diff --git a/port/include/fs.h b/port/include/fs.h
index 561c41456..364ece5a2 100644
--- a/port/include/fs.h
+++ b/port/include/fs.h
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@ FILE *fsFileOpenWrite(const char *name);
 FILE *fsFileOpenRead(const char *name);
 void fsFileClose(FILE *f);
 
+const char *fsGetModDir(void);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/port/include/mod.h b/port/include/mod.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f8b6a279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/port/include/mod.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef _IN_MOD_H
+#define _IN_MOD_H
+
+#include <PR/ultratypes.h>
+
+#define MOD_CONFIG_FNAME "modconfig.txt"
+
+s32 modConfigLoad(const char *path);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/port/include/romdata.h b/port/include/romdata.h
index 70da7e824..d1d411f1e 100644
--- a/port/include/romdata.h
+++ b/port/include/romdata.h
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ s32 romdataInit(void);
 u8 *romdataFileLoad(s32 fileNum, u32 *outSize);
 void romdataFilePreprocess(s32 fileNum, s32 loadType, u8 *data, u32 size);
 void romdataFileFree(s32 fileNum);
+const char *romdataFileGetName(s32 fileNum);
 
 u8 *romdataFileGetData(s32 fileNum);
 s32 romdataFileGetSize(s32 fileNum);
 
+s32 romdataFileGetNumForName(const char *name);
+
 u8 *romdataSegGetData(const char *segName);
 u8 *romdataSegGetDataEnd(const char *segName);
 u32 romdataSegGetSize(const char *segName);
diff --git a/port/include/utils.h b/port/include/utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b47bd0941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/port/include/utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#ifndef _IN_UTILS_H
+#define _IN_UTILS_H
+
+#define UTIL_MAX_TOKEN 1024
+
+#include <PR/ultratypes.h>
+
+char *strRightTrim(char *str);
+char *strTrim(char *str);
+char *strUnquote(char *str);
+char *strParseToken(char *str, char *out, s32 *outCount);
+char *strFmt(const char *fmt, ...);
+char *strDuplicate(const char *str);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/port/src/config.c b/port/src/config.c
index 4e6f52161..d3ba28251 100644
--- a/port/src/config.c
+++ b/port/src/config.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "fs.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "system.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 
 #define CONFIG_MAX_STR 512
 #define CONFIG_MAX_SECNAME 128
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ s32 configLoad(const char *fname)
 
 	char curSec[CONFIG_MAX_SECNAME + 1] = { 0 };
 	char keyBuf[CONFIG_MAX_SECNAME * 2 + 2] = { 0 }; // SECTION + . + KEY + \0
+	char token[UTIL_MAX_TOKEN + 1] = { 0 };
 	char lineBuf[2048] = { 0 };
 	char *line = lineBuf;
 	s32 lineLen = 0;
@@ -223,77 +225,36 @@ s32 configLoad(const char *fname)
 	while (fgets(lineBuf, sizeof(lineBuf), f)) {
 		line = lineBuf;
 
-		// left-trim whitespace
-		while (*line && isspace(*line)) {
-			++line;
-		}
-
-		lineLen = strlen(line);
-		if (!lineLen) {
-			continue;
-		}
+		line = strParseToken(line, token, NULL);
 
