diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/novag_snova.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/novag_snova.cpp
index 36124c6f7a3..81855bd81ec 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/novag_snova.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/novag_snova.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ TODO:
 - beeps are glitchy, as if interrupted for too long
 - nsnova serial port isn't working, MCU emulation problem?
 - nsnova unmapped reads from 0x33/0x34
-- is the 1988 version of supremo the same ROM?
+- is the 1st version of supremo(black plastic) the same ROM?
 
 ===============================================================================
 
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Hardware notes:
 - buzzer, 16 LEDs, 8*8 chessboard buttons
 
 Supremo also had a "limited edition" rerelease in 1990, plastic is fake-wood
-instead of black, otherwise it's the same game.
+instead of black and backpanel sticker is gold, otherwise it's the same game.
+The model number is still 881, ROM is the same as the standard fake-wood version.
 
 ******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -367,4 +368,4 @@ ROM_END
 //    YEAR  NAME     PARENT  COMPAT  MACHINE  INPUT    CLASS        INIT        COMPANY, FULLNAME, FLAGS
 CONS( 1990, nsnova,  0,      0,      snova,   snova,   snova_state, empty_init, "Novag", "Super Nova (Novag, v1.05)", MACHINE_SUPPORTS_SAVE | MACHINE_CLICKABLE_ARTWORK )
 
-CONS( 1990, supremo, 0,      0,      supremo, supremo, snova_state, empty_init, "Novag", "Supremo - Limited Edition", MACHINE_SUPPORTS_SAVE | MACHINE_CLICKABLE_ARTWORK )
+CONS( 1988, supremo, 0,      0,      supremo, supremo, snova_state, empty_init, "Novag", "Supremo", MACHINE_SUPPORTS_SAVE | MACHINE_CLICKABLE_ARTWORK )
diff --git a/src/mame/layout/novag_supremo.lay b/src/mame/layout/novag_supremo.lay
index 26cd7376a34..16e27efd2c9 100644
--- a/src/mame/layout/novag_supremo.lay
+++ b/src/mame/layout/novag_supremo.lay
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ license:CC0
 
 	<element name="static_gray"><rect><color red="0.51" green="0.5" blue="0.49" /></rect></element>
 	<element name="static_red"><rect><color red="0.6" green="0.12" blue="0.10" /></rect></element>
-	<element name="lcdm"><rect><color red="0.7" green="0.71" blue="0.72" /></rect></element>
-
 	<element name="blackb"><rect><color red="0" green="0" blue="0" /></rect></element>
-	<element name="black"><rect><color red="0.17" green="0.15" blue="0.15" /></rect></element>
 	<element name="white"><rect><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></rect></element>
+	<element name="lcdm"><rect><color red="0.7" green="0.71" blue="0.72" /></rect></element>
 
 	<element name="led" defstate="0">
 		<disk state="1"><color red="1.0" green="0.1" blue="0.15" /></disk>
@@ -48,15 +46,6 @@ license:CC0
 	<element name="text_g"><text string="G"><color red="0.9" green="0.9" blue="0.9" /></text></element>
 	<element name="text_h"><text string="H"><color red="0.9" green="0.9" blue="0.9" /></text></element>
 
-	<element name="text_rg0"><text string="Error"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg1"><text string="Verify"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg2"><text string="Set Up"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg3"><text string="Check"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg4"><text string="Mate"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg5"><text string="Draw"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg6"><text string="Black"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-	<element name="text_rg7"><text string="White"><color red="0.81" green="0.8" blue="0.79" /></text></element>
-
 	<element name="text_p1"><rect><color red="1" green="1" blue="1" /></rect><image file="chess/bk.svg" /><rect><color red="1" green="1" blue="1" alpha="0.1" /></rect></element>
 	<element name="text_p2"><rect><color red="1" green="1" blue="1" /></rect><image file="chess/bq.svg" /><rect><color red="1" green="1" blue="1" alpha="0.1" /></rect></element>
 	<element name="text_p3"><rect><color red="1" green="1" blue="1" /></rect><image file="chess/br.svg" /><rect><color red="1" green="1" blue="1" alpha="0.1" /></rect></element>