diff --git a/src/ui/StartMenu.lua b/src/ui/StartMenu.lua
index f4c6d5c8..65f01166 100644
--- a/src/ui/StartMenu.lua
+++ b/src/ui/StartMenu.lua
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ function StartMenu.new(game)
     -- leaves it up under the prompt -- engine/menus/main_menu.asm:381-405
     local panel
     panel = {
+      -- the panel overlaps the kept-open START menu box (start_sub_menus.asm:
+      -- 641-647), so neither can be docked to a screen edge on its own
+      holdsUIAnchors = true,
       delay = 0,
       update = function()
         -- ld c, 30 / jp DelayFrames: the bare panel holds before the
diff --git a/src/ui/TitleState.lua b/src/ui/TitleState.lua
index 6abe6074..5c48711d 100644
--- a/src/ui/TitleState.lua
+++ b/src/ui/TitleState.lua
@@ -43,6 +43,28 @@ local function withWhiteOf(pal, ref)
   return { ref[1], pal[2], pal[3], pal[4] }
 end
 
+-- Every drawn box, not just the topmost state's: DisplayContinueGameInfo
+-- leaves the menu box up behind the info window (main_menu.asm:36-39), so both
+-- are on screen and both need the overlay below.
+local function titleUiBoxes(game)
+  local stack = game and game.stack
+  local states = stack and stack.states
+  if not states then
+    local top = stack and stack.top and stack:top()
+    local box = top and top.titleUiBox
+    return box and { box } or {}
+  end
+  local boxes = {}
+  for i = (stack.visibleBase and stack:visibleBase() or 1), #states do
+    local state = states[i]
+    local shown = not stack.renderVisible or stack:renderVisible(state)
+    if shown and state and state.titleUiBox then
+      boxes[#boxes + 1] = state.titleUiBox
+    end
+  end
+  return boxes
+end
+
 function TitleState:sgbPalettes(game)
   local P = require("src.render.PaletteFX")
   local z
@@ -65,16 +87,14 @@ function TitleState:sgbPalettes(game)
       P.zone(P.pal(game.data, "MEWMON"), 0, 10, 19, 17),
     }
   end
-  local top = game.stack and game.stack:top()
-  local box = top and top.titleUiBox
-  if box then
-    -- A DMG-grays zone, not the trueColor opt-out: through the shade-remap
-    -- shader GRAYS is the identity for the box's four shades, so SGB /
-    -- ADVANCED / OG modes keep #133's white paper and black ink exactly,
-    -- while effectiveColors still substitutes the mono and inverted display
-    -- modes -- a trueColor rect skipped the shader entirely, leaving the
-    -- main menu and CONTINUE info box a raw white hole over a CLASSIC
-    -- pea-green title instead of matching it like the START menu does (#870).
+  -- A DMG-grays zone, not the trueColor opt-out: through the shade-remap
+  -- shader GRAYS is the identity for the box's four shades, so SGB /
+  -- ADVANCED / OG modes keep #133's white paper and black ink exactly,
+  -- while effectiveColors still substitutes the mono and inverted display
+  -- modes -- a trueColor rect skipped the shader entirely, leaving the
+  -- main menu and CONTINUE info box a raw white hole over a CLASSIC
+  -- pea-green title instead of matching it like the START menu does (#870).
+  for _, box in ipairs(titleUiBoxes(game)) do
     z[#z + 1] = P.zone(P.GRAYS, box[1], box[2], box[3], box[4])
   end
   return z[3] and z or nil
@@ -175,18 +195,19 @@ end
 local function replayObjSprite(game, image, quad, x, y)
   local P = require("src.render.PaletteFX")
   if not P.usesSpriteObp() then return end
-  local top = game.stack and game.stack:top()
-  local box = top and top.titleUiBox
-  if box then
+  local boxes = titleUiBoxes(game)
+  if boxes[1] then
     local w, h
     if quad then
       w, h = select(3, quad:getViewport())
     else
       w, h = image:getDimensions()
     end
-    if x < (box[3] + 1) * 8 and x + w > box[1] * 8
-       and y < (box[4] + 1) * 8 and y + h > box[2] * 8 then
-      return
+    for _, box in ipairs(boxes) do
+      if x < (box[3] + 1) * 8 and x + w > box[1] * 8
+         and y < (box[4] + 1) * 8 and y + h > box[2] * 8 then
+        return
+      end
     end
   end
   P.markUiSpriteRedraw(image, quad, x, y)
diff --git a/tests/engine/title_zone_seams.lua b/tests/engine/title_zone_seams.lua
index edee845f..e416c8f6 100644
--- a/tests/engine/title_zone_seams.lua
+++ b/tests/engine/title_zone_seams.lua
@@ -236,6 +236,32 @@ do
   same(z[2].colors[3], BLUE_LOGO1[3], "Blue LOGO1's other inks stay put")
 end
 
