Backup Magic backup set
File type: Backup file
Files with bms file extension can be found as backups from Backup Magic program.
Found 8 different file type records with the same bms filename suffix.
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: January 10, 2018
The bms file extension is mainly related to older backup format used by Backup Magic program (also known as Copiaris) for Microsoft Windows developed by Moon Software.
The bms file stores backup set.
You can recover the data from BMS files using Backup Magic. It is not clear whenever the successor product Copiaris can work with these files.
Software apps that create bms files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that backup bms files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that recover bms files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 2, 2026
The BMS file extension is associated with Beatmania, Konami's music simulator game, which was popular in Japan and released for Sony PlayStation consoles.
The file contains data used by the game rather than a general-purpose audio or document format. It is intended to be read by the Beatmania software or the game environment for which it was created.
Open the file with the Beatmania Music Simulator or the corresponding Beatmania game on compatible Sony PlayStation hardware. It is not normally intended to be opened as a standalone file in a desktop application.
BMS files contain Beatmania game data and do not have a standard conversion to common file formats. They should normally be kept with the game data that uses them.
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: February 22, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The bms file extension is associated with the BeMusic. The bms file contains script used by BeMusic.
The BeMusic seems to be obsolete product without support from developer or producer.
File type category:
Encoded and encrypted file
Date updated: November 29, 2018
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
BIOWRAP encrypted files (.bms) are always protected and can be securely transmitted in any form, including but not limited to: email attachment, CD, DVD, Flash Drive.
All activity (including unauthorized access attempts) associated with BIOWRAP encrypted files are logged in the Writer’s Accountability Report.
BIOWRAP is a patent pending solution that provides guaranteed assurance for the security, authentication and accountability of all electronic information.
BIOWRAP is privacy-driven identity certification and information management tool that utilizes biometric multiple factor authentication to unobtrusively apply a biometric (fingerprint) signature to any electronic file type. Once created a BIOWRAP file cannot be altered and is stamped with a seal of individual’s certified identity, any credentials or company affiliations used to create the BIOWRAP and a date and time stamp. In addition to operating with unparalleled authentication and security for the information, the file creator has access to real-time accountability reports to track all those that have viewed the BIOWRAP file.
Use BIOWRAP to open *.bms security files.
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.
Software applications that can open bms files:
Microsoft Windows
BIOWRAP Writer
BIOWRAP Reader
Software applications that can edit bms files:
Microsoft Windows
BIOWRAP Writer
Software capable of saving bms files:
Microsoft Windows
BIOWRAP Writer
Programs for viewing bms files:
Microsoft Windows
BIOWRAP Writer
BIOWRAP Reader
Software apps that create bms files:
Microsoft Windows
BIOWRAP Writer
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: November 7, 2024
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The bms file extension is associated with the Bitmove Multimedia Markup Language introduced in 2001. File contains Bitmove Multimedia script.
Example:
[screen 1]
Resolution:
.w=1280
.h=800
[screen 2]
Video:
.x=10
.y=10
.w=640
.h=480
.file=movie.mov
.overlay=flowers.png
.times=1
.volume=100
.only_if=#!MOONPHASE#=FULLMOON
[screen 3]
Goto:
.2
This plays a video on the computer screen (set to resolution 1280 x 800) at position 10,10 with a width of 640 and a height of 480 pixels.
The video is overlayed with a transparent image. It only plays when it is full moon. Almost any imaginable graphic tool is implemented, including photoshop-like commands.
Also there are a lot of logical constructions possible, working with variables, audio, camera's, rs232 hardware, etc.
Use source code editor to work with *.bms files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that can open bms files:
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows NotePad
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software applications that can edit bms files:
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows NotePad
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
Software capable of saving bms files:
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows NotePad
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Linux/Unix
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: July 29, 2019
The bms file extension is associated with computer games developed by NovaLogic and based on Voxel Space engine, like Delta Force, Comanche, F-22 Lightning and others.
The bms file stores binary (exported) version of the .mis file.
You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.
These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving bms files:
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The bms file extension is also used for some older animated graphic format called Playback Bitmap Sequence Graphics. Most likely similar to animated GIFs.
The Playback Bitmap Sequence graphic file format seems to be obsolete.
You can view this format using XnView.
Possibly can be exported to other formats.
File type category:
Source code and script file
Date updated: October 9, 2026
QuickBMS is a Microsoft Windows utility developed by Luigi Auriemma for extracting files from computer game archives and other data packages.
A bms file is a plain-text script containing the commands and format definitions that QuickBMS uses to interpret a particular archive or package. Scripts can add support for extracting data from game formats that are not handled by the program itself.
The script is not the archive or the extracted data. It is used together with an appropriate input package and an output location in QuickBMS.
On Microsoft Windows, use QuickBMS to select the bms file as the script and run it with the relevant game archive or data package.
Because a BMS script is plain text, it can also be opened and edited in any text editor. Editing it requires knowledge of the QuickBMS scripting language.
A BMS script is source code, so it does not have a useful standard conversion to another file format. QuickBMS uses the script directly to extract files from a supported archive or data package.
If equivalent support is needed in another tool, the script must be adapted or rewritten manually for that tool.
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