diff --git a/emulators/native32emu.yml b/emulators/native32emu.yml
index 4bd95294a..2d0b5843c 100644
--- a/emulators/native32emu.yml
+++ b/emulators/native32emu.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ core_classification: pure_libretro
 source: "https://github.com/AloysHF/Native32Emu"
 upstream: "https://github.com/AloysHF/Native32Emu"
 profiled_date: "2026-10-26"
-source_commit: "059fa33c658caa4dbbad140ebf2af1197f9dd778"
+source_commit: "c9111273f97c67471358c8d9507a19c7cceb70f5"
 core_version: "1.4.0"
 version_basis:
   kind: file
@@ -19,10 +19,14 @@ systems:
 notes: |
   Emulator for the Sunplus Native32 game format written in Rust by
   AloysHF. The libretro core and the native32emu standalone binary share
-  the native32emu-core crate. Content (.smf, .sgm, .ssl or a .zip
-  package) is read from its full path (need_fullpath = true,
-  crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/api.rs:107;
-  Emulator::from_path, crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:86-149).
+  the native32emu-core crate. Content (.smf, .sgm or a .zip package,
+  crates/native32emu-core/src/content_entry.rs:7) is read from its full
+  path (need_fullpath = true,
+  crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/api.rs:128;
+  Emulator::from_path, crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:97-174).
+  An .ssl scene given as content is refused with a message naming the
+  .smf, .sgm or .zip to start instead
+  (crates/native32emu-core/src/content_entry.rs:20-26).
   The header is decrypted with DES keys compiled into the core
   (crates/native32emu-core/src/header_decryptor.rs:136,
   crates/native32emu-core/src/des_constants.rs).
@@ -36,23 +40,24 @@ notes: |
   crates/native32emu-core/src/archive_loader.rs:152-211). The Emscripten
   build receives the archive already extracted by EmulatorJS and switches to
   the root menu when one exists
-  (crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/api.rs:146-159,
+  (crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/api.rs:181-194,
   crates/native32emu-core/src/archive_loader.rs:112-117). Every later file
   is resolved relative to the running content and its parent directories,
   case-insensitively with trailing spaces trimmed
   (crates/native32emu-core/src/content_loader.rs:73-130): child .smf and
-  .ssl content (crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:617-627), .dat
-  thumbnails for the menu (crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:565-592),
-  .mpg cutscenes (crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:464-480) and
-  the menu's game listing (crates/native32emu-core/src/file_browser.rs:75-120).
-  All of them ship inside the game package. Saves are written to
-  <content>.ssl_sav beside the content. The Emscripten build asks for the
-  frontend save directory and writes there instead, under a name flattened
-  from the content path
+  .ssl content (crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:735-745), .dat
+  thumbnails for the menu (crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:591-618),
+  .mpg cutscenes (crates/native32emu-core/src/emulator.rs:490-506) and
+  the menu's game listing (crates/native32emu-core/src/file_browser.rs:117-167).
+  All of them ship inside the game package. The standalone binary writes
+  saves to <content>.ssl_sav beside the content. The libretro core asks
+  for the frontend save directory on every target and writes there, under
+  a name flattened from the content path, and falls back to beside the
+  content when the frontend reports none
   (crates/native32emu-core/src/save_manager.rs:6-26,
-  crates/native32emu-core/src/save_manager.rs:33-48,
-  crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/api.rs:194-197,
-  crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/callbacks.rs:205-222).
+  crates/native32emu-core/src/save_manager.rs:41-47,
+  crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/api.rs:228-231,
+  crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/callbacks.rs:223-240).
 
   RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_SYSTEM_DIRECTORY is defined
   (crates/native32emu-libretro/src/libretro/constants.rs:42) but nothing
diff --git a/platforms/_core_info.json b/platforms/_core_info.json
index 5bfe14310..476c56aa9 100644
--- a/platforms/_core_info.json
+++ b/platforms/_core_info.json
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
     "mupen64plus_next_develop": "3e39838b6f2893f515ea5ffbea13c6c481400cd3",
     "mupen64plus_next_gles2": "7244f0c0eae4b58fa4614f6e821bd1ff76d9ae8c",
     "mupen64plus_next_gles3": "888e3863516ae1ad7795b3c8615aa635551dd7fc",
-    "native32emu": "c8b84e368952bea94f0710fbf9f6b5559bd6b5ba",
+    "native32emu": "0049bc5e89344303ac869a58c9d93dd8b3e6886d",
     "nekop2": "53b91335b9daf398a84757a2b777c5de87cac906",
     "neocd": "0aae4e07e8ed9b02fbe8a60abe29c1e3484171c1",
     "nes": "0fbb75c08c902ca7b92d43504caf428235861138",
diff --git a/website/src/data/source-paths.json b/website/src/data/source-paths.json
index 9c691f2d9..b7dab9f3e 100644
--- a/website/src/data/source-paths.json
+++ b/website/src/data/source-paths.json
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
   "crates/dingooemu-libretro/src/diagnostics.rs",
   "crates/dingooemu/src/main.rs"
  ],
- "github.com/AloysHF/Native32Emu@059fa33c658caa4dbbad140ebf2af1197f9dd778": [
+ "github.com/AloysHF/Native32Emu@c9111273f97c67471358c8d9507a19c7cceb70f5": [
   "Cargo.toml",
   "crates/native32emu-core/src/archive_loader.rs",
   "crates/native32emu-core/src/content_loader.rs",
@@ -2730,7 +2730,7 @@
   "bsnes/sfc/coprocessor/hitachidsp/hitachidsp.hpp",
   "bsnes/target-libretro/libretro.cpp"
  ],
- "github.com/bvschaik/julius@34d1ecd54befb845c0139b371fa8a0438210dac1": [
+ "github.com/bvschaik/julius@33c777019b2640b847b73815c3b4344cf7bd9576": [
   "CMakeLists.txt",
   "src/building/model.c",
   "src/core/image.c",