-		// right-trim whitespace and \n
-		for (s32 i = lineLen - 1; i >= 0 && isspace(line[i]); --i, --lineLen);
-		line[lineLen] = '\0';
-
-		if (line[0] == ';' || line[0] == '#') {
-			// comment; skip the rest of the line
-			continue;
-		} else if (line[0] == '[') {
-			// section; skip [ and find matching ]
-			++line;
-			char *end = line;
-			while (*end && *end != ']') {
-				++end;
-			}
-			// found anything?
-			if (*end != ']') {
-				// didn't find shit
+		if (token[0] == '[' && token[1] == '\0') {
+			// section; get name
+			line = strParseToken(line, token, NULL);
+			if (!token[0]) {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "configLoad: malformed section line: %s", lineBuf);
 				continue;
 			}
-			// eat ] and whitespace on the right
-			while (end > line && isspace(end[-1])) {
-				--end;
+			strncpy(curSec, token, CONFIG_MAX_SECNAME);
+			// eat ]
+			line = strParseToken(line, token, NULL);
+			if (token[0] != ']' || token[1] != '\0') {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "configLoad: malformed section line: %s", lineBuf);
 			}
-			*end = '\0';
-			// empty []?
-			if (end == line) {
+		} else if (token[0]) {
+			// probably a key=value pair; append key name to section name
+			snprintf(keyBuf, sizeof(keyBuf) - 1, "%s.%s", curSec, token);
+			// eat =
+			line = strParseToken(line, token, NULL);
+			if (token[0] != '=' || token[1] != '\0') {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "configLoad: malformed keyvalue line: %s", lineBuf);
 				continue;
 			}
-			// eat whitespace on the left
-			while (line < end && isspace(*line)) {
-				++line;
-			}
-			// copy out the section name
-			const s32 len = end - line;
-			if (len > CONFIG_MAX_SECNAME) {
-				continue; // too long
-			}
-			memcpy(curSec, line, len);
-			curSec[len] = '\0';
-		} else {
-			// probably a key=value pair
-			char *eq = strchr(line, '=');
-			if (!eq) {
-				continue; // garbage
-			}
-			char *value = eq + 1;
-			if (!*value) {
-				continue; // just a =
-			}
-			// trim right whitespace on the key
-			--eq;
-			while (eq > line && isspace(*eq)) {
-				--eq;
-			}
-			if (eq == line) {
-				continue; // = with nothing on the left
+			// the rest of the line is the value
+			line = strTrim(line);
+			if (line[0] == '"') {
+				line = strUnquote(line);
 			}
-			eq[1] = '\0';
-			// assemble full key name and read the value
-			snprintf(keyBuf, sizeof(keyBuf) - 1, "%s.%s", curSec, line);
-			configSetFromString(keyBuf, value);
+			configSetFromString(keyBuf, line);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/port/src/fs.c b/port/src/fs.c
index fb56a6af9..948cf8f93 100644
--- a/port/src/fs.c
+++ b/port/src/fs.c
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@
 #include "config.h"
 #include "system.h"
 #include "platform.h"
+#include "utils.h"
 #include "fs.h"
 
-#define DEFAULT_DATADIR_NAME "data"
+#define DEFAULT_BASEDIR_NAME "data"
 
-static char dataDir[FS_MAXPATH + 1]; // replaces $D
+static char baseDir[FS_MAXPATH + 1]; // replaces $B
+static char modDir[FS_MAXPATH + 1];  // replaces $M
 static char saveDir[FS_MAXPATH + 1]; // replaces $S
 static char homeDir[FS_MAXPATH + 1]; // replaces $H
 static char exeDir[FS_MAXPATH + 1];  // replaces $E
@@ -57,7 +59,8 @@ const char *fsFullPath(const char *relPath)
 		switch (relPath[1]) {
 			case 'E': expStr = exeDir; break;
 			case 'H': expStr = homeDir; break;
-			case 'D': expStr = dataDir; break;
+			case 'M': expStr = modDir; break;
+			case 'B': expStr = baseDir; break;
 			case 'S': expStr = saveDir; break;
 			default: break;
 		}
@@ -71,13 +74,20 @@ const char *fsFullPath(const char *relPath)
 		}
 		// couldn't expand anything, return as is
 		return relPath;
-	} else if (!dataDir[0] || fsPathIsAbsolute(relPath) || fsPathIsCwdRelative(relPath)) {
-		// user explicitly wants working directory or this is an absolute path or we have no dataDir set up yet
+	} else if (!baseDir[0] || fsPathIsAbsolute(relPath) || fsPathIsCwdRelative(relPath)) {
+		// user explicitly wants working directory or this is an absolute path or we have no baseDir set up yet
 		return relPath;
 	}
 
-	// path relative to data dir
-	snprintf(pathBuf, FS_MAXPATH, "%s/%s", dataDir, relPath);
+	// path relative to mod or base dir; this will be a read request, so check where the file actually is
+	if (modDir[0]) {
+		snprintf(pathBuf, FS_MAXPATH, "%s/%s", modDir, relPath);
+		if (fsFileSize(pathBuf) >= 0) {
+			return pathBuf;
+		}
+	}
+	// fall back to basedir
+	snprintf(pathBuf, FS_MAXPATH, "%s/%s", baseDir, relPath);
 	return pathBuf;
 }
 
@@ -93,21 +103,45 @@ s32 fsInit(void)
 		sysGetHomePath(homeDir, FS_MAXPATH);
 	}
 
