Play HES files in your browser
The music of PC Engine and TurboGrafx-16 games, ripped with the code that plays it. Play an HES right here and save its songs as MP3. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
A file of many songs opens like a folder of them, and the one you pick plays at once, then fades. A file of one song plays the moment it opens.
- Its songs listed like a folder • Names from the file
- Its whole waveform • Half, 1.5× or double speed
- Show tags • Game, composer, system and voices
- Export • Save a song as MP3 or WAV
About HES
An HES holds a PC Engine game's music as the console played it: the game's code and data from the HuCard, with the sound driver where it ran. It's how the soundtracks of NEC's console, the TurboGrafx-16 in America, are kept.
Playing one runs the console's HuC6280 processor, which drives its six voices of 32 sample waves, two of which can play noise. An HES doesn't say how many songs it has, so a player tries each number in turn.
Filepeek runs it in its own build of Game_Music_Emu inside your browser, finds the songs that make a sound and lists them like a folder. The one you pick plays at once, then fades, and Export saves it as MP3 or WAV.
PC Engine sound file
.hes
Format
- MIME type
- audio/x-hes
- Made by
- PC Engine music rippers
Inside the file
- Holds
- A HuCard's code and data
- Voices
- 6 waves, 2 with noise
- Songs
- Not counted in the file
- Lengths
- Not in the file
Opens in every browser
Filepeek plays HES files in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. No browser plays them by itself.
- YouChromePlays through Filepeek
- YouEdgePlays through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxPlays through Filepeek
- YouSafariPlays through Filepeek
Apps that open HES
- Windowsfoobar2000 with foo_gep, and VLC
- MacVLC
- iPhone and iPadModizer
- AndroidZXTune
Questions
How do I play an HES file?
Drop it on this page or choose Peek an HES. Its songs are found and listed like a folder, and the one you pick plays right away.
Why does an HES take a moment to list its songs?
An HES doesn't say how many songs it holds, so Filepeek plays each number in turn to find those that make a sound.
How long does each song play?
An HES doesn't say how long its songs are, so each plays for up to 2 minutes 30 seconds and stops where it falls silent, then fades.
Does it play the music of PC Engine CD games?
Only what the console's own chip plays. CD games mostly played their music from the disc as CD audio, which an HES doesn't hold.