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SPK File - What is an .spk file and how do I open it?
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What is an SPK file? Game map used by Deer Hunter, a virtual hunting game; includes the terrain, plants, hunting locations, and animals; can be a pre-installed game map or a custom map created by the player.
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.SPK File Extension
5 file types use the .spk file extension.
Deer Hunter Map File
| Developer | Atari |
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3.4 | 19 Votes |
What is an SPK file?
Game map used by Deer Hunter, a virtual hunting game; includes the terrain, plants, hunting locations, and animals; can be a pre-installed game map or a custom map created by the player.
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NOTE: Atari Deer Hunter is no longer available for download.
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Category: Game Files
Updated: December 13, 2018
Synology Package
| Developer | Synology |
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3.3 | 12 Votes |
Installation package used by DiskStation Manager (DSM), an operating system developed by Synology for use with their NAS devices; may contain programs or other software components that extend the base DSM software; can be installed using DSM's Package Manager, which is available with DSM firmware 722 and later.
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SPK files are saved in the .TAR format. Therefore, you can also open them with any TAR archive extractor.
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Corel WinZip
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7-Zip
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Apple Archive Utility
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Smith Micro StuffIt Deluxe Mac 16
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Discontinued
Paid
GNU Tar
Free
The Unarchiver
Free
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GNU Tar
Free
Category: Misc Files
Updated: November 17, 2011
Bright Spark Document
| Developer | New Wave Concepts |
| Popularity |
3.0 | 3 Votes |
File created by Bright Spark, an educational application used to teach electronics principles; contains one or more electronic designs as well as written text that teaches the reader about the design; saves the information needed to present the lesson in the software.
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Users can interact with diagrams in the software. For example, a user may click a switch that connects a circuit and turns on a lightbulb. The software animates the circuit's new current flow and shows the newly connected circuit.
NOTE: Users can navigate through a list of designs in SPK files using the "Go to next topic" and "Go to previous topic" buttons in the application. Some sample SPK files are included with the software installation.
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New Wave Concepts Bright Spark
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Category: Data Files
Updated: October 1, 2010
Artspeak Source File
| Developer | Ron Schnell |
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2.5 | 2 Votes |
Source file written in Artspeak, a computer language used to create a graphical output; contains simple text-based statements that are referenced to draw shapes, lines, patterns, etc.
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Artspeak was originally developed in 1970 by Jacob Schwartz. The language only ran on the CDC 6600, which was a supercomputer created by Seymour Cray. It was used to produce a graphical design on a sheet of paper. The language eventually faded away but was brought back in 2012 by Ron Schnell. It can now be used to produce a .PNG graphic instead of a sheet of paper.
NOTE: The SPK file can be created and loaded to display the graphical output using the Artspeak Interpreter web program.
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Artspeak Interpreter
Free
Category: Data Files
Updated: August 19, 2014
DroidScript Project
| Developer | DroidScript |
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2.0 | 1 Vote |
An SPK file may also be a project created by DroidScript, an Android and Chromebook IDE for building Android apps with JavaScript . It stores information about a DroidScript-developed app, including JavaScript programming language and project settings.
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DroidScript is a simple IDE for Android and Chromebook users to develop apps quickly. You can build .APK files to distribute them on the Google Play Store, or you can create HTML5 apps.
When you save the app you are developing with DroidScript, the IDE creates an SPK file to store the contents. You can then close the project and re-open it later to edit it further. You can also share SPK files to other Android devices, then import them in DroidScript to share projects.
How to open an SPK file
You can open an SPK file with DroidScript on Android devices and Chromebooks. If you do not have access to DroidScript, you can view an SPK file's contents by renaming it to use the .ZIP extension and opening it as you would any ZIP file.
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Category: Developer Files
Updated: June 2, 2023