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Collectors worship 7z for another reason: . By packaging multiple discs of a multi-CD game (like Metal Gear Solid or Riven ) into a single 7z archive, the algorithm finds duplicate data across discs —character models, sound libraries, UI elements. The second disc might only add 100 MB of unique data, but 7z stores it as “same as disc 1, plus these changes.”

Why? Because 7z is brilliant at detecting and eliminating —those giant blocks of zeros or repeated filler data that the PS1 never truly needed. It essentially says: “Oh, you have 300 MB of ‘0x00’ repeated? Let me just write ‘repeat 0x00 300 million times’ in 4 KB.” 7z ps1 games

While 7z is best for archiving , many users eventually convert their extracted files to the CHD (Compressed Hunks of Data) format. CHD allows for similar compression levels to 7z but is designed to be played directly by emulators without needing extraction. 4. Best Practices for Users Collectors worship 7z for another reason: