Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ORE file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ORE to another file type
To convert ORE files to another format, you need Ballance or other Game software.
Convert a file to ORE
To convert other file formats to the "Game Archive" file type, you need software like Ballance or a similar tool.
About ORE files
The .ORE file extension identifies two distinct proprietary formats that often confuse users due to their incompatibility with standard software.
Atari Ballance Game Archive: The most common use (approx. 46%) is as a resource container for the classic 3D puzzle game, Ballance (2004). These files store game levels, 3D models, textures, and physics definitions compressed into a single archive. The main constraint is that they are proprietary binary blobs locked to the game engine (Virtools/Open Ragnarok Engine). Users typically encounter these when attempting to mod the game or extract nostalgic music and assets. They cannot be opened by standard archivers like 7-Zip or WinRAR.
Oregano Circuit Schematic: In the engineering field, .ORE files are project files created by Oregano, a GNOME-based application for schematic capture and electronic circuit simulation. These files contain XML-based descriptions of electrical components, wires, and simulation parameters. The difficulty here is OS exclusivity: Oregano is a Linux/Unix tool. Windows and macOS users receiving these files cannot view the diagrams without converting them first.
Best Conversion Targets:
For Oregano Schematics: Convert to PDF (Portable Document Format) for universal viewing or SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to preserve the vector lines for editing in tools like Adobe Illustrator.
For Ballance Archives: The goal is extraction rather than direct conversion. You typically need to unpack the archive to access internal WAV audio or BMP textures.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ORE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ORE file to EXE, MSI, APP, DMG, DEB, RPM, PKG, RUN, SH, BAT, CMD or COM, you can use Ballance or similar software from the "Game Resource Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert JAR, APP, SCR, IPA, COM, AAB, PS1, DMG, VBS, EXE, XAPK or MSI files to ORE, try Ballance or another comparable tool in the "Game Resource Archive" category.
The ORE 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 ORE converter.