diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2d7348551f3..2f556ec4476 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2211,6 +2211,7 @@ src/mame/drivers/vindictr.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mame/drivers/viper.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mame/drivers/vmetal.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mame/drivers/volfied.c svneol=native#text/plain
+src/mame/drivers/vp101.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mame/drivers/vroulet.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mame/drivers/vsnes.c svneol=native#text/plain
 src/mame/drivers/vulgus.c svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/vp101.c b/src/mame/drivers/vp101.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61f950c0269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/vp101.c
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+
+    Play Mechanix / Right Hand Tech "VP101" platform
+    (PCB also marked "Raw Thrills" but all RT games appear to be on PC hardware)
+
+    Skeleton driver by R. Belmont
+ 
+    MIPS VR5500 at 300 to 400 MHz
+    Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA with custom 3D hardware and 1 or 2 PowerPC 405 CPU cores
+    AC97 audio with custom DMA frontend which streams 8 stereo channels	
+    PIC18c442 protection chip (not readable)
+ 
+****************************************************************************/
+
+#include "driver.h"
+#include "cpu/mips/mips3.h"
+#include "machine/idectrl.h"
+
+static VIDEO_UPDATE( vp101 )
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static VIDEO_START( vp101 )
+{
+}
+
+static READ32_HANDLER(tty_ready_r)
+{
+	return 0x60;	// must return &0x20 for output at tty_w to continue
+}
+
+static WRITE32_HANDLER(tty_w)	// set breakpoint at bfc01430 to catch when it's printing things
+{
+// uncomment to see startup messages - it says "RAM OK" and "EPI RSS Ver 4.5.1" followed by "<RSS active>" and then lots of dots
+//	printf("%c", data);
+}
+
+static ADDRESS_MAP_START( main_map, ADDRESS_SPACE_PROGRAM, 32 )
+	AM_RANGE(0x00000000, 0x07ffffff) AM_RAM				// this is a sufficient amount to get "RAM OK"
+	AM_RANGE(0x1c000000, 0x1c000003) AM_WRITE(tty_w)		// RSS OS code uses this one
+	AM_RANGE(0x1c000014, 0x1c000017) AM_READ(tty_ready_r)
+	AM_RANGE(0x1c400000, 0x1c400003) AM_WRITE(tty_w)		// boot ROM code uses this one
+	AM_RANGE(0x1c400014, 0x1c400017) AM_READ(tty_ready_r)
+	AM_RANGE(0x1fc00000, 0x1fcfffff) AM_ROM AM_REGION("maincpu", 0)
+ADDRESS_MAP_END
+
+static INPUT_PORTS_START( vp101 )
+INPUT_PORTS_END
+
+static const mips3_config config =
+{
+	32768,				/* code cache size */
+	32768,				/* data cache size */
+	100000000			/* system (bus) clock */
+};
+
+static MACHINE_DRIVER_START( vp101 )
+ 	MDRV_CPU_ADD("maincpu", R5000LE, 300000000)	/* actually VR5500 with added NEC VR-series custom instructions */
+	MDRV_CPU_CONFIG(config)
+	MDRV_CPU_PROGRAM_MAP(main_map)
+
+	MDRV_SCREEN_ADD("screen", RASTER)
+	MDRV_SCREEN_REFRESH_RATE(60)
+	MDRV_SCREEN_VBLANK_TIME(ATTOSECONDS_IN_USEC(2500) /* not accurate */)
+	MDRV_SCREEN_FORMAT(BITMAP_FORMAT_INDEXED16)
+	MDRV_SCREEN_SIZE(320, 240)
+	MDRV_SCREEN_VISIBLE_AREA(0, 319, 0, 239)
+	MDRV_PALETTE_LENGTH(32768)
+
+	MDRV_VIDEO_START(vp101)
+	MDRV_VIDEO_UPDATE(vp101)
+MACHINE_DRIVER_END
+
+ROM_START(jnero)
+	ROM_REGION(0x100000, "maincpu", 0)	/* Boot ROM */
+	ROM_LOAD( "d710.05523.bin", 0x000000, 0x100000, CRC(6054a066) SHA1(58e68b7d86e6f24c79b99c8406e86e3c14387726) )
+
+	ROM_REGION(0x80000, "pic", 0)		/* PIC18c422 program - read-protected, need dumped */
+	ROM_LOAD( "8722a-1206.bin", 0x000000, 0x80000, NO_DUMP )
+
+	DISK_REGION( "ide" )
+	DISK_IMAGE_READONLY("jn010108", 0, SHA1(4f3e9c6349c9be59213df1236dba7d79e7cd704e) )
+ROM_END
+
+GAME( 2004, jnero, 0, vp101, vp101, 0, ROT0, "ICE/Play Mechanix", "Johnny Nero Action Hero", GAME_NOT_WORKING|GAME_NO_SOUND )
+
diff --git a/src/mame/mame.mak b/src/mame/mame.mak
index 62143927743..a2a11913361 100644
--- a/src/mame/mame.mak
+++ b/src/mame/mame.mak
@@ -1619,6 +1619,7 @@ $(MAMEOBJ)/misc.a: \
 	$(DRIVERS)/vamphalf.o \
 	$(DRIVERS)/vcombat.o \
 	$(DRIVERS)/videopkr.o \
+	$(DRIVERS)/vp101.o \
 	$(DRIVERS)/vroulet.o \
 	$(DRIVERS)/wldarrow.o \
 	$(DRIVERS)/xyonix.o $(VIDEO)/xyonix.o \
diff --git a/src/mame/mamedriv.c b/src/mame/mamedriv.c
index 1a7242de73d..edc0399e965 100644
--- a/src/mame/mamedriv.c
+++ b/src/mame/mamedriv.c
@@ -9563,4 +9563,7 @@ Other Sun games
 	/* Accept LTD. */
 	DRIVER( hitpoker ) /* (c) 1997 */
 
+	/* Play Mechanix */
+	DRIVER( jnero )		/* (c) 2004 */
+
 #endif	/* DRIVER_RECURSIVE */