What's the best tool to use to for extracting music & SFX files from NES, SNES, & Genesis roms?

[Bigbossman1202]

Hi,

What is the best tool to use to extract music & sound effects from most of the cartridge roms? I've tried using some of the tools listed in Romhacking.net, but haven't had any luck getting them to work properly.

 

[Estein]

Have you tried OpenMPT?

 

[EntUSER]

There's a good and detailed guide listed on fantasyanime.com on extracting game music, though it might not have the tools you're looking for, since it talks about downloading already extracted music files and not extracting from your own roms.

Extracted Game Music | Learn how to play it and more

SPC, RSN, VGM, PSF, USF, GBS... extracted game music! Learn about it, how to play it, convert it to MP3, and more.

fantasyanime.com

Post automatically merged: Dec 17, 2024

Hi,

What is the best tool to use to extract music & sound effects from most of the cartridge roms? I've tried using some of the tools listed in Romhacking.net, but haven't had any luck getting them to work properly.

There are also some utilities for extracting audio at Zophar's Domain.

Audio Rippers Utilities - Zophar's Domain

www.zophar.net

Audio Converters Utilities - Zophar's Domain

www.zophar.net

ExactAudioCopy allows for ripping from many CDS and DVDS, including ones for games.

Exact Audio Copy

Exact Audio Copy is a so called audio grabber for CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. The main differences

www.exactaudiocopy.de

gbgbs allows for extracting game boy and game boy color sound files.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ud59bn0hdwqe2tb/gbgbs_v10.7z

Kega Fusion can rip sound files for the Sega series of systems.

Kega Fusion - Sega Genesis Emulator

Kega Fusion is a Sega emulator designed specifically for the Sega Genesis gaming console, which was known as the Mega Drive in regions outside of North America.

kega-fusion.com

N64 Tools can extract music files from N64 roms

GitHub - jombo23/N64-Tools: N64 Tools

N64 Tools. Contribute to jombo23/N64-Tools development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

And vgmtrans can rip sound files for a myriad of systems, though not in their native formats.

GitHub - vgmtrans/vgmtrans: VGMTrans - a tool to convert proprietary, sequenced videogame music to industry-standard formats

VGMTrans - a tool to convert proprietary, sequenced videogame music to industry-standard formats - vgmtrans/vgmtrans

github.com

NDSHeader can give sdat files from DS roms.

NDS Header Tool 2 - View Info on NDS Roms

NDS Header Tool 2 allows you to view information on Nintendo DS (NDS) roms. The NDS rom info NDS Header Tool 2 allows you to view is as follows:...

digiex.net

3DS music dumping is more complicated, and requires more hardware as far as I know, but can still be done.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/an-easy-way-to-extract-music-and-other-stuff-from-3ds-games.410231/

Here is a large source of PSF audio files.

Index of /

VGMToolbox can dump and extract sound files for roms in their native formats as well, using it with sdat files can give 2sf or nds audio files.

GitHub - Manicsteiner/VGMToolbox: VGMToolbox is a C# based tool to assist VGM collectors and dumpers. It includes tools to extract, optimize, and build VGM formats as well as auditing and exploration utilities. [GBS, KSS, MDX, NSF(E), SID, S98, SPC,

VGMToolbox is a C# based tool to assist VGM collectors and dumpers. It includes tools to extract, optimize, and build VGM formats as well as auditing and exploration utilities. [GBS, KSS, MDX, NSF(...

github.com

You can get a more thorough guide to video game music and its formats here, as well as good tools to extract some formats, which will be recognizable through comparing the formats to Zophar's Domain as well as fantasyanimes description of music formats.

Category:Formats - Video Game Music Preservation Foundation Wiki

www.vgmpf.com

If there's anything else you need, feel free to ask.

 

[Estein]

There's a good and detailed guide listed on fantasyanime.com on extracting game music, though it might not have the tools you're looking for, since it talks about downloading already extracted music files and not extracting from your own roms.

Extracted Game Music | Learn how to play it and more

SPC, RSN, VGM, PSF, USF, GBS... extracted game music! Learn about it, how to play it, convert it to MP3, and more.

fantasyanime.com

Post automatically merged: Dec 17, 2024

There are also some utilities for extracting audio at Zophar's Domain.

Audio Rippers Utilities - Zophar's Domain

www.zophar.net

Audio Converters Utilities - Zophar's Domain

www.zophar.net

ExactAudioCopy allows for ripping from many CDS and DVDS, including ones for games.

Exact Audio Copy

Exact Audio Copy is a so called audio grabber for CDs using standard CD and DVD-ROM drives. The main differences

www.exactaudiocopy.de

gbgbs allows for extracting game boy and game boy color sound files.

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ud59bn0hdwqe2tb/gbgbs_v10.7z

Kega Fusion can rip sound files for the Sega series of systems.

Kega Fusion - Sega Genesis Emulator

Kega Fusion is a Sega emulator designed specifically for the Sega Genesis gaming console, which was known as the Mega Drive in regions outside of North America.

kega-fusion.com

N64 Tools can extract music files from N64 roms

GitHub - jombo23/N64-Tools: N64 Tools

N64 Tools. Contribute to jombo23/N64-Tools development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

And vgmtrans can rip sound files for a myriad of systems, though not in their native formats.

GitHub - vgmtrans/vgmtrans: VGMTrans - a tool to convert proprietary, sequenced videogame music to industry-standard formats

VGMTrans - a tool to convert proprietary, sequenced videogame music to industry-standard formats - vgmtrans/vgmtrans

github.com

NDSHeader can give sdat files from DS roms.

NDS Header Tool 2 - View Info on NDS Roms

NDS Header Tool 2 allows you to view information on Nintendo DS (NDS) roms. The NDS rom info NDS Header Tool 2 allows you to view is as follows:...

digiex.net

3DS music dumping is more complicated, and requires more hardware as far as I know, but can still be done.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/an-easy-way-to-extract-music-and-other-stuff-from-3ds-games.410231/

Here is a large source of PSF audio files.

Index of /

VGMToolbox can dump and extract sound files for roms in their native formats as well, using it with sdat files can give 2sf or nds audio files.

GitHub - Manicsteiner/VGMToolbox: VGMToolbox is a C# based tool to assist VGM collectors and dumpers. It includes tools to extract, optimize, and build VGM formats as well as auditing and exploration utilities. [GBS, KSS, MDX, NSF(E), SID, S98, SPC,

VGMToolbox is a C# based tool to assist VGM collectors and dumpers. It includes tools to extract, optimize, and build VGM formats as well as auditing and exploration utilities. [GBS, KSS, MDX, NSF(...

github.com

If there's anything else you need, feel free to ask.

Post automatically merged: Dec 17, 2024

Great tool list,nice job

 

[Zemus]

For a game on any of those systems, we're probably talking proprietary engines, so I wouldn't count on any tools to work across the board. On the plus side, decompilations have been on the rise; do any exist for the game you're trying to hack?