diff --git a/asm/non_matching/common/zMalloc.inc b/asm/non_matching/common/zMalloc.inc
deleted file mode 100644
index 742dd67cf..000000000
--- a/asm/non_matching/common/zMalloc.inc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,171 +0,0 @@
-    .syntax unified
-	push {r4, r5, r6, r7, lr}
-	mov r7, sl
-	mov r6, sb
-	mov r5, r8
-	push {r5, r6, r7}
-	mov ip, r0
-	movs r0, #3
-	add ip, r0
-	subs r0, #7
-	mov r1, ip
-	ands r1, r0
-	mov ip, r1
-	ldr r6, _0801D90C @ =gzHeap
-	mov sb, r6
-	ldrh r7, [r6]
-	movs r5, #1
-	movs r3, #0x80
-	lsls r3, r3, #5
-	add r3, sb
-	subs r4, r3, r1
-	movs r2, #0
-	b _0801D926
-	.align 2, 0
-_0801D90C: .4byte gzHeap
-_0801D910:
-	cmp r1, r4
-	bhi _0801D918
-	cmp r3, r0
-	bls _0801D952
-_0801D918:
-	cmp r4, r1
-	bhi _0801D920
-	cmp r0, r3
-	bls _0801D952
-_0801D920:
-	adds r0, r2, #1
-	lsls r0, r0, #0x10
-	lsrs r2, r0, #0x10
-_0801D926:
-	cmp r2, r7
-	bhs _0801D94A
-	lsls r0, r2, #2
-	add r0, sb
-	ldrh r1, [r0, #2]
-	ldr r6, _0801D95C @ =gzHeap
-	adds r1, r1, r6
-	ldrh r0, [r0, #4]
-	adds r0, r0, r6
-	cmp r1, r4
-	bhi _0801D940
-	cmp r4, r0
-	bls _0801D952
-_0801D940:
-	cmp r1, r3
-	bhi _0801D910
-	cmp r3, r0
-	bhi _0801D910
-	movs r5, #0
-_0801D94A:
-	lsls r0, r7, #2
-	mov sl, r0
-	cmp r5, #0
-	bne _0801D9D8
-_0801D952:
-	movs r1, #0
-	mov r8, r1
-	lsls r6, r7, #2
-	mov sl, r6
-	b _0801D970
-	.align 2, 0
-_0801D95C: .4byte gzHeap
-_0801D960:
-	movs r5, #0
-_0801D962:
-	mov r0, r8
-	adds r0, #1
-	lsls r0, r0, #0x10
-	lsrs r0, r0, #0x10
-	mov r8, r0
-	cmp r8, r7
-	bhs _0801D9D4
-_0801D970:
-	mov r1, r8
-	lsls r0, r1, #2
-	add r0, sb
-	ldrh r0, [r0, #2]
-	ldr r6, _0801D994 @ =gzHeap
-	adds r3, r0, r6
-	mov r0, ip
-	subs r4, r3, r0
-	movs r5, #0
-	mov r0, sl
-	adds r0, #2
-	add r0, sb
-	adds r0, #4
-	cmp r4, r0
-	blo _0801D962
-	movs r5, #1
-	movs r2, #0
-	b _0801D9AE
-	.align 2, 0
-_0801D994: .4byte gzHeap
-_0801D998:
-	cmp r1, r4
-	bhi _0801D9A0
-	cmp r3, r0
-	bls _0801D960
-_0801D9A0:
-	cmp r4, r1
-	bhi _0801D9A8
-	cmp r0, r3
-	bls _0801D960
-_0801D9A8:
-	adds r0, r2, #1
-	lsls r0, r0, #0x10
-	lsrs r2, r0, #0x10
-_0801D9AE:
-	cmp r2, r7
-	bhs _0801D9D0
-	lsls r0, r2, #2
-	add r0, sb
-	ldrh r1, [r0, #2]
-	adds r1, r1, r6
-	ldrh r0, [r0, #4]
-	adds r0, r0, r6
-	cmp r1, r4
-	bhi _0801D9C6
-	cmp r4, r0
-	blo _0801D960
-_0801D9C6:
-	cmp r1, r3
-	bhs _0801D998
-	cmp r3, r0
-	bhi _0801D998
-	movs r5, #0
-_0801D9D0:
-	cmp r5, #0
-	beq _0801D962
-_0801D9D4:
-	cmp r5, #0
-	beq _0801DA00
-_0801D9D8:
-	ldr r0, _0801D9FC @ =gUnk_02035542
-	mov r1, sl
-	adds r2, r1, r0
-	subs r3, r0, #2
-	subs r1, r4, r3
-	strh r1, [r2]
-	adds r0, #2
-	add r0, sl
-	add r1, ip
-	strh r1, [r0]
-	adds r0, r7, #1
-	strh r0, [r3]
-	adds r0, r4, #0
-	mov r1, ip
-	bl MemClear
-	adds r0, r4, #0
-	b _0801DA02
-	.align 2, 0
-_0801D9FC: .4byte gUnk_02035542
-_0801DA00:
-	movs r0, #0
-_0801DA02:
-	pop {r3, r4, r5}
-	mov r8, r3
-	mov sb, r4
-	mov sl, r5
-	pop {r4, r5, r6, r7, pc}
-    .syntax divided
diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c
index 604615230..06cb3def3 100644
--- a/src/common.c
+++ b/src/common.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 extern u8 gUnk_03003DE0;
 extern u8 gzHeap[0x1000];
+extern u8 gUnk_02035542[];
 extern u32 gUnk_0201AEE0[0x800];
 extern s16 gUnk_02018EE0[];
 
