diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index db4610d9..434adb40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Setup dependencies
         run: |
-          vcpkg install sdl2[vulkan]:x64-windows
-          vcpkg install fmt:x64-windows
-          vcpkg install nlohmann-json:x64-windows
-          vcpkg install mio:x64-windows
+          vcpkg install sdl2[vulkan]:x64-windows fmt:x64-windows nlohmann-json:x64-windows mio:x64-windows
       - name: Build Kaizen
         run: |
           cmake -B build -T clangcl -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=C:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S src
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 805592e4..703a4c98 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "external/fmt"]
 	path = external/fmt
 	url = https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
+[submodule "external/unarr"]
+	path = external/unarr
+	url = https://github.com/selmf/unarr
diff --git a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
index 7a6b90c6..4af147db 100644
--- a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
+++ b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
@@ -154,11 +154,14 @@ void LoadParallelRDP(const u8* rdram) {
   fragLayout.sets[0].fp_mask = 1;
   fragLayout.sets[0].array_size[0] = 1;
 
-  u32* fullscreenQuadVert, *fullscreenQuadFrag;
-  auto sizeVert = Util::ReadFileBinary("resources/vert.spv", &fullscreenQuadVert);
-  auto sizeFrag = Util::ReadFileBinary("resources/frag.spv", &fullscreenQuadFrag);
+  auto fullscreenQuadVert = Util::ReadFileBinary("resources/vert.spv");
+  auto fullscreenQuadFrag = Util::ReadFileBinary("resources/frag.spv");
+  auto sizeVert = fullscreenQuadVert.size();
+  auto sizeFrag = fullscreenQuadFrag.size();
 
-  fullscreen_quad_program = wsi->get_device().request_program(fullscreenQuadVert, sizeVert, fullscreenQuadFrag, sizeFrag, &vertLayout, &fragLayout);
+  fullscreen_quad_program = wsi->get_device().request_program(reinterpret_cast<u32*>(fullscreenQuadVert.data()), sizeVert,
+                                                              reinterpret_cast<u32*>(fullscreenQuadFrag.data()), sizeFrag,
+                                                              &vertLayout, &fragLayout);
 
   auto aligned_rdram = reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(rdram);
   uintptr_t offset = 0;
diff --git a/external/unarr b/external/unarr
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..569ffdb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/unarr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 569ffdb063ce8a76ab069444af175e5953d90c93
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 71405396..ab6969b0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ include_directories(
   ../external/imgui/imgui
   ../external/imgui/imgui/backends
   ../external/discord-rpc/include
+  ../external/unarr
   ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ add_subdirectory(../external/discord-rpc discord-rpc)
 add_subdirectory(../external/imgui imgui)
 add_subdirectory(../external/nativefiledialog-extended nfd)
 add_subdirectory(../external/parallel-rdp parallel-rdp)
+add_subdirectory(../external/unarr unarr)
 
 add_executable(kaizen main.cpp)
 
@@ -77,4 +79,4 @@ file(REMOVE
   ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/resources/shader.vert)
 
