Homebrew How do I open .rom and .bin files?

[SkicoNow]

I recently downloaded Tinke so I could look through the files of my DS ROMs, hoping I to view sound files, images, and maybe even some unused content from the game. When I tried opening one particular ROM with Tinke, I found that my ROM stores all of its sound files in a file called "SoundData.rom", but I can't seem to find any way to extract, decompress, or even open the .rom file within Tinke. I also found quite a few .bin files inside the ROM, but I can't seem to open those, either. Does anyone have any tips on how to open these kinds of files? Thanks.

 

[SCOTT0852]

.bin is just plain binary, there might be special tools specifically for that game to open them but don't count on it. It's probably just code.

 

[FAST6191]

.bin is an extension used for any number of formats across computing and the DS. Most then consider it a completely generic extension. Certain ones like arm9.bin, arm7.bin and overlay_????.bin have some more defined roles but other than that you are on your own.


sounddata.rom is odd.
The overwhelming majority of DS games use the sdat sound format, which in most games gets called sound_data.sdat. There are other formats though
https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-various-audio-formats-of-the-ds.305167/
Tinke is pretty good about sdat and its detection methods are good too so it is possible it is another format. Do you have a name of the the game so someone can take a look?

 

[SkicoNow]

@FAST6191 The game I am looking at is called "Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy".