Help converting .ggz/.ggs saves to Memory Card format

Consoles PlayStation 1
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Hello everyone,

Hope you’re all doing well. I need a little help exporting a save file to use in another emulator.

I’ve been playing “The Legend of Dragoon” here on Emubrowser and would like to continue my game in others alternatives seem the troubles about freezs screens on some points. To do that, I need a virtual Memory Card save file (in .mcr or .mcd format).

I’ve looked into how the save system on Emubrowser works, and this is what I’ve found:

  • When I save state using the floppy disk icon, it generates a .ggz file. I understand this is a compressed file that contains the actual save state (.psx).

  • If I use the download state option (the download arrow icon), the file it downloads has a .ggs extension.

My question is: is there any way to use these files (.ggz or .ggs) to get a Memory Card save file (.mcr)? Either by extracting the content, using a conversion tool, or by loading the state in a way that allows me to then save to the game’s virtual Memory Card.

I’ve tried to find a way to do this directly through the interface but haven’t found the option.

I’d appreciate any tips or help you can offer.

Thanks a lot!

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It’s a been a year so I guess I should write back :man_facepalming:

This is a really cool idea and should definitely be possible. Come to think of it, the other way around should be entirely possible as well (Local emulator save → EmuBrowser)

The core for our PS1 games is PCSX Re Armed. You might be able to use the same emulator core in RetroArch and just rename the .state from the site to .mcd and it might work.

Here’s a Reddit post suggesting the same thing:

I’d give that a shot and let us know how it goes.

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I was able to successfully use a save state from EmuBrowser for Bionic Commando and load it in RetroArch!

  1. Save a state in your NES game on EmuBrowser and remember where you saved it.
  2. Run RetroArch and download the FCEUmm core for NES
  3. Place the EmuBrowser .state file in the RetroArch FCEUmm states directory within the following path (Linux): ~/.var/app/org.libretro.RetroArch/config/retroarch/states/FCEUmm
  4. Load the game in RetroArch
  5. Access the save state option by going to the menu and it should load the .state file.

If all goes according to plan, you’re game will load in the exact same spot you left it on EmuBrowser!

Note: I tried PCSX ReArmed without much luck, but it was my first try. Save state and memory card backups did nothing when loading between both EmuBrowser and Retroarch, but I’m sure there’s more to look into in order to get it working for both systems. Will keep you all posted!