Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your HTX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert HTX to another file type
To convert HTX files to another format, you need Sega CANVAS or other Game software.
Convert a file to HTX
To convert other file formats to the "Game Texture Archive" file type, you need software like Sega CANVAS or a similar tool.
About HTX files
The .HTX file format usually represents a Sega CANVAS Game Texture Archive (often associated with HTEX) or an Approval Document File used by Handysoft enterprise software. A smaller percentage of these files are HTML Extension Files generated by legacy Microsoft web tools. Game textures stored in this format are heavily optimized for the Sega engine, meaning they cannot be opened by standard image viewers like Windows Photos or macOS Preview. This proprietary lock-in makes it difficult for modders and developers to extract or modify game assets. Handysoft Approval Documents share a similar problem, requiring specialized corporate software and often trapping data in an outdated enterprise system. Users typically need to convert Sega texture .HTX files to standard image formats like PNG, JPG, or DDS to edit them in Adobe Photoshop. For Handysoft documents, exporting to PDF is essential for sharing. Because both primary uses of the .HTX format are closed and proprietary, standard online converters usually fail to process them. Often, only the original game engine tools or the specific Handysoft application can properly read or export the original data. However, you can use convert.guru as a practical workaround. Just drag and drop your file to identify the exact format, view its internal structure, and convert it when possible. If our analysis detects a supported underlying or embedded format, viewing or conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your HTX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert HTX file to HTML, HTM, CSS, JS, PHP, ASP, ASPX, JSP, JSPX, PY, RB or PL, you can use Sega CANVAS or similar software from the "Game Texture & Document Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RSS, CSS, CGI, SITEMAP, PL, WEBMANIFEST, JSON, JS, XML, HTML, ICO or HTM files to HTX, try Sega CANVAS or another comparable tool in the "Game Texture & Document Storage" category.
The HTX 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 HTX converter.