glazball Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 (edited) ...same here. When I double click the .rar file, the unpacker (and I've tried 3 different versions on my Mac) seems to do nothing. Maybe creates an empty folder, but that's it. Can't say I've had real good luck with compression schemes like this lately. Is there a simple .zip file to download instead? I also had trouble unpacking on my Mac using RAR Extractor, but it did extract when I tried using Dr. Unarchiver. Edit: I would also suggest using .zip to archive in the future Edited January 4, 2019 by glazball 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 I also had trouble unpacking on my Mac using RAR Extractor, but it did extract when I tried using Dr. Unarchiver. Edit: I would also suggest using .zip to archive in the future I can't seem to find a simple download of Dr. Unarchiver anywhere. Google search brings up all these pages, but each overly cluttered one looks the same, with phony download links that take you nowhere/similarly cluttered pages, or worse yet - open up the App Store and says Dr. Unarchiver doesn't exist. I tried both Dr. and Doctor. Neither exist at the App store. Anyway, finally found a program that unzipped it: Keka, to the rescue! lol So yeah, decompress the goofy .rar file and what's in there? Zip files that need to be unzipped next. Thanks for these RH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 BTW: just a heads up, a super quick look at the archive and HES' My Golf still isn't in the NTSC version of PAL originals folder and the only version of it under HES contains the PAL game. Or is that what the [fixed] version is? Fixed = NTSC? -edit- Nope, Fixed does not mean NTSC. Thomas converted My Golf a while ago. Same with Ghostbusters II and Acid Drop, Wing War, etc. Surprised they're not included in this archive. Probably more to be found here if people are looking to fill some of the gaps: http://atariage.com/software_conversions.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On one hand each user should be prepared to handle any filetype that comes their way. On the other hand files offered up for download should use well-known and industry standard formats. Half dozen of this, 6 of that.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 7-zip also works to properly extract this archive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 I also used 7-zip without issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Keep your Roms map as close to the drive root as possible. The long filenames will not be corrupted this way. I always get a damaged archive... any clues? Same here. I have both V14 & V15 in the same location - V15 will not open, V14 opens...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric-Dreams Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi, This is a v5.00 RAR archive. It seems that only version 5.00 of Winrar (or higher) is able to create such files. Z-Zip is one of the few tools able to (only) uncompress v5 RAR archives 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hi, This is a v5.00 RAR archive. It seems that only version 5.00 of Winrar (or higher) is able to create such files. Z-Zip is one of the few tools able to (only) uncompress v5 RAR archives Cool Thanks! I use 7z and it worked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) BTW: just a heads up, a super quick look at the archive and HES' My Golf still isn't in the NTSC version of PAL originals folder and the only version of it under HES contains the PAL game. Or is that what the [fixed] version is? Fixed = NTSC? -edit- Nope, Fixed does not mean NTSC. Thomas converted My Golf a while ago. Same with Ghostbusters II and Acid Drop, Wing War, etc. Surprised they're not included in this archive. Probably more to be found here if people are looking to fill some of the gaps: http://atariage.com/software_conversions.php The reason there isn't a NTSC version of My Golf is because there is no 1977-1992 NTSC version of My Golf. That's also the reason why there aren't any post 1992 conversions, hacks or homebrews in my collection. And the reason why it's called Old Era collection. V16 will be a .zip file. Edited January 5, 2019 by Rom Hunter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Oh, okay - was just looking at it from a "completionist" or Harmony cart point of view. Btw: curious what the 'fixed' versions of many of the games are in your ROM collection? Usually accompanied by a regular .bin too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted January 5, 2019 Author Share Posted January 5, 2019 (edited) Btw: curious what the 'fixed' versions of many of the games are in your ROM collection? Usually accompanied by a regular .bin too. These were officially released fixed versions from back in the day. In most cases the fix is described between the [ ] Edited January 5, 2019 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accousticguitar Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Mine wouldn't unzip either. I thought it was just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbievgb Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 I was having trouble unpacking this as well, but it worked fine after I downloaded the latest version on 7zip (I was 9 versions behind! ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotek_style Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Wow... USER ERROR... pretty easy solution to make all people look like noobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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