Is it possible to extract rom graphics?

[Regor]

Is there a utility that can grab graphics from the rom data files?

[grueinthebox]

There's this program called MAME that can be used to generate graphics based on ROM files... 

Seriously, though - unsure what you're trying to do, but your best bet is probably going to be to use screenshots from MAME.  ROM images (at least arcade ROM images) are not standardized enough that sprite data and the like could be easily extracted - any given game's going to have it stored in a different ROM, memory location, etc.  A program designed to extract graphics from an arcade ROM would have to be programmed separately for every game (or few games) out there - it would be a programming project on par with MAME itself.

But I could just be talking out of my arse...

[Regor]

I downloaded a program called Rom Graphics Cracker but it only worked for some console roms not MAME. In future front end design I want to use more graphics from actual games. For example the Street Fighter backgrounds. I can always screenshot them and piece them together but was hoping someone more brilliant than me made it easy with an app.

[RayB]

The problem with apps like that is they usually have to be coded for the specific game, due to the different ways different games store and display graphics. I have one for GnG for example. It will only work for GnG.