diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 94e08012a3..c165933626 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ test.txt: CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -Wab,-r4300_mul
 CC := $(QEMU_IRIX) -L $(IRIX_71_ROOT) $(IRIX_71_ROOT)/usr/bin/cc
 
 test.txt: CC := python3 preprocess.py $(CC) -- $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) --
-build/src/boot_O2_g3/%: CC := python3 preprocess.py $(CC) -- $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) --
-build/src/code/%: CC := python3 preprocess.py $(CC) -- $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) --
+build/src/boot_O2_g3/%: CC := python3 ./tools/preprocess.py $(CC) -- $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) --
+build/src/code/%: CC := python3 ./tools/preprocess.py $(CC) -- $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) --
 
 BASEROM_FILES := $(wildcard baserom/*)
 # Exclude dmadata, it will be generated right before packing the rom
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ C_FILES := $(wildcard src/libultra/*) \
            $(wildcard src/boot_O2_g3/*) \
            $(wildcard src/boot_O1/*)
 C_O_FILES = $(C_FILES:src/%.c=build/src/%.o)
-ROM_FILES := $(shell cat makerom_files.txt)
+ROM_FILES := $(shell cat ./tables/makerom_files.txt)
 
 
 ROM := rom.z64
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ check: $(ROM)
 	@md5sum -c checksum.md5
 
 $(ROM): $(ROM_FILES)
-	@python3 makerom.py
+	@python3 ./tools/makerom.py ./tables/makerom_files.txt $@
 
 boot.bin: code.elf
 	$(MIPS_BINUTILS)objcopy --dump-section boot=$@ $<
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ build/baserom/boot: boot.bin
 	cp $< $@
 
 build/comp/code.yaz0: code.bin
-	python3 yaz0.py -i $< -o $@
+	python3 ./tools/yaz0.py $< $@
 
 disasm:
 	@python3 ./tools/disasm.py -d ./asm -e ./include -u . -l ./tables/files.py -f ./tables/functions.py -o ./tables/objects.py -v ./tables/variables.py
@@ -122,5 +122,5 @@ build/src/%.o: src/%.c include/*
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(MIPS_VERSION) $(OPTIMIZATION) -Iinclude -o $@ $<
 
 build/comp/%.yaz0: decomp/%
-	python3 yaz0.py -i $< -o $@
+	python3 ./tools/yaz0.py $< $@
 
