diff --git a/src/mame/machine/advision.cpp b/src/mame/machine/advision.cpp
index 294fd5f2006..2c718151d91 100644
--- a/src/mame/machine/advision.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/machine/advision.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void advision_state::machine_start()
 
 void advision_state::machine_reset()
 {
-	m_ea_bank = 0;
+	m_ea_bank = 1;
 	m_rambank = 0x300;
 	m_frame_start = 0;
 	m_video_enable = 0;
@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ READ8_MEMBER( advision_state::ext_ram_r )
 {
 	uint8_t data = m_ext_ram[m_rambank + offset];
 
-	if (!m_video_enable)
-	{
-		/* the video hardware interprets reads as writes */
-		vh_write(data);
-	}
+	/* the video hardware interprets reads as writes */
+	vh_write(data);
 
 	if (m_video_bank == 0x06)
 	{
@@ -188,5 +185,8 @@ READ8_MEMBER( advision_state::controller_r )
 	if (in & 0x04) data = data & 0xaf; /* Button 2 */
 	if (in & 0x01) data = data & 0x6f; /* Button 4 */
 
-	return data & 0xf8;
+	data &= 0xf8;
+	data |= (m_ea_bank << 2);
+	data |= (m_rambank >> 8);
+	return data;
 }