@@ -348,7 +349,111 @@ void sub_0801D898(void* dest, void* src, u32 word, u32 size) {
     } while (--size);
 }
 
-ASM_FUNC("asm/non_matching/common/zMalloc.inc", void* zMalloc(u32 size));
+void* zMalloc(u32 size) {
+
+    FORCE_REGISTER(u32 slotFound, r5);
+    u16* heapStartOffset;
+    u8* allocatedEntryStartOffset;
+    u8* allocatedEntryEndOffset;
+    u8* candidateSlotEndOffset;
+    u8* candidateSlotStartOffset;
+    u16 index1, index2;
+    u16 numEntries;
+    // align to 4
+    size = (size + 3) & ~3;
+
+    heapStartOffset = (u16*)(gzHeap);
+    numEntries = heapStartOffset[0];
+    slotFound = TRUE;
+
+    // Check for a candidate slot at the tail-end of the heap buffer
+    candidateSlotEndOffset = (u8*)heapStartOffset + sizeof(gzHeap);
+    candidateSlotStartOffset = candidateSlotEndOffset - size;
+    for (index2 = 0; index2 < numEntries; index2++) {
+
+        // Check if there is overlap with already allocated slots
+        allocatedEntryStartOffset = gzHeap + heapStartOffset[(index2 * 2) + 1];
+        allocatedEntryEndOffset = gzHeap + heapStartOffset[(index2 * 2) + 2];
+
+        if ((allocatedEntryStartOffset <= candidateSlotStartOffset &&
+             candidateSlotStartOffset <= allocatedEntryEndOffset)) {
+            goto other_search;
+        }
+
+        if ((allocatedEntryStartOffset <= candidateSlotEndOffset &&
+             candidateSlotEndOffset <= allocatedEntryEndOffset)) {
+            slotFound = FALSE;
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if ((allocatedEntryStartOffset <= candidateSlotStartOffset &&
+             candidateSlotEndOffset <= allocatedEntryEndOffset) ||
+            (candidateSlotStartOffset <= allocatedEntryStartOffset &&
+             allocatedEntryEndOffset <= candidateSlotEndOffset)) {
+            goto other_search;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!slotFound) {
+    other_search:
+
+        index1 = 0;
+        // Start searching for candidate slot from the left side of the heap buffer.
+        do {
+
+            candidateSlotEndOffset = gzHeap + heapStartOffset[(index1 * 2) + 1];
+            candidateSlotStartOffset = candidateSlotEndOffset - size;
+            slotFound = FALSE;
+
+            // Ensure that the candidate slot doesn't collide with heap offsets section
+            if (candidateSlotStartOffset >= (u8*)(2 + (u32)heapStartOffset + (numEntries << 2) + 4)) {
+                slotFound = TRUE;
+
+                // Check if there is overlap with already allocated slots
+                for (index2 = 0; index2 < numEntries; index2++) {
+
+                    allocatedEntryStartOffset = gzHeap + heapStartOffset[(index2 * 2) + 1];
+                    allocatedEntryEndOffset = gzHeap + heapStartOffset[(index2 * 2) + 2];
+
+                    if ((allocatedEntryStartOffset <= candidateSlotStartOffset &&
+                         candidateSlotStartOffset < allocatedEntryEndOffset)) {
+                        goto iter_end;
+                    }
+
+                    if ((allocatedEntryStartOffset < candidateSlotEndOffset &&
+                         candidateSlotEndOffset <= allocatedEntryEndOffset)) {
+                        slotFound = FALSE;
+                        break;
+                    }
+
+                    if ((allocatedEntryStartOffset <= candidateSlotStartOffset &&
+                         candidateSlotEndOffset <= allocatedEntryEndOffset) ||
+                        (candidateSlotStartOffset <= allocatedEntryStartOffset &&
+                         allocatedEntryEndOffset <= candidateSlotEndOffset)) {
+                        goto iter_end;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (slotFound) {
+                    break;
+                } else {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+            iter_end:
+                slotFound = FALSE;
+            }
+        } while ((index1 = (u16)(index1 + 1)) < numEntries);
+    }
+    if (!slotFound)
+        return 0;
+
+    // Register successful allocation
+    *(u16*)(gUnk_02035542 + (numEntries << 2)) = candidateSlotStartOffset - (gUnk_02035542 - 2);
+    *(u16*)(gUnk_02035542 + (numEntries << 2) + 2) = candidateSlotStartOffset - (gUnk_02035542 - 2) + size;
+    *(u16*)(gUnk_02035542 - 2) = numEntries + 1;
+    MemClear(candidateSlotStartOffset, size);
+    return candidateSlotStartOffset;
+}
 
 void zFree(void* ptr) {
     u32 uVar1;