Help with DS files in .lz format

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Mkay, sorry for the slight delay.

Go ahead and open one of the files in Tinke. Puggsoy already mentioned this, but the .tex files are the only ones of importance. Click the single file that appears and click the "Unpack" button to the right. A new file will show up below with [TEXT] at the end. Click OPEN AS, then open it up as a Palette. This is where you'll have to do some trial and error, for each file is different. For starters, type in "99999", it will then limit itself to the maximum byte amount. Subtract the result by about 500, and and look for a small cluster of promising colors like this:

Keep increasing or decreasing byte size until the colors are perfectly aligned in the corner like this:
 
(In this case, magenta is going to be the background color, for it's the first one available.) Once that's done, leave this window and open up the same file as a "Tile" this time. It should look exactly like it should. (Luckily, the tiles are already adjusted perfectly when opened) In my case, it's a little insect guy:
 
Increase the Offset until the garbage pixels at the top are completely gone, and your pieces are aligned with the side of your image:  
After that, feel free to extract the image. Also, to get the pesky effect to display correctly at the bottom (or wherever it might be), just open the file as a palette again, and type in "99999" once more. Subtract the given number by, eh, try 15. Those colors at the end will be the effect palette. Cycle through them until you get it to look right. More trial and error, but you get the general idea.

Hope I made sense of the process. If you have any issues, or there are exceptions to the technique above, let me know so I can assist you further. :>