diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/C64.Motherboard.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/C64.Motherboard.cs
index 5f2fc26d6a..d190db9a5f 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/C64.Motherboard.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/C64.Motherboard.cs
@@ -208,49 +208,49 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 			SaveState.SyncObject(ser, this);
 			ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("cartridge");
-			cartPort.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("cartridge");
+            //cartPort.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("cassette");
-			cassPort.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("cassette");
+            //cassPort.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("cia0");
-			cia0.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("cia0");
+            //cia0.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("cia1");
-			cia1.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("cia1");
+            //cia1.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("colorram");
-			colorRam.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("colorram");
+            //colorRam.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("cpu");
-			cpu.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("cpu");
+            //cpu.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("pla");
-			pla.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("pla");
+            //pla.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("ram");
-			ram.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("ram");
+            //ram.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("sid");
-			sid.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("sid");
+            //sid.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("user");
-			userPort.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("user");
+            //userPort.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 
-			ser.BeginSection("vic");
-			vic.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.EndSection();
+            //ser.BeginSection("vic");
+            //vic.SyncState(ser);
+            //ser.EndSection();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0005.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0005.cs
index b480c23edb..8169984eb1 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0005.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0005.cs
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 		public override void SyncState(Serializer ser)
 		{
 			base.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.Sync("bankMask", ref bankMask);
-			ser.Sync("bankNumber", ref bankNumber);
 			if (ser.IsReader)
 				BankSet(bankNumber);
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper000F.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper000F.cs
index b9fe5bd3f5..5b8634ea43 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper000F.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper000F.cs
@@ -123,8 +123,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 		public override void SyncState(Serializer ser)
 		{
 			base.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.Sync("bankMask", ref bankMask);
-			ser.Sync("bankNumber", ref bankNumber);
 			if (ser.IsReader)
 				BankSet(bankNumber);
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0012.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0012.cs
index 8d7e182007..15af6f3dbd 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0012.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0012.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 		public override void SyncState(Serializer ser)
 		{
 			base.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.Sync("bankIndex", ref bankIndex);
 			if (ser.IsReader)
 				bankHighSelected = bankHigh[bankIndex];
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0013.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0013.cs
index e5872b2e27..f0198edc42 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0013.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/Cartridge/Mapper0013.cs
@@ -118,9 +118,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 		public override void SyncState(Serializer ser)
 		{
 			base.SyncState(ser);
-			ser.Sync("bankMask", ref bankMask);
-			ser.Sync("bankNumber", ref bankNumber);
-			ser.Sync("romEnable", ref romEnable);
 			if (ser.IsReader)
 				BankSet(bankNumber | (romEnable ? 0x00 : 0x80));
 		}
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/MOS/CartridgePort.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/MOS/CartridgePort.cs
index d3925f641e..41019763e7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/MOS/CartridgePort.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/MOS/CartridgePort.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64.MOS
 		public void SyncState(Serializer ser)
 		{
 			SaveState.SyncObject(ser, this);
-			cart.SyncState(ser);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/SaveState.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/SaveState.cs
index afec4775d0..57594dbfa3 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/SaveState.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Computers/Commodore64/SaveState.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
 
 using BizHawk.Common;
 
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 {
 	static class SaveState
 	{
+        static private Encoding encoding = Encoding.Unicode;
+
 		static public void SyncObject(Serializer ser, object obj)
 		{
 			BindingFlags defaultFlags = BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.FlattenHierarchy;
@@ -67,6 +70,22 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refBool);
 								currentValue = refBool;
 								break;
+                            case "Boolean[]":
+                                {
+                                    bool[] source = (bool[])currentValue;
+                                    refIntBuffer = new IntBuffer(source.Length);
+                                    for (int i = 0; i < source.Length; i++)
+                                    {
+                                        refIntBuffer[i] = source[i] ? -1 : 0;
+                                    }
+                                    ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refIntBuffer);
+                                    for (int i = 0; i < source.Length; i++)
+                                    {
+                                        source[i] = refIntBuffer[i] != 0;
+                                    }
+                                    currentValue = source;
+                                }
+                                break;
 							case "Byte":
 								refByte = (Byte)currentValue;
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refByte);
@@ -82,6 +101,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refByteBuffer);
 								currentValue = refByteBuffer;
 								break;
+                            case "Func`1":
+                                break;
 							case "Int16":
 								refInt16 = (Int16)currentValue;
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refInt16);
@@ -125,6 +146,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refSByte);
 								currentValue = refSByte;
 								break;
+                            case "String":
+                                {
+                                    var refString = (String)currentValue;
+                                    var refVal = new ByteBuffer(encoding.GetBytes(refString));
+                                    ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refVal);
+                                    currentValue = encoding.GetString(refVal.Arr);
+                                }
+                                break;
 							case "UInt16":
 								refUInt16 = (UInt16)currentValue;
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refUInt16);
@@ -135,9 +164,40 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Computers.Commodore64
 								ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refUInt32);
 								currentValue = refUInt32;
 								break;
-							default:
-								fail = true;
-								break;
+                            default:
+                                {
+                                    Type t = currentValue.GetType();
+                                    if (t.IsEnum)
+                                    {
+                                        refInt32 = (Int32)currentValue;
+                                        ser.Sync(member.Name, ref refInt32);
+                                        currentValue = refInt32;
+                                    }
+                                    else if (t.IsValueType)
+                                    {
+                                        fail = true;
+                                    }
+                                    else if (t.IsClass)
+                                    {
+                                        fail = true;
+                                        foreach (var method in t.GetMethods())
+                                        {
+                                            if (method.Name == "SyncState")
+                                            {
+                                                ser.BeginSection(fieldInfo.Name);
+                                                method.Invoke(currentValue, new object[] {(Serializer)ser});
+                                                ser.EndSection();
+                                                fail = false;
+                                                break;
+                                            }
+                                        } 
+                                    }
+                                    else
+                                    {
+                                        fail = true;
+                                    }
+                                }
+                                break;
 						}
 					}