TOS Converter

Extract text from Atari ST executables (TOS)


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

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

Convert TOS to another file type

To convert TOS executables to another format, you need Hatari or other Executable software.

Convert a file to TOS

To convert other file formats to the "System Executable or Save" file type, you need software like Hatari or a similar tool.


About TOS files

The .TOS file is primarily an Atari ST executable program or a Unity game save file. As an Atari ST executable, it contains compiled binary code designed specifically for the Motorola 68000 processor running the Atari TOS (The Operating System). It lacks modern executable headers, making it completely incompatible with Windows, macOS, or Linux without specialized emulation software like Hatari. As a Unity game save file, frequently seen in games like The Escapists 2, it stores serialized player progress data, usually in a proprietary .NET format. You cannot convert an Atari executable into a Windows EXE or a macOS APP due to fundamental CPU architecture differences. Game save files are similarly locked to the specific game logic and cannot be converted to save files for other games. Standard online converters fail because these are closed, system-specific binary formats. Just drag and drop your file to identify the format, view it, and convert it when possible. Our convert.guru analysis engine can inspect the hex data, extract embedded text strings, or identify supported underlying structures.

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

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FAQ

If you want to convert TOS file to , you can use Hatari or similar software from the "Atari Executable or Game Save" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….

To convert files to TOS, try Hatari or another comparable tool in the "Atari Executable or Game Save" category.



The TOS 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 TOS converter.