File extension arc

Name: Data Files

Popularity: 2

Open With: SZS Modifier

What is this arc file?

Archive file used by Nintendo games; contains game properties, such as images, textures, objects, and levels; typically stored within ROMs; can be edited to customize gameplay.

Name: Archive Files

Popularity: 6

Open With: Stuffit Deluxe

What is this arc file?

Compressed file archive created either as a Macintosh Hierarchical File System (HFS) archive or an MS-DOS archive using standard MS-DOS compression; contains a collection of compressed files, each being compressed potentially with a different compression technique. ARC files were commonly used in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They are rarely used now and have been replaced by newer, more efficient compression algorithms. While ARC files were used primarily for MS-DOS and older versions of Macintosh computers, several current programs can still open them, such as StuffIt and WinZip.

Name: Game Files

Popularity: 2

Open With: Ultra File Opener

What is this arc file?

Contains music, images, and other data used by Cabela's African Safari; named "data.arc" and is located in the /PSP_GAME/USRDIR/ directory on Sony PSP discs; Cabela's African Safari is available for Windows PC, Xbox, Playstation 2, and PSP. The DATA.ARC file is referenced by the African Safari game and should not be manually opened by the user.

Name: Backup Files

Popularity: 8

Open With: NbuExplorer

What is this arc file?

Backup file created for mobile devices that use the Symbian open source operating system; contains both personal and system backup data from the mobile device; used for restoring data in the event it is lost.

Name: Archive Files

Popularity: 6

Open With: PeaZip

What is this arc file?

The ARC file extension is associated with ARC, a lossless data compression and archival format created by System Enhancement Associated (SAE). It was very popular format during the early days of networked Bulletin Board System (BBS). The ARC format made obsolete the use of combinations of the SQ program to compress files and the LU program to create the LBR archives by combining the functions of both compression and archiving into single program. There are several extension variants of this format. Beside arc, there is also ark and sue format This archive file format was also used by PKARC, QUARK and SQUASH.