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.gb/.gbc converter tool to text game boy file extension (.tgb)
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# gb2tgb by SergioFLS | |
# made for https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/60460/?page=1 | |
# NOTE: this was only tested on Python 3.6.5. 3.x versions might work, but probably 2.x won't. | |
''' | |
links that helped me: | |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3964245/convert-file-to-hex-string-python | |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/606191/convert-bytes-to-a-string | |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23766383/python-error-typeerror-function-takes-exactly-1-argument-5-given | |
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9210525/how-do-i-convert-hex-to-decimal-in-python | |
http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/files/reading-and-writing-files-in-python | |
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/34791164/ (the shoo**'s comment) | |
''' | |
import binascii | |
print("gb2tgb by SergioFLS\nInsert file name:") | |
filename = input() | |
out = open("output.tgb","w") | |
with open(filename, 'rb') as f: | |
content = f.read() | |
romfile = binascii.hexlify(content) | |
romfile_dec = romfile.decode("utf-8") | |
i1 = 0 | |
for i in range(0,len(romfile_dec)//2): | |
romchar = romfile_dec[i1] + romfile_dec[i1+1] | |
out.write(str(int(romchar,16)) + "\n") | |
i1+=2 | |
print("ROM converted sucessfully") |
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