TBV Converter

Extract text from Game data archives (TBV)


Drop or upload your .TBV file
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How to extract text from your TBV file

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

Convert TBV to another file type

To convert TBV Archives to another format, you need Trilobyte Game Engine or other Game software.

Convert a file to TBV

To convert other file formats to the "Compressed Resource Archive" file type, you need software like Trilobyte Game Engine or a similar tool.


About TBV files

The .TBV file is a proprietary game data resource archive used primarily by legacy Trilobyte Games. These files act as compressed containers (often called TBVolume or RichRayl compressed data files) that store audio, video, graphics, and script assets for classic PC titles. Because this is a highly specific, closed archive format designed exclusively for proprietary game engines from the 1990s, standard extraction software like 7-Zip or WinRAR fails to process it. The format is poorly documented and utilizes a proprietary compression algorithm, making it practically impossible for standard tools to read the contents. Users typically encounter these files when attempting to mod legacy games, extract classic game soundtracks, or port assets to modern interpreters like ScummVM. Converting or extracting a .TBV file is notoriously difficult without specialized community-built extraction scripts. Our analysis tools can inspect the binary header to detect underlying media signatures. If our system detects a supported embedded format within the archive, viewing or extraction may still be possible.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert TBV file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Trilobyte Game Engine or similar software from the "Game Asset Archive" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to TBV, try Trilobyte Game Engine or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Archive" category.



The TBV 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 TBV converter.