diff --git a/src/core/moviedata.cpp b/src/core/moviedata.cpp
index 84a78204..4fdcdd52 100644
--- a/src/core/moviedata.cpp
+++ b/src/core/moviedata.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "core/settings.hpp"
 
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <fstream>
 
 struct moviefile our_movie;
 struct loaded_rom* our_rom;
@@ -99,6 +100,17 @@ namespace
 			our_movie.authors[index] = g;
 		});
 
+	function_ptr_command<const std::string&> dump_coresave("dump-coresave", "Dump bsnes core state",
+		"Syntax: dump-coresave <name>\nDumps core save to <name>\n",
+		[](const std::string& name) throw(std::bad_alloc, std::runtime_error) {
+			auto x = save_core_state();
+			x.resize(x.size() - 32);
+			std::ofstream y(name.c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+			y.write(&x[0], x.size());
+			y.close();
+			messages << "Saved core state to " << name << std::endl;
+		});
+
 	void warn_hash_mismatch(const std::string& mhash, const loaded_slot& slot,
 		const std::string& name)
 	{
diff --git a/src/lua/memory.cpp b/src/lua/memory.cpp
index 8ecfeb7e..f4cd654a 100644
--- a/src/lua/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/memory.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "core/lua-int.hpp"
 #include "core/memorymanip.hpp"
+#include "core/rom.hpp"
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -80,6 +81,19 @@ namespace
 		return handle_push_vma(LS, regions, i);
 	});
 
+	const char* hexes = "0123456789ABCDEF";
+
+	function_ptr_luafun hashstate("memory.hash_state", [](lua_State* LS, const std::string& fname) -> int {
+		char hash[64];
+		auto x = save_core_state();
+		size_t offset = x.size() - 32;
+		for(unsigned i = 0; i < 32; i++) {
+			hash[2 * i + 0] = hexes[static_cast<unsigned char>(x[offset + i]) >> 4];
+			hash[2 * i + 1] = hexes[static_cast<unsigned char>(x[offset + i]) & 0xF];
+		}
+		lua_pushlstring(LS, hash, 64);
+		return 1;
+	});
 
 	lua_read_memory<uint8_t, uint8_t, memory_read_byte> rub("memory.readbyte");
 	lua_read_memory<int8_t, uint8_t, memory_read_byte> rsb("memory.readsbyte");