diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/cclimber.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/cclimber.cpp
index b49c7760cf0..290bb815b00 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/cclimber.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/cclimber.cpp
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ TODO:
 
        - COINB DSW is missing
        - few issues in cocktail mode
-       - wrong colors (fg text layer) - game sometimes ("round" text , lives) updates only even columns of cell attribs...
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -291,13 +290,6 @@ void cclimber_state::toprollr_rombank_w(int state)
 	}
 }
 
-MACHINE_RESET_MEMBER(cclimber_state,cclimber)
-{
-	/* Disable interrupts, River Patrol / Silver Land needs this otherwise returns bad RAM on POST */
-	m_nmi_mask = 0;
-
-	m_toprollr_rombank = 0;
-}
 
 void cclimber_state::nmi_mask_w(int state)
 {
@@ -443,7 +435,7 @@ void cclimber_state::toprollr_map(address_map &map)
 	map(0x9800, 0x987f).ram(); /* unused ? */
 	map(0x9880, 0x995f).ram().share("spriteram");
 	map(0x99dc, 0x99df).ram().share("bigspritectrl");
-	map(0x9c00, 0x9fff).ram().share("colorram");
+	map(0x9c00, 0x9fff).ram().w(FUNC(cclimber_state::cclimber_colorram_w)).share("colorram");
 	map(0xa000, 0xa007).w(m_mainlatch, FUNC(ls259_device::write_d0));
 	map(0xa000, 0xa000).portr("P1");
 	map(0xa800, 0xa800).portr("P2").w("cclimber_audio", FUNC(cclimber_audio_device::sample_rate_w));
diff --git a/src/mame/includes/cclimber.h b/src/mame/includes/cclimber.h
index c5c17280d03..f50d9455c8f 100644
--- a/src/mame/includes/cclimber.h
+++ b/src/mame/includes/cclimber.h
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ private:
 	void vblank_irq(int state);
 	void bagmanf_vblank_irq(int state);
 
-	[[maybe_unused]] DECLARE_MACHINE_RESET(cclimber);
 	DECLARE_VIDEO_START(cclimber);
 	void cclimber_palette(palette_device &palette) const;
 	DECLARE_VIDEO_START(swimmer);
diff --git a/src/mame/video/cclimber.cpp b/src/mame/video/cclimber.cpp
index 9da5443bf3f..65f707ccf3f 100644
--- a/src/mame/video/cclimber.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/video/cclimber.cpp
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ TILE_GET_INFO_MEMBER(cclimber_state::toprollr_get_pf_tile_info)
 {
 	int code, attr, color;
 
-	attr = tile_index & 0x10 ? m_colorram[tile_index & ~0x20] : m_colorram[tile_index];
-	code = ((attr & 0x30) << 4) | m_videoram[tile_index];
+	attr = m_colorram[tile_index];
+	code = ((attr & 0x10) << 5) | ((attr & 0x20) << 3) | m_videoram[tile_index];
 	color = attr & 0x0f;
 
 	tileinfo.set(0, code, color, 0);