diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/LibGambatte.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/LibGambatte.cs
index 96f667dd86..c5835ce4e7 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/LibGambatte.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/LibGambatte.cs
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.GB
 		public static extern int gambatte_savesavedatalength(IntPtr core);
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Saves emulator state to the state to a byte array
+		/// Saves emulator state to a byte array
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="core">opaque state pointer</param>
-		/// <param name="videobuf">160x144 RGB32 (native endian) video frame buffer or 0. Used for saving a thumbnail.</param>
+		/// <param name="videobuf">160x144 RGB32 (native endian) video frame buffer or 0. Used for saving a thumbnail.  NOT USED ANYMORE</param>
 		/// <param name="pitch">distance in number of pixels (not bytes) from the start of one line to the next in videoBuf.</param>
 		/// <param name="data">private savestate data returned by the core</param>
 		/// <param name="len">the length of the data in bytes</param>
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Consoles.GB
 		public static extern void gambatte_savestate_destroy(IntPtr data);
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Loads emulator state from the byte array
+		/// Loads emulator state from a byte array
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="core">opaque state pointer</param>
 		/// <param name="data">savestate data</param>
diff --git a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libgambatte.dll b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libgambatte.dll
index 86475202c6..45515017f2 100644
Binary files a/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libgambatte.dll and b/BizHawk.MultiClient/output/dll/libgambatte.dll differ
diff --git a/libgambatte/src/statesaver.cpp b/libgambatte/src/statesaver.cpp
index 26ab47d6e8..1640b82428 100644
--- a/libgambatte/src/statesaver.cpp
+++ b/libgambatte/src/statesaver.cpp
@@ -418,9 +418,11 @@ bool StateSaver::saveState(const SaveState &state,
 	if (file.fail())
 		return false;
 	
-	{ static const char ver[] = { 0, 1 }; file.write(ver, sizeof(ver)); }
-	
-	writeSnapShot(file, videoBuf, pitch);
+	//{ static const char ver[] = { 0, 1 }; file.write(ver, sizeof(ver)); }
+	// bump version as the screenshot is being removed
+	{ static const char ver[] = { 0, 2 }; file.write(ver, sizeof(ver)); }
+
+	//writeSnapShot(file, videoBuf, pitch);
 	
 	for (SaverList::const_iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); ++it) {
 		file.write(it->label, it->labelsize);
@@ -436,8 +438,15 @@ bool StateSaver::loadState(SaveState &state, std::istream &file) {
 	if (file.fail() || file.get() != 0)
 		return false;
 	
-	file.ignore();
-	file.ignore(get24(file));
+	int minor = file.get();
+	if (minor == 1) { // skip over screenshot
+		file.ignore();
+		file.ignore(get24(file));
+	}
+	else if (minor == 2) { // no screenshot
+	}
+	else
+		return false;
 	
 	const Array<char> labelbuf(list.maxLabelsize());
 	const Saver labelbufSaver = { labelbuf, 0, 0, list.maxLabelsize() };