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Unpack exepacked file (Miscellaneous)

posted by ecm  , Düsseldorf, Germany, 17.01.2026, 13:08

> Hello Rugxulo,
>
> Nice game.
>
> Minor gripe: it seems to me the game executable was compressed twice,
> first with exepack (or similar), then with UPX. It might be possible to
> improve the compressed program size if one can skip the exepack step...
>
> Thank you!

LZEXE has a tool called upackexe: https://pushbx.org/ecm/download/lzexe.zip

There are several more referenced by https://www.bamsoftware.com/software/exepack/

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• "99Things" -- 2025 CGA (QB45) game - Rugxulo, 13.01.2026, 12:41 (Miscellaneous)
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