diff --git a/source/blood/src/blood.h b/source/blood/src/blood.h
index 287c47863..01e93b5bb 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/blood.h
+++ b/source/blood/src/blood.h
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ struct GameInterface : ::GameInterface
 	void UpdateScreenSize() override;
 	bool GenerateSavePic() override;
 	void FreeGameData() override;
-	bool validate_hud(int) override;
 	void set_hud_layout(int size) override;
 	void set_hud_scale(int size) override;
 	FString statFPS() override;
diff --git a/source/blood/src/controls.cpp b/source/blood/src/controls.cpp
index 99addcf4a..bd3a30efd 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/controls.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/controls.cpp
@@ -55,22 +55,10 @@ int32_t mouseyaxismode = -1;
 
 
 
-// This is mainly here to account for the different implementation between Blood and the other games
-// and to allow unified handling and the same value range in the CVAR code.
-// Unlike EDuke's version, NBlood's was actually fine, it just had a too small value range to be chosen as the unified version.
-bool GameInterface::validate_hud(int layout)
-{
-	return layout > 3 && layout != 8;	// 8 is the status bar overlay which NBlood did not implement.
-}
-
 void GameInterface::set_hud_layout(int layout)
 {
-	static const uint8_t screen_size_vals[] = { 7, 7, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 3, 2, 1, 0 };
-
-	if (validate_hud(layout))
-	{
-		viewResizeView(screen_size_vals[layout]);
-	}
+    layout = clamp(7 - layout, 0, 7);   // need to reverse the order because menu sliders always have low values to the left.
+	viewResizeView(layout);
 }
 
 void GameInterface::set_hud_scale(int scale)
diff --git a/source/build/include/baselayer.h b/source/build/include/baselayer.h
index 4ff3f9ce3..ba328bd7b 100644
--- a/source/build/include/baselayer.h
+++ b/source/build/include/baselayer.h
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ struct GameInterface
 	virtual int app_main() = 0;
 	virtual void UpdateScreenSize() {}
 	virtual void FreeGameData() {}
-	virtual bool validate_hud(int) = 0;
+	virtual bool validate_hud(int) { return true; }
 	virtual void set_hud_layout(int size) = 0;
-	virtual void set_hud_scale(int size) = 0;
+	virtual void set_hud_scale(int size) {}
 	virtual FString statFPS() { return "FPS display not available"; }
 	virtual GameStats getStats() { return {}; }
 	virtual void DrawNativeMenuText(int fontnum, int state, double xpos, double ypos, float fontscale, const char* text, int flags) {}
diff --git a/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp b/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp
index d34a982d2..0e6ca2afb 100644
--- a/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp
+++ b/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ CVAR(Bool, disableautoload, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_NOINITCALL | CVAR_GLOBALC
 //CVAR(Bool, autoloadbrightmaps, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_NOINITCALL | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)	// hopefully this is an option for later
 //CVAR(Bool, autoloadlights, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_NOINITCALL | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 
+extern int hud_size_max;
+
 
 //==========================================================================
 //
@@ -611,9 +613,9 @@ int RunGame()
 
 	if (g_gameType & GAMEFLAG_BLOOD)
 	{
-		UCVarValue v;
-		v.Bool = false;
-		mus_redbook.SetGenericRepDefault(v, CVAR_Bool);	// Blood should default to CD Audio off - all other games must default to on.
+		mus_redbook.SetGenericRepDefault(false, CVAR_Bool);	// Blood should default to CD Audio off - all other games must default to on.
+		hud_size.SetGenericRepDefault(6, CVAR_Int);			// HUD is different for everything.
+		hud_size_max = 7;
 	}
 
 	G_ReadConfig(currentGame);
diff --git a/source/common/gamecvars.cpp b/source/common/gamecvars.cpp
index 927f5b171..68edf8efa 100644
--- a/source/common/gamecvars.cpp
+++ b/source/common/gamecvars.cpp
@@ -160,10 +160,13 @@ CUSTOM_CVARD(Int, snd_speech, 5, CVAR_ARCHIVE|CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG, "enables/disabl
 // This was particularly messy. EDuke and Rednukem had no consistent setting for this but a complex combination of 4 CVARs and lots of mod flags controlling the HUD layout
 // NBlood had this differently with an inverted scale of 0-7 with 0 having no HUD.
 // For consistency all frontends now use the same scale, with 0 being the smallest and 11 being the largest, which get converted to the internal settings by the set_hud_layout callback.
+
+int hud_size_max = 11;	// 11 is for Duke Nukem and its offspring games.
+
 CUSTOM_CVARD(Int, hud_size, 9, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_NOINITCALL, "Defines the HUD size and style")
 {
 	if (self < 0) self = 0;
-	else if (self > 11) self = 11;
+	else if (self > hud_size_max) self = hud_size_max;
 	else
 	{
 		if (gi->validate_hud(self))
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/engine/menudef.txt b/wadsrc/static/engine/menudef.txt
index e782c9b42..56ef7549c 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/engine/menudef.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/engine/menudef.txt
@@ -1197,11 +1197,16 @@ OptionMenu "HUDOptions" //protected
 {
 	Title "$OPTMNU_HUD"
 
-	Slider "$DSPLYMNU_SCREENSIZE",				"hud_size", 				0.0, 11.0, 1.0, -1
-	ifgame(duke, nam, ww2gi, redneck, redneckrides, fury) // Fixme: The scaling really needs to be taken out of the game code.
+	ifgame(duke, nam, ww2gi, redneck, redneckrides, fury)
 	{
+		Slider "$DSPLYMNU_SCREENSIZE",				"hud_size", 				0.0, 11.0, 1.0, -1
 		Slider "$DSPLYMNU_SBSCALE",					"hud_scale",				0.3, 1.0, 0.1, 2
 	}
+	ifgame(blood)
+	{
+		Slider "$DSPLYMNU_SCREENSIZE",				"hud_size", 				0.0, 7.0, 1.0, -1
+	}
+	
 	Option "$DSPLYMNU_LEVELSTATS",				"hud_stats",				"OnOff"
 	ifgame(duke, nam, ww2gi, redneck, redneckrides, fury)
 	{