diff --git a/src/app/gfx/compression.cc b/src/app/gfx/compression.cc
index f15286d5..bfb14456 100644
--- a/src/app/gfx/compression.cc
+++ b/src/app/gfx/compression.cc
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include "absl/status/status.h"
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
-#include "absl/strings/str_cat.h"
 #include "app/core/constants.h"
 #include "app/rom.h"
 
@@ -15,9 +14,287 @@
 namespace yaze {
 namespace gfx {
 
-namespace lc_lz2 {
+// Hyrule Magic
+uint8_t* HyruleMagicCompress(uint8_t const* const src, int const oldsize,
+                             int* const size, int const flag) {
+  unsigned char* b2 =
+      (unsigned char*)malloc(0x1000);  // allocate a 2^12 sized buffer
 
-// Compression commands
+  int i, j, k, l, m = 0, n, o = 0, bd = 0, p, q = 0, r;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < oldsize;) {
+    l = src[i];  // grab a char from the buffer.
+
+    k = 0;
+
+    r = !!q;  // r = the same logical value (0 or 1) as q, but not the same
+              // value necesarily.
+
+    for (j = 0; j < i - 1; j++) {
+      if (src[j] == l) {
+        m = oldsize - j;
+
+        for (n = 0; n < m; n++)
+          if (src[n + j] != src[n + i]) break;
+
+        if (n > k) k = n, o = j;
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (n = i + 1; n < oldsize; n++) {
+      if (src[n] != l) {
+        // look for chars identical to the first one.
+        // stop if we can't find one.
+        // n will reach i+k+1 for some k >= 0.
+
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    n -= i;  // offset back by i. i.e. n = k+1 as above.
+
+    if (n > 1 + r)
+      p = 1;
+    else {
+      m = src[i + 1];
+
+      for (n = i + 2; n < oldsize; n++) {
+        if (src[n] != l) break;
+
+        n++;
+
+        if (src[n] != m) break;
+      }
+
+      n -= i;
+
+      if (n > 2 + r)
+        p = 2;
+      else {
+        m = oldsize - i;
+
+        for (n = 1; n < m; n++)
+          if (src[i + n] != l + n) break;
+
+        if (n > 1 + r)
+          p = 3;
+        else
+          p = 0;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (k > 3 + r && k > n + (p & 1)) p = 4, n = k;
+
+    if (!p)
+      q++, i++;
+    else {
+      if (q) {
+        q--;
+
+        if (q > 31) {
+          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(224 + (q >> 8));
+        }
+
+        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)q;
+        q++;
+
+        memcpy(b2 + bd, src + i - q, q);
+
+        bd += q;
+        q = 0;
+      }
+
+      i += n;
+      n--;
+
+      if (n > 31) {
+        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(224 + (n >> 8) + (p << 2));
+        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)n;
+      } else
+        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)((p << 5) + n);
+
+      switch (p) {
+        case 1:
+        case 3:
+          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)l;
+          break;
+
+        case 2:
+          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)l;
+          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)m;
+
+          break;
+
+        case 4:
+          if (flag) {
+            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(o >> 8);
+            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)o;
+          } else {
+            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)o;
+            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(o >> 8);
+          }
+      }
+
+      continue;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (q) {
+    q--;
+
+    if (q > 31) {
+      b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(224 + (q >> 8));
+    }
+
+    b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)q;
+    q++;
+
+    memcpy(b2 + bd, src + i - q, q);
+
+    bd += q;
+  }
+
+  b2[bd++] = 255;
+  b2 = (unsigned char*)realloc(b2, bd);
+  *size = bd;
+
+  return b2;
+}
+
+uint8_t* HyruleMagicDecompress(uint8_t const* src, int* const size,
+                               int const p_big_endian) {
+  unsigned char* b2 = (unsigned char*)malloc(1024);
+
+  int bd = 0, bs = 1024;
+
+  unsigned char a;
+  unsigned char b;
+  unsigned short c, d;
+
+  for (;;) {
+    // retrieve a uchar from the buffer.
+    a = *(src++);
+
+    // end the decompression routine if we encounter 0xff.
+    if (a == 0xff) break;
+
+    // examine the top 3 bits of a.
+    b = (a >> 5);
+
+    if (b == 7)  // i.e. 0b 111
+    {
+      // get bits 0b 0001 1100
+      b = ((a >> 2) & 7);
+
+      // get bits 0b 0000 0011, multiply by 256, OR with the next byte.
+      c = ((a & 0x0003) << 8);
+      c |= *(src++);
+    } else
+      // or get bits 0b 0001 1111
+      c = (uint16_t)(a & 31);
+
+    c++;
+
+    if ((bd + c) > (bs - 512)) {
+      // need to increase the buffer size.
+      bs += 1024;
+      b2 = (uint8_t*)realloc(b2, bs);
+    }
+
+    // 7 was handled, here we handle other decompression codes.
+
+    switch (b) {
+      case 0:  // 0b 000
+
+        // raw copy
+
+        // copy info from the src buffer to our new buffer,
+        // at offset bd (which we'll be increasing;
+        memcpy(b2 + bd, src, c);
+
+        // increment the src pointer accordingly.
+        src += c;
+
+        bd += c;
+
+        break;
+
+      case 1:  // 0b 001
+
+        // rle copy
+
+        // make c duplicates of one byte, inc the src pointer.
+        memset(b2 + bd, *(src++), c);
+
+        // increase the b2 offset.
+        bd += c;
+
+        break;
+
+      case 2:  // 0b 010
+
+        // rle 16-bit alternating copy
+
+        d = core::ldle16b(src);
+
+        src += 2;
+
+        while (c > 1) {
+          // copy that 16-bit number c/2 times into the b2 buffer.
+          core::stle16b(b2 + bd, d);
+
+          bd += 2;
+          c -= 2;  // hence c/2
+        }
+
+        if (c)  // if there's a remainder of c/2, this handles it.
+          b2[bd++] = (char)d;
+
+        break;
+
+      case 3:  // 0b 011
+
+        // incrementing copy
+
+        // get the current src byte.
+        a = *(src++);
+
+        while (c--) {
+          // increment that byte and copy to b2 in c iterations.
+          // e.g. a = 4, b2 will have 4,5,6,7,8... written to it.
+          b2[bd++] = a++;
+        }
+
+        break;
+
+      default:  // 0b 100, 101, 110
+
+        // lz copy
+
+        if (p_big_endian) {
+          d = (*src << 8) + src[1];
+        } else {
+          d = core::ldle16b(src);
+        }
+
+        while (c--) {
+          // copy from a different location in the buffer.
+          b2[bd++] = b2[d++];
+        }
+
+        src += 2;
+    }
+  }
+
+  b2 = (unsigned char*)realloc(b2, bd);
+
+  if (size) (*size) = bd;
+
+  // return the unsigned char* buffer b2, which contains the uncompressed data.
+  return b2;
+}
+
+namespace lc_lz2 {
 
