diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
index 5919b0b8f5..803c45c6ec 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/LibMeteor.cs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 		/// <summary>
 		/// save saveram to a byte buffer
 		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="data">buffer generated by core.  coyp from, but do not modify</param>
+		/// <param name="data">buffer generated by core.  copy from, but do not modify</param>
 		/// <param name="size">length of buffer</param>
 		/// <returns>success</returns>
 		[DllImport("libmeteor.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
@@ -184,5 +184,32 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 		/// </summary>
 		[DllImport("libmeteor.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
 		public static extern void libmeteor_clearsaveram();
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// serialize state
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="data">buffer generated by core</param>
+		/// <param name="size">size of buffer</param>
+		/// <returns>success</returns>
+		[DllImport("libmeteor.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public static extern bool libmeteor_savestate(ref IntPtr data, ref uint size);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// destroy a buffer previously returned by libmeteor_savestate() to avoid leakage
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="data"></param>
+		[DllImport("libmeteor.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public static extern void libmeteor_savestate_destroy(IntPtr data);
+
+		/// <summary>
+		/// unserialize state
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="data"></param>
+		/// <param name="size"></param>
+		/// <returns>success</returns>
+		[DllImport("libmeteor.dll", CallingConvention = CallingConvention.Cdecl)]
+		public static extern bool libmeteor_loadstate(byte[] data, uint size);
+
+
 	}
 }
diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
index a04ee143b4..d8e0133456 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/GBA/Meteor.cs
@@ -94,20 +94,63 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.Nintendo.GBA
 
 		#region savestates
 
+		byte[] SaveCoreBinary()
+		{
+			IntPtr ndata = IntPtr.Zero;
+			uint nsize = 0;
+			if (!LibMeteor.libmeteor_savestate(ref ndata, ref nsize))
+				throw new Exception("libmeteor_savestate() failed!");
+			if (ndata == IntPtr.Zero || nsize == 0)
+				throw new Exception("libmeteor_savestate() returned bad!");
+
+			byte[] ret = new byte[nsize];
+			Marshal.Copy(ndata, ret, 0, (int)nsize);
+			LibMeteor.libmeteor_savestate_destroy(ndata);
+			return ret;
+		}
+
+		void LoadCoreBinary(byte[] data)
+		{
+			if (!LibMeteor.libmeteor_loadstate(data, (uint)data.Length))
+				throw new Exception("libmeteor_loadstate() failed!");
+		}
+
 		public void SaveStateText(System.IO.TextWriter writer)
 		{
+			var temp = SaveStateBinary();
+			temp.SaveAsHex(writer);
+			// write extra copy of stuff we don't use
+			writer.WriteLine("Frame {0}", Frame);
 		}
 
 		public void LoadStateText(System.IO.TextReader reader)
 		{
+			string hex = reader.ReadLine();
+			byte[] state = new byte[hex.Length / 2];
+			state.ReadFromHex(hex);
+			LoadStateBinary(new BinaryReader(new MemoryStream(state)));
 		}
 
 		public void SaveStateBinary(System.IO.BinaryWriter writer)
 		{
+			byte[] data = SaveCoreBinary();
+			writer.Write(data.Length);
+			writer.Write(data);
+			// other variables
+			writer.Write(IsLagFrame);
+			writer.Write(LagCount);
+			writer.Write(Frame);
 		}
 
 		public void LoadStateBinary(System.IO.BinaryReader reader)
 		{
+			int length = reader.ReadInt32();
+			byte[] data = reader.ReadBytes(length);
+			LoadCoreBinary(data);
+			// other variables
+			IsLagFrame = reader.ReadBoolean();
+			LagCount = reader.ReadInt32();
+			Frame = reader.ReadInt32();
 		}
 
 		public byte[] SaveStateBinary()
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll
index a45555a0b7..adb24f1a77 100644
Binary files a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll and b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libmeteor.dll differ
diff --git a/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp b/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
index 98f5f79144..9f956d01a2 100644
--- a/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
+++ b/libmeteor/cinterface.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "ameteor.hpp"
 #include "ameteor/cartmem.hpp"
 #include "source/debug.hpp"
+#include <sstream>
 
 #define EXPORT extern "C" __declspec(dllexport)
 
@@ -131,8 +132,6 @@ EXPORT void libmeteor_frameadvance()
 	AMeteor::Run(10000000);
 }
 
-// TODO: serialize, unserialize
-
 EXPORT void libmeteor_loadrom(const void *data, unsigned size)
 {
 	AMeteor::_memory.LoadRom((const uint8_t*)data, size);
@@ -173,5 +172,35 @@ EXPORT void libmeteor_clearsaveram()
 	AMeteor::_memory.DeleteCart();
 }
 
+EXPORT int libmeteor_savestate(void **data, unsigned *size)
+{
+	if (!data || !size)
+		return 0;
+
+	std::ostringstream ss = std::ostringstream(std::ios_base::binary);
+	AMeteor::SaveState(ss);
+
+	std::string s = ss.str();
+
+	void *ret = std::malloc(s.size());
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
+	std::memcpy(ret, s.data(), s.size());
+	*data = ret;
+	*size = s.size();
+	return 1;
+}
+
+EXPORT void libmeteor_savestate_destroy(void *data)
+{
+	std::free(data);
+}
+
+EXPORT int libmeteor_loadstate(const void *data, unsigned size)
+{
+	std::istringstream ss = std::istringstream(std::string((const char*)data, size), std::ios_base::binary);
+	return AMeteor::LoadState(ss);
+}
+
 // TODO: cartram and system bus memory domains
 
diff --git a/libmeteor/source/memory.cpp b/libmeteor/source/memory.cpp
index f82ac18aec..6fb2b01c84 100644
--- a/libmeteor/source/memory.cpp
+++ b/libmeteor/source/memory.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ namespace AMeteor
 		bool b = m_brom;
 		SS_WRITE_VAR(b);
 		if (b)
+		{
 			SS_WRITE_DATA(m_brom, 0x00004000);
+		}
 		SS_WRITE_DATA(m_wbram, 0x00040000);
 		SS_WRITE_DATA(m_wcram, 0x00008000);
 		SS_WRITE_DATA(m_pram , 0x00000400);
@@ -545,9 +547,13 @@ namespace AMeteor
 		bool b;
 		SS_READ_VAR(b);
 		if (b)
+		{
 			SS_READ_DATA(m_brom , 0x00004000);
+		}
 		else
+		{
 			UnloadBios();
+		}
 		SS_READ_DATA(m_wbram, 0x00040000);
 		SS_READ_DATA(m_wcram, 0x00008000);
 		SS_READ_DATA(m_pram , 0x00000400);