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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 [http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Yaz0_(Nintendo) Yaz0] compression format.
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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 ==
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Files start with ASCII {{magic|RARC}}.
  
 
== Tools that handle RARC files ==
 
== Tools that handle RARC files ==
 
*[http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/ARCTool ARC Tool by tpw_rules]
 
*[http://www.wiibrew.org/wiki/ARCTool ARC Tool by tpw_rules]
*[http://www.amnoid.de/gc/ Szs tools by thakis contain a "RARC Dump" tool]
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*[http://www.amnoid.de/gc/ Szs tools by thakis contains a "RARC Dump" tool]
 
*[https://szs.wiimm.de/ Wiimms SZS Tools, by Wiimm]
 
*[https://szs.wiimm.de/ Wiimms SZS Tools, by Wiimm]
  
 
== Further Reading ==
 
== Further Reading ==
*[http://www.amnoid.de/gc/Rarc.txt Original documentation and specs written by Thakis]
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*[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]
 
* [http://wiki.tockdom.com/wiki/RARC_(File_Format) RARC on The Custom Mario Kart Wiki]
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[[Category:Game data files]]
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[[Category:Nintendo]]

Latest revision as of 15:18, 18 October 2023

File Format
Name RARC
Ontology
Extension(s) .arc

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.

[edit] Tools that handle RARC files

[edit] Further Reading

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