Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your Z64 file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert Z64 to another file type
To convert your Z64 file to another format, you need Project64 or other Game software.
Convert a file to Z64
To convert other file formats to the "ROM Image" file type, you need software like Project64 or a similar tool.
About Z64 files
A .z64 file is a binary ROM image of a Nintendo 64 video game cartridge, specifically dumped in Big-endian byte order. This format mirrors the native memory structure of the N64 console, making it the preferred format for high-accuracy emulators. However, users frequently encounter compatibility issues because different dumping hardware (like the Mr. Backup Z64) and flashcarts (like EverDrive) require specific byte orderings. A file that works in Project64 might fail to load on hardware or other emulators like Mupen64Plus if the expected format is v64 (Byte-swapped) or n64 (Little-endian). Furthermore, uncompressed .z64 files can be large (up to 64MB), taking up unnecessary space. To ensure universal playability across emulators and flashcarts, users often need to convert .z64 files to v64 via byte-swapping or compress them into zip or 7z archives for storage.
Convert.Guru analyzes your Z64 file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert Z64 file to N64, WAD, ISO, ZIP, EXE, BIN, CUE, PAK, PK3, PK4, BSP or MAP, you can use Project64 or similar software from the "N64 Game ROM" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to Z64, try Project64 or another comparable tool in the "N64 Game ROM" category.
The Z64 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 Z64 converter.