SG1 Converter

Extract text from VBA save states (SG1)


Drop or upload your .SG1 file
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How to extract text from your SG1 file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your SG1 file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert SG1 to another file type

To convert SG1 Save states to another format, you need VisualBoyAdvance or other Game software.

Convert a file to SG1

To convert other file formats to the "Save State File" file type, you need software like VisualBoyAdvance or a similar tool.


About SG1 files

The .sg1 file is a proprietary Save State generated by the VisualBoyAdvance emulator. Unlike standard SAV files - which mimic a physical cartridge's battery memory and are compatible across different emulators (like mGBA or RetroArch) and hardware flash carts - the .sg1 file captures a raw snapshot of the emulator's RAM and CPU instructions at a specific moment. This format is often GZIP compressed and is strictly tied to the specific version of the emulator that created it. Users typically encounter friction when attempting to transfer progress to a mobile emulator or physical device, as these platforms cannot read the proprietary state data. To "convert" this file for broader use, you must load the state in the original software and perform a native in-game save to generate a standard SAV file.

Convert.Guru analyzes your SG1 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ST1, CLT and GBA files.


FAQ

If you want to convert SG1 file to , you can use VisualBoyAdvance or similar software from the "Emulator Save State" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to SG1, try VisualBoyAdvance or another comparable tool in the "Emulator Save State" category.



The SG1 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 SG1 converter.