Extract text from Game saves and firmware (BINARY)
To convert BINARY Game saves to another format, you need Unity or other Data software.
To convert other file formats to the "Serialized Data / Firmware" file type, you need software like Unity or a similar tool.
A .binary file is a generic data container typically used to store unformatted, raw byte code rather than plain text. Its most common use cases include serialized game saves in games built with the Unity engine (such as PC Building Simulator by Epic Games or For The Queen by Hanako Games) and firmware update executables. Firmware variants are often structured as compiled ELF files for devices powered by Allwinner Technology.
Users often struggle with .binary files because they are inherently unreadable to humans and completely unsupported by standard text editors, word processors, or web browsers. They lack a standardized internal structure; a file generated by one application will instantly crash another if opened incorrectly. The primary reason to convert or inspect these files is to extract readable game variables, modify save states, or unpack firmware components.
Target formats depend heavily on the original content. For serialized game saves, converting the payload to structured data formats like JSON or XML is ideal for modding and editing. For firmware updates, extracting the internal partitions to standard BIN, IMG, or raw HEX formats is often the end goal. Note that unpacking firmware or deserializing game states will usually strip the proprietary file headers required to re-pack them safely.
This file format is notoriously difficult to open or convert because it is a closed, undocumented, or highly application-specific format. Often, only the original software or a dedicated reverse-engineering tool can properly read or export the data. Standard online converters fail because they do not know how to parse the arbitrary, proprietary bytes. However, at convert.guru, you can just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. We inspect the file's hex signature to show embedded text or internal structure. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BINARY file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted BIN, TXT, PDF, PNG, XLSB, COMPILED, GFX, JPG, UNKNOWN, DOC, DOCX, XLSX and DTA files.
If you want to convert BINARY file to TEXT, PDF, TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD or CRDOWNLOAD, you can use Unity or similar software from the "Raw Binary Data Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to BINARY, try Unity or another comparable tool in the "Raw Binary Data Storage" category.
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our BINARY converter.