Convert PC-98 graphics (PI) online for free
The converter easily converts your PI graphics to various formats - free and online. No PC-98 Emulators or other Game software needed.
To convert other file formats to the "PC-98 Image File" file type, you need software like PC-98 Emulators or a similar tool.
A .PI file is primarily a legacy raster graphics image used on the vintage NEC PC-98 computer platform. It can also function as a proprietary character data file in modern fighting games like Jump Force, built on the Ninjutsu Engine by CyberConnect2.
Modern systems cannot handle .PI files natively. The PC-98 image variant relies on an obsolete 16-color hardware palette that looks completely corrupted if forced into a standard image viewer. It is entirely unsupported by web browsers, requires specialized emulator plugins to open, and cannot be directly imported into modern design tools like Adobe Photoshop. Game data variants are compiled, undocumented binaries that heavily restrict reverse-engineering or modding efforts.
To actually see or use the contents of a retro .PI graphic, you must convert it to a universally supported format. For fast web sharing, convert to WebP. For lossless archiving or editing, convert to PNG. For game data exploration, pack it into a ZIP. Drag and drop your file to analyze and convert it - free, online, and without installing software.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your PI file.
Users also converted JPG, JPEG, MRS, FEN, ANIMATION and PHP files.
If you want to convert PI file to PHP, WEBP or CUR, you can use PC-98 Emulators or similar software from the "Retro Game Graphics Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert RAW, PNG, AI, NEF, PSB, DNG, SVG, GIF, EPS, JPG, ARW or PDF files to PI, try PC-98 Emulators or another comparable tool in the "Retro Game Graphics Storage" category.
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 PI converter.