smd to bin converter?

fuel925 · Post by **fuel925** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:03 am

I have a bunch of smd files, which need to be converted to bin so they can work in the emulator. I have searched this forum but no luck, also I have searched the web but often the links to converters arent working. I found one converter but it needs to be done at a dos prompt with only one file at a time, and u need to type the filenames each time.. is there a quick way of converting smd files to bin files?

cheers

Digital Chaos · Post by **Digital Chaos** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 10:44 am

Well all LEGAL Genesis emulators for the DC can play both smd and bin games. The only one that requires conversion is the naught emulator which we like not to talk about.

ethoscapade · Post by **ethoscapade** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:27 am

*looks the other way*

i had a hell of a time trying to find a program for that, and eventually gave up, and got roms from a different source...

i for one certainly don't know what you'd need to convert them for, but hit that AIM button there at the bottom of my post and maybe we will talk.

Post by **Christuserloeser** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:24 pm

GROM is the prog you'll need

DLM · Post by **DLM** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:16 pm

http://www.powernet.net/~trzy/files/grom.zip
You've got to use it from a commandline, I cant remember what the exact syntax is though...
Also, after you convert all of your roms, type ren *.smd *.bin just in case there are some valid bin file masquerading as bins

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:22 pm

Many Genesis emulators prefer titles to be in BIN format to SMD, and vice versa. Sometimes it can even be game specific, for no apparent reason. Some of the less popular PC emulators required ROMs to be in the BIN format in their earlier versions, as well as some that have now overcome such problems.

That said, I couldn't blame you for being suspicious

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