diff --git a/zsnes/src/ui.asm b/zsnes/src/ui.asm
index b7d302d9..188a323c 100644
--- a/zsnes/src/ui.asm
+++ b/zsnes/src/ui.asm
@@ -61,75 +61,6 @@ EXTSYM OSPC_Init
 
 SECTION .text
 
-NEWSYM zstart
-	call StartUp
-
-	mov edx,mydebug
-	call PrintStr
-
-	mov edx,welcome         ;welcome message
-	call PrintStr
-
-	call SystemInit
-
-	cld                     ;clear direction flag
-
-%ifdef OPENSPC
-	call OSPC_Init
-%else
-	call setnoise
-	call InitSPC
-%endif
-	call allocmem           ;allocate memory
-
-	cmp byte[soundon],0
-	jne .yessound
-	cmp byte[SPCDisable],1
-	je .yessound
-	mov byte[soundon],1
-	mov byte[spcon],1
-	mov byte[DSPDisable],1
-.yessound
-	cmp byte[SPCDisable],1
-	jne .nodissound
-	mov byte[soundon],0
-	mov byte[spcon],0
-.nodissound
-        cmp byte[frameskip],0
-        jne .nofpsatstart
-        mov al,[FPSAtStart]
-        mov [FPSOn],al
-        xor al,al
-.nofpsatstart
-
-	mov al,[gammalevel]
-	shr al,1
-	mov [gammalevel16b],al
-	call MMXCheck
-
-	mov edx,.failedalignc
-	mov eax,outofmemory
-	test eax,3h
-	jnz .failalign
-	mov edx,.failedalignd
-	mov eax,xa
-	test eax,3h
-	jnz .failalign
-	jmp init
-.failalign
-	push eax
-	call PrintStr
-	pop eax
-	and eax,1Fh
-	call printnum
-	call WaitForKey
-	jmp init
-
-section .data
-.failedalignd db 'Data Alignment Failure : ',0
-.failedalignc db 'Code Alignment Failure : ',0
-section .text
-
 ALIGN32
 NEWSYM	outofmemory
 	mov edx,outofmem
diff --git a/zsnes/src/uic.c b/zsnes/src/uic.c
index 7b37a9b4..e1c8811a 100644
--- a/zsnes/src/uic.c
+++ b/zsnes/src/uic.c
@@ -193,4 +193,61 @@ void cycleinputdevice()
   }
 }
 
+extern unsigned char soundon;
+extern unsigned char SPCDisable;
+extern unsigned char spcon;
+extern unsigned char FPSOn;
+extern unsigned char FPSAtStart;
+
+const char* ZVERSION = "Pre 1.43";
+
+void zstart ()
+{
+	StartUp ();
+
+	// Print welcome message.
+	printf ("ZSNES v%s, (c) 1997-2005, ZSNES Team\n\n", ZVERSION);
+	printf ("Be sure to check http://www.zsnes.com/ for the latest version.\n");
+	printf ("Please report crashes to zsnes-devel@lists.sourceforge.net.\n\n");
+	printf ("ZSNES is written by the ZSNES Team (See AUTHORS.TXT)\n");
+	printf ("ZSNES comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software,\n");
+	printf ("and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;\n");
+	printf ("please read 'LICENSE.TXT' thoroughly before doing so.\n\n");
+	printf ("Use ZSNES -? for command line defintitions.\n\n");
+
+	SystemInit ();
+
+#ifdef OPENSPC
+	OSPC_Init ();
+#else
+	setnoise ();
+	InitSPC ();
+#endif
+	
+	allocmem ();
+
+	if (!soundon || !SPCDisable)
+	{
+		soundon = 1;
+		spcon = 1;
+		DSPDisable = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (SPCDisable)
+	{
+		soundon = 0;
+		spcon = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!frameskip)
+	{
+		FPSOn = FPSAtStart;
+	}
+
+	gammalevel16b = gammalevel * 2;
+
+	MMXCheck ();
+
+	init ();
+}