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		ch_sm on July 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PCSX2 is an open source PS2 Emulator I always assumed old save states were just RAM dumps – kind of like MS Word files pre ’97 or so.

nottorp on July 13, 2023 [–]

If they save everything they could be. But for example the PS1 had 2 mB ram and its memory card was 128 kB...

If they just save your character at predefined save points, not really.

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