Thanks Mr.Mouse and aluigi. I appreciate your help. Wish I had your wisdom! have a great weekend.
I can upload the game to one of my sites if you want to downlaod it. Sorry for the rapidshare links, I'll remember not to use it here next time.
regards

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I'll appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the "objects.dat" archive from "Magic Academy".
The head.bin and tail.bin may be downloaded here: http://motionpress.com/uploads/Magic_Ac ... d_tail.rar

Thanks in advance!

I will appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the resources.sfs archive from 7 Wonders Treasures of the Deep.
The database can be downloaded here: http://pretorius.za.com/wonders/resources.sfs

Best Regards

I will appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the "data" archive from Adventures of Natalie Brooks.
The database can be downloaded here: http://pretorius.za.com/brooks/data.rar ("data" file packed as rar)

Best Regards

Hendrik Pretorius

I'll appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the "mainmenu.pak" archive from "Adventures of Robinson Crusoe".
The head.bin and tail.bin may be downloaded here: http://motionpress.com/uploads/Robinson ... d_tail.rar

Thanks in advance!

I'll appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the "scenes.dat" archive from "Hidden Mysteries - Buckingham Palace".
The head.bin and tail.bin may be downloaded here: http://motionpress.com/uploads/Buckingh ... d_tail.rar

Thanks in advance!

I'll appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the "main.pak" archive from "Haunted Hotel II - Believe the Lies".
The head.bin and tail.bin may be downloaded here: http://motionpress.com/uploads/Haunted_ ... d_tail.rar

Thanks in advance!

I will appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the main.pak archive from Cake Mania 3.
The database can be downloaded here: http://motionpress.com/catewest/main.pak

Best Regards

Hendrik Pretorius

I'll appreciate any help or guidance to unpack the "data.mpk" archive from "Cate West - The Vanishing Files".
The head.bin and tail.bin may be downloaded here: http://motionpress.com/uploads/Cate_Wes ... d_tail.rar

Thanks in advance!

Thank you Bugtest (chrrox and others above). I just have one additional question: The author of XorIt (http://www.acapsoft.com/det.php?prog=XorIt) notes the following with regards to XOR: "I"t is extremely important to note that the file is Encrypted, not password locked. The difference be...

Is there a software tool to XOR a file?
CryptIt 1.4 has a XOR-decrypt function, but you XOR it with a key-file?
Can I XOR a file in "010 Editor", or is there any other software I can use?

Thanks

Hendrik

There are numerous games utelizing an archive format starting with a 4 byte signature '7½7M'. I have uploaded a small archive from "Amelies Cafe". On request, I can provide a list of games utelizing same. A sample 7½7M-archive can be downloaded from one of our websites: http://motionpress....

AoiMasamune remarked above:"This format should be a required task for an absolute newbie as an introduction to writing archive unpacking software" Please note that I do not post stuff here for others to evaluate on my intellect (I'm Vice-Chancellor of the Braxton University in South Africa...

I do use a generic ripper, but they don't extract the file structure and file names contained in the archive . With regards to Jaeder Naub (integrated into MultiEx Commander), try running a scan on the pfp-file, and it return the following message: "JN No media found after scan!). How do you re...