Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your ZTD file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert ZTD to another file type
To convert ZTD Data archives to another format, you need Zoo Tycoon or other Game software.
Convert a file to ZTD
To convert other file formats to the "Game Data Archive" file type, you need software like Zoo Tycoon or a similar tool.
About ZTD files
The .ZTD file extension is primarily used as a Zoo Tycoon Data Archive for the classic simulation game Zoo Tycoon developed by Blue Fang Games and published by Microsoft. It is also used by Milestone S.r.l. for racing titles like MotoGP 20 and SBK2011 to store game assets such as textures, models, and audio. Players and modders frequently need to open these files to extract content, alter configurations, or install custom mods. The main disadvantage of the .ZTD format is that it acts as a closed, proprietary game asset container, which is opaque to standard operating systems and prevents users from directly viewing the contents. Fortunately, Zoo Tycoon .ZTD files are actually unencrypted ZIP archives in disguise. To extract them, your best conversion target is a standard ZIP file. You can simply rename the extension to ZIP and open it with standard archive utilities like 7-Zip or WinRAR, with zero data loss. However, .ZTD files used in Milestone games use a different, proprietary packaging method that requires specialized modding tools. Standard online document converters fail to process .ZTD files because they do not recognize the game-specific extension. We can inspect the file and show internal content. If our analysis detects a supported underlying ZIP format, viewing or extracting its contents is instantly available.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ZTD file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert ZTD file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Zoo Tycoon or similar software from the "Game Asset Data Archive" 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 ZTD, try Zoo Tycoon or another comparable tool in the "Game Asset Data Archive" category.
The ZTD 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 ZTD converter.