diff --git a/ggdt/src/prelude.rs b/ggdt/src/prelude.rs
index bc04d93..c95f0ce 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/prelude.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/prelude.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub use crate::{
 		prelude::*,
 		res::{
 			dos_like::*,
+			standard::*,
 		},
 	},
 	utils::prelude::*,
diff --git a/ggdt/src/system/input_devices/mouse/cursor.rs b/ggdt/src/system/input_devices/mouse/cursor.rs
index 49cd703..3621819 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/system/input_devices/mouse/cursor.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/system/input_devices/mouse/cursor.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::graphics::bitmap::general::{GeneralBitmap, GeneralBlitMethod};
 use crate::graphics::bitmap::indexed::IndexedBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::rgb::RgbaBitmap;
 use crate::math::rect::Rect;
 use crate::system::input_devices::mouse::Mouse;
 
@@ -242,4 +243,41 @@ impl DefaultMouseCursorBitmaps<IndexedBitmap> for CustomMouseCursor<IndexedBitma
 	}
 }
 
+impl DefaultMouseCursorBitmaps<RgbaBitmap> for CustomMouseCursor<RgbaBitmap> {
+	fn get_default() -> MouseCursorBitmap<RgbaBitmap> {
+		#[rustfmt::skip]
+		const CURSOR_PIXELS: [u32; DEFAULT_MOUSE_CURSOR_WIDTH * DEFAULT_MOUSE_CURSOR_HEIGHT] = [
+			0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0x00000000, 0xffffffff, 0xffffffff, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff,
+			0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff, 0xffff00ff
+		];
+
+		let mut cursor = RgbaBitmap::new(
+			DEFAULT_MOUSE_CURSOR_WIDTH as u32,
+			DEFAULT_MOUSE_CURSOR_HEIGHT as u32,
+		).unwrap();
+		cursor.pixels_mut().copy_from_slice(&CURSOR_PIXELS);
+
+		MouseCursorBitmap {
+			cursor,
+			hotspot_x: DEFAULT_MOUSE_CURSOR_HOTSPOT_X,
+			hotspot_y: DEFAULT_MOUSE_CURSOR_HOTSPOT_Y,
+			transparent_color: 0xffff00ff,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TODO: other DefaultMouseCursorBitmaps impl's here ... when the other bitmap types are added
diff --git a/ggdt/src/system/res/mod.rs b/ggdt/src/system/res/mod.rs
index 5517821..9173244 100644
--- a/ggdt/src/system/res/mod.rs
+++ b/ggdt/src/system/res/mod.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use crate::audio::device::AudioDeviceError;
 use crate::system::event::SystemEvent;
 
 pub mod dos_like;
+pub mod standard;
 
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum SystemResourcesError {
diff --git a/ggdt/src/system/res/standard.rs b/ggdt/src/system/res/standard.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..040d0e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ggdt/src/system/res/standard.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
+use byte_slice_cast::AsByteSlice;
+
+use crate::{DEFAULT_SCALE_FACTOR, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_WIDTH};
+use crate::audio::{Audio, TARGET_AUDIO_CHANNELS, TARGET_AUDIO_FREQUENCY};
+use crate::audio::queue::AudioQueue;
+use crate::graphics::bitmap::rgb::RgbaBitmap;
+use crate::graphics::font::BitmaskFont;
+use crate::system::event::{SystemEvent, SystemEventHandler};
+use crate::system::input_devices::InputDevice;
+use crate::system::input_devices::keyboard::Keyboard;
+use crate::system::input_devices::mouse::cursor::CustomMouseCursor;
+use crate::system::input_devices::mouse::Mouse;
+use crate::system::res::{SystemResources, SystemResourcesConfig, SystemResourcesError};
+
+pub struct StandardConfig {
+	screen_width: u32,
+	screen_height: u32,
+	initial_scale_factor: u32,
+	integer_scaling: bool,
+}
+
+impl StandardConfig {
+	/// Returns a new [`DosLikeConfig`] with a default configuration.
