diff --git a/hardware/memory/cartridge/harmony/arm7tdmi/arm7.go b/hardware/memory/cartridge/harmony/arm7tdmi/arm7.go
index 600c16f15..32b01dd3d 100644
--- a/hardware/memory/cartridge/harmony/arm7tdmi/arm7.go
+++ b/hardware/memory/cartridge/harmony/arm7tdmi/arm7.go
@@ -576,16 +576,16 @@ func (arm *ARM) Run(mamcr uint32) (uint32, float32, error) {
 			fallthrough
 		case 0:
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Npc + arm.cyclesInstruction.Spc) * arm.stretchFlash
-			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spcmerged) * arm.stretchFlash
+			// stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spcmerged) * arm.stretchFlash
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Ndata + arm.cyclesInstruction.Sdata) * arm.stretchSRAM
 		case 1:
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Npc * arm.stretchFlash)
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spc * arm.stretchMAM)
-			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spcmerged) * arm.stretchMAM
+			// stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spcmerged) * arm.stretchMAM
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Ndata + arm.cyclesInstruction.Sdata) * arm.stretchSRAM
 		case 2:
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Npc + arm.cyclesInstruction.Spc) * arm.stretchMAM
-			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spcmerged) * arm.stretchMAM
+			// stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Spcmerged) * arm.stretchMAM
 			stretchedCycles += (arm.cyclesInstruction.Ndata + arm.cyclesInstruction.Sdata) * arm.stretchMAM
 		}
 
diff --git a/hardware/television/resizer.go b/hardware/television/resizer.go
index 1f721fb93..4d4b4df35 100644
--- a/hardware/television/resizer.go
+++ b/hardware/television/resizer.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import (
 //
 //  *  changes size after setup phase
 //		- Ladybug
-//		- aTaRSI (demo)
 //
 //  * the occasional unsynced frame
 //		- Hack Em Hangly Pacman
@@ -94,6 +93,10 @@ func (sr *resizer) examine(tv *Television, sig signal.SignalAttributes) {
 	// TV. the best example of this is Andrew Davie's chess which simply does
 	// not care about frames during the computer's thinking time.
 	if !tv.state.syncedFrame {
+		// reset any pending changes on an unsynced frame
+		tv.state.resizer.pendingCt = 0
+		sr.pendingTop = sr.currTop
+		sr.pendingBottom = sr.currBottom
 		return
 	}