WORLDS/GRAFIX0N.DAT is a big-endian (Mac-origin) tileset: an 8-byte header
(file size at 0x08, entry count at 0x0c), 16-byte entry records (BE offset +
id), and per-graphic blocks with a BE width/height/frames/id header followed by
w*h*frames 8-bit palette indices. Confirmed against the in-game loader at
0x444db0 (16-byte record stride, BE->LE dword swap).
GRAFIX00.DAT decodes to 29 graphics: explosion (id 901, 8 frames), smoke
(id 911, 8 frames), and 27 single-frame 64x64 structure/wall textures
(ids 8001-8028). tools/grafix_extract.py renders them to PNG with any
768-byte RGB palette (the XPAL palettes from INTRFACE.FF work).
- tools/grafix_extract.py: parser + PNG renderer
- docs/FORMATS.md: GRAFIX0N.DAT spec
- README: status update
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01TN4Ytn3gdWRonNmHpisWQv
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