diff --git a/src/engine/platform/fmsharedbase.h b/src/engine/platform/fmsharedbase.h
index f5ff9b841..2eeb9835c 100644
--- a/src/engine/platform/fmsharedbase.h
+++ b/src/engine/platform/fmsharedbase.h
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ class DivPlatformFMBase: public DivDispatch {
       unsigned int addr;
       unsigned short val;
       bool addrOrVal;
-      QueuedWrite(): addr(0), val(0), addrOrVal(false) {}
-      QueuedWrite(unsigned int a, unsigned char v): addr(a), val(v), addrOrVal(false) {}
+      bool urgent;
+      QueuedWrite(): addr(0), val(0), addrOrVal(false), urgent(false) {}
+      QueuedWrite(unsigned int a, unsigned char v): addr(a), val(v), addrOrVal(false), urgent(false) {}
+      QueuedWrite(unsigned int a, unsigned char v, bool u): addr(a), val(v), addrOrVal(false), urgent(u) {}
     };
     FixedQueue<QueuedWrite,2048> writes;
 
@@ -108,14 +110,7 @@ class DivPlatformFMBase: public DivDispatch {
     // only used by OPN2 for DAC writes
     inline void urgentWrite(unsigned short a, unsigned char v) {
       if (!skipRegisterWrites && !flushFirst) {
-        if (!writes.empty()) {
-          // check for hard reset
-          if (writes.front().addr==0xf0) {
-            // replace hard reset with DAC write
-            writes.pop_front();
-          }
-        }
-        writes.push_front(QueuedWrite(a,v));
+        writes.push_front(QueuedWrite(a,v,true));
         if (dumpWrites) {
           addWrite(a,v);
         }
diff --git a/src/engine/platform/genesis.cpp b/src/engine/platform/genesis.cpp
index 76141d2cf..6cd0df15d 100644
--- a/src/engine/platform/genesis.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/platform/genesis.cpp
@@ -150,17 +150,34 @@ void DivPlatformGenesis::acquire_nuked(short** buf, size_t len) {
 
     os[0]=0; os[1]=0;
     for (int i=0; i<6; i++) {
-      if (delay<=0 && !writes.empty()) {
+      if (!writes.empty()) {
         QueuedWrite& w=writes.front();
-        if (w.addr==0xfffffffe) {
-          delay=w.val*3;
-          writes.pop_front();
-        } else if (w.addrOrVal) {
-          //logV("%.3x=%.2x",w.addr,w.val);
-          OPN2_Write(&fm,0x1+((w.addr>>8)<<1),w.val);
-          regPool[w.addr&0x1ff]=w.val;
-          writes.pop_front();
+        if (delay<=0 || w.urgent) {
+          if (w.addr==0xfffffffe) {
+            delay=w.val*3;
+            writes.pop_front();
+          } else if (w.addrOrVal) {
+            //logV("%.3x=%.2x",w.addr,w.val);
+            OPN2_Write(&fm,0x1+((w.addr>>8)<<1),w.val);
+            regPool[w.addr&0x1ff]=w.val;
+            writes.pop_front();
 
+            if (dacWrite>=0) {
+              if (!canWriteDAC) {
+                canWriteDAC=true;
+              } else {
+                urgentWrite(0x2a,dacWrite);
+                dacWrite=-1;
+                canWriteDAC=writes.empty();
+              }
+            }
+          } else {
+            if (fm.write_busy==0) {
+              OPN2_Write(&fm,0x0+((w.addr>>8)<<1),w.addr);
+              w.addrOrVal=true;
+            }
+          }
+        } else {
           if (dacWrite>=0) {
             if (!canWriteDAC) {
               canWriteDAC=true;
@@ -170,11 +187,6 @@ void DivPlatformGenesis::acquire_nuked(short** buf, size_t len) {
               canWriteDAC=writes.empty();
             }
           }
-        } else {
-          if (fm.write_busy==0) {
-            OPN2_Write(&fm,0x0+((w.addr>>8)<<1),w.addr);
-            w.addrOrVal=true;
-          }
         }
       } else {
         canWriteDAC=true;