This is the specifications for the archive file which is handled by the
Game Extractor plugin
Archive_BIN_7LU.
| Endian Order: | Little Endian |
| Compression: | None |
| Encryption: | None |
This format is used by the following Games:
| Arcade America | *.bin *.000 |
| Battle Beast | *.bin *.000 |
| G-Nome | *.bin *.000 |
| Krondor | *.bin *.000 |
| Monty Python