Keep an untouched copy before conversion, editing, repair, or checksum work.
Sega / Retro / Save hub
Dreamcast save files & tools
Dreamcast VMU and emulator save references, conversion notes, backup guidance, and compatible utilities.
01 / Platform context
Match the save workflow before choosing a tool.
SaveEditor.com treats the platform as part of compatibility. File locations, containers, byte order, memory-card formats, emulator behavior, account binding, and signing can change what is safe or technically possible.
Verified and in-development Tools are clearly separated. Planned records do not appear here.
Browser-local, server, hybrid, and informational workflows are labeled at Tool level.
02 / Game hubs
Published Dreamcast game-save hubs
A Game Hub is useful documentation. It does not imply a game-specific Save Editor exists; each card shows linked Tool state separately.
No published Game Hubs are assigned yet.
The platform page does not create placeholder game records merely to look populated.
03 / Active tools
Dreamcast tools with explicit support state
Only published Verified and In Development Tool records are shown. Planned and deprecated Tools are excluded from this hub.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMU User Block Capacity Inspector
Report validated 200-block user-area free/used capacity and byte totals without editing allocation.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMU Filesystem Consistency Auditor
Confirm the fixed root, FAT, directory-chain and directory-entry predicates already required by the strict VMU parser.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast DCM Byte Order Inspector
Prove Nexus DCM four-byte-group reversal by strict VMU normalization and exact round-trip reconstruction.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast DCM VMU Layout Inspector
Report the normalized VMU system-block layout inside a strictly validated 128 KiB DCM image.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast DCM Directory Inventory
Inventory validated VMU directory records after deterministic DCM byte-order normalization.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast DCM Filesystem Consistency Auditor
Validate the normalized VMU root, FAT and directory structures without rewriting the DCM source.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMI Resource Checksum Inspector
Recompute and report the fixed four-byte VMI resource-name checksum relation from a strict 108-byte record.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMI Timestamp Inspector
Read the validated creation date/time fields from an exact 108-byte VMI metadata record.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMI Resource Name Inspector
Read the validated NUL-padded eight-byte VMI resource-name field.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMI Filename Inspector
Read the validated NUL-padded twelve-byte VMI filename field.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMI Mode Inspector
Decode the bounded VMI mode bits and reserved-field predicate without altering metadata.
Verified
File Analysis
Dreamcast VMI File Size Inspector
Report the non-zero bounded VMI declared file size from a strict 108-byte record.
Platform guides
Reviewed guidance for Dreamcast workflows.
These Guides are index-ready and explicitly assigned to this Platform hub.
Beginner
Backups & Safety
Dreamcast VMU / VMS Save Formats Backup & Identification Guide
A safety-first Dreamcast VMU / VMS Save Formats guide for identifying the intended representation, preserving an untouched source copy, and choosing only a verified compatible Tool.
Beginner
Save File Formats
Dreamcast VMU / VMS Save Formats Integrity & Troubleshooting Guide
A fail-closed Dreamcast VMU / VMS Save Formats troubleshooting guide for distinguishing representation problems from unsupported semantics and for selecting read-only integrity checks before any repair attempt.