Any free alternatives to Watto's Game Extractor? by Katsur at 1:25 AM EDT on July 27, 2025
I'm still looking for an ideal game archive preview & extraction software, a free alternative to Watto's Game Extraction software (which requires Java Runtime) with coherent GUI and expansive decryption ways for ease of looking what's inside the game data archive within proprietary formats (and compression algorithms, such as Oodle).
Here's the list of following specific game engines and series, but let's not start with Source Engine: 1. Clickteam/Multimedia Fusion 2. Unreal Engine 3. Frostbite 4. id Tech 5. Unity 6. IW Engine (support up to IW 9.0 is suggested) 7. Serious Engine 8. Game Maker 9. Anvil 10. Rockstar Advanced Game Engine (RAGE) 11. Hedgehog Engine 12. Java 13. Kex Engine 14. EA Graphics Library (EAGL) 15. Refractor 16. LithTech 17. Glacier 18. Crystal Engine 19. Codemasters Ego (initially Neon) 20. Godot 21. Angel Game Engine (AGE) 22. Renderware (Burnout, GTA San Andreas) 23. Blizzard Entertainment custom game engines (Warcraft, StarCraft, Diablo, Overwatch) 24. Driver: San Francisco 25. CryEngine 26. Build Engine 27. ForzaTech 28. Gran Turismo Game Engine 29. MT Framework 30. RE Engine 31. Wwise (PCK, BNDL) Remember, support for every single versions, branches and generations of each specific game engine is not trivial.
Why am I doing this? It's because someone really wants to improve gamerip soundtrack archives so badly, as I feel. Watto's basic version doesn't allow viewing game files, not even textures (TGA, PNG, VTF, DDS). And, QuickBMS era is nearing its end.