Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your STATE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert STATE to another file type
To convert STATE Save states to another format, you need DeSmuME or other Game software.
Convert a file to STATE
To convert other file formats to the "Emulator Save State Snapshot" file type, you need software like DeSmuME or a similar tool.
About STATE files
A .STATE file is a generic file extension used to save the exact condition of a software application or a video game emulator at a specific point in time. For emulators like DeSmuME, RetroArch, or Dolphin, these files act as "save states" - an instantaneous snapshot of the emulated console's RAM, CPU registers, and hardware state. Beyond gaming, software like GigaTribe, Ubisoft Connect, and Apple macOS use .STATE files to resume interrupted downloads, track installation steps, or index Spotlight search data using underlying structures like XML, JSON, or binary data. Because .STATE files are highly proprietary, they are exceptionally difficult to share or migrate. An emulator save state is locked to the specific program - and often the exact version - that created it. You cannot directly load a FCEUX Nintendo save state in another emulator, because their memory dumping methods differ. Furthermore, if the file stores a crashed application dump, it may be unreadable without developer tools. These harsh limits mean users frequently need to convert or extract the contents of .STATE files to human-readable formats to diagnose crashes, or convert them into standard in-game battery saves (like SAV) to move their game progress to physical hardware. If you are trying to recover data, you should convert text-based .STATE files to JSON or XML for web and editing use, or TXT for archiving configuration logs. If the file is compressed, you must extract it to access the core data.
Convert.Guru analyzes your STATE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert STATE file to SAV, you can use DeSmuME or similar software from the "Application and Emulator Save State" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert files to STATE, try DeSmuME or another comparable tool in the "Application and Emulator Save State" category.
The STATE 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 STATE converter.