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|{{CollapsibleContent|show=see more|hide=see less|width=12.75em|00 - Small Sword|01 - Broad Sword<br>02 - Magic Sword<br>03 - Throwing Daggers<br>04 - Axe<br>05 - Club<br>06 - Crossbow<br>07 - Chicken Drumsticks<br>08 - Arm<br>09 - Lightning<br>0A - Longbow<br>0B - Spear<br>0C - Hammer<br>0D Flaming Longbow<br>0E - Magic Longbow<br>0F - Good Lightning<br>10 - Dragon Armour<br>11 - Chaos Rune<br>12 - None}} | |{{CollapsibleContent|show=see more|hide=see less|width=12.75em|00 - Small Sword|01 - Broad Sword<br>02 - Magic Sword<br>03 - Throwing Daggers<br>04 - Axe<br>05 - Club<br>06 - Crossbow<br>07 - Chicken Drumsticks<br>08 - Arm<br>09 - Lightning<br>0A - Longbow<br>0B - Spear<br>0C - Hammer<br>0D Flaming Longbow<br>0E - Magic Longbow<br>0F - Good Lightning<br>10 - Dragon Armour<br>11 - Chaos Rune<br>12 - None}} | ||
|The weapon Dan is currently wielding. | |The weapon Dan is currently wielding. | ||
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|'''Current shield''' | |||
|0x3C | |||
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|{{CollapsibleContent|show=see more|hide=see less|width=12.75em|00 - None|01 - Copper Shield<br>02 - Silver Shield<br>03 - Gold Shield}} | |||
|The shield Dan is currently wielding. | |||
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Revision as of 20:59, 20 November 2024
- The following article contains original research by Dan's Friend and Lazlo52.
This page documents MediEvil saved game data formats.
MediEvil (1998 original)
A PlayStation Memory Card data block consists of 64 frames. Each frame is 128 bytes long.
Frame 0
This frame is the header for a block of PS1 saved data.
| Name | Offset | Length | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic | 0x0 | 2 | SC | Signature for all PS1 saved game data. |
| Icon flag | 0x2 | 1 | 11 | This means the icon for the saved game consists of a single image. |
| Number of blocks | 0x3 | 1 | 1 | How many blocks the save will take up on a memory card. |
| Title | 0x4 | 64 | ＭｅｄｉＥｖｉｌ | Name of the saved game in Shift JIS format. |
| Icon colour palette | 0x96 | 32 | 
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Saved game icon colour palette. |
Frame 1
This frame is used to store a PS1 saved game icon: 
Frames 2-3
These frames are reserved for additional images in case the icon is meant to be animated, but are unused by MediEvil.
Frames 4-34
These frames contain the actual MediEvil saved game data.
File header
The header is 12 bytes long.
| Name | Offset | Length | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magic | 0x0 | 4 | 60SM | Signature for MediEvil saved game data. |
| Saved games | 0x4 | 1 | 0-2 | The number of saved games. |
Saved games
The file can hold a maximum of three saved games. Each saved game is 1360 bytes long.
Saved game
| Name | Offset | Length | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checksum | 0x0 | 4 | Number | Used to verify save game integrity. Uses the Checksum-16 algorithm. |
| Save game count | 0x6 | 1 | Number | Number of times the game has been saved. |
| Time played | 0x1C | 4 | Number | Time the player has played the game for. Displayed on the tombstones in the main menu and on the save game screen. |
| Current weapon | 0x38 | 1 | 00 - Small Sword
01 - Broad Sword |
The weapon Dan is currently wielding. |
| Current shield | 0x3C | 1 | 00 - None
01 - Copper Shield |
The shield Dan is currently wielding. |
Frames 35 to 63
These are unused.
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