Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your TZX file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert TZX to another file type
To convert your TZX file to another format, you need Fuse Emulator or other Game software.
Convert a file to TZX
To convert other file formats to the "Tape Image" file type, you need software like Fuse Emulator or a similar tool.
About TZX files
The .tzx extension primarily denotes a ZX Spectrum Tape Image, a preservation-grade format designed to replicate the exact magnetic pulse patterns of original cassette tapes. Unlike the simpler TAP format, which only stores standard data blocks, a .tzx file captures 'turbo' loaders, custom copy-protection schemes, and silence gaps, making it essential for archivists and users of high-fidelity emulators like Fuse. However, this complexity means .tzx files are often incompatible with basic media players or lightweight web emulators and cannot be played as audio without conversion. To load these games onto real hardware, users typically convert them to WAV or MP3. Alternatively, in the marine navigation industry, a .tzx file is a TimeZero Data Exchange archive. These are proprietary, compressed packages used to transfer tracks, routes, and marks between TimeZero software instances. While efficient for syncing, they are locked to the ecosystem; users often need to convert them to GPX or KML to share navigation data with other GPS devices or mapping tools.
Convert.Guru analyzes your TZX file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert TZX file to TAP, WAV, Z80, ISO, IMG, DMG, VHD, VMDK, VDI, HDD, QCOW or QCOW2, you can use Fuse Emulator or similar software from the "Retro Game 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 TZX, try Fuse Emulator or another comparable tool in the "Retro Game Emulation" category.
The TZX 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 TZX converter.