diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9cd039ec..dc695e06 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ set(HEADER_FILES include/emulator.hpp include/helpers.hpp include/opengl.hpp inc
                  include/renderer_gl/surfaces.hpp include/renderer_gl/surface_cache.hpp include/services/ac.hpp
                  include/services/am.hpp include/services/boss.hpp include/services/frd.hpp include/services/nim.hpp
                  include/fs/archive_ext_save_data.hpp include/services/shared_font.hpp include/fs/archive_ncch.hpp
-                 include/renderer_gl/textures.hpp
+                 include/renderer_gl/textures.hpp include/colour.hpp
 )
 
 set(THIRD_PARTY_SOURCE_FILES third_party/imgui/imgui.cpp
diff --git a/include/colour.hpp b/include/colour.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67ee15b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/colour.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "helpers.hpp"
+
+// Helpers functions for converting colour channels between bit depths
+namespace Colour {
+    inline static u8 convert4To8Bit(u8 c) {
+        return (c << 4) | c;
+    }
+
+    inline static u8 convert5To8Bit(u8 c) {
+        return (c << 3) | (c >> 2);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/include/renderer_gl/renderer_gl.hpp b/include/renderer_gl/renderer_gl.hpp
index 0082db4b..a5452b9d 100644
--- a/include/renderer_gl/renderer_gl.hpp
+++ b/include/renderer_gl/renderer_gl.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Renderer {
 	const std::array<u32, regNum>& regs;
 
 	OpenGL::Framebuffer getColourFBO();
+	OpenGL::Texture getTexture(Texture& tex);
 
 	MAKE_LOG_FUNCTION(log, rendererLogger)
 
diff --git a/include/renderer_gl/surface_cache.hpp b/include/renderer_gl/surface_cache.hpp
index 07dcc7dd..4980c1a4 100644
--- a/include/renderer_gl/surface_cache.hpp
+++ b/include/renderer_gl/surface_cache.hpp
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
     }
 
     // Adds a surface object to the cache and returns it
-    SurfaceType add(SurfaceType& surface) {
+    SurfaceType add(const SurfaceType& surface) {
         if (size >= capacity) {
             Helpers::panic("Surface cache full! Add emptying!");
         }
diff --git a/include/renderer_gl/textures.hpp b/include/renderer_gl/textures.hpp
index 72e72b67..e6ebaecf 100644
--- a/include/renderer_gl/textures.hpp
+++ b/include/renderer_gl/textures.hpp
@@ -55,9 +55,12 @@ struct Texture {
     }
 
     void allocate();
+    void decodeTexture(void* data);
     void free();
     u64 sizeInBytes();
 
+    u32 decodeTexel(u32 u, u32 v, Formats fmt, void* data);
+
     // Get the morton interleave offset of a texel based on its U and V values
     static u32 mortonInterleave(u32 u, u32 v);
     // Get the byte offset of texel (u, v) in the texture
diff --git a/src/core/renderer_gl/textures.cpp b/src/core/renderer_gl/textures.cpp
index 8e80cf0a..30dd71b8 100644
--- a/src/core/renderer_gl/textures.cpp
+++ b/src/core/renderer_gl/textures.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "renderer_gl/textures.hpp"
+#include "colour.hpp"
 
 void Texture::allocate() {
     Helpers::panic("Tried to allocate texture");
@@ -70,4 +71,37 @@ u32 Texture::getSwizzledOffset(u32 u, u32 v, u32 width, u32 bytesPerPixel) {
     offset += mortonInterleave(u, v); // Add the in-tile offset of the texel
 
     return offset * bytesPerPixel;
+}
+
+u32 Texture::decodeTexel(u32 u, u32 v, Texture::Formats fmt, void* data) {
+    switch (fmt) {
+        case Formats::RGBA4: {
+            u32 offset = getSwizzledOffset(u, v, size.u(), 2);
+            u8* ptr = static_cast<u8*>(data);
+            u16 texel = u16(ptr[offset]) | (u16(ptr[offset + 1]) << 8);
+
+            u8 alpha = Colour::convert4To8Bit(texel & 0xf);
+            u8 b = Colour::convert4To8Bit((texel >> 4) & 0xf);
+            u8 g = Colour::convert4To8Bit((texel >> 8) & 0xf);
+            u8 r = Colour::convert4To8Bit((texel >> 12) & 0xf);
+
+            return (r << 24) | (g << 16) | (b << 8) | alpha;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            Helpers::panic("[Texture::DecodeTexel] Unimplemented format = %d", static_cast<int>(fmt));
+    }
+}
+
+void Texture::decodeTexture(void* data) {
+    std::vector<u32> decoded;
+    decoded.reserve(size.u() * size.v());
+
+    // Decode texels line by line
+    for (u32 v = 0; v < size.v(); v++) {
+        for (u32 u = 0; u < size.u(); u++) {
+            u32 colour = decodeTexel(u, v, format, data);
+            decoded.push_back(colour);
+        }
+    }
 }
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