Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GEN file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert GEN to another file type
To convert GEN ROMs to another format, you need Kega Fusion or other Game software.
Convert a file to GEN
To convert other file formats to the "Console ROM" file type, you need software like Kega Fusion or a similar tool.
About GEN files
A .gen file usually functions as a Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) Game ROM or a proprietary game asset package for titles like Zula. It is also heavily used in enterprise and scientific software, functioning as a civil engineering survey data file for Bentley MOSS GENIO, an ArcView GIS ungenerate file, a population genetics data file via Genepop, or a generative vector graphic data file in Adobe Illustrator. Sega ROMs are raw digital dumps of physical game cartridges designed to be played on emulators like Kega Fusion or Genesis Plus GX. The primary disadvantage of the .gen extension is severe format collision. Because at least a dozen different programs use this exact extension for completely unrelated data, double-clicking it usually results in an operating system error. Furthermore, game asset .gen files are highly proprietary, undocumented, and locked to specific software, making data extraction difficult. If you are dealing with emulation, convert your .gen file to MD, SMD, or BIN for broader emulator compatibility. For Bentley MOSS survey files, converting to DXF or CSV is highly recommended for CAD interoperability. If you are trying to extract media from a game asset package, it needs to be unpacked to standard PNG or WAV formats.
Convert.Guru analyzes your GEN file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert GEN file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Kega Fusion or similar software from the "Sega ROM & Game Assets" 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 GEN, try Kega Fusion or another comparable tool in the "Sega ROM & Game Assets" category.
The GEN 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 GEN converter.