We have some unfinished business with regards to the MicroProse CAT file format, it’s time to start wrapping things up. The last time when we looked at the CAT file format we determined the files structure, and wrote some code to extract the contents. We also mentioned the existence of a slightly different variant found with MicroProse’s M1 Tank Platoon. So let’s take a look at this other variant to see how it differs from the version we’ve already looked at.
(more…)CAT File Format
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Loose ends
Well now that the RAID data has been recovered, and a new one is up and running, we can get back to some of the regular programming around these parts. Seems with my ADD and jumping around between a number of different formats, though mostly all from MicroProse, I’ve left some loose ends of unfinished work. I think it’s time we start wrapping up those loose ends, especially with regards to the MicroProse PIC file format. This post is mostly intended as a recap of what we’ve covered so far, to see what is still outstanding.
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The CAT is out of the bag
After practically melting my brain figuring out the LZSS compressor over the past several days, it’s time to take a break from the PIC file format for a post or two, and focus in on another file format from MicroProse. Namely the CAT file, found with games such as Silent Service II. The file seems to be some sort of archive that contains other asset files within. Lets dig in and tear it apart to see what we can learn from it.
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Ouch my eye! 