-	// get path to data dir and expand it if needed
-	const char *path = sysArgGetString("--datadir");
+	// get path to base dir and expand it if needed
+	const char *path = sysArgGetString("--basedir");
 	if (!path) {
-		// check if there's a data directory in working directory or homeDir, otherwise default to exe directory
-		path = "$E/" DEFAULT_DATADIR_NAME;
+		// check if there's a `data` directory in working directory or homeDir, otherwise default to exe directory
+		path = "$E/" DEFAULT_BASEDIR_NAME;
 		if (!portable) {
-			if (fsFileSize("./" DEFAULT_DATADIR_NAME) >= 0) {
-				path = "./" DEFAULT_DATADIR_NAME;
-			} else if (fsFileSize("$H/" DEFAULT_DATADIR_NAME)) {
-				path = "$H/" DEFAULT_DATADIR_NAME;
+			if (fsFileSize("./" DEFAULT_BASEDIR_NAME) >= 0) {
+				path = "./" DEFAULT_BASEDIR_NAME;
+			} else if (fsFileSize("$H/" DEFAULT_BASEDIR_NAME)) {
+				path = "$H/" DEFAULT_BASEDIR_NAME;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
-	strncpy(dataDir, fsFullPath(path), FS_MAXPATH);
+	strncpy(baseDir, fsFullPath(path), FS_MAXPATH);
+
+	// get path to mod dir and expand it if needed
+	// mod directory is overlaid on top of base directory
+	path = sysArgGetString("--moddir");
+	if (path) {
+		if (fsPathIsAbsolute(path) || fsPathIsCwdRelative(path) || path[0] == '$') {
+			// path is explicit; check as-is
+			if (fsFileSize(path) >= 0) {
+				strncpy(modDir, fsFullPath(path), FS_MAXPATH);
+			}
+		} else {
+			// path is relative to workdir; try to find it
+			const char *priority[] = { ".", "$E", "$H" };
+			for (s32 i = 0; i < 2 + (portable != 0); ++i) {
+				char *tmp = strFmt("%s/%s", priority[i], path);
+				if (fsFileSize(tmp) >= 0) {
+					strncpy(modDir, fsFullPath(tmp), FS_MAXPATH);
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (!modDir[0]) {
+			sysLogPrintf(LOG_WARNING, "could not find specified moddir `%s`", path);
+		}
+	}
 
 	// get path to save dir and expand it if needed
 	path = sysArgGetString("--savedir");
@@ -136,12 +170,20 @@ s32 fsInit(void)
 
 	strncpy(saveDir, fsFullPath(path), FS_MAXPATH);
 
-	sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "data dir: %s", dataDir);
+	if (modDir[0]) {
+		sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, " mod dir: %s", modDir);
+	}
+	sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "base dir: %s", baseDir);
 	sysLogPrintf(LOG_NOTE, "save dir: %s", saveDir);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+const char *fsGetModDir(void)
+{
+	return modDir[0] ? modDir : NULL;
+}
+
 void *fsFileLoad(const char *name, u32 *outSize)
 {
 	const char *fullName = fsFullPath(name);
diff --git a/port/src/main.c b/port/src/main.c
index b92377ba8..b1566bf13 100644
--- a/port/src/main.c
+++ b/port/src/main.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "fs.h"
 #include "romdata.h"
 #include "config.h"
+#include "mod.h"
 #include "system.h"
 
 u32 g_OsMemSize = 0;
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	gameLoadConfig();
 
+	if (fsGetModDir()) {
+		modConfigLoad(MOD_CONFIG_FNAME);
+	}
+
 	atexit(cleanup);
 
