What are these .rar / .a0* / .001 files and how do I extract them?
Like .zip, they are compressed file formats: .rar files are WinRAR format, and .a* files are ARJ format files– please read our download instruction above for information on where you can get appropriate archiver programs to extract the files. Please note that WinZip does not extract ARJ files automatically, unless you install ARJ as a helper program. Even so, it may not extract multiple ARJ files (i.e. those that end with .a00, .a01, etc.) unless you change the program options. For these reasons, we recommend that you use IZArc or WinRAR instead. Also, most CD-rips came with an .NFO file, e.g. RAZOR.NFO and so on. These files contain instructions to unzipping, installing, and running the game, so read them when you see them. These rips were done by various “warez” groups, and although we don’t condone their actions, we are grateful that they did these rips, because otherwise games risk being lost forever. In Windows, .NFO file looks like a file with magnifying glass on it). You CANNOT
