The MGE file format by Color Max Deluxe supports a custom palette, palette animation cycling, and run-length encoded or unpacked pixels, and is fully documented in the manual.
| START | END | SIZE (HEX) | VALUES (HEX) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00000000 | 01 | MGE resolution byte 00 = 320x200x16 >0 = BADRES | |
| 00000001 | 00000011 | 10 | palette bytes 00-3F stuff into $FFB0-$FFBF |
| 00000012 | 01 | montype 00 = RGB 01 = CMP | |
| 00000013 | 01 | compression flag 00 = compression FF = no compression | |
| 00000014 | 00000033 | 20 | picture name zero terminated |
| 00000034 | 01 | Cycle Delay 00-FF 00=fast | |
| 00000035 | 01 | Cycle Palette, left nibble = start palette number, right nibble = end palette number | |
| 00000036 | to End Of File (EOF) | up to 32000 | bytes of bitmap data, cols * rows, uncompressed <values> stream or or RLE-compressed <count><value> pairs |
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