 	bootCreateSched();
diff --git a/port/src/mod.c b/port/src/mod.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d536bf35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/port/src/mod.c
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <PR/ultratypes.h>
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "system.h"
+#include "fs.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "romdata.h"
+#include "mod.h"
+#include "data.h"
+#include "game/stagetable.h"
+
+extern struct stagemusic g_StageTracks[];
+extern struct stageallocation g_StageAllocations8Mb[];
+
+static inline char *modConfigParseFileValue(char *p, char *token, s32 *filenum)
+{
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	if (!token[0]) {
+		return NULL; // empty 
+	}
+	// check if it is a number already
+	s32 num = strtol(token, NULL, 0);
+	if (num > 0 && romdataFileGetName(num)) {
+		*filenum = num;
+		return p;
+	}
+	// it's a filename
+	num = romdataFileGetNumForName(strUnquote(token));
+	if (num >= 0) {
+		*filenum = num;
+		return p;
+	}
+	// the filename was invalid
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline char *modConfigParseNumericValue(char *p, char *token, s32 *out)
+{
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	if (!token[0]) {
+		return NULL; // empty 
+	}
+	char *endp = token;
+	const s32 num = strtol(token, &endp, 0);
+	if (num == 0 && (endp == token || *endp != '\0')) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	*out = num;
+	return p;
+}
+
+static inline char *modConfigParseStageMusic(char *p, char *token, s32 stagenum)
+{
+	struct stagemusic *smus = NULL;
+	for (struct stagemusic *p = g_StageTracks; p->stagenum; ++p) {
+		if (p->stagenum == stagenum) {
+			smus = p;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!smus) {
+		sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: music can't be changed for this stage", stagenum);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// eat opening bracket
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	if (token[0] != '{' || token[1] != '\0') {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// parse keyvalues until } is reached
+	s32 tmp = 0;
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	while (p && token[0] && strcmp(token, "}") != 0) {
+		if (!strcmp(token, "primarytrack")) {
+			p = modConfigParseNumericValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (!p || tmp < 0 || tmp > 128) {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: music: invalid primarytrack value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			smus->primarytrack = tmp;
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "ambienttrack")) {
+			p = modConfigParseNumericValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (!p || tmp < 0 || tmp > 128) {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: music: invalid ambienttrack value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			smus->ambienttrack = tmp;
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "xtrack")) {
+			p = modConfigParseNumericValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (!p || tmp < 0 || tmp > 128) {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: music: invalid xtrack value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			smus->xtrack = tmp;
+		} else {
+			sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: music: invalid key: %s", stagenum, token);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (token[0] != '}') {
+		sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: unterminated music block", stagenum);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+static inline char *modConfigParseStage(char *p, char *token)
+{
+	// stage number
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	const s32 stagenum = strtol(token, NULL, 0);
+	if (stagenum <= 0x01 || stagenum > 0x50) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// eat opening bracket
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	if (token[0] != '{' || token[1] != '\0') {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// find the stage table pointers this corresponds to
+	struct stagetableentry *stab = NULL;
+	struct stageallocation *salloc = NULL;
+	const s32 sidx = stageGetIndex(stagenum);
+	if (sidx >= 0) {
+		stab = &g_Stages[sidx];
+	}
+	for (struct stageallocation *p = g_StageAllocations8Mb; p->stagenum; ++p) {
+		if (p->stagenum == stagenum) {
+			salloc = p;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// parse keyvalues until } is reached
+	s32 tmp = 0;
+	p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	while (p && token[0] && strcmp(token, "}") != 0) {
+		if (!strcmp(token, "bgfile")) {
+			// bg FILE_NAME_OR_NUM
+			p = modConfigParseFileValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (p && stab) {
+				stab->bgfileid = tmp;
+			} else {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: invalid bgfile value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "tilesfile")) {
+			// tiles FILE_NAME_OR_NUM
+			p = modConfigParseFileValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (p && stab) {
+				stab->tilefileid = tmp;
+			} else {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: invalid tilesfile value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "padsfile")) {
+			// tiles FILE_NAME_OR_NUM
+			p = modConfigParseFileValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (p && stab) {
+				stab->padsfileid = tmp;
+			} else {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: invalid padsfile value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "setupfile")) {
+			// setup FILE_NAME_OR_NUM
+			p = modConfigParseFileValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (p && stab) {
+				stab->setupfileid = tmp;
+			} else {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: invalid setupfile value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "mpsetupfile")) {
+			// mpsetup FILE_NAME_OR_NUM
+			p = modConfigParseFileValue(p, token, &tmp);
+			if (p && stab) {
+				stab->mpsetupfileid = tmp;
+			} else {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: invalid mpsetupfile value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		} else if (!strcmp(token, "allocation")) {
+			// allocation "ALLOCSTRING"
+			p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+			char *str = strUnquote(token);
+			if (!p || !str[0] || !salloc) {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: stage 0x%02x: invalid allocation value: %s", stagenum, token);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			// FIXME: this leaks
+			str = strDuplicate(str);
+			if (str) {
+				salloc->string = str;
+			}
+		}	else if (!strcmp(token, "music")) {
+			// music { KEYVALUES... }
+			p = modConfigParseStageMusic(p, token, stagenum);
+			if (!p) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
+		}
+		p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (token[0] != '}') {
+		sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: unterminated stage 0x%02x block", stagenum);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+s32 modConfigLoad(const char *fname)
+{
+	u32 dataLen = 0;
+	char *data = fsFileLoad(fname, &dataLen);
+	if (!data) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	s32 success = true;
+	char token[UTIL_MAX_TOKEN + 1] = { 0 };
+	char *end = data + dataLen;
+	char *p = strParseToken(data, token, NULL);
+	while (p && token[0]) {
+		if (!strcmp(token, "stage")) {
+			// stage NUMBER { KEYVALUES... }
+			char *prev = p;
+			p = modConfigParseStage(p, token);
+			if (!p) {
+				sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: malformed stage block at offset %d", prev - data);
+				success = false;
+				break;
+			}
+		} else {
+			// garbage
+			sysLogPrintf(LOG_ERROR, "modconfig: unexpected %s at offset %d", token[0] ? token : "end of file", p - data);
+			success = false;
+			break;
+		}
+		p = strParseToken(p, token, NULL);
+	}
+
+	sysMemFree(data);
+	return success;
+}
diff --git a/port/src/romdata.c b/port/src/romdata.c
index b7f420f64..2bc02469f 100644
--- a/port/src/romdata.c
+++ b/port/src/romdata.c
@@ -431,13 +431,36 @@ void romdataFileFree(s32 fileNum)
 	}
 