+-- #133's grays overlay follows every box on screen, not just the topmost
+-- state's: DisplayContinueGameInfo leaves the menu box up behind the info
+-- window (main_menu.asm:36-39), and reading only the top left the menu box
+-- on the raw LOGO2 / LOGO1 bands -- blue rows over a red EXIT GAME row.
+do
+  PaletteFX.mode = "gbc"
+  GameVersion.set("red")
+  local stack = {
+    states = { { isOpaque = true },
+               { titleUiBox = { 0, 0, 12, 9 } },
+               { titleUiBox = { 4, 7, 19, 16 } } },
+    visibleBase = function() return 1 end,
+    top = function(self) return self.states[#self.states] end,
+  }
+  local z = title:sgbPalettes({ data = romPack(RED_LOGO1), stack = stack })
+  eq(#z, 5, "both open boxes get an overlay zone")
+  eq(z[4].x, 0, "the menu box keeps its overlay while the info window is up")
+  eq(z[4].y, 0, "at the menu box's own origin")
+  eq(z[5].x, 32, "and the info window's sits on top of it")
+  eq(z[5].y, 56, "at hlcoord 4,7")
+
+  stack.states[3] = nil
+  z = title:sgbPalettes({ data = romPack(RED_LOGO1), stack = stack })
+  eq(#z, 4, "the menu alone is still one overlay, as before")
+end
+
 PaletteFX.mode = savedMode
 GameVersion.set(savedVersion)
 
diff --git a/tests/engine/ui_layout_option.lua b/tests/engine/ui_layout_option.lua
index 7620018d..eba56e80 100644
--- a/tests/engine/ui_layout_option.lua
+++ b/tests/engine/ui_layout_option.lua
@@ -67,6 +67,37 @@ T.eq(anchorsAfter({ centered = false, hold = true }), 0,
   "a battle still holds the anchors while DYNAMIC is on")
 T.eq(anchorsAfter({ centered = true, hold = true }), 0, "and with it off")
 
+-- --------------------------------------------------------- the save panel
+
+-- PrintSaveScreenText prints at hlcoord 4,0 over the kept-open START menu box
+-- at 9,0 (start_sub_menus.asm:641-647); docking the menu alone split it (#1619).
+do
+  local StartMenu = require("src.ui.StartMenu")
+  local DataFx = T.fixtures.load()
+  require("src.render.Font").load(DataFx)
+  local pushed = {}
+  local panelGame = {
+    data = DataFx, save = SaveData.newGame(),
+    stack = { states = pushed,
+              push = function(_, s) pushed[#pushed + 1] = s end,
+              pop = function() end,
+              top = function() return pushed[#pushed] end },
+  }
+  panelGame.save.player.name = "RED"
+  local menu = StartMenu.new(panelGame)
+  pushed[#pushed + 1] = menu
+  local saveRow
+  for _, item in ipairs(menu.items) do
+    if tostring(item.label):match("SAVE") then saveRow = item end
+  end
+  T.check(saveRow ~= nil, "the START menu carries a SAVE row")
+  T.eq(Game.uiAnchorsHeldInStack({ states = pushed }), false,
+    "the START menu alone still docks")
+  saveRow.onSelect()
+  T.eq(Game.uiAnchorsHeldInStack({ states = pushed }), true,
+    "the SAVE panel holds the anchors so it cannot be split from the menu")
+end
+
 -- ------------------------------------------------- the scale half of it
 
 -- CENTERED is a FIXED letterbox, so the UI must not follow the survey zoom