BMG Converter

Convert Nintendo message files (BMG) online for free


Drop or upload your .BMG file

How to convert your BMG file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your BMG file.
  2. You'll see a preview.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to save your file in the format you want.

Convert BMG to another file type

The converter easily converts your BMG message files to various formats - free and online. No Nintendo Game Engines or or other Game software needed.

  • BMG to PRC
  • BMG to RLA
  • BMG to DCX
  • BMG to PI5
  • BMG to JPEG
  • BMG to GRY
  • BMG to VGA
  • BMG to SGI
  • BMG to PS2
  • BMG to PSD
  • BMG to PBM
  • BMG to TIFF

Convert a file to BMG

To convert other file formats to the "Game Data File" file type, you need software like Nintendo Game Engines or a similar tool.


About BMG files

The .BMG file format is primarily utilized in Nintendo video games to store text strings, character dialogue, UI menus, and system messages. A secondary, entirely different use case is found in the photonics industry, where it functions as a laser beam analysis data file for the Gentec-EO PC-Beamage software.

For the gaming format, community-developed modding tools like Wexos's Toolbox or specific Python scripts are usually required to read or edit the files. They rely on undocumented binary encoding and often utilize an internal MESG magic header. For optical data, users are restricted to viewing the files in the official Gentec-EO PC-Beamage application.

The major disadvantage of the .BMG format is its strictly proprietary, closed ecosystem. Gamers, modders, and localization teams cannot open a .BMG file in a standard text editor. Doing so simply displays corrupted binary characters. Additionally, these files are often embedded inside compressed archives, requiring extraction before the text can even be reached.

Users typically need to convert Nintendo .BMG files to TXT, JSON, or XML to translate dialogue or build custom ROM hacks. Beamage users frequently need to export their optical readings to CSV for analysis in Microsoft Excel.

Because .BMG is a closed, highly specific format, standard online text converters fail to process it. Often, only the original software or specialized community scripts can properly read or export the exact data. However, you can drag and drop your file to convert.guru to see what it is and convert it if supported. Our platform can identify the file format, inspect the binary structure, and often extract embedded raw text directly in your browser.

Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your BMG file.

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FAQ

If you want to convert BMG file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Nintendo Game Engines or similar software from the "Game Text Storage" 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 BMG, try Nintendo Game Engines or another comparable tool in the "Game Text Storage" category.



The BMG Converter Story

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 BMG converter.