IPG Converter

Convert iPod games and images (IPG) online for free


Drop or upload your .IPG file

How to convert your IPG file

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

Convert IPG to another file type

The converter easily converts your IPG iPod files to various formats - free and online. No iTunes or other Game software needed.

  • IPG to PDF
  • IPG to RPF
  • IPG to PGM
  • IPG to RAW
  • IPG to SCT
  • IPG to PI6
  • IPG to PPMA
  • IPG to PC2
  • IPG to ALIAS
  • IPG to PS
  • IPG to 85I
  • IPG to CT

Convert a file to IPG

To convert other file formats to the "iPod Click Wheel Game" file type, you need software like iTunes or a similar tool.


About IPG files

An .ipg file is predominantly an iPod Click Wheel game file used by legacy Apple iPod devices. These files store executable code, audio, and graphics. Internally, Apple structured these files as standard ZIP archives. A smaller percentage of .ipg files are simply misnamed JPG images created by Adobe Photoshop, or proprietary image data generated by TransWorks.

The main disadvantage of the .ipg format is severe obsolescence and lock-in. You cannot run these games on modern hardware or native web browsers, as they require older iPod firmware and an outdated version of iTunes. TransWorks images are equally problematic, as they lack support in standard image viewers.

To retrieve trapped data, you must convert or extract the file. For an iPod game, convert the .ipg to ZIP to extract the internal PNG graphics and WAV audio files for editing or archiving. If the file is a misnamed photograph, convert it to WEBP or JPG for universal web compatibility. Drop your file here to analyze and convert it securely right in your browser.

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

Users also converted JPG, JPEG, IPJ, PDF, PNG, HEIC, KEY, EDL and NUMBERS files.


FAQ

If you want to convert IPG file to ZIP, RAR, 7Z, TAR, GZ, BZ2, XZ, LZMA, CAB, ACE or ARJ, you can use iTunes or similar software from the "iPod Game Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert XXE, 7Z, Z, PAK, LHA, DEB, UUE, TAR, LZH, ZIP, PKG or RAR files to IPG, try iTunes or another comparable tool in the "iPod Game Archive" category.



The IPG 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 IPG converter.