 target_link_libraries(kaizen PUBLIC frontend frontend-imgui
-  discord-rpc imgui nfd parallel-rdp backend fmt::fmt mio::mio nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json core registers interpreter mem mmio rsp SDL2::SDL2main SDL2::SDL2)
+  discord-rpc imgui nfd parallel-rdp backend fmt::fmt unarr mio::mio nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json core registers interpreter mem mmio rsp SDL2::SDL2main SDL2::SDL2)
diff --git a/src/backend/Core.cpp b/src/backend/Core.cpp
index 959590ad..03a2c21c 100644
--- a/src/backend/Core.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/Core.cpp
@@ -20,15 +20,21 @@ void Core::LoadROM(const std::string& rom_) {
   cpu.Reset();
   pause = false;
   romLoaded = true;
-  
-  cpu.mem.LoadROM(rom);
+
+  auto extension = fs::path(rom).extension().string();
+
+  bool isArchive = std::any_of(std::begin(ARCHIVE_TYPES), std::end(ARCHIVE_TYPES), [&](auto i) {
+    return extension == i;
+  });
+
+  cpu.mem.LoadROM(isArchive, rom);
   GameDB::match(cpu.mem);
   cpu.mem.mmio.vi.isPal = cpu.mem.IsROMPAL();
   cpu.mem.mmio.si.pif.InitDevices(cpu.mem.saveType);
-  cpu.mem.mmio.si.pif.LoadMempak(rom_);
-  cpu.mem.mmio.si.pif.LoadEeprom(cpu.mem.saveType, rom_);
-  cpu.mem.flash.Load(cpu.mem.saveType, rom_);
-  cpu.mem.LoadSRAM(cpu.mem.saveType, rom_);
+  cpu.mem.mmio.si.pif.LoadMempak(rom);
+  cpu.mem.mmio.si.pif.LoadEeprom(cpu.mem.saveType, rom);
+  cpu.mem.flash.Load(cpu.mem.saveType, rom);
+  cpu.mem.LoadSRAM(cpu.mem.saveType, rom);
   cpu.mem.mmio.si.pif.ExecutePIF(cpu.mem, cpu.regs);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/core/Mem.cpp b/src/backend/core/Mem.cpp
index 0681ce25..87353e8a 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/Mem.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/core/Mem.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <core/registers/Cop0.hpp>
 #include <core/Interpreter.hpp>
 #include <File.hpp>
+#include <unarr.h>
 
 namespace n64 {
 Mem::Mem() {
@@ -76,29 +77,75 @@ FORCE_INLINE void SetROMCIC(u32 checksum, ROM& rom) {
   }
 }
 
-void Mem::LoadROM(const std::string& filename) {
-  std::ifstream file(filename, std::ios::binary);
-  file.unsetf(std::ios::skipws);
+std::vector<u8> Mem::OpenArchive(const std::string &path, size_t& sizeAdjusted) {
+  auto stream = ar_open_file(fs::path(path).u8string().c_str());
 
-  if(!file.is_open()) {
-    Util::panic("Unable to open {}!", filename);
+  if(!stream) {
+    Util::panic("Could not open archive! Are you sure it's an archive?");
   }
 
-  file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
-  size_t size = file.tellg();
-  file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+  ar_archive* archive = ar_open_zip_archive(stream, false);
 
-  size_t sizeAdjusted = Util::NextPow2(size);
-  rom.mask = sizeAdjusted - 1;
-  u8* buf = (u8*)malloc(sizeAdjusted);
-  file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf), size);
-  file.close();
+  if(!archive) archive = ar_open_rar_archive(stream);
+  if(!archive) archive = ar_open_7z_archive(stream);
+  if(!archive) archive = ar_open_tar_archive(stream);
+
+  if(!archive) {
+    ar_close(stream);
+    Util::panic("Could not open archive! Are you sure it's a supported archive? (7z, zip, rar and tar are supported)");
+  }
+
+  std::vector<u8> buf{};
+
+  while(ar_parse_entry(archive)) {
+    auto filename = ar_entry_get_name(archive);
+    auto extension = fs::path(filename).extension();
+
+    if(std::any_of(std::begin(ROM_EXTENSIONS), std::end(ROM_EXTENSIONS), [&](auto x) {
+      return extension == x;
+    })) {
+      auto size = ar_entry_get_size(archive);
+      sizeAdjusted = Util::NextPow2(size);
+      buf.resize(sizeAdjusted);
+      ar_entry_uncompress(archive, buf.data(), size);
+      break;
+    } else {
+      ar_close_archive(archive);
+      ar_close(stream);
+      Util::panic("Could not find any rom image in the archive!");
+    }
+  }
+
+  ar_close_archive(archive);
+  ar_close(stream);
+  return buf;
+}
+
+std::vector<u8> Mem::OpenROM(const std::string& filename, size_t& sizeAdjusted) {
+  auto buf = Util::ReadFileBinary(filename);
+  sizeAdjusted = Util::NextPow2(buf.size());
+  return buf;
+}
+
+void Mem::LoadROM(bool isArchive, const std::string& filename) {
+  size_t sizeAdjusted;
+  u8* buf;
+  std::vector<u8> temp{};
+  if(isArchive) {
+    temp = OpenArchive(filename, sizeAdjusted);
+  } else {
+    temp = OpenROM(filename, sizeAdjusted);
+  }
+
+  buf = (u8*)calloc(sizeAdjusted, 1);
+  std::copy(temp.begin(), temp.end(), buf);
 
