diff --git a/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/include/legovideomanager.h b/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/include/legovideomanager.h
index a9532e87..67a7805c 100644
--- a/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/include/legovideomanager.h
+++ b/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/include/legovideomanager.h
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ class LegoVideoManager : public MxVideoManager {
 	MxS32 m_cursorYCopy;                  // 0x508
 	MxS32 m_cursorX;                      // 0x50c
 	MxS32 m_cursorY;                      // 0x510
-	LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE m_unk0x514;       // 0x514
-	RECT m_unk0x518;                      // 0x518
+	LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE m_cursorSurface;  // 0x514
+	RECT m_cursorRect;                    // 0x518
 	undefined4 m_unk0x528;                // 0x528
 	MxBool m_drawFPS;                     // 0x52c
 	RECT m_fpsRect;                       // 0x530
diff --git a/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/src/video/legovideomanager.cpp b/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/src/video/legovideomanager.cpp
index 2a5d1643..3c586323 100644
--- a/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/src/video/legovideomanager.cpp
+++ b/LEGO1/lego/legoomni/src/video/legovideomanager.cpp
@@ -309,18 +309,19 @@ inline void LegoVideoManager::DrawCursor()
 
 	LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE ddSurface2 = m_displaySurface->GetDirectDrawSurface2();
 
-	if (!m_unk0x514) {
-		m_unk0x518.top = 0;
-		m_unk0x518.left = 0;
-		m_unk0x518.bottom = 16;
-		m_unk0x518.right = 16;
-		m_unk0x514 = MxDisplaySurface::FUN_100bc070();
+	if (!m_cursorSurface) {
+		m_cursorRect.top = 0;
+		m_cursorRect.left = 0;
+		m_cursorRect.bottom = 16;
+		m_cursorRect.right = 16;
+		m_cursorSurface = MxDisplaySurface::CreateCursorSurface();
 
-		if (!m_unk0x514)
+		if (!m_cursorSurface)
 			m_drawCursor = FALSE;
 	}
 
-	ddSurface2->BltFast(m_cursorXCopy, m_cursorYCopy, m_unk0x514, &m_unk0x518, DDBLTFAST_WAIT | DDBLTFAST_SRCCOLORKEY);
+	ddSurface2
+		->BltFast(m_cursorXCopy, m_cursorYCopy, m_cursorSurface, &m_cursorRect, DDBLTFAST_WAIT | DDBLTFAST_SRCCOLORKEY);
 }
 
 // STUB: LEGO1 0x1007bbc0
diff --git a/LEGO1/omni/include/mxdisplaysurface.h b/LEGO1/omni/include/mxdisplaysurface.h
index dde3d086..1d26264c 100644
--- a/LEGO1/omni/include/mxdisplaysurface.h
+++ b/LEGO1/omni/include/mxdisplaysurface.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class MxDisplaySurface : public MxCore {
 	); // vtable+0x44
 
 	void ClearScreen();
-	static LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE FUN_100bc070();
+	static LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE CreateCursorSurface();
 
 	inline LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE GetDirectDrawSurface1() { return this->m_ddSurface1; }
 	inline LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE GetDirectDrawSurface2() { return this->m_ddSurface2; }
diff --git a/LEGO1/omni/src/video/mxdisplaysurface.cpp b/LEGO1/omni/src/video/mxdisplaysurface.cpp
index a065b1b1..8f9827c0 100644
--- a/LEGO1/omni/src/video/mxdisplaysurface.cpp
+++ b/LEGO1/omni/src/video/mxdisplaysurface.cpp
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE MxDisplaySurface::VTable0x44(
 }
 
 // FUNCTION: LEGO1 0x100bc070
-LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE MxDisplaySurface::FUN_100bc070()
+LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE MxDisplaySurface::CreateCursorSurface()
 {
 	LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE newSurface = NULL;
 	IDirectDraw* draw = MVideoManager()->GetDirectDraw();
@@ -700,17 +700,18 @@ LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE MxDisplaySurface::FUN_100bc070()
 
 	ddsd.dwWidth = 16;
 	ddsd.dwHeight = 16;
-	ddsd.dwFlags = 4103;
-	ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = 16448;
+	ddsd.dwFlags = DDSD_PIXELFORMAT | DDSD_WIDTH | DDSD_HEIGHT | DDSD_CAPS;
+	ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps = DDSCAPS_VIDEOMEMORY | DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN;
 
 	if (draw->CreateSurface(&ddsd, &newSurface, NULL) == S_OK) {
-		ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps &= ~0x4000;
-		ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps |= 0x800;
+		ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps &= ~DDSCAPS_VIDEOMEMORY;
+		ddsd.ddsCaps.dwCaps |= DDSCAPS_SYSTEMMEMORY;
+
 		if (draw->CreateSurface(&ddsd, &newSurface, NULL) == S_OK) {
 			memset(&ddsd, 0, sizeof(ddsd));
 			ddsd.dwSize = sizeof(ddsd);
 
-			if (newSurface->Lock(NULL, &ddsd, 1, NULL) != S_OK) {
+			if (newSurface->Lock(NULL, &ddsd, DDLOCK_WAIT, NULL) != S_OK) {
 				if (newSurface) {
 					newSurface->Release();
 				}
@@ -718,18 +719,18 @@ LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE MxDisplaySurface::FUN_100bc070()
 				return NULL;
 			}
 			else {
-				MxU8* surface = (MxU8*) ddsd.lpSurface;
+				MxU16* surface = (MxU16*) ddsd.lpSurface;
 
-				for (MxU32 x = 0; x < 16; x++) {
-
-					MxU8* surface2 = surface;
-					for (MxU32 y = 0; y < 16; y++) {
+				// draw a simple cursor to the surface
+				for (MxS32 x = 0; x < 16; x++) {
+					MxU16* surface2 = surface;
+					for (MxS32 y = 0; y < 16; y++) {
 						for (y = 0; y < 16; ++y) {
 							if ((y > 10 || x) && (x > 10 || y) && x + y != 10) {
-								if (x + y <= 10)
-									*surface2 = -1;
-								else
+								if (x + y > 10)
 									*surface2 = 31775;
+								else
+									*surface2 = -1;
 							}
 							else {
 								*surface2 = 0;
@@ -737,7 +738,7 @@ LPDIRECTDRAWSURFACE MxDisplaySurface::FUN_100bc070()
 							surface2++;
 						}
 					}
-					surface += ddsd.lPitch;
+					surface = (MxU16*) ((MxU8*) surface + ddsd.lPitch);
 				}
 
 				newSurface->Unlock(ddsd.lpSurface);