diff --git a/src/ui/TownMap.lua b/src/ui/TownMap.lua
index 32d52012..ec6f305c 100644
--- a/src/ui/TownMap.lua
+++ b/src/ui/TownMap.lua
@@ -221,8 +221,13 @@ function TownMap.new(game, opts)
   local mapId = game.overworld and game.overworld.map and game.overworld.map.id
   self.playerLoc = mapId and self.byMap[mapId] or nil
   self.sel = 1
-  for i, loc in ipairs(self.locs) do
-    if loc == self.playerLoc then self.sel = i break end
+  -- LoadTownMap_Fly always opens with hl on wFlyLocationsList[0], the FIRST
+  -- fly destination (PALLET_TOWN), never the player's current town (#795).
+  -- Only the plain viewer snaps the cursor to where the player stands.
+  if not self.fly then
+    for i, loc in ipairs(self.locs) do
+      if loc == self.playerLoc then self.sel = i break end
+    end
   end
   self.blink = 0
   return self
@@ -267,14 +272,17 @@ function TownMap:update(dt)
   if self.fly then
     -- LoadTownMap_Fly: Up/Down cycle the visited destinations, A flies there,
     -- B cancels (handled above).  moveList walks self.locs, now the fly list.
+    -- Up steps FORWARD through the towns (.pressedUp does inc hl: PALLET ->
+    -- VIRIDIAN -> PEWTER -> ...), Down steps back and wraps to the last
+    -- visited town from the top; the port had the two swapped (#795).
     if input:wasPressed("a") then
       Sound.play(self.game.data, "Press_AB")
       local mapId = self.flyMapIds[self.sel]
       self.game.stack:pop()
       if mapId and self.onFly then self.onFly(mapId) end
       return
-    elseif input:wasPressed("up") then self:moveList(-1)
-    elseif input:wasPressed("down") then self:moveList(1)
+    elseif input:wasPressed("up") then self:moveList(1)
+    elseif input:wasPressed("down") then self:moveList(-1)
     end
   elseif self.nestSpecies then
     if input:wasPressed("a") then
diff --git a/tests/parity_fly_cursor_order.lua b/tests/parity_fly_cursor_order.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a1bb518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/parity_fly_cursor_order.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+-- Parity test: the FLY town map opens on PALLET_TOWN and Up walks the
+-- towns forward, Down backward (#795).
+--
+-- pokered's LoadTownMap_Fly (engine/items/town_map.asm) enters its loop
+-- with hl on wFlyLocationsList[0] -- the cursor ALWAYS starts on the first
+-- fly destination, PALLET_TOWN, never the town the player is standing in.
+-- .pressedUp does `inc hl` (next town, skipping NOT_VISITED entries,
+-- wrapping at the $ff terminator back to the start) and .pressedDown does
+-- `dec hl` (previous town, wrapping off the top to the last visited town).
+-- The port started the cursor on the player's current town and had Up and
+-- Down swapped, so the menu felt like it cycled in a random order.
+package.path = "./?.lua;./?/init.lua;" .. package.path
+if not _G.love then _G.love = require("tests.love_stub") end
+local Data = require("src.core.Data")
+if not (Data.maps and Data.maps.PALLET_TOWN) then Data:load() end
+
+local S = require("tests.harness").suite("parity fly cursor order")
+local check, eq = S.check, S.eq
+
+local TownMap = require("src.ui.TownMap")
+
+local function makeGame(visited, currentMap)
+  local pressed = {}
+  local game = {
+    data = Data,
+    save = { visited = visited },
+    overworld = currentMap and { map = { id = currentMap } } or nil,
+    input = { wasPressed = function(_, name)
+      local p = pressed[name]
+      pressed[name] = nil
+      return p
+    end },
+    stack = { pop = function() end },
+  }
+  return game, function(name) pressed[name] = true end
+end
+
+local function selection(tm)
+  return tm.flyMapIds[tm.sel]
+end
+
+local ALL = {
+  PALLET_TOWN = true, VIRIDIAN_CITY = true, PEWTER_CITY = true,
+  CERULEAN_CITY = true, LAVENDER_TOWN = true, VERMILION_CITY = true,
+  CELADON_CITY = true, FUCHSIA_CITY = true, CINNABAR_ISLAND = true,
+  INDIGO_PLATEAU = true, SAFFRON_CITY = true,
+}
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- 1) the cursor opens on PALLET_TOWN, not the player's town
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local game, tap = makeGame(ALL, "CELADON_CITY")
+local tm = TownMap.new(game, { fly = true })
+check(tm.fly == true, "the town map opens in fly mode")
+eq(selection(tm), "PALLET_TOWN",
+   "the fly cursor opens on PALLET_TOWN while the player stands in Celadon")
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- 2) Up walks the towns forward, Down backward, both wrapping
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+tap("up") tm:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm), "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "Up from PALLET_TOWN selects VIRIDIAN_CITY")
+tap("up") tm:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm), "PEWTER_CITY", "Up again selects PEWTER_CITY")
+tap("down") tm:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm), "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "Down steps back to VIRIDIAN_CITY")
+tap("down") tm:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm), "PALLET_TOWN", "Down again returns to PALLET_TOWN")
+tap("down") tm:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm), "SAFFRON_CITY",
+   "Down off the top wraps to the last visited town (SAFFRON_CITY)")
+tap("up") tm:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm), "PALLET_TOWN", "Up off the bottom wraps back to PALLET_TOWN")
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- 3) unvisited towns are skipped, in list order
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local PARTIAL = { PALLET_TOWN = true, VIRIDIAN_CITY = true, CELADON_CITY = true }
+local game2, tap2 = makeGame(PARTIAL, "VIRIDIAN_CITY")
+local tm2 = TownMap.new(game2, { fly = true })
+eq(selection(tm2), "PALLET_TOWN",
+   "the fly cursor opens on PALLET_TOWN on a partial save too")
+tap2("up") tm2:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm2), "VIRIDIAN_CITY", "Up selects VIRIDIAN_CITY")
+tap2("up") tm2:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm2), "CELADON_CITY", "Up skips every unvisited town to CELADON")
+tap2("up") tm2:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm2), "PALLET_TOWN", "Up off the end wraps to PALLET_TOWN")
+tap2("down") tm2:update(0)
+eq(selection(tm2), "CELADON_CITY",
+   "Down off the top wraps to CELADON, the last visited town")
+
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- 4) the plain town map viewer still opens on the player's town
+-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
+local game3 = makeGame(ALL, "CERULEAN_CITY")
+local viewer = TownMap.new(game3)
+check(not viewer.fly, "the plain viewer is not in fly mode")
+check(viewer.locs[viewer.sel] == viewer.playerLoc,
+      "the plain viewer still opens on the player's current location")
+
+S.finish()