diff --git a/hardware/.gitignore b/hardware/.gitignore
index 1339262..4908c68 100644
--- a/hardware/.gitignore
+++ b/hardware/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 startup
 sprites
 playfield1
+scoopex1
diff --git a/hardware/Makefile b/hardware/Makefile
index d14184f..693f689 100644
--- a/hardware/Makefile
+++ b/hardware/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 CC=vc +kick13
 CFLAGS=-c99 -I$(NDK_INC) -DDEBUG -O2
 
-all: startup sprites playfield1
+all: startup sprites playfield1 scoopex1
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.o startup sprites playfield1
+	rm -f *.o startup sprites playfield1 scoopex2
 
 startup: startup.o common.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -lamiga -lauto -o $@
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ sprites: sprites.o common.o
 
 playfield1: playfield1.o common.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -lamiga -lauto -o $@
+
+scoopex1: scoopex1.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -lamiga -lauto -o $@
+
diff --git a/hardware/playfield1.c b/hardware/playfield1.c
index fd0f8d8..2d8c202 100644
--- a/hardware/playfield1.c
+++ b/hardware/playfield1.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
  * A simple setup to display a playfield with a depth of 1 bit.
  */
 extern struct Custom custom;
+
+// version string for the version command to display
 char VERSION_STRING[] = "\0$VER: playfield1 1.0 (21.09.2016)\0";
 
 static UWORD __chip coplist[] = {
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 #endif
     custom.bplcon1 = 0;  // horizontal scroll value = 0 for all playfields
     custom.bpl1mod = 0;  // modulo = 0 for odd bitplanes
+    custom.dmacon  = 0x20;
     custom.ddfstrt = DDFSTRT_VALUE;
     custom.ddfstop = DDFSTOP_VALUE;
 
diff --git a/hardware/scoopex1.c b/hardware/scoopex1.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0711b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/scoopex1.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <exec/types.h>
+#include <hardware/custom.h>
+
+extern struct Custom custom;
+/*
+ * declare memory mapped chip areas as volatile to ensure
+ * the compiler does not optimize away the access.
+ */
+volatile UBYTE *ciaa_pra = (volatile UBYTE *) 0xbfe001;
+volatile UBYTE *custom_vhposr= (volatile UBYTE *) 0xdff006;
+#define PRA_FIR0_BIT    (1 << 6)
+#define COLOR_WHITE     (0xfff)
+#define COLOR_WBENCH_BG (0x05a)
+#define TOP_POS         (0x40)
+#define BOTTOM_POS      (0xf0)
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    UBYTE pra_value = 0;
+    UBYTE pos = 0xac;
+    BYTE incr = 1;
+
+    while ((*ciaa_pra & PRA_FIR0_BIT) != 0) {
+        while (*custom_vhposr != 0xff) ; // wait for vblank
+        while (*custom_vhposr != pos) ;  // wait until position reached
+        custom.color[0] = COLOR_WHITE;
+        while (*custom_vhposr == pos) ;  // wait while on the target position
+        custom.color[0] = COLOR_WBENCH_BG;
+        if (pos >= 0xf0) incr = -incr;
+        else if (pos <= 0x40) incr = -incr;
+        pos += incr;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/utils/png2image.py b/utils/png2image.py
index 4210a64..866cc3a 100755
--- a/utils/png2image.py
+++ b/utils/png2image.py
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ def color_to_plane_bits(color, depth):
             result[bit] = 1
     return result
 
-def write_amiga_image(image, outfile, img_name, use_intuition):
+
+def extract_planes(im, depth):
     imdata = im.getdata()
     width, height = im.size
 
-    # colors is a list of 3-integer lists ([[r1, g1, b1], ...])
-    colors = [i for i in chunks([b for b in im.palette.tobytes()], 3)]
-    depth = round(math.log(len(colors), 2))
-
     map_words_per_row = int(width / 16)
     if width % 16 > 0:
         map_words_per_row += 1
@@ -50,7 +47,19 @@ def write_amiga_image(image, outfile, img_name, use_intuition):
                     if planebits[planeidx]:
                         planes[planeidx][pos] |= (1 << (15 - (x + i) % 16)) # 1 << ((x + i) % 16)
             x += 16
+    return planes, map_words_per_row
 
+def write_amiga_image(im, outfile, img_name, use_intuition, verbose):
+    imdata = im.getdata()
+    width, height = im.size
+
+    # colors is a list of 3-integer lists ([[r1, g1, b1], ...])
+    colors = [i for i in chunks([b for b in im.palette.tobytes()], 3)]
+    depth = round(math.log(len(colors), 2))
+    planes, map_words_per_row = extract_planes(im, depth)
+
+    if verbose:
+        print("image width: %d height: %d depth: %d" % (width, height, depth))
     if use_intuition:
         outfile.write('#include <intuition/intuition.h>\n\n')
     imgdata_varname = '%s_data' % img_name
@@ -97,11 +106,13 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser.add_argument('headerfile', help="output header file")
     parser.add_argument('--img_name', default='image', help="variable name of the image")
     parser.add_argument('--use_intuition', action='store_true', help="generate data for Intuition")
+    parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true', help="verbose mode")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     im = Image.open(args.pngfile)
     if not os.path.exists(args.headerfile):
         with open(args.headerfile, 'w') as outfile:
-            write_amiga_image(im, outfile, img_name=args.img_name, use_intuition=args.use_intuition)
+            write_amiga_image(im, outfile, img_name=args.img_name, use_intuition=args.use_intuition,
+                              verbose=args.verbose)
     else:
         print("file '%s' already exists." % args.headerfile)