 void PrintCompressionPiece(const CompressionPiecePointer& piece) {
   std::cout << "Command: " << std::to_string(piece->command) << "\n";
@@ -590,286 +867,6 @@ absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressV2(const uchar* data,
   return CreateCompressionString(compressed_chain_start->next, mode);
 }
 
-// Hyrule Magic
-uint8_t* Compress(uint8_t const* const src, int const oldsize, int* const size,
-                  int const flag) {
-  unsigned char* b2 =
-      (unsigned char*)malloc(0x1000);  // allocate a 2^12 sized buffer
-
-  int i, j, k, l, m = 0, n, o = 0, bd = 0, p, q = 0, r;
-
-  for (i = 0; i < oldsize;) {
-    l = src[i];  // grab a char from the buffer.
-
-    k = 0;
-
-    r = !!q;  // r = the same logical value (0 or 1) as q, but not the same
-              // value necesarily.
-
-    for (j = 0; j < i - 1; j++) {
-      if (src[j] == l) {
-        m = oldsize - j;
-
-        for (n = 0; n < m; n++)
-          if (src[n + j] != src[n + i]) break;
-
-        if (n > k) k = n, o = j;
-      }
-    }
-
-    for (n = i + 1; n < oldsize; n++) {
-      if (src[n] != l) {
-        // look for chars identical to the first one.
-        // stop if we can't find one.
-        // n will reach i+k+1 for some k >= 0.
-
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-
-    n -= i;  // offset back by i. i.e. n = k+1 as above.
-
-    if (n > 1 + r)
-      p = 1;
-    else {
-      m = src[i + 1];
-
-      for (n = i + 2; n < oldsize; n++) {
-        if (src[n] != l) break;
-
-        n++;
-
-        if (src[n] != m) break;
-      }
-
-      n -= i;
-
-      if (n > 2 + r)
-        p = 2;
-      else {
-        m = oldsize - i;
-
-        for (n = 1; n < m; n++)
-          if (src[i + n] != l + n) break;
-
-        if (n > 1 + r)
-          p = 3;
-        else
-          p = 0;
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (k > 3 + r && k > n + (p & 1)) p = 4, n = k;
-
-    if (!p)
-      q++, i++;
-    else {
-      if (q) {
-        q--;
-
-        if (q > 31) {
-          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(224 + (q >> 8));
-        }
-
-        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)q;
-        q++;
-
-        memcpy(b2 + bd, src + i - q, q);
-
-        bd += q;
-        q = 0;
-      }
-
-      i += n;
-      n--;
-
-      if (n > 31) {
-        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(224 + (n >> 8) + (p << 2));
-        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)n;
-      } else
-        b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)((p << 5) + n);
-
-      switch (p) {
-        case 1:
-        case 3:
-          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)l;
-          break;
-
-        case 2:
-          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)l;
-          b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)m;
-
-          break;
-
-        case 4:
-          if (flag) {
-            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(o >> 8);
-            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)o;
-          } else {
-            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)o;
-            b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(o >> 8);
-          }
-      }
-
-      continue;
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (q) {
-    q--;
-
-    if (q > 31) {
-      b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)(224 + (q >> 8));