   u32 endianness = be32toh(*reinterpret_cast<u32*>(buf));
   Util::SwapN64Rom<true>(sizeAdjusted, buf, endianness);
 
   memcpy(rom.cart, buf, sizeAdjusted);
   rom.size = sizeAdjusted;
+  rom.mask = sizeAdjusted - 1;
   memcpy(&rom.header, buf, sizeof(ROMHeader));
   memcpy(rom.gameNameCart, rom.header.imageName, sizeof(rom.header.imageName));
 
diff --git a/src/backend/core/Mem.hpp b/src/backend/core/Mem.hpp
index 6b7118b9..db5c7fee 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/Mem.hpp
+++ b/src/backend/core/Mem.hpp
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ struct Mem {
   Mem();
   void Reset();
   void LoadSRAM(SaveType, fs::path);
-  void LoadROM(const std::string&);
+  static std::vector<u8> OpenROM(const std::string&, size_t&);
+  static std::vector<u8> OpenArchive(const std::string&, size_t&);
+  void LoadROM(bool, const std::string&);
   [[nodiscard]] auto GetRDRAM() const -> u8* {
     return mmio.rdp.rdram;
   }
diff --git a/src/common.hpp b/src/common.hpp
index 4fcb5ff3..652c68d1 100644
--- a/src/common.hpp
+++ b/src/common.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ using m128i = __m128i;
 #define HALF_ADDRESS(addr) ((addr) ^ 2)
 #define BYTE_ADDRESS(addr) ((addr) ^ 3)
 
+#define ARCHIVE_TYPES {".zip",".7z",".rar",".tar"}
+#define ROM_EXTENSIONS {".n64",".z64",".v64",".N64",".Z64",".V64"}
+
 #define RD(x) (((x) >> 11) & 0x1F)
 #define RT(x) (((x) >> 16) & 0x1F)
 #define RS(x) (((x) >> 21) & 0x1F)
diff --git a/src/frontend/App.cpp b/src/frontend/App.cpp
index 3b3d1c13..2423eb58 100644
--- a/src/frontend/App.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/App.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ void App::Run() {
           switch(event.key.keysym.sym) {
             case SDLK_o: {
               nfdchar_t* outpath;
-              const nfdu8filteritem_t filter {"Nintendo 64 roms", "n64,z64,v64,N64,Z64,V64"};
+              const nfdu8filteritem_t filter {"Nintendo 64 roms/archives", "n64,z64,v64,N64,Z64,V64,zip,tar,rar,7z"};
               nfdresult_t result = NFD_OpenDialog(&outpath, &filter, 1, nullptr);
               if(result == NFD_OKAY) {
                 LoadROM(outpath);
diff --git a/src/utils/File.hpp b/src/utils/File.hpp
index 03716fac..dd21ba54 100644
--- a/src/utils/File.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/File.hpp
@@ -3,21 +3,9 @@
 #include <log.hpp>
 
 namespace Util {
-FORCE_INLINE auto ReadFileBinary(const std::string& path, u32** buf) {
+FORCE_INLINE std::vector<u8> ReadFileBinary(const std::string& path) {
   std::ifstream file(path, std::ios::binary);
-  file.unsetf(std::ios::skipws);
-  if(!file.is_open()) {
-    panic("Could not load file '{}'!", path);
-  }
-
-  file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
-  size_t size = file.tellg();
-  file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
-
-  *buf = (u32*)calloc(size, 1);
-  file.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(*buf), size);
-  file.close();
-  return size;
+  return {std::istreambuf_iterator{file}, {}};
 }
 
 FORCE_INLINE size_t NextPow2(size_t num) {