diff --git a/GameRes/Utility.cs b/GameRes/Utility.cs
index e344d42e..d1a37f73 100644
--- a/GameRes/Utility.cs
+++ b/GameRes/Utility.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 //
 
 using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
 
 namespace GameRes.Utility
 {
@@ -83,6 +84,19 @@ namespace GameRes.Utility
                 count -= preceding;
             }
         }
+
+        public static string GetCString (byte[] data, int index, int length_limit, Encoding enc)
+        {
+            int name_length = 0;
+            while (name_length < length_limit && 0 != data[index+name_length])
+                name_length++;
+            return enc.GetString (data, index, name_length);
+        }
+
+        public static string GetCString (byte[] data, int index, int length_limit)
+        {
+            return GetCString (data, index, length_limit, Encodings.cp932);
+        }
     }
 
     public static class BigEndian