-    }
-
-    b2[bd++] = (unsigned char)q;
-    q++;
-
-    memcpy(b2 + bd, src + i - q, q);
-
-    bd += q;
-  }
-
-  b2[bd++] = 255;
-  b2 = (unsigned char*)realloc(b2, bd);
-  *size = bd;
-
-  return b2;
-}
-
-uint8_t* Uncompress(uint8_t const* src, int* const size,
-                    int const p_big_endian) {
-  unsigned char* b2 = (unsigned char*)malloc(1024);
-
-  int bd = 0, bs = 1024;
-
-  unsigned char a;
-  unsigned char b;
-  unsigned short c, d;
-
-  for (;;) {
-    // retrieve a uchar from the buffer.
-    a = *(src++);
-
-    // end the decompression routine if we encounter 0xff.
-    if (a == 0xff) break;
-
-    // examine the top 3 bits of a.
-    b = (a >> 5);
-
-    if (b == 7)  // i.e. 0b 111
-    {
-      // get bits 0b 0001 1100
-      b = ((a >> 2) & 7);
-
-      // get bits 0b 0000 0011, multiply by 256, OR with the next byte.
-      c = ((a & 0x0003) << 8);
-      c |= *(src++);
-    } else
-      // or get bits 0b 0001 1111
-      c = (uint16_t)(a & 31);
-
-    c++;
-
-    if ((bd + c) > (bs - 512)) {
-      // need to increase the buffer size.
-      bs += 1024;
-      b2 = (uint8_t*)realloc(b2, bs);
-    }
-
-    // 7 was handled, here we handle other decompression codes.
-
-    switch (b) {
-      case 0:  // 0b 000
-
-        // raw copy
-
-        // copy info from the src buffer to our new buffer,
-        // at offset bd (which we'll be increasing;
-        memcpy(b2 + bd, src, c);
-
-        // increment the src pointer accordingly.
-        src += c;
-
-        bd += c;
-
-        break;
-
-      case 1:  // 0b 001
-
-        // rle copy
-
-        // make c duplicates of one byte, inc the src pointer.
-        memset(b2 + bd, *(src++), c);
-
-        // increase the b2 offset.
-        bd += c;
-
-        break;
-
-      case 2:  // 0b 010
-
-        // rle 16-bit alternating copy
-
-        d = core::ldle16b(src);
-
-        src += 2;
-
-        while (c > 1) {
-          // copy that 16-bit number c/2 times into the b2 buffer.
-          core::stle16b(b2 + bd, d);
-
-          bd += 2;
-          c -= 2;  // hence c/2
-        }
-
-        if (c)  // if there's a remainder of c/2, this handles it.
-          b2[bd++] = (char)d;
-
-        break;
-
-      case 3:  // 0b 011
-
-        // incrementing copy
-
-        // get the current src byte.
-        a = *(src++);
-
-        while (c--) {
-          // increment that byte and copy to b2 in c iterations.
-          // e.g. a = 4, b2 will have 4,5,6,7,8... written to it.
-          b2[bd++] = a++;
-        }
-
-        break;
-
-      default:  // 0b 100, 101, 110
-
-        // lz copy
-
-        if (p_big_endian) {
-          d = (*src << 8) + src[1];
-        } else {
-          d = core::ldle16b(src);
-        }
-
-        while (c--) {
-          // copy from a different location in the buffer.
-          b2[bd++] = b2[d++];
-        }
-
-        src += 2;
-    }
-  }
-
-  b2 = (unsigned char*)realloc(b2, bd);
-
-  if (size) (*size) = bd;
-
-  // return the unsigned char* buffer b2, which contains the uncompressed data.
-  return b2;
-}
-
 absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressGraphics(const uchar* data,
                                                       const int pos,
                                                       const int length) {
@@ -887,9 +884,6 @@ absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressOverworld(
   return CompressV3(data, pos, length, kNintendoMode1);
 }
 
