diff --git a/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst b/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst
index 26867ce0eaf..24664de8a1a 100644
--- a/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst
+++ b/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Arch Linux
 
 You’ll need a few prerequisites from your distro::
 
-    sudo pacman -S base-devel git sdl2 gconf sdl2_ttf gcc qt5
+    sudo pacman -S base-devel git sdl2_ttf python libxinerama libpulse alsa-lib qt5-base
 
 Compilation is exactly as described above in All Platforms.
 
diff --git a/src/devices/machine/spg290_timer.cpp b/src/devices/machine/spg290_timer.cpp
index 8b02f751696..ce3754079d3 100644
--- a/src/devices/machine/spg290_timer.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/machine/spg290_timer.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ DEFINE_DEVICE_TYPE(SPG290_TIMER, spg290_timer_device, "spg290_timer", "SPG290 Ti
 spg290_timer_device::spg290_timer_device(const machine_config &mconfig, const char *tag, device_t *owner, uint32_t clock)
 	: device_t(mconfig, SPG290_TIMER, tag, owner, clock)
 	, m_irq_cb(*this)
+	, m_enabled(false)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/mame/tvgames/spg29x.cpp b/src/mame/tvgames/spg29x.cpp
index 76272368592..60c3e827549 100644
--- a/src/mame/tvgames/spg29x.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/tvgames/spg29x.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 
 #include "emu.h"
 #include "cpu/score/score.h"
+#include "imagedev/snapquik.h"
 #include "machine/spg290_cdservo.h"
 #include "machine/spg290_i2c.h"
 #include "machine/spg290_ppu.h"
@@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ private:
 
 	uint32_t spg290_screen_update(screen_device &screen, bitmap_rgb32 &bitmap, const rectangle &cliprect);
 
+	DECLARE_QUICKLOAD_LOAD_MEMBER(quickload_hyper_exe);
+
 	void spg290_mem(address_map &map);
 	void spg290_bios_mem(address_map &map);
 
@@ -426,6 +429,23 @@ void spg29x_zone3d_game_state::machine_reset()
 }
 
 
+QUICKLOAD_LOAD_MEMBER(spg29x_game_state::quickload_hyper_exe)
+{
+	const uint32_t length = image.length();
+
+	std::unique_ptr<u8 []> ptr;
+	if (image.fread(ptr, length) != length)
+		return image_init_result::FAIL;
+
+	auto &space = m_maincpu->space(AS_PROGRAM);
+	for (uint32_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
+		space.write_byte(0xa00901fc + i, ptr[i]);
+
+	m_maincpu->set_state_int(SCORE_PC, 0xa0091000); // Game entry point
+
+	return image_init_result::PASS;
+}
+
 void spg29x_game_state::spg29x(machine_config &config)
 {
 	/* basic machine hardware */
@@ -472,6 +492,8 @@ void spg29x_game_state::hyperscan(machine_config &config)
 
 	SOFTWARE_LIST(config, "cd_list").set_original("hyperscan");
 	SOFTWARE_LIST(config, "card_list").set_original("hyperscan_card");
+
+	QUICKLOAD(config, "quickload", "exe").set_load_callback(FUNC(spg29x_game_state::quickload_hyper_exe));
 }
 
 void spg29x_nand_game_state::nand_init(int blocksize, int blocksize_stripped)