diff --git a/engines/avalanche/avalanche.cpp b/engines/avalanche/avalanche.cpp
index 980fcab96ac..1c92d2b0ed5 100644
--- a/engines/avalanche/avalanche.cpp
+++ b/engines/avalanche/avalanche.cpp
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ bool AvalancheEngine::loadGame(const int16 slot) {
 	synchronize(sz);
 	delete f;
 
-	_gyro->isLoaded = true;
+	_gyro->_isLoaded = true;
 	_gyro->_seeScroll = true;  // This prevents display of the new sprites before the new picture is loaded.
 
 	if (_gyro->_holdTheDawn) {
diff --git a/engines/avalanche/avalot.cpp b/engines/avalanche/avalot.cpp
index 687572c2af3..0bee2b77cc2 100644
--- a/engines/avalanche/avalot.cpp
+++ b/engines/avalanche/avalot.cpp
@@ -125,34 +125,22 @@ void Avalot::handleKeyDown(Common::Event &event) {
 }
 
 void Avalot::setup() {
-	_vm->_gyro->_mouse = _vm->_gyro->kMouseStateNo;
-	_vm->_gyro->_letMeOut = false;
+	_vm->_gyro->init();
+
 	_vm->_scrolls->resetScroll();
-	CursorMan.showMouse(true);
-	_vm->_gyro->_holdTheDawn = true;
 	_vm->_lucerna->dusk();
-	_vm->_gyro->_currentMouse = 177;
-	_vm->_gyro->setMousePointerWait();
-	_vm->_gyro->_dropsOk = true;
-	_vm->_gyro->_mouseText = "";
 	_vm->_lucerna->loadDigits();
-	_vm->_gyro->_cheat = false;
-	_vm->_gyro->_cp = 0;
+
 	_vm->_parser->_inputTextPos = 0;
 	_vm->_parser->_quote = true;
-	_vm->_gyro->_ledStatus = 177;
-	_vm->_gyro->_defaultLed = 2;
+
 	// TSkellern = 0; Replace with a more local variable sometime
-	_vm->_animation->_direction = Animation::kDirStopped;
-	_vm->_gyro->_enidFilename = ""; // Undefined.
 	_vm->_lucerna->drawToolbar();
 	_vm->_scrolls->setReadyLight(2);
-	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
-		_vm->_gyro->_scoreToDisplay[i] = -1; // Impossible digits.
 
+	_vm->_animation->_direction = Animation::kDirStopped;
 	_vm->_animation->loadAnims();
 
-	_vm->_gyro->_holdTheDawn = false;
 	_vm->_lucerna->dawn();
 	_vm->_parser->_cursorState = false;
 	_vm->_parser->cursorOn();
@@ -168,7 +156,7 @@ void Avalot::setup() {
 
 		_vm->loadGame(loadSlot);
 	} else {
-		_vm->_gyro->isLoaded = false; // Set to true in _vm->loadGame().
+		_vm->_gyro->_isLoaded = false; // Set to true in _vm->loadGame().
 		_vm->_gyro->newGame(); // No game was requested- load the default.
 
 		_vm->_gyro->_soundFx = !_vm->_gyro->_soundFx;
diff --git a/engines/avalanche/gyro.cpp b/engines/avalanche/gyro.cpp
index ec695947bf6..ec4929e456a 100644
--- a/engines/avalanche/gyro.cpp
+++ b/engines/avalanche/gyro.cpp
@@ -592,4 +592,24 @@ void Gyro::hangAroundForAWhile() {
 		slowDown();
 }
 
+void Gyro::init() {
+	_mouse = kMouseStateNo;
+	_letMeOut = false;
+	_holdTheDawn = true;
+	_currentMouse = 177;
+	_dropsOk = true;
+	_mouseText = "";
+	_cheat = false;
+	_cp = 0;
+	_ledStatus = 177;
+	_defaultLed = 2;
+	_enidFilename = ""; // Undefined.
+	for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+		_scoreToDisplay[i] = -1; // Impossible digits.
+	_holdTheDawn = false;
+
+	setMousePointerWait();
+	CursorMan.showMouse(true);
+}
+
 } // End of namespace Avalanche
diff --git a/engines/avalanche/gyro.h b/engines/avalanche/gyro.h
index b01f3e1a06a..27bbcb8871f 100644
--- a/engines/avalanche/gyro.h
+++ b/engines/avalanche/gyro.h
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 namespace Avalanche {
 class AvalancheEngine;
 
-
 static const byte kObjectNum = 18; // always preface with a #
 static const int16 kCarryLimit = 12;  // carry limit
 
@@ -187,11 +186,8 @@ public:
 
 	static const int16 kXW = 30;
 	static const int16 kYW = 36; // x width & y whatsit
-
 	static const int16 kMargin = 5;
-
 	static const MouseHotspotType kMouseHotSpots[9];
-
 	static const int16 kMaxSprites = 2; // Current max no. of sprites.
 
 	// For Thinkabout:
@@ -363,11 +359,9 @@ public:
 	byte _lastPerson; // Last person to have been selected using the People menu.
 	bool _doingSpriteRun; // Only set to True if we're doing a sprite_run at this moment. This stops the trippancy system from moving any of the sprites.
 	bool _holdTheDawn; // If this is true, calling Dawn will do nothing. It's used, for example, at the start, to stop Load from dawning.
-	bool isLoaded; // Is it a loaded gamestate?
+	bool _isLoaded; // Is it a loaded gamestate?
 	Common::String _enidFilename;
 
-
-
 	Gyro(AvalancheEngine *vm);
 	~Gyro();
 
@@ -397,6 +391,7 @@ public:
 	Common::String getItem(byte which); // Called get_better in the original.
 	Common::String f5Does(); // This procedure determines what f5 does.
 
+	void init();
 private:
 	AvalancheEngine *_vm;
 
diff --git a/engines/avalanche/lucerna.cpp b/engines/avalanche/lucerna.cpp
index 336c686a6f4..d5f48dba34e 100644
--- a/engines/avalanche/lucerna.cpp
+++ b/engines/avalanche/lucerna.cpp
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ void Lucerna::enterRoom(byte room, byte ped) {
 	}
 
 	_vm->_gyro->_seeScroll = false; // Now it can work again!
-	_vm->_gyro->isLoaded = false;
+	_vm->_gyro->_isLoaded = false;
 }
 
 void Lucerna::thinkAbout(byte object, bool type) {
diff --git a/engines/avalanche/timer.cpp b/engines/avalanche/timer.cpp
index 8038f01bf1d..bd31c2d05a0 100644
--- a/engines/avalanche/timer.cpp
+++ b/engines/avalanche/timer.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Timer::Timer(AvalancheEngine *vm) {
  * @remarks	Originally called 'set_up_timer'
  */
 void Timer::addTimer(int32 duration, byte action, byte reason) {
-	if ((_vm->_gyro->isLoaded == false) || (_timerLost == true)) {
+	if ((_vm->_gyro->_isLoaded == false) || (_timerLost == true)) {
 		byte i = 0;
 		while ((i < 7) && (_times[i]._timeLeft != 0))
 			i++;
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void Timer::addTimer(int32 duration, byte action, byte reason) {
 		_times[i]._action = action;
 		_times[i]._reason = reason;
 	} else {
-		_vm->_gyro->isLoaded = false;
+		_vm->_gyro->_isLoaded = false;
 		return;
 	}
 }