how to extract sound effects from a game?

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

for a while now, i planned on making neat little video of the epic battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron, - but with the music and sound effect from an ancient fighting game called One Must Fall 2097.

finding the music is very easy, but how do i get the sound effects? is there a place i can find it online, or is there a way to get them from the game's files?

any help will be appriciated

[JolyJew СлаваУкраине]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Do you have permission to use the sounds?

:qr:

the game is abandonware, so im pretty sure i do.
not to mention i have no intent to monetize the video

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Jolly Jew:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Do you have permission to use the sounds?

:qr:

the game is abandonware, so im pretty sure i do.
not to mention i have no intent to monetize the video

OK, let's just make one thing clear: "abandonware" is a term invented as an excuse to pirate a game. Legally, "abandonware" doesn't exist.

Ripping stuff from games isn't a predefined step-by-step process. You might be lucky and find the effect samples in neat, usable audio files. Or they might be built into someting that you can't use at all, unless you start debugging the game to find out where the audio comes from, and then extract it into a more useful form.

[Washell]

They did declare the game to be freeware(*), but that's a different legal status than "sure, rip any part you like from it".

Anyway, worst comes to worst, your video (and labor and love you put into it) gets taken down or monetized by the rights holder, either the one for the sounds effects and music, or the one owning Transformers and their voices.

https://web.archive.org/web/20040919025630/http://omf.com/diversions/index.html