What is a .RGSSAD file?
RGSSAD is the encrypted asset archive for games made with RPG Maker XP and VX, holding the graphics, audio and scripts behind a simple cipher.
- Did you know
- The contents are scrambled with a fixed starting key that advances per byte, a light protection that mainly stops casual copying.
- RPG Maker, originally a Japanese tool from ASCII and Enterbrain, let hobbyists build complete role-playing games with little or no programming.
- The simple cipher on an .rgssad was meant to deter casual copying, not determined modders, who long ago wrote extractors for it.
- What Analyser reads
- Identify and read more game and emulator files: Unity asset bundles, Unreal cooked assets, CISO/CHD disc images, FMOD/Wwise sound banks, Spine skeletons and atlases, GameMaker/LDtk/TIC-80 projects, Minecraft Anvil regions, Warcraft III maps, Ren Py and RPG Maker data, extra console ROMs (Atari, PC Engine, Master System/Game Gear, WonderSwan, 3DS homebrew), xdelta/Basis patches and emulator saves and movies.
- Depth of analysis
- .RGSSAD is an identification-grade format: Analyser recognises it from its bytes and decodes the header metadata it carries, rather than opening it in a full viewer. Formats that do get a full viewer are marked "Full" on the formats page.
- Open a .RGSSAD file
- Drag a .RGSSAD file onto the Analyser home page (or tap to pick one). It is identified entirely in your browser - nothing is uploaded, there is no account, and it works offline once installed.