Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your MP2S file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert MP2S to another file type
To convert MP2S Save files to another format, you need Max Payne 2 or other Game software.
Convert a file to MP2S
To convert other file formats to the "Saved Game File" file type, you need software like Max Payne 2 or a similar tool.
About MP2S files
The .MP2S file is a proprietary game save format. It is used primarily by the third-person shooter game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne to store player progress, weapon inventory, health stats, and level state. It is also used as a save file format for the Nintendo GameCube title Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.
These files are created and read directly by Max Payne 2 or via GameCube emulators like Dolphin for the Metroid title.
Users often try to convert these files hoping to edit their save data, cheat, extract 3D assets, or transfer saves between different console versions. The major disadvantage is that .MP2S is a closed, binary format locked to a specific game engine. It cannot be opened by standard text editors or web browsers. Without the game installed, the file is entirely useless.
True conversion to standard document or media formats is impossible because the file contains coordinate and state data, not printable text or video. Some users look for community-built save editors to modify the raw hex values, but there is no reliable target format for conversion.
This file format is exceptionally difficult to open or convert because it is undocumented and proprietary. Only the original software can properly read or export the data. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your MP2S file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert MP2S file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Max Payne 2 or similar software from the "Game Progress Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to MP2S, try Max Payne 2 or another comparable tool in the "Game Progress Storage" category.
The MP2S Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our MP2S converter.