diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0216f6..70f9685 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ build/screens.nes: build/tetris.nes
 
 taus: build/taus.nes
 build/chart.o: build/tetris.inc build/taus.chrs/fake
-build/taus.o: build/tetris.inc build/taus.chrs/fake
+build/taus.o: build/tetris.inc build/taus.chrs/fake build/taus_game.nam.stripe
 build/taus.ips: build/taus.o build/ips.o build/fastlegal.o build/chart.o
 build/taus.nes: build/tetris.nes
 build/chart-test.test: chart-test.lua build/taus.nes
@@ -96,12 +96,20 @@ build/game_palette.pal: build/tetris-PRG.bin
 build/menu_palette.pal: build/tetris-PRG.bin
 	# +3 for buildCopyToPpu header
 	tail -c +$$((0xAD2B - 0x8000 + 3 + 1)) $< | head -c 16 > $@
-build/legal_screen_nametable.nam: build/tetris-PRG.bin
-	tail -c +$$((0xADB8 - 0x8000 + 1)) $< | head -c $$((1024/32*35)) | LC_ALL=C awk 'BEGIN {RS=".{35}";ORS=""} {print substr(RT, 4)}' > $@
-build/game_nametable.nam: build/tetris-PRG.bin
-	tail -c +$$((0xBF3C - 0x8000 + 1)) $< | head -c $$((1024/32*35)) | LC_ALL=C awk 'BEGIN {RS=".{35}";ORS=""} {print substr(RT, 4)}' > $@
-build/level_menu_nametable.nam: build/tetris-PRG.bin
-	tail -c +$$((0xBADB - 0x8000 + 1)) $< | head -c $$((1024/32*35)) | LC_ALL=C awk 'BEGIN {RS=".{35}";ORS=""} {print substr(RT, 4)}' > $@
+build/legal_screen_nametable.nam:
+build/legal_screen_nametable.nam.stripe: build/tetris-PRG.bin
+	tail -c +$$((0xADB8 - 0x8000 + 1)) $< | head -c $$((1024/32*35)) > $@
+build/game_nametable.nam.stripe: build/tetris-PRG.bin
+	tail -c +$$((0xBF3C - 0x8000 + 1)) $< | head -c $$((1024/32*35)) > $@
+build/level_menu_nametable.nam.stripe: build/tetris-PRG.bin
+	tail -c +$$((0xBADB - 0x8000 + 1)) $< | head -c $$((1024/32*35)) > $@
+
+# Converts to/from NES Stripe RLE. Only supports a _very_ limited subset that
+# is fully consecutive, only "literal to right", with each sized 0x20
+build/%: %.stripe
+	LC_ALL=C awk 'BEGIN {RS=".{35}";ORS=""} {print substr(RT, 4)}' $< > $@
+build/%.nam.stripe: %.nam
+	LC_ALL=C awk 'BEGIN {RS=".{32}";ADDR=0x2000} {printf("%c%c%c%s",ADDR/256,ADDR%256,32,RT);ADDR=ADDR+32}' $< > $@
 
 build/tetris.inc: build/tetris.nes
 	sort build/tetris.lbl | sed -E -e 's/al 00(.{4}) .(.*)/\2 := $$\1/' | uniq > $@
diff --git a/taus.s b/taus.s
index 9a2e9dc..3aa8b73 100644
--- a/taus.s
+++ b/taus.s
@@ -523,47 +523,8 @@ multiplyBy100:
 .segment "GAME_BG"
 
 ; game_nametable
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-.byte   $20,$E0,$20,$79,$7A,$78,$79,$83,$80,$81,$82,$79,$7A,$87,$33,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$34,$3B,$1C,$0C,$18,$1B,$0E,$FF,$3C,$67
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-.byte   $21,$40,$20,$87,$3B,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$3C,$33,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$34,$3D,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3F,$77
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-.byte   $21,$80,$20,$7A,$3B,$0D,$11,$1D,$FF,$00,$00,$00,$FF,$3C,$33,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$34,$30,$31,$31,$31,$31,$32,$87,$67,$78
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-.byte   $22,$C0,$20,$67,$3B,$FF,$FF,$24,$24,$24,$24,$24,$24,$3C,$33,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$34,$3D,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3E,$3F,$78,$85
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-.byte   $23,$00,$20,$73,$3B,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$3C,$33,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$34,$74,$7A,$87,$78,$85,$87,$67,$78,$79
-.byte   $23,$20,$20,$77,$3B,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$3C,$33,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$34,$87,$78,$79,$73,$87,$72,$83,$72,$7A
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-
-;attributes
-.byte   $23,$C0,$20,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF,$FF
-.byte               $FF,$FF,$FF,$AF,$AF,$EF,$FF,$FF
-.byte               $BF,$2F,$CF,$AA,$AA,$EE,$FF,$FF
-.byte               $FF,$33,$CC,$AA,$AA,$EE,$FF,$FF
-.byte   $23,$E0,$20,$FF,$33,$CC,$AA,$AA,$EE,$FF,$FF
-.byte               $BF,$03,$CC,$AA,$AA,$EE,$FF,$FF
-.byte               $FB,$F2,$FC,$FA,$FA,$FE,$FF,$FF
-.byte               $0F,$0F,$0F,$0F,$0F,$0F,$0F,$0F
-.byte   $FF
+        .incbin "build/taus_game.nam.stripe"
+        .byte   $FF
 
 .segment "STATS_NUMBERHDR"
         ips_hunkhdr     "STATS_NUMBER"
diff --git a/taus_game.nam b/taus_game.nam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..355fca1
Binary files /dev/null and b/taus_game.nam differ