+	pub fn new() -> Self {
+		StandardConfig {
+			screen_width: SCREEN_WIDTH,
+			screen_height: SCREEN_HEIGHT,
+			initial_scale_factor: DEFAULT_SCALE_FACTOR,
+			integer_scaling: false,
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO: add customization ability for setting different screen dimensions instead of it being hardcoded
+
+	/// Sets an integer scaling factor for the [`System`] being built to up-scale the virtual
+	/// framebuffer to when displaying it on screen.
+	pub fn scale_factor(mut self, scale_factor: u32) -> Self {
+		self.initial_scale_factor = scale_factor;
+		self
+	}
+
+	/// Enables or disables restricting the final rendered output to always be integer scaled,
+	/// even if that result will not fully fill the area of the window.
+	pub fn integer_scaling(mut self, enable: bool) -> Self {
+		self.integer_scaling = enable;
+		self
+	}
+}
+
+impl SystemResourcesConfig for StandardConfig {
+	type SystemResourcesType = Standard;
+
+	fn build(
+		self,
+		_video_subsystem: &sdl2::VideoSubsystem,
+		audio_subsystem: &sdl2::AudioSubsystem,
+		mut window: sdl2::video::Window
+	) -> Result<Self::SystemResourcesType, SystemResourcesError> {
+		let texture_pixel_size = 4; // 32-bit ARGB format
+
+		let window_width = self.screen_width * self.initial_scale_factor;
+		let window_height = self.screen_height * self.initial_scale_factor;
+		if let Err(error) = window.set_size(window_width, window_height) {
+			return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string()));
+		}
+
+		// turn the window into a canvas (under the hood, an SDL Renderer that owns the window)
+
+		let canvas_builder = window.into_canvas();
+		let mut sdl_canvas = match canvas_builder.build() {
+			Ok(canvas) => canvas,
+			Err(error) => return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string())),
+		};
+		if let Err(error) = sdl_canvas.set_logical_size(self.screen_width, self.screen_height) {
+			return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string()));
+		};
+
+		// TODO: newer versions of rust-sdl2 support this directly off the WindowCanvas struct
+		unsafe {
+			sdl2::sys::SDL_RenderSetIntegerScale(
+				sdl_canvas.raw(),
+				if self.integer_scaling {
+					sdl2::sys::SDL_bool::SDL_TRUE
+				} else {
+					sdl2::sys::SDL_bool::SDL_FALSE
+				},
+			);
+		}
+
+		// create an SDL texture which we will be uploading to every frame to display the
+		// application's framebuffer
+
+		let sdl_texture = match sdl_canvas.create_texture_streaming(
+			Some(sdl2::pixels::PixelFormatEnum::ARGB8888),
+			self.screen_width,
+			self.screen_height,
+		) {
+			Ok(texture) => texture,
+			Err(error) => return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string())),
+		};
+		let sdl_texture_pitch = (sdl_texture.query().width * texture_pixel_size) as usize;
+
+		// create the Bitmap object that will be exposed to the application acting as the system
+		// backbuffer
+
+		let framebuffer = match RgbaBitmap::new(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT) {
+			Ok(bmp) => bmp,
+			Err(error) => return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string())),
+		};
+
+		// create the default font, initialized to the VGA BIOS default font.
+
+		let font = match BitmaskFont::new_vga_font() {
+			Ok(font) => font,
+			Err(error) => return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string())),
+		};
+
+		// create audio device and queue
+
+		let audio_spec = sdl2::audio::AudioSpecDesired {
+			freq: Some(TARGET_AUDIO_FREQUENCY as i32),
+			channels: Some(TARGET_AUDIO_CHANNELS),
+			samples: None,
+		};
+		let mut audio = Audio::new(audio_spec, &audio_subsystem)?;
+		audio.resume();
+		let audio_queue = AudioQueue::new(&audio);
+
+		// create all of the input device objects
+
+		let keyboard = Keyboard::new();
+		let mouse = Mouse::new();
+		let cursor = CustomMouseCursor::new();
+
+		Ok(Standard {
+			sdl_canvas,
+			sdl_texture,
+			sdl_texture_pitch,
+			audio,
+			audio_queue,
+			video: framebuffer,
+			font,
+			keyboard,
+			mouse,
+			cursor,
+		})
+
+	}
+}
+
+pub struct Standard {
+	sdl_canvas: sdl2::render::WindowCanvas,
+	sdl_texture: sdl2::render::Texture,
+	sdl_texture_pitch: usize,
+
+	/// An [`Audio`] instance that allows interacting with the system's audio output device.
