diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dc65291..847ee2a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SRC_SRCS_1 += apu.c audio.c
 SRC_SRCS_1 += file.c save.c
 SRC_SRCS_1 += sdl_render.c sdl_input.c sdl_audio.c sdl_timer.c
 SRC_SRCS_1 += overlay.c sdl_overlay.c
+SRC_SRCS_1 += sdl_menu.c
 
 PLAT_SRCS_1 = filemap.c
 
diff --git a/src/cart.c b/src/cart.c
index 4f912fa..faadd3e 100644
--- a/src/cart.c
+++ b/src/cart.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "filemap.h"
 #include "ines.h"
 #include "mapper.h"
+#include "save.h"
 
 
 int nes_cart_init_mem(nes_cart* cart, void* mem, int len) {
@@ -107,3 +108,30 @@ int nes_cart_init_file(nes_cart* cart, FILE* file) {
 
     return status;
 }
+
+
+FILE* nes_load_cart(nes_cart* cart, const char* cart_filename) {
+    int status = 0;
+
+    FILE* cart_file = fopen(cart_filename, "rb");
+    if (NULL == cart_file) {
+        status = -1;
+        fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s\n", cart_filename);
+    }
+
+    if (status == 0) {
+        status = nes_cart_init_file(cart, cart_file);
+    }
+
+    if (status == 0) {
+        // Failure might mean there's nothing to load
+        load_sram(cart, cart_filename);
+    }
+
+    if (status != 0 && NULL != cart_file) {
+        fclose(cart_file);
+        cart_file = NULL;
+    }
+
+    return cart_file;
+}
diff --git a/src/cart.h b/src/cart.h
index eaa61c5..2bd31b4 100644
--- a/src/cart.h
+++ b/src/cart.h
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ int nes_cart_init_file(nes_cart*, FILE* file);
 int nes_cart_init_mem(nes_cart*, void*, int len);
 void nes_cart_done(nes_cart*);
 
+FILE* nes_load_cart(nes_cart* cart, const char* cart_filename);
+
 
 #endif // NES_CART_H_
diff --git a/src/menu.h b/src/menu.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e828fa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/menu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#ifndef NESE_MENU_H_
+#define NESE_MENU_H_
+
+#include "nes.h"
+#include "render.h"
+#include "input.h"
+
+
+typedef struct {
+    int cursor;
+    int top;
+} menu_state;
+
+
+// Returns filename of selected ROM
+char* run_main_menu(menu_state*, nes_Renderer*,
+                    nes_Input_Reader*, nes*);
+
+// TODO: What does this return?
+int run_game_menu(menu_state*, nes_Renderer*,
+                  nes_Input_Reader*, nes*);
+
+int modal_popup(const char* message,
+                nes_Renderer*, nes_Input_Reader*, nes*);
+
+
+#endif // NESE_MENU_H_
diff --git a/src/nese.c b/src/nese.c
index 0069d15..f1059db 100644
--- a/src/nese.c
+++ b/src/nese.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #include "nes.h"
 #include "timer.h"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "audio.h"
 #include "mapper.h"
 #include "save.h"
+#include "menu.h"
 
 
 #define audio_freq  (44100U)
@@ -87,29 +88,6 @@ int loadsave_tick(loadsave_state* loadsave) {
 int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     int status = 0;
 
-    FILE* cart_file = NULL;
-    const char* cart_filename = NULL;
-    if (argc > 1) {
-        cart_filename = argv[1];
-        cart_file = fopen(argv[1], "rb");
-        if (NULL == cart_file) {
-            status = -1;
-            fprintf(stderr, "Could not open %s\n", argv[1]);
-        }
-    } else {
-        status = -1;
-        fprintf(stderr, "Missing cartridge file\n");
-    }
-
-    if (status == 0) {
-        status = nes_cart_init_file(&sys.cart, cart_file);
-    }
-
-    if (status == 0) {
-        // Failure might mean there's nothing to load
-        load_sram(&sys.cart, cart_filename);
-    }
-
     nes_Renderer* rend = &sdl_renderer;
     if (status == 0) {
         status = nes_render_init(rend);
@@ -125,6 +103,43 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         status = nes_audio_init(audio, audio_freq);
     }
 
