--- a/backend.c	Fri Mar 31 19:11:04 2017 -0700
+++ b/backend.c	Mon Apr 03 20:48:13 2017 -0700
@@ -93,6 +93,42 @@
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+uint16_t read_word(uint32_t address, void **mem_pointers, cpu_options *opts, void *context)
+{
+	memmap_chunk const *chunk = find_map_chunk(address, opts, 0, NULL);
+	if (!chunk) {
+		return 0xFFFF;
+	}
+	uint32_t offset = (address - chunk->start) & chunk->mask;
+	if (chunk->flags & MMAP_READ) {
+		uint8_t *base;
+		if (chunk->flags & MMAP_PTR_IDX) {
+			base = mem_pointers[chunk->ptr_index];
+		} else {
+			base = chunk->buffer;
+		}
+		if (base) {
+			uint16_t val;
+			if ((chunk->flags & MMAP_ONLY_ODD) || (chunk->flags & MMAP_ONLY_EVEN)) {
+				offset /= 2;
+				uint16_t val = base[offset];
+				if (chunk->flags & MMAP_ONLY_ODD) {
+					val |= 0xFF00;
+				} else {
+					val = val << 8 | 0xFF;
+				}
+			} else {
+				val = *(uint16_t *)(base + offset);
+			}
+			return val;
+		}
+	}
+	if ((!(chunk->flags & MMAP_READ) || (chunk->flags & MMAP_FUNC_NULL)) && chunk->read_16) {
+		return chunk->read_16(offset, context);
+	}
+	return 0xFFFF;
+}
+
 uint32_t chunk_size(cpu_options *opts, memmap_chunk const *chunk)
 {
 	if (chunk->mask == opts->address_mask) {