What are .bin files for?

Death · Post by **Death** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:51 pm

Oh ya, I never thought about the game backup purpose. Ya, that would make sense. I guess if you wanted to extract nintendo images from the rom...that's another use for them.

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Pyr-O-Rgasm · Post by **Pyr-O-Rgasm** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 9:03 pm

I do own Sonic The Hedgehog, so me asking for the rom IS legal.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:28 pm

Interesting I like a paddle better, I tried playing mario with the keyboard, I found it very hard to get past the first level.

I should try to beat it all like that, for a new challenge. I guess we all have our ways of controlling. It's sort of on the back of my mind to go out and buy a USB paddle to play mario again. Good old classics.

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sintekk · Post by **sintekk** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:17 pm

Alternatively, you could just open up the .cue file in a cd drive emulating program (alcohol 52%)

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upload420 · Post by **upload420** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:10 pm

ok i just want to tell you guys that if you have any ? about .bin files i am very very familiar with them and you don't have to burn them. The best way to open them and put them into an installable format would be to get a program called ISO buster or even WinRaR. I am a very large users of the .bin files and have never had to burn them onto a cd to get them to work. you can install a game on you harddrive directily from you hard drive. They tend to take up alot of space but that is why i carry 2 120GB hard drives And yeah .bin files are actually a little bigger than the files you extract from the .bin files. I have around 10 games on my pc that were originally .bin but i put them into there installable format and i just keep them on my harddrive even if there are not installed

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upload420 · Post by **upload420** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 2:16 pm

If anyone has ? or needs software used for .bin files just email me and i will be sure to do my best to solve them sean_forste420@hotmail.com

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Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:50 pm

Hello everyday, I would appreciate very much if someone can help me because after reading the contents and the comments, I am still confused. See like anyone and everyone here, I have downloaded a game bit torrent and it's rar file. So I extracted the files inside and there is no .exe files but only .bin file (768MB) and .cue file (235 bytes). My PC tells me that the type of files is VLC media player but I don't understand how to use the 2 files. Even when I played the files using a VLC player, nothing happened. So what should I do?

EDIT: Uhhh, I have read the .bin files need to be burned into CD to install the game but since mine is 768MB, how can I burn it in a disc? Also there is mention of emulator to run the files without burning to disc. Can recomemd any emulator or elaborate more on how to execute the files without burning?

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:59 pm

mdfmds are commonly used in Alcohol 120%. Similar to the Bincue format, it uses a large mdf file which contains the cd data and a small mds file that describes how that data should be read.

The reason the game won't work when you extract the files to your hard drive is because the game wasn't meant to work that way. I would suggest either (a) get daemon tools which will create a virtual drive you can load the mdsmdf files with or (B) get Alcohol 120% and burn the images to cds.

*cough* and I'm assuming this is a backup copy of a game you own, as this isn't a warez forum.

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:12 am

I know this dan person is probably long gone by this point, but if you're not even going to make an attempt to learn this stuff on you're own, you really shouldn't be messing around with it. This guy obviously didn't even bother reading the article+thread.

That kind of crap annoys me to no end. Not only do they want something for nothing, they want tech support as well. Secondly, it goes along with a gneral rule that you shouldn't be downloading that kind of stuff without a certain basic level of computer knowledge. Those p2p networks are breeding grounds for all sorts of malicious software and scam artists, if you don't know what you're doing, you're just signing your own pc's death warrent, not to mention your bank account.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:49 am

Yeah I can't stand how people use p2p networks unresponsbly and wonder why their computer is infested with crap.

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Red Squirrel · Post by **Red Squirrel** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:55 am

It's probably propiatary to the game, so when you open the game exe it opens the bin files as needed. Probably used to store textures and stuff.

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:46 am

Wait. Was that an MPAA ip I just saw browsing this post?

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manadren_it · Post by **manadren_it** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:23 pm

I satnd by my comment. But anyway, saying "alcohol 120% didnt want to put them on cd for some reason", doesn't really tell me much. It could be a corrupt image, it could be a missing cue file, it could be you don't know what you downloaded, or it could be that you don't know how to use alcohol 120%. There's really no way for me to know. All I'll say for now is that I've burned Bin files without cues with CloneCD before. If you want anything else, I need some more info. Like what is it supposed to be? How big is the file? Did it come with a cueccdmds? Have you tried writng a cue file? Can you tell why alcohol won't burn it? etc.

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Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 7:53 am

Bin files and cue files can be burned by using burning tools such as nero or daemon tools

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Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:47 pm

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