The Unused FFVII Field Files - help

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I have been searching through the FFVII files (specifically, I have been comparing FFVII-j and FFVII-i) and found these files which I can't read via programs like Loveless, Makou Reactor or any other field file viewer. I am more than interested in uncovering what secrets these files hold but I have no programming skills to dig into it. Anyone up to the task?

Here is a list of what I found (ignoring unused fields which can already be read via Loveless). All have BSX, DAT and MIM files.

BLACKBGF
BLACKBGG
BLIN69_2
CONVIL_3
DUMMY  (DAT file is 5094 bytes smaller in FFVII-i than in FFVII-j)
FSHIP_26
HYOU14
JUNMON
M_ENDO
ONNA_1
ONNA_3
ONNA_6
PASS
Q_5
SUBIN_4
TRAP
WHITEBG1  (DAT file 9669 bytes smaller in FFVII-i than in FFVII-j)
WHITEBG2  (DAT file 6847 bytes smaller --||-- )
XMVTES   (DAT file 3040 bytes smaller --||-- )


What I already know:

I know that TRAP, XMVTES (and the change in FALLP from FFVII-j to FFVII-i) was mentioned in this topic:
https://www.ff7catalog.com/]

I know that Onna_1, 3 and 6 can be entered in FFVII-j using cheats.

I also know that either BLACKBGF or BLACKBGG (not sure which) can be visited in FFVII-j.

Either whitebg1 or whitebg2 stands for this screen, also possible to find in FFVII-j.

But what about ripping the script from the DAT files? Or viewing the MIM files? Even if the files are incomplete, like the TRAP .MIM file, I want to view them. Surely I can't be alone to want to figure out what the fifth Gelnika room, Q5, holds.
 
But what about ripping the script from the DAT files?
You can use Makou Reactor for that, try "File -> Open Field Dir (PS)". With this menu you can open dat files in a directory.
 
Thanks Myst6re for linking me to the MIM file structure.
http://wiki.qhimm.com/FF7/Field/MIMfile

However this is, yet again, something I cannot use. Anyone up to trying this structure out and see if they can retrieve an image from any of the files I listed above?
 
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