-// ============================================================================
-// Compression V3
-
 void CheckByteRepeatV3(CompressionContext& context) {
   uint pos = context.src_pos;
 
diff --git a/src/app/gfx/compression.h b/src/app/gfx/compression.h
index 6ce99c81..cd35d1c7 100644
--- a/src/app/gfx/compression.h
+++ b/src/app/gfx/compression.h
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 namespace yaze {
 namespace gfx {
 
+// Hyrule Magic
+uint8_t* HyruleMagicCompress(uint8_t const* const src, int const oldsize,
+                             int* const size, int const flag);
+
+uint8_t* HyruleMagicDecompress(uint8_t const* src, int* const size,
+                               int const p_big_endian);
+
 /**
  * @namespace yaze::gfx::lc_lz2
  * @brief Contains the LC_LZ2 compression algorithm.
@@ -138,31 +145,33 @@ void CompressionCommandAlternativeV2(const uchar* data,
 
 /**
  * @brief Compresses a buffer of data using the LC_LZ2 algorithm.
- * \deprecated Use Compress and Uncompress instead.
+ * \deprecated Use HyruleMagicDecompress instead.
  */
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressV2(const uchar* data, const int start,
-                                 const int length, int mode = 1,
-                                 bool check = false);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressV2(const uchar* data,
+                                                const int start,
+                                                const int length, int mode = 1,
+                                                bool check = false);
 
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressGraphics(const uchar* data, const int pos,
-                                       const int length);
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressOverworld(const uchar* data, const int pos,
-                                        const int length);
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressOverworld(const std::vector<uint8_t> data,
-                                        const int pos, const int length);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressGraphics(const uchar* data,
+                                                      const int pos,
+                                                      const int length);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressOverworld(const uchar* data,
+                                                       const int pos,
+                                                       const int length);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressOverworld(
+    const std::vector<uint8_t> data, const int pos, const int length);
 
 absl::StatusOr<CompressionPiecePointer> SplitCompressionPiece(
     CompressionPiecePointer& piece, int mode);
 
-std::vector<uint8_t> CreateCompressionString(CompressionPiecePointer& start, int mode);
+std::vector<uint8_t> CreateCompressionString(CompressionPiecePointer& start,
+                                             int mode);
 
 absl::Status ValidateCompressionResult(CompressionPiecePointer& chain_head,
                                        int mode, int start, int src_data_pos);
 
 CompressionPiecePointer MergeCopy(CompressionPiecePointer& start);
 