+    char* cart_filename = NULL;
+    FILE* cart_file = NULL;
+    if (0 == status && argc > 1) {
+        cart_filename = strdup(argv[1]);
+        cart_file = nes_load_cart(&sys.cart, argv[1]);
+    }
+
+    menu_state menu = {0};
+    while (0 == status && NULL == cart_file) {
+        // Display a load failure message?
+        if (NULL != cart_filename) {
+            char message[1024];
+            snprintf(message, sizeof(message) - 1,
+                     "Could not load\n%s", cart_filename);
+            int button = modal_popup(message, rend, input, &sys);
+            if (input_Result_Quit == (button >> 8)) {
+                // Program closed inside modal
+                status = -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (0 == status) {
+            // If we didn't launch with a file, run the loader
+            cart_filename = run_main_menu(&menu, rend,
+                                          input, &sys);
+
+            if (NULL == cart_filename) {
+                // This means that we dumped out of the loader
+                status = -1;
+
+            } else {
+                cart_file = nes_load_cart(&sys.cart,
+                                          cart_filename);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (status == 0) {
         status = nes_init(&sys, audio_freq);
     }
@@ -227,9 +242,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         save_sram(&sys.cart, cart_filename);
     }
 
-    if (cart_file != NULL) {
-        fclose(cart_file);
-    }
+    if (NULL != cart_file) fclose(cart_file);
+    free(cart_filename);
 
     return status;
 }
diff --git a/src/render.h b/src/render.h
index c74222a..bca3a36 100644
--- a/src/render.h
+++ b/src/render.h
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ typedef struct nes_Renderer_t {
     int (*init)(struct nes_Renderer_t*);
     void (*done)(struct nes_Renderer_t*);
     int (*render)(struct nes_Renderer_t*, nes_ppu*);
+
+    void (*draw_last_frame)(struct nes_Renderer_t*);
+    void (*draw_text)(struct nes_Renderer_t*, const char*, int x, int y);
+    void (*text_size)(struct nes_Renderer_t*, const char*, int* w, int* h);
+    void (*draw_done)(struct nes_Renderer_t*);
+
     Overlay overlay;
     void* data;
 } nes_Renderer;
@@ -25,5 +31,24 @@ static inline int nes_render(nes_Renderer* rend, nes_ppu* ppu) {
     return rend->render(rend, ppu);
 }
 
+static inline void nes_draw_last_frame(nes_Renderer* rend) {
+    rend->draw_last_frame(rend);
+}
+
+static inline void nes_text_size(nes_Renderer* rend,
+                                 const char* str,
+                                 int* w, int* h) {
+    rend->text_size(rend, str, w, h);
+}
+
+static inline void nes_draw_text(nes_Renderer* rend,
+                                 const char* str, int x, int y) {
+    rend->draw_text(rend, str, x, y);
+}
+
+static inline void nes_draw_done(nes_Renderer* rend) {
+    rend->draw_done(rend);
+}
+
 
