diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f70269a8709..7121caab094 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ Misc:
  - Qt: Add missing HEVC NVENC option (fixes mgba.io/i/1323)
  - Qt: Improve camera initialization
  - Vita: Improved frame drawing speed
- - GBA Video: Clean up dead code in sprite rendering loop
 
 0.7.1: (2019-02-24)
 Bugfixes:
diff --git a/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c b/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
index bd8a29a7140..3d28e4cf40d 100644
--- a/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
+++ b/src/gba/renderers/software-obj.c
@@ -80,17 +80,25 @@
 	LOAD_16(tileData, ((yBase + charBase + xBase) & 0x7FFE), vramBase); \
 	tileData = (tileData >> ((localX & 3) << 2)) & 0xF; \
 	current = renderer->spriteLayer[outX]; \
-	if ((current & FLAG_UNWRITTEN) == FLAG_UNWRITTEN && tileData) { \
-		renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = palette[tileData] | flags; \
+	if ((current & FLAG_ORDER_MASK) > flags) { \
+		if (tileData) { \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = palette[tileData] | flags; \
+		} else if (current != FLAG_UNWRITTEN) { \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = (current & ~FLAG_ORDER_MASK) | GBAObjAttributesCGetPriority(sprite->c) << OFFSET_PRIORITY; \
+		} \
 	}
 
 #define SPRITE_DRAW_PIXEL_16_NORMAL_OBJWIN(localX) \
 	LOAD_16(tileData, ((yBase + charBase + xBase) & 0x7FFE), vramBase); \
 	tileData = (tileData >> ((localX & 3) << 2)) & 0xF; \
 	current = renderer->spriteLayer[outX]; \
-	if ((current & FLAG_UNWRITTEN) == FLAG_UNWRITTEN && tileData) { \
-		unsigned color = (renderer->row[outX] & FLAG_OBJWIN) ? objwinPalette[tileData] : palette[tileData]; \
-		renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = color | flags; \
+	if ((current & FLAG_ORDER_MASK) > flags) { \
+		if (tileData) { \
+			unsigned color = (renderer->row[outX] & FLAG_OBJWIN) ? objwinPalette[tileData] : palette[tileData]; \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = color | flags; \
+		} else if (current != FLAG_UNWRITTEN) { \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = (current & ~FLAG_ORDER_MASK) | GBAObjAttributesCGetPriority(sprite->c) << OFFSET_PRIORITY; \
+		} \
 	}
 
 #define SPRITE_DRAW_PIXEL_16_OBJWIN(localX) \
@@ -107,17 +115,25 @@
 	LOAD_16(tileData, ((yBase + charBase + xBase) & 0x7FFE), vramBase); \
 	tileData = (tileData >> ((localX & 1) << 3)) & 0xFF; \
 	current = renderer->spriteLayer[outX]; \
-	if ((current & FLAG_UNWRITTEN) == FLAG_UNWRITTEN && tileData) { \
-		renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = palette[tileData] | flags; \
+	if ((current & FLAG_ORDER_MASK) > flags) { \
+		if (tileData) { \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = palette[tileData] | flags; \
+		} else if (current != FLAG_UNWRITTEN) { \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = (current & ~FLAG_ORDER_MASK) | GBAObjAttributesCGetPriority(sprite->c) << OFFSET_PRIORITY; \
+		} \
 	}
 
 #define SPRITE_DRAW_PIXEL_256_NORMAL_OBJWIN(localX) \
 	LOAD_16(tileData, ((yBase + charBase + xBase) & 0x7FFE), vramBase);  \
 	tileData = (tileData >> ((localX & 1) << 3)) & 0xFF; \
 	current = renderer->spriteLayer[outX]; \
-	if ((current & FLAG_UNWRITTEN) == FLAG_UNWRITTEN && tileData) { \
-		unsigned color = (renderer->row[outX] & FLAG_OBJWIN) ? objwinPalette[tileData] : palette[tileData]; \
-		renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = color | flags; \
+	if ((current & FLAG_ORDER_MASK) > flags) { \
+		if (tileData) { \
+			unsigned color = (renderer->row[outX] & FLAG_OBJWIN) ? objwinPalette[tileData] : palette[tileData]; \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = color | flags; \
+		} else if (current != FLAG_UNWRITTEN) { \
+			renderer->spriteLayer[outX] = (current & ~FLAG_ORDER_MASK) | GBAObjAttributesCGetPriority(sprite->c) << OFFSET_PRIORITY; \
+		} \
 	}
 
 #define SPRITE_DRAW_PIXEL_256_OBJWIN(localX) \