I created Save State Masters to give you more control over your games. This is its official home, with the original software, game library, and a new chapter ahead.
Save State Masters began with a simple idea: your saved game could be a starting point for something more.
I built Save State Masters to open emulator save states and make supported game values editable. Extra lives, different items, a chance to experiment—small changes could open up a different adventure.
Now I’m bringing my software and its history together in one place. You can explore the games, find the original emulator formats, and download the classic Windows release.
This is the official home of Save State Masters, maintained by its original owner and author.
Save a moment in your emulator. Open the matching file in the original utility. Adjust the supported values, then load the edited state.
01
Save Your State
Keep an untouched backup first.
02
Make It Yours
Available edits depend on the game and release.
03
Get Back To Playing
Load the edited file in the matching emulator.
TRY THE IDEAInteractive Illustration
A little extra in reserve.
A fictional example of editing game values.
EXAMPLE STATELIVES 03 COINS 0078
Adjust a value to see how the idea works.
Concept demo only. This does not edit real game files or reproduce the original interface.
A Few Familiar Adventures
A whole shelf of possibilities.
Explore my original game library, with the systems and emulator families the editors were built around. Available edits and formats vary by game and release.
Emulator families are shown by system. For systems with several formats, check the selected game’s Open File dialog for the formats that editor accepts. Exact emulator versions and modern compatibility have not been retested. Game names belong to their respective owners.
Original Formats
The right system. The right emulator.
These are the emulator families used by the original editors. Choose the format listed in your game’s Open File dialog.
Original System And Emulator Reference
System
Emulator
State File
Super Nintendo
ZSNES
.zst / .zs?
NES / Famicom
NESticle / NESten / fwNES
.st? / .ss? / .rt?Respectively; varies by editor
Game Boy / Game Boy Color
REW / helloGB
.st? / .gs?Respectively; varies by editor
Genesis / Mega Drive
Genecyst
.gs?
Game Boy Advance
VGBA — Virtual GameBoy Advance
.sta
? represents the save-slot character in the original file filter. Emulator version compatibility has not been retested. Renaming an extension does not convert a save state.
My original software. A new place to call home.
The releases that shaped Save State Masters—and where I’m taking it next.
ZIPPreserved Legacy Package
Save State Master Version 9.0
My original Windows release, preserved unchanged. The executable identifies itself as SaveState Master v9, file version 9.00.0002.
I expanded the editors with more SNES games and Genesis support, including Mega Man: The Wily Wars.
The Classic Windows Release
Version 9 is the original package available here today, including the editor and its Visual Basic 6 runtime files.
Back With Its Creator
I’m giving Save State Masters a lasting home, documenting its original formats, and making the classic release available again.
Before you press continue.
Will it work on my current computer?
The preserved release is a legacy Windows application with Visual Basic 6 dependencies. It has not been tested on current Windows versions. The archive has been inspected without launching it; this site does not claim modern compatibility.
Does every game work with every release?
No. My game library and the version 7 release notes differ, and save-state formats depend on emulator versions and game revisions. Keep a backup and verify the specific game, editor, and emulator combination. The searchable list documents my original game library, not a new compatibility test.
Is this a new browser version?
This is a showcase and preservation site for the original desktop software. The interactive illustration explains the idea using fictional values. It does not open or modify real save states.
Are any games included?
The recovered ZIP contains ssm9.exe, MSVBVM60.DLL, and COMDLG32.OCX. It contains no games, ROMs, BIOS files, or example save states.
Will Save State Masters be updated?
There is room for a future update. For now, the priority is preserving what exists and recovering the original material. No new release date or feature roadmap has been announced.
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Good games stay with us. So should the tools we made for them.