diff --git a/makerom.py b/makerom.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f85bd5142..0000000000
--- a/makerom.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import struct
-import sys
-
-FILENAME = 'makerom_files.txt'
-OUT = 'rom.z64'
-
-def read_uint32_be(offset):
-    return struct.unpack('>I', fileData[offset:offset+4])[0]
-
-def read_uint16_be(offset):
-    return struct.unpack('>H', fileData[offset:offset+2])[0]
-
-with open(OUT, 'wb') as w, open(FILENAME, 'rt') as f:
-    file_name = f.readline().strip()
-    total_size = 0
-
-    while file_name:
-        try:
-            with open(file_name, 'rb') as current_file:
-                file_data = current_file.read()
-                w.write(file_data)
-                total_size += len(file_data)
-        except:
-            print('Could not open file ' + file_name)
-            sys.exit(1)
-        file_name = f.readline().strip()
-
-    while total_size < 0x2000000:
-        w.write((total_size % 256).to_bytes(1,"big"))
-        total_size += 1
-
diff --git a/makerom_files.txt b/tables/makerom_files.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from makerom_files.txt
rename to tables/makerom_files.txt
diff --git a/extract_textures.py b/tools/extract_textures.py
similarity index 100%
rename from extract_textures.py
rename to tools/extract_textures.py
diff --git a/tools/makerom.py b/tools/makerom.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ca04d8fd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/makerom.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import os, struct, sys, ast, argparse
+
+def read_uint32_be(offset):
+    return struct.unpack('>I', fileData[offset:offset+4])[0]
+
+def read_uint16_be(offset):
+    return struct.unpack('>H', fileData[offset:offset+2])[0]
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('files', help='file list')
+    parser.add_argument('out', help='output file')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    with open(args.out, 'wb') as w, open(args.files, 'rt') as f:
+        file_name = f.readline().strip()
+        total_size = 0
+
+        while file_name:
+            try:
+                with open(file_name, 'rb') as current_file:
+                    file_data = current_file.read()
+                    w.write(file_data)
+                    total_size += len(file_data)
+            except:
+                print('Could not open file ' + file_name)
+                sys.exit(1)
+            file_name = f.readline().strip()
+
+        while total_size < 0x2000000:
+            w.write((total_size % 256).to_bytes(1,"big"))
+            total_size += 1
+
diff --git a/tools/parse_actor_init.py b/tools/parse_actor_init.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae9e7578d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/parse_actor_init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# TODO generalize
+
+data = [
+    0xC8580005,
+    0xB874FE0C,
+    0x801F0002,
+    0x30540FA0
+]
+
+last_continue = True
+for entry in data:
+    if not last_continue:
+        print('Error: entries after entry without continue bit')
+
+    value = entry & 0xFFFF
+    offset = (entry >> 16) & 0x7FF
+    type = (entry >> 27) & 0xF
+    _continue = (entry >> 31) & 0x1
+
+    # convert to signed short
+    if value >= 0x8000:
+        value -= 0x10000
+
+    # TODO which ones are signed?
+    print('0x{:X}: '.format(offset), end='')
+    if type == 0:
+        print('char {}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 1:
+        print('char {}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 2:
+        print('short {}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 3:
+        print('short {}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 4:
+        print('int {}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 5:
+        print('int {}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 6:
+        print('float {:f}'.format(value))
+    elif type == 7:
+        print('float {:f}'.format(value / 1000))
+    elif type == 8:
+        print('Vector3f ({0:f}, {0:f}, {0:f})'.format(value))
+    elif type == 9:
+        value /= 1000
+        print('Vector3f ({0:f}, {0:f}, {0:f})'.format(value))
+    elif type == 10:
+        print('Vector3f ({0}, {0}, {0})'.format(value))
+    else:
+        print('Error: invalid type ' + str(value))
+
+    if not _continue:
+        print('END')
+
+    last_continue = _continue
+
diff --git a/preprocess.py b/tools/preprocess.py
similarity index 100%
rename from preprocess.py
rename to tools/preprocess.py
diff --git a/print_mdebug.py b/tools/print_mdebug.py
similarity index 100%
rename from print_mdebug.py
rename to tools/print_mdebug.py
diff --git a/yaz0.py b/tools/yaz0.py
similarity index 88%
rename from yaz0.py
rename to tools/yaz0.py
index 8b2c31756c..ef72ae46cc 100644
--- a/yaz0.py
+++ b/tools/yaz0.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import os
-import sys
-import getopt
+import os, sys, argparse
 
 def read_file(name):
     file_data=[]
@@ -162,30 +160,20 @@ def yaz0_compress(input):
 
 
 def main(argv):
-    inputfile = ''
-    outputfile = ''
-    decompress = False
-    try:
-        opts, args = getopt.getopt(argv, 'i:o:d')
-    except getopt.GetoptError:
-        print('getopt Error') # todo errors
-        sys.exit(2)
-    for opt, arg in opts:
-        if opt == '-i':
-            inputfile = arg
-        elif opt == '-o':
-            outputfile = arg
-        elif opt == '-d':
-            decompress = True
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('input', help='input file')
+    parser.add_argument('output', help='output file')
+    parser.add_argument('-d', '--decompress', help='decompress file, otherwise compress it', action='store_true', default=False)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    input_data = read_file(inputfile)
+    input_data = read_file(args.input)
 
-    if decompress:
+    if args.decompress:
         output_data = yaz0_decompress(input_data)
     else:
         output_data = yaz0_compress(input_data)
 
-    write_file(outputfile, output_data)
+    write_file(args.output, output_data)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":