[PS2] Technictix - PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT

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pm41224
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[PS2] Technictix - PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT

Post by pm41224 »

Hello again. I'm just going to leave a quick post here regarding the PS2 game Technictix, a 2001 rhythm game developed and published in Japan by Arika. How can I extract files from PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AQDLzb ... sp=sharing

EDIT: Noticed typo in the title and corrected it. It should be "ARIKA.DAT", not "AKIRA.DAT".
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Re: [PS2] Technictix - PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT

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I found an old topic about it, no solutions:
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3260
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Re: [PS2] Technictix - PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT

Post by pm41224 »

Thanks for sharing the topic though.

Anyway, while looking around the nets, I think I may have found a BMS script that purports to extract files from the .DATs. Is it okay if I link it here?
https://github.com/RetingencyPlan/le_quickbms_script_compendium/blob/master/arika_ps2_cd.bms
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Re: [PS2] Technictix - PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT

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Sure, great :D
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Re: [PS2] Technictix - PS2.DAT and ARIKA.DAT

Post by pm41224 »

Keep in mind, this .BMS script only works on the Japanese versions of the games this script supports (especially for Technic Beat, which did receive an American release/localization from Mastiff).