 #endif // NES_RENDER_H_
diff --git a/src/sdl_menu.c b/src/sdl_menu.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb998c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sdl_menu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+
+#include "menu.h"
+#include "file.h"
+#include "timer.h"
+
+
+static int get_input(nes_Input_Reader* reader,
+                     nes_input* input, int *last) {
+    int status = nes_input_update(reader, input);
+    int new_buttons = input->controllers[0].buttons;
+    if (0 == status) {
+        status = (~*last & new_buttons);
+    } else {
+        status = (status << 8);
+    }
+    *last = new_buttons;
+    return status;
+}
+
+static int wait_for_input(nes_Input_Reader* reader,
+                           nes_input* input) {
+    int buttons = input->controllers[0].buttons;
+    int status = 0;
+    for (   ;
+            0 == status;
+            status = get_input(reader, input, &buttons) ) {
+        time_sleep(US_PER_S / 60);
+    }
+    return status;
+}
+
+
+static int count_files(DIR* dir) {
+    int count = 0;
+    struct dirent* de = NULL;
+    while (NULL != (de = readdir(dir))) {
+        if ('.' != de->d_name[0]) ++count;
+    }
+    rewinddir(dir);
+    return count;
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+    int count;
+    char** files;
+} file_list;
+
+int cmp_files(const void* _a, const void* _b) {
+    const char* a = *(const char**)_a;
+    const char* b = *(const char**)_b;
+
+    int diff = 0;
+    for (char ca = 1, cb = 1; ca && cb && 0 == diff; ++a, ++b) {
+        // Cut extensions; replace underscore with space
+        ca = (*a == '_' ? ' ' : (*a == '.' ? '\0' : *a));
+        cb = (*b == '_' ? ' ' : (*b == '.' ? '\0' : *b));
+        diff = (ca - cb);
+    }
+
+    return diff;
+}
+
+static void make_file_list(DIR* dir, file_list* files) {
+    files->count = count_files(dir);
+    files->files = calloc(files->count, sizeof(char*));
+    struct dirent* de = NULL;
+    int i_file = 0;
+    while (NULL != (de = readdir(dir))) {
+        if ('.' != de->d_name[0]) {
+            files->files[i_file] = strdup(de->d_name);
+            ++i_file;
+        }
+    }
+    qsort(files->files, files->count, sizeof(char*), cmp_files);
+}
+
+static void free_file_list(file_list* files) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < files->count; ++i) {
+        free(files->files[i]);
+    }
+    free(files->files);
+}
+
+static void fix_filename(char* dst, int n, const char* src) {
+    for (   int i = 0;
+            i < n && *src && '.' != *src;
+            ++i, ++dst, ++src) {
+        *dst = ('_' == *src ? ' ' : *src);
+    }
+    *dst = '\0';
+}
+
+static inline int n_visible(void) {
+    return (((nes_ppu_render_h - 30) - 1) / 11) - 1;
+}
+
+static void show_menu(const menu_state* menu,
+                      nes_Renderer* rend, file_list* files) {
+    nes_draw_last_frame(rend);
+
+    int bottom = menu->top + n_visible();
+
+    for (   int n = menu->top, y = 10;
+            n < files->count && n <= bottom;
+            ++n, y += 11 ) {
+        char filename[100];
+        fix_filename(filename, sizeof(filename) - 1,
+                     files->files[n]);
+        nes_draw_text(
+                rend,
+                ( (menu->top == n && 0 != menu->top) ||
+                  (bottom == n && files->count - 1 > bottom) ) ?
+                  "..." : filename,
+                20, y);
+        if (menu->cursor == n) nes_draw_text(rend, ">", 10, y);
+    }
+
+    nes_draw_done(rend);
+}
+
+
+char* run_main_menu(menu_state* state, nes_Renderer* rend,
+                    nes_Input_Reader* input, nes* sys) {
+    char* cart_filename = NULL;
+
+    DIR* dir = opendir("rom");
+
+    if (NULL == dir) {
+        nes_draw_last_frame(rend);
+        nes_draw_text(rend, "No ROMS found!", 10, 10);
+        nes_draw_text(rend, "Press any key to exit", 10, 21);
+        nes_draw_done(rend);
+        wait_for_input(input, &sys->input);
+
+    } else {
+        file_list files = {0};
+        make_file_list(dir, &files);
+        closedir(dir);
+
+        menu_state menu = {0};
+        if (NULL != state) {
+            menu = *state;
+            if (menu.cursor < 0) {
+                menu.cursor = 0;
+            } else if (menu.cursor >= files.count) {
+                menu.cursor = files.count - 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        while (1) {
+            // Scrolling (do this first to ensure menu is valid)
+            const int visible = n_visible();
+            menu.top = menu.cursor - (visible / 2);
+            if (menu.top <= 0) {
+                // We use <= so we don't readjust the top from 0
+                menu.top = 0;
+            } else if (menu.top + visible >= files.count) {
+                menu.top = (files.count - 1) - visible;
+            }
+
+            show_menu(&menu, rend, &files);
+
+            int buttons = wait_for_input(input, &sys->input);
+            int special = (buttons >> 8);
+
+            if (    input_Result_Quit == special ||
+                    (buttons & (1 << Button_B))) {
+                // Cancel
+                menu.cursor = -1;
+                break;
+
+            } else if (buttons & (  (1 << Button_A) |
+                                    (1 << Button_Start) )) {
+                // Select
+                break;
+
+            } else if (buttons & (1 << Button_Up)) {
+                if (menu.cursor > 0) --menu.cursor;
+
+            } else if (buttons & (  (1 << Button_Down) |
+                                    (1 << Button_Select) )) {
+                if (menu.cursor < (files.count - 1)) {
+                    ++menu.cursor;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Selection has been made (or cancelled)
+        if (menu.cursor >= 0 && menu.cursor < files.count) {
+            char filename[1024];
+            snprintf(filename, sizeof(filename) - 1,
+                     "%s/%s", "rom", files.files[menu.cursor]);
+            cart_filename = strdup(filename);
+        }
+
+        free_file_list(&files);
+
+        if (NULL != state) {
+            *state = menu;
+            if (menu.cursor < 0) state->cursor = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return cart_filename;
+}
+
+int modal_popup(const char* message, nes_Renderer* rend,
+                nes_Input_Reader* input, nes* sys) {
+    int w = 0;
+    int h = 0;
+
+    nes_text_size(rend, message, &w, &h);
+
+    int x = (nes_ppu_render_w - w) / 2;
+    int y = (nes_ppu_render_h - h) / 2;
+
+    nes_draw_last_frame(rend);
+    nes_draw_text(rend, message, x, y);
+    nes_draw_done(rend);
+
+    return wait_for_input(input, &sys->input);
+}
diff --git a/src/sdl_overlay.c b/src/sdl_overlay.c
index 00416f2..75db898 100644
--- a/src/sdl_overlay.c
+++ b/src/sdl_overlay.c
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ void sdl_overlay_font_done(sdl_overlay_font* font) {
 #define overlay_start_x (char_w / 2)
 #define overlay_start_y (char_h / 2)
 