-// Compression V3
-
 struct CompressionContext {
   std::vector<uint8_t> data;
   std::vector<uint8_t> compressed_data;
@@ -209,42 +218,35 @@ void FinalizeCompression(CompressionContext& context);
 
 /**
  * @brief Compresses a buffer of data using the LC_LZ2 algorithm.
- * \deprecated Use Compress and Uncompress instead.
+ * \deprecated Use HyruleMagicCompress
  */
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressV3(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data,
-                                 const int start, const int length,
-                                 int mode = 1, bool check = false);
-
-// Hyrule Magic
-uint8_t* Compress(uint8_t const* const src, int const oldsize, int* const size,
-                  int const flag);
-
-uint8_t* Uncompress(uint8_t const* src, int* const size,
-                    int const p_big_endian);
-
-// Decompression
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> CompressV3(
+    const std::vector<uint8_t>& data, const int start, const int length,
+    int mode = 1, bool check = false);
 
 std::string SetBuffer(const std::vector<uint8_t>& data, int src_pos,
                       int comp_accumulator);
 std::string SetBuffer(const uchar* data, int src_pos, int comp_accumulator);
-void memfill(const uchar* data, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, int buffer_pos, int offset,
-             int length);
+void memfill(const uchar* data, std::vector<uint8_t>& buffer, int buffer_pos,
+             int offset, int length);
 
 /**
  * @brief Decompresses a buffer of data using the LC_LZ2 algorithm.
- * \deprecated Use Compress and Uncompress instead.
+ * @note Works well for graphics but not overworld data. Prefer Hyrule Magic
+ * routines for overworld data.
  */
 absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressV2(const uchar* data, int offset,
-                                   int size = 0x800, int mode = 1);
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressGraphics(const uchar* data, int pos, int size);
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressOverworld(const uchar* data, int pos, int size);
-absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressOverworld(const std::vector<uint8_t> data,
-                                          int pos, int size);
+                                                  int size = 0x800,
+                                                  int mode = 1);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressGraphics(const uchar* data,
+                                                        int pos, int size);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressOverworld(const uchar* data,
+                                                         int pos, int size);
+absl::StatusOr<std::vector<uint8_t>> DecompressOverworld(
+    const std::vector<uint8_t> data, int pos, int size);
 
 }  // namespace lc_lz2
-
 }  // namespace gfx
-
 }  // namespace yaze
 
 #endif  // YAZE_APP_GFX_COMPRESSION_H
diff --git a/src/app/rom.cc b/src/app/rom.cc
index 515a320c..5fd23287 100644
--- a/src/app/rom.cc
+++ b/src/app/rom.cc
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ absl::Status Rom::SaveAllGraphicsData() {
       final_data = gfx::Bpp8SnesToIndexed(sheet_data, 8);
       int size = 0;
       if (compressed) {
-        auto compressed_data = gfx::lc_lz2::Compress(
+        auto compressed_data = gfx::HyruleMagicCompress(
             final_data.data(), final_data.size(), &size, 1);
         for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
           sheet_data[j] = compressed_data[j];
diff --git a/src/app/zelda3/overworld/overworld.cc b/src/app/zelda3/overworld/overworld.cc
index 6a39a087..8ed9a806 100644
--- a/src/app/zelda3/overworld/overworld.cc
+++ b/src/app/zelda3/overworld/overworld.cc
@@ -542,8 +542,10 @@ absl::Status Overworld::SaveOverworldMaps() {
     std::vector<uint8_t> a, b;
     int size_a, size_b;
     // Compress single_map_1 and single_map_2
-    auto a_char = gfx::lc_lz2::Compress(single_map_1.data(), 256, &size_a, 1);
-    auto b_char = gfx::lc_lz2::Compress(single_map_2.data(), 256, &size_b, 1);
+    auto a_char =
+        gfx::HyruleMagicCompress(single_map_1.data(), 256, &size_a, 1);
+    auto b_char =
+        gfx::HyruleMagicCompress(single_map_2.data(), 256, &size_b, 1);
     if (a_char == nullptr || b_char == nullptr) {
       return absl::AbortedError("Error compressing map gfx.");
     }