RARC
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| + | RARC is an archive file developed by Nintendo, appearing in many games on the Wii and Gamecube. It is often compressed using the [[Yaz0]] compression format, whereupon it takes the extension .szs. | ||
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| + | == Identification == | ||
| + | Files start with ASCII {{magic|RARC}}. | ||
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| + | == Tools that handle RARC files == | ||
| + | *[http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/ARCTool ARC Tool by tpw_rules] | ||
| + | *[http://www.amnoid.de/gc/ Szs tools by thakis contains a "RARC Dump" tool] | ||
| + | *[https://szs.wiimm.de/ Wiimms SZS Tools, by Wiimm] | ||
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| + | == Further Reading == | ||
| + | *[http://www.amnoid.de/gc/Rarc.txt Original documentation and specs written by thakis] | ||
| + | * [http://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/RARC_(File_Format) RARC on The Custom Mario Kart Wiki] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Game data files]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Nintendo]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:18, 18 October 2023
RARC is an archive file developed by Nintendo, appearing in many games on the Wii and Gamecube. It is often compressed using the Yaz0 compression format, whereupon it takes the extension .szs.
[edit] Identification
Files start with ASCII RARC.
