELS,backgroundScrollX		
+	jsr	RenderNextBackgroundFrame
+	jsr 	SwitchBackgroundBuffers
+	dbra	d5,.renderNextBackgroundFrameLoop
+	
 	cmp.l	#FOREGROUND_PLAYAREA_WIDTH_WORDS,frameCount	
 	bge	.gotoGameLoop
 	bra	SetupBoardLoop
@@ -1149,6 +1159,7 @@ playAreaCopperPalettePtr4_MP:
 InstallSpriteColorPalette:
 	jsr	InstallPlayerColorPalette
 	include "out/sprite_coin-1-palette.s"
+	include "out/sprite_arrow-1-palette.s"	
 	rts
 
 InstallColorPalette:
diff --git a/028.bs/image.s b/028.bs/image.s
index 9a63254..34d66a1 100644
--- a/028.bs/image.s
+++ b/028.bs/image.s
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 	include "includes.i"
 
 	xdef SwitchBuffers
+	xdef SwitchBackgroundBuffers
 	xdef PokePanelBitplanePointers
+
+	
 	
 SwitchBuffers:
 	;; offscreen - bitplane address
@@ -23,8 +26,9 @@ SwitchBuffers:
 
 	add.l	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*(96-1),d0	
 	lea 	copperListBpl1Ptr2_MP,a0
-	bsr.s	PokeBitplanePointers	
+	bsr.s	PokeBitplanePointers
 				
+SwitchBackgroundBuffers:
 	
 	move.l	backgroundScrollX,d0
 	lsr.w	#BACKGROUND_SCROLL_SHIFT_CONVERT,d0		; convert to pixels	
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ SwitchBuffers:
 	lea 	copperListBpl2Ptr_MP,a0
 	bsr.s	PokeBitplanePointers	
 
-	add.l	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*(96-48+16),d0
+	add.l	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*(96-1),d0
 	lea 	copperListBpl2Ptr2_MP,a0
 	bsr.s	PokeBitplanePointers	
 	
diff --git a/028.bs/items.s b/028.bs/items.s
index 0fb5d85..3726f25 100644
--- a/028.bs/items.s
+++ b/028.bs/items.s
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ ResetItems:
 	rts
 	
 ClearItemSpriteData:
+	rts
 	;; 	move.w	#ITEM_SPRITE_NUM_VERTICAL_SPRITES-1,d4
 	;; sub.w	d2,d4 		; this is because of the upside board at the moment
 	;; 	move.w	d4,d2
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ SetupItemSpriteData:
 	move.w	ITEM_Y(a1),d2
 	;; move.l	#5,d2
 	
-	move.l	currentItemSprite,a0
+	move.l	ITEM_SPRITE_ADDRESS(a1),a0
 	
 	cmp.w	#(ITEM_NUM_COIN_ANIMS-1)<<3,ITEM_INDEX(a1)
 	ble	.dontResetIndex
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ GetSpriteSlot:
 	lea	item1,a1
 	add.l	d0,a1	
 	
-	move.l	#deadSprite,currentItemSprite	
+	;; move.l	#deadSprite,ITEM_SPRITE_ADDRESS(a1)
 	move.w	#336<<FOREGROUND_SCROLL_SHIFT_CONVERT,ITEM_X(a1)
 	sub.l	#1,d2
 	move.w	d2,ITEM_Y(a1)
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ GetSpriteSlot:
 	add.w	#1,d1
 	move.w	d1,ITEM_SPRITE(a1)
 
-	move.l	#spriteCoin1,currentItemSprite
+	;; move.l	#spriteCoin1,ITEM_SPRITE_ADDRESS(a1)
 dontAddSprite:
 	movem.l	(sp)+,d2-d3
 	rts
@@ -214,18 +215,26 @@ EnableItemSprites:
 	
 itemSpritesEnabled:
 	dc.l	0
-	;; used for animation
-currentItemSprite:
-	dc.l	deadSprite
 
-	ItemControl item1
-	ItemControl item2
-	ItemControl item3
-	ItemControl item4
-	ItemControl item5
-	ItemControl item6
-	ItemControl item7
-	ItemControl item8	
+	;; coin1
+	ItemControl item1,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item2,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item3,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item4,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item5,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item6,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item7,spriteCoin1
+	ItemControl item8,spriteCoin1
+
+	;; arrow1
+	ItemControl item9,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item10,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item11,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item12,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item13,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item14,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item15,spriteArrow1
+	ItemControl item16,spriteArrow1	
 
 	ItemSprite spriteCoin1,sprite_coin-0.bin
 	ItemSprite spriteCoin2,sprite_coin-0.bin
@@ -233,8 +242,15 @@ currentItemSprite:
 	ItemSprite spriteCoin4,sprite_coin-2.bin
 	ItemSprite spriteCoin5,sprite_coin-3.bin
 	ItemSprite spriteCoin6,sprite_coin-2.bin
-	ItemSprite spriteCoin7,sprite_coin-1.bin	
+	ItemSprite spriteCoin7,sprite_coin-1.bin
 
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow1,sprite_arrow-0.bin
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow2,sprite_arrow-0.bin
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow3,sprite_arrow-1.bin
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow4,sprite_arrow-2.bin
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow5,sprite_arrow-3.bin
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow6,sprite_arrow-2.bin
+	ItemSprite spriteArrow7,sprite_arrow-1.bin
 
 nextSpriteSlot:
 	dc.w	0
diff --git a/028.bs/macros.i b/028.bs/macros.i
index 64cd8c9..d95215a 100644
--- a/028.bs/macros.i
+++ b/028.bs/macros.i
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ ItemSprite:	macro
 	endm
 
 
+
 ItemControl:	macro
+	align 4
 \1:
 .itemX:
 	dc.w	0
@@ -56,14 +58,12 @@ ItemControl:	macro
 	dc.w	0
 .itemY:
 	dc.w	0
-.itemLagY:
-	dc.w	0
-.itemYEnd:
-	dc.w	0
-.itemLagYEnd:
+.itemSprite:
 	dc.w	0
 .itemIndex:
-	dc.w	0		
-.pad	; make the control word 16 bytes
 	dc.w	0
+.pad:	; make the control word 16 bytes
+	dc.w	0
+.spriteAddress:
+	dc.l	\2
 	endm
\ No newline at end of file