+#define space_width ((char_w / 2) - 1)
+
 static inline int char_index(char c) {
     if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') c += ('A' - 'a');
     if (c > ' ' && c < 'a') return (c - ' ');
@@ -93,28 +95,54 @@ static inline int char_index(char c) {
     return 0;
 }
 
-static void render_string(SDL_Renderer* rend, int ox, int oy,
-                          int sx, int sy,
-                          sdl_overlay_font* font,
-                          const char* string) {
+void measure_string(sdl_overlay_font* font, const char* string,
+                    int* w, int* h) {
+    *h = char_h;
+    int max_w = 1;
+    int cur_w = 1;
+    for (const char* c = string; *c; ++c) {
+        if (*c == '\n') {
+            if (cur_w > max_w) max_w = cur_w;
+            cur_w = 1;
+            *h += char_h;
+        } else if (*c == ' ') {
+            cur_w += space_width;
+        } else {
+            int index = char_index(*c);
+            int cw = font->charbits[index * charbit_size];
+            cur_w += (cw - 1);
+        }
+    }
+    if (cur_w > max_w) max_w = cur_w;
+    *w = max_w;
+}
+
+void render_string(SDL_Renderer* rend,
+                   int ox, int oy, int sx, int sy,
+                   sdl_overlay_font* font, const char* string) {
+    int x = ox;
+    int y = oy;
     for (const char* c = string; *c; ++c) {
-        if (*c == ' ') {
-            ox += ((char_w / 2) - 1);
+        if (*c == '\n') {
+            x = ox;
+            y += (char_h + 1);
+        } else if (*c == ' ') {
+            x += space_width;
         } else {
             int index = char_index(*c);
             int cw = font->charbits[index * charbit_size];
             SDL_Texture* texture = font->textures[index];
 
             SDL_Rect rect = {
-                .x = ox * sx,
-                .y = oy * sy,
+                .x = x * sx,
+                .y = y * sy,
                 .w = cw * sx,
                 .h = char_h * sy,
             };
 
             SDL_RenderCopy(rend, texture, NULL, &rect);
 
-            ox += (cw - 1);
+            x += (cw - 1);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/sdl_overlay.h b/src/sdl_overlay.h
index 594c835..4a25219 100644
--- a/src/sdl_overlay.h
+++ b/src/sdl_overlay.h
@@ -24,4 +24,12 @@ int sdl_overlay_frame(Overlay*, sdl_overlay_font*, SDL_Renderer*,
                       int sx, int sy);
 
 
+void measure_string(sdl_overlay_font* font, const char* string,
+                    int* w, int* h);
+
+void render_string(SDL_Renderer* rend,
+                   int ox, int oy, int sx, int sy,
+                   sdl_overlay_font* font, const char* string);
+
+
 #endif // NESE_SDL_OVERLAY_
diff --git a/src/sdl_render.c b/src/sdl_render.c
index 48efbb5..a2a7545 100644
--- a/src/sdl_render.c
+++ b/src/sdl_render.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ static int sdl_render_init(nes_Renderer* rend) {
         } else {
             SDL_LockTextureToSurface(data->texture, NULL,
                                      &data->target);
+            SDL_FillRect(data->target, NULL, 0x556677FF);
         }
     }
 
@@ -559,8 +560,39 @@ static int sdl_render(nes_Renderer* rend, nes_ppu* ppu) {
 }
 
 
+static void sdl_redraw_frame(nes_Renderer* rend) {
+    sdl_render_data* data = (sdl_render_data*)rend->data;
+    SDL_UnlockTexture(data->texture);
+    SDL_RenderCopy(data->renderer, data->texture, NULL, NULL);
+    SDL_LockTextureToSurface(data->texture, NULL, &data->target);
+}
+
+static void sdl_draw_present(nes_Renderer* rend) {
+    sdl_render_data* data = (sdl_render_data*)rend->data;
+    SDL_RenderPresent(data->renderer);
+}
+
+static void sdl_draw_text(nes_Renderer* rend,
+                          const char* str, int x, int y) {
+    sdl_render_data* data = (sdl_render_data*)rend->data;
+    render_string(data->renderer, x, y,
+                  data->win_w / nes_ppu_render_w,
+                  data->win_h / nes_ppu_render_h,
+                  &data->font, str);
+}
+
+static void sdl_text_size(nes_Renderer* rend,
+                          const char* str, int* w, int* h) {
+    sdl_render_data* data = (sdl_render_data*)rend->data;
+    measure_string(&data->font, str, w, h);
+}
+
 nes_Renderer sdl_renderer = {
     .init = sdl_render_init,
     .done = sdl_render_done,
     .render = sdl_render,
+    .draw_last_frame = sdl_redraw_frame,
+    .draw_text = sdl_draw_text,
+    .text_size = sdl_text_size,
+    .draw_done = sdl_draw_present,
 };