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Looking Glass Game Archive | 1996-02-20 | 179.4 KB
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This file was processed as: Looking Glass Game Archive (archive/lookingGlassGameArchive).

You can browse this item here: demoptrm.res
Confidence	Program	Detection	Match Type	Support
`100%`	dexvert	Looking Glass Game Archive `(archive/lookingGlassGameArchive)`	magic	Supported
`1%`	dexvert	Alchemy Mindworks Resource `(other/alchemyMindworksResource)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	Depth Dwellers Resource/game data `(other/depthDwellersGameData)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	Intelligent Games resource data `(other/intelligentGamesResourceData)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	The Software Toolworks resources archive `(other/theSoftwareToolworksResourcesArchive)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	T-Resource game data container `(other/tResourceGameDataContainer)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	AESOP engine Resource data `(other/aesopEngineResourceData)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	CINEMA 4D Layout `(other/cinema4DLayout)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	Godot Resource data `(other/godotResourceData)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	M.A.X. game data archive `(other/maxGameDataArchive)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	Project IGI Resource data `(other/projectIGIResourceData)`	ext	Unsupported
`1%`	dexvert	SCream Engine resource data `(other/screamEngineResourceData)`	ext	Unsupported
`100%`	file	Arhangel archive data	default (weak)
`99%`	file	data	default
`73%`	TrID	Looking Glass Resource data	default
`15%`	TrID	Leonard Guides compiled data	default (weak)
`10%`	TrID	ARHANGEL compressed archive	default (weak)
`100%`	gt2	LG Archiv gefunden (Auflistung ist deaktiviert)	default
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