+	pub audio: Audio,
+
+	/// An [`AudioQueue`] instance that can queue up playback/stop commands to be issued to the
+	/// system's [`Audio`] instance a bit more flexibly. If you use this, your application must
+	/// manually call [`AudioQueue::apply`] or [`AudioQueue::apply_to_device`] in your loop to
+	/// flush the queued commands, otherwise this queue will not do anything.
+	pub audio_queue: AudioQueue,
+
+	/// The primary backbuffer [`Bitmap`] that will be rendered to the screen whenever
+	/// [`System::display`] is called. Regardless of the actual window size, this bitmap is always
+	/// [`SCREEN_WIDTH`]x[`SCREEN_HEIGHT`] pixels in size.
+	pub video: RgbaBitmap,
+
+	/// A pre-loaded [`Font`] that can be used for text rendering.
+	pub font: BitmaskFont,
+
+	/// The current keyboard state. To ensure it is updated each frame, you should call
+	/// [`System::do_events`] or [`System::do_events_with`] each frame.
+	pub keyboard: Keyboard,
+
+	/// The current mouse state. To ensure it is updated each frame, you should call
+	/// [`System::do_events`] or [`System::do_events_with`] each frame.
+	pub mouse: Mouse,
+
+	/// Manages custom mouse cursor graphics and state. Use this to set/unset a custom mouse cursor bitmap.
+	/// When set, rendering should occur automatically during calls to [`SystemResources::display`].
+	pub cursor: CustomMouseCursor<RgbaBitmap>,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for Standard {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+		f.debug_struct("Standard")
+			.field("audio", &self.audio)
+			.field("audio_queue", &self.audio_queue)
+			.field("video", &self.video)
+			.field("font", &self.font)
+			.field("keyboard", &self.keyboard)
+			.field("mouse", &self.mouse)
+			.finish_non_exhaustive()
+	}
+}
+
+impl SystemResources for Standard {
+	fn update(&mut self) -> Result<(), SystemResourcesError> {
+		self.cursor.update(&self.mouse);
+
+		match self.audio_queue.apply(&mut self.audio) {
+			Ok(_) => Ok(()),
+			Err(error) => Err(SystemResourcesError::AudioDeviceError(error))
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn display(&mut self) -> Result<(), SystemResourcesError> {
+		self.cursor.render(&mut self.video);
+
+		let texture_pixels = self.video.pixels().as_byte_slice();
+		if let Err(error) = self.sdl_texture.update(None, texture_pixels, self.sdl_texture_pitch) {
+			return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error.to_string()));
+		}
+		self.sdl_canvas.clear();
+		if let Err(error) = self.sdl_canvas.copy(&self.sdl_texture, None, None) {
+			return Err(SystemResourcesError::SDLError(error));
+		}
+		self.sdl_canvas.present();
+
+		self.cursor.hide(&mut self.video);
+
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	fn update_event_state(&mut self) -> Result<(), SystemResourcesError> {
+		self.keyboard.update();
+		self.mouse.update();
+		Ok(())
+	}
+
+	fn handle_event(&mut self, event: &SystemEvent) -> Result<bool, SystemResourcesError> {
+		if self.keyboard.handle_event(event) {
+			return Ok(true);
+		}
+		if self.mouse.handle_event(event) {
+			return Ok(true);
+		}
+		Ok(false)
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	fn width(&self) -> u32 {
+		self.video.width()
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	fn height(&self) -> u32 {
+		self.video.height()
+	}
+}