NES Tiles Reaper - Page 1

I know this application is not directly related to the TI-68k but I made it for those who want to directly take 8x8 tiles from the original rom.


To download it : http://www.godzil.net/projets/tines/win32/nestilereaper.zip

It wont work on some cartridge because they don't have separated tiles ROM and they are stored directly in the ASM code.

-- How to use

Two way :

- Open a DOS command box: go to the directory of the executable and the rom and type

"nestilereaper rom.nes"

- Drag'n'drop a .nes file on the executable icon within the explorer

it will generate a bunch of bmp with name like 'rom.nes-bank00-tile00.bmp'
Each bitmap are 8x8x256 color bitmap, anyway, each tiles are only 4 colors (White, Light gray, Dark gray, black) since the NES can only have 4 colors tiles


I can compile Unix/Linux and MacOS X version of you want, and I can change the output if someone ask for it.

PS: be carful it can generate MB of tiles, for examples European version of Kirby's Adventure generate 64MB of tiles

I would be interessed by a linux version.

Ok I will try to make a static linux version (static, to avoid libc problem)

very interesting, I'll have a look on it asap

How about a 'gbatilesreaper' ?

for many reason

1 -> I don't known the .GBA file format
2 -> GBA seem to use tiles integrated into the code
3 -> I don't actualy work with GBA

so if you want to do that, make it yourself !


PS:
Another thing about this soft, it extract tiles in a dumb way. It some tiles a more than 1 time in the rom file, it will extract it. For removing repetead tiles you can use any software which can tel you if a files is present 1 or more times. That was not the goal of my soft

gozdil> do you still plan the linux release?

Yes

sorry I forgot to do it :/

!slap Gozilu
• Godzil slaps Gozilu around a bit with a large trout !

but a lot of sprites are componed, right ? is there a way to merge them to rip bigger sprites ?

It's not possible since we can't know which one need to be with another...

Is there an usual order for the parts of the splited sprite? If there is, it would be nice to implement it.

There is only one special mode, the 16x8 sprites, but, there is no way to known if this mode is used when reading the tiles, since this is only done via software configuration of the NES hardware.

I should add an option for exporting 16x8 sprites, but a lots of them will be incorrect...

I have found an NES tile-ripper/editor which allows for many different sized sprite configurations and also allows you to view them in a window. It's called yy-chr and it also supports the GB, Neo Geo Pocket, Virtual Boy, GB Advance, SNES, Wonderswan, and some other platforms. It's pretty easy to use and stores the tiles into .bmp files.

If you're interested, you can get it at http://www.briansemu.com/yymarioed/

Godzil, I don't mean to take anything away from your tile ripper; I've just found this one to be very helpful.

With yy-chr you can even rip sprites from .89z files.

Fisch2 :
I have found an NES tile-ripper/editor which allows for many different sized sprite configurations and also allows you to view them in a window. It's called yy-chr and it also supports the GB, Neo Geo Pocket, Virtual Boy, GB Advance, SNES, Wonderswan, and some other platforms. It's pretty easy to use and stores the tiles into .bmp files.

If you're interested, you can get it at http://www.briansemu.com/yymarioed/

Godzil, I don't mean to take anything away from your tile ripper; I've just found this one to be very helpful.

There are anyway lots of difference beetween a ripper like yy-chr (and many other like it) and my ripper. My ripper automagicaly extract tiles without any assistances (for compatible nes rom) it doesn't work like yy-chr who need human assistance to find/extract tiles (and for NES cart wihtout vrom banks, it's the only way)

I don't want to say nestileripper is better, just to say that it use the fact that on most cartridge, tiles are stored in a known manner. yy-char use a "dumber" (lookin on all the file) way to extract, be it is the only way for some titles.

reaper != ripper

Well, reaper is a tool for collection or gathering grain/corn/whatever, so I guess it could be used here

^^

I'll correct ^^