 	if (fileSlots[fileNum].source == SRC_EXTERNAL) {
-		free(fileSlots[fileNum].data);
+		sysMemFree(fileSlots[fileNum].data);
 		fileSlots[fileNum].data = NULL;
 	}
 
 	fileSlots[fileNum].source = SRC_UNLOADED;
 }
 
+const char *romdataFileGetName(s32 fileNum)
+{
+	if (fileNum < 1 || fileNum >= ROMDATA_MAX_FILES) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return fileSlots[fileNum].name;
+}
+
+s32 romdataFileGetNumForName(const char *name)
+{
+	if (!name || !name[0]) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (s32 i = 0; i < ROMDATA_MAX_FILES; ++i) {
+		if (fileSlots[i].name && !strcmp(fileSlots[i].name, name)) {
+			return i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 u8 *romdataSegGetData(const char *segName)
 {
 	return romdataGetSeg(segName)->data;
diff --git a/port/src/utils.c b/port/src/utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..319807e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/port/src/utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <PR/ultratypes.h>
+#include "platform.h"
+#include "system.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+static inline bool isSingleCharToken(const s32 ch)
+{
+	switch (ch) {
+		case '{':
+		case '}':
+		case '[':
+		case ']':
+		case '(':
+		case ')':
+		case ',':
+		case '\'':
+		case '=':
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+	}
+}
+
+char *strFmt(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	static char buf[4096];
+
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+char *strRightTrim(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	const s32 len = strlen(str);
+	for (s32 i = len - 1; i >= 0 && isspace(str[i]); --i) {
+		str[i] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+char *strTrim(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	// left trim
+	while (*str && (u8)*str < ' ') {
+		++str;
+	}
+
+	// right trim
+	const s32 len = strlen(str);
+	for (s32 i = len - 1; i > 0 && isspace(str[i]); --i) {
+		str[i] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+char *strUnquote(char *str)
+{
+	if (!str) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (*str == '"') {
+		++str;
+	}
+
+	char *end = strrchr(str, '"');
+	if (end && end[1] == '\0') {
+		*end = '\0';
+	}
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+char *strParseToken(char *str, char *out, s32 *outCount)
+{
+	if (outCount) {
+		*outCount = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!out) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	out[0] = '\0';
+
+	if (!str) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	s32 cnt = 0;
+	while (*str) {
+		// skip whitespace and other garbage
+		while (*str && (u8)*str <= ' ') {
+			++str;
+		}
+		if (!*str) {
+			// just whitespace
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		// skip #, ; and // comments
+		if (*str == ';' || *str == '#' || (str[0] == '/' && str[1] == '/')) {
+			while (*str && *str != '\n') {
+				++str;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (*str == '"') {
+			// quoted string; treat it as an entire token, including the quotes
+			out[cnt++] = *str++;
+			while (true) {
+				if (*str == '\0') {
+					// unterminated quoted string
+					break;
+				}
+
+				if (str[0] == '\\' && str[1] == '"') {
+					// escaped quote; add to token
+					if (cnt + 1 < UTIL_MAX_TOKEN) {
+						out[cnt++] = str[1];
+					}
+					str += 2;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// add char to token
+				const s32 ch = (u8)*str++;
+				if (cnt + 1 < UTIL_MAX_TOKEN) {
+					out[cnt++] = ch;
+				}
+
+				if (ch == '"') {
+					// ch was the closing quote
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (isSingleCharToken(*str)) {
+			// single char token
+			out[cnt++] = *str++;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		// regular single word
+		do {
+			if (cnt + 1 < UTIL_MAX_TOKEN) {
+				out[cnt++] = *str++;
+			}
+			if (isSingleCharToken(*str)) {
+				break;
+			}
+		} while ((u8)*str > ' ');
+		break;
+	}
+
+	out[cnt] = '\0';
+	if (outCount) {
+		*outCount = cnt;
+	}
+
+	return str;
+}
+
+char *strDuplicate(const char *str)
+{
+	if (!str) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	const u32 len = strlen(str);
+	char *out = sysMemAlloc(len + 1);
+	if (out) {
+		memcpy(out, str, len + 1);
+	}
+	return out;
+}
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