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PAK

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Game resource package

File type: Archive and compressed file, Game file

Files with pak extension are traditionally used for package files. These files are used in many programs and especially in computer games. A typical .pak file can contain various resources used in the game, such as graphics or sounds. Can be extracted with specialized tools and sometimes with common archivers.

Found 5 different file type records with the same pak filename suffix.

What is pak file?

File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Game file

Date updated: December 24, 2024

File extension pak is used by computer games for their resource archives.

The .pak files are archives or compressed files, which contains various game files such as graphic files, sprites, game sounds, music, objects and another data, that are required in order to play the game.

Some utilities, often developed by fans, are able to extract the contents of such files. Probably the most used tool is Dragon UnPACker that is able to access the contents of game files from plethora of games.

Some pak files can also be simply be in common archive formats, such as rar, or zip, with their extension renamed to PAK.

Games reported to be using PAK format for some of their resource files:

  • Blitzkrieg
  • Blitzkrieg Rolling Thunder
  • Quake 2
  • Heretic 2
  • Daikatana
  • Half-Life
  • Hexen 2
  • Call of Juarez
  • Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
  • Final Fantasy VIII
  • Far Cry
  • Zanzarah
  • The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
  • Legend of Kyrandia 2: Hand of Fate
  • TrickStyle
  • Maximus XV Abraham Strong - Space Mercenary
  • Crysis
  • Quake 1
  • Heretic
  • Lands of Lore
  • Dune 2
  • Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • Simutrans
  • and many many other games...

How to open pak file?

Most *.pak files can be opened and extracted with Dragon UnPACker.

How to convert pak file?

Generally speaking, it is unlikely any of the PAK game archives could be converted to something else. However you may find tools that can extract the contents of these files.

Suggested software to open pak file:

Associated software actions with the pak file

CrazyTalk SFX data

File type category:
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: August 13, 2019

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The pak file extension seems to once also have been used for some kind of package in CrazyTalk facial animation software. Perhaps originally meant as some kind of export format, however latest version does not seem to use this.

How to open pak file?

As far as we know, these packages can only be accessed using CrazyTalk and from what we could gather, only in some older version.

How to convert pak file?

We do not know about any possible conversion for this particular *.pak file type, but perhaps it is just RAR/ZIP renamed to PAK.

Suggested software to open pak file:

Associated software actions with the pak file

Software applications that can open pak files:

Microsoft Windows

Software applications that handle other tasks involving pak files:

Microsoft Windows

Orgadata LogiKal data

File type category:
Various data file

Date updated: May 11, 2017

The pak file extension is associated with the LogiKal, a German software aimed for architecture and metal-working, available for various platforms, developed and sold by Orgdata.

The pak file contains some kind of data used by Orgadata LogiKal.

Suggested software to open pak file:

Associated software actions with the pak file

Software apps that create pak files:

Microsoft Windows

Software applications that handle other tasks involving pak files:

Microsoft Windows

Simutrans object

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: November 29, 2016

The pak file extension is associated with the Simutrans, a transportation simulator for Microsoft Windows, macOS (OS X) and Linux operating systems.

The pak file stores some kind of data used by Simutrans.

Suggested software to open pak file:

Associated software actions with the pak file

Software applications that handle other tasks involving pak files:

Microsoft Windows

ZLIB PAK archive

File type category:
Archive and compressed file

Date updated: November 29, 2016

The pak file extension is associated with the PAK compressed files used by some data compression programs for MS-DOS operating system.

The pak files use Zlib compression format and they can be uncompressed compatible archive tools, like AlZip and Stuffit.

How to open pak file?

Use AlZip, or Stuffit to extract data from *.pak files.

How to convert pak file?

The easiest way how to convert PAK archive is to decompress the PAK archive with the use of Zlib and repack the content with another compression utility of your choice.

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Associated software actions with the pak file

Software applications that can open pak files:

Linux/Unix

Software apps that create pak files:

Linux/Unix

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