ROM Converter

Extract text from ROM files

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Drop or upload your .ROM file

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How to extract text from your ROM file

Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ROM file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert ROM to another file type

To convert your ROM file to another format, you need NVIDIA NVFlash or other System software.

Convert a file to ROM

To convert other file formats to the "Firmware Image / Game ROM" file type, you need software like NVIDIA NVFlash or a similar tool.

About ROM files

A .rom file is a raw digital copy of data originally stored on a physical Read-Only Memory chip. This format serves two primary, distinct purposes. First, it is widely used in hardware maintenance as firmware images for updating the BIOS/UEFI of motherboards (e.g., ASUS) or graphics cards (e.g., NVIDIA). Second, it is the standard format for retro gaming, containing the code dumped from cartridges (like Nintendo 64 or MSX) to be played on PC-based emulators.

The main challenge with .rom files is that they are raw binary blobs not designed for direct viewing. Trying to open a firmware .rom in a text editor results in gibberish, and flashing the wrong file can permanently damage ('brick') hardware. Furthermore, emulator files are often proprietary dumps that require specific software engines to run. Users frequently need to convert these files to fix compatibility issues or extract data:

For Hardware/Firmware: Convert or rename .rom to bin or hex for compatibility with specific flasher tools. Tools like UEFITool can also extract specific modules from the image.
For Emulation: Convert generic .rom files to emulator-specific formats like z64, n64, or iso to ensure the game loads correctly in software like Project64 or MAME.
For Archiving: Compression is key; converting to zip or 7z is standard practice to save space on large ROM collections.

Convert.Guru analyzes your ROM file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted ZIP, 7Z, ISO, BIN, GBA, GB, N64, NDS, RAR, U7, Z64, 60 and CHD files.

FAQ

If you want to convert ROM file to CIA, ISO, BIN, CHD, ZIP, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD or QCOW, you can use NVIDIA NVFlash or similar software from the "Hardware Firmware & Emulation" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert VFD, DMG, OVA, IMA, VBOX, ADF, PVS, VHD, OVF, ISO, DSK or IMG files to ROM, try NVIDIA NVFlash or another comparable tool in the "Hardware Firmware & Emulation" category.

The ROM 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 ROM converter.