Extract text from Interactive fiction files (BLORB)
To convert BLORB Game files to another format, you need Gargoyle or other Game software.
To convert other file formats to the "Interactive Fiction Package" file type, you need software like Gargoyle or a similar tool.
A .BLORB file is an Interactive Fiction Package Game File created by Andrew Plotkin. It acts as a resource wrapper that bundles a compiled text adventure game script (such as Z8 or ULX) with external multimedia assets like JPG images and OGG sound effects into a single archive.
Players typically open these files using specialized interactive fiction interpreters like Gargoyle or Lectrote. You can learn more about its underlying IFF container structure on its Wikipedia page.
Users need to convert or extract .BLORB files when they want to rip the background music, view the cover art, or play the base game script on an interpreter that does not support the full media package. The primary disadvantage of this format is its extreme obscurity. Normal archive tools like WinRAR cannot open it. It is entirely proprietary to the interactive fiction niche, meaning standard web browsers and media players will reject it.
The best conversion strategy is extraction to target formats like JPG, PNG, OGG, or raw game formats like GLX. Note that extracting the assets separates them from the game logic, meaning the media will no longer trigger automatically during gameplay.
This file format is difficult to process because it is a highly specific, nested IFF container. Standard online converters fail because they lack the niche parsers required for interactive fiction wrappers. If our analysis detects a supported embedded format, viewing or extraction may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your BLORB file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
Users also converted GBLORB files.
If you want to convert BLORB file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Gargoyle or similar software from the "Interactive Fiction Resource Wrapper" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to BLORB, try Gargoyle or another comparable tool in the "Interactive Fiction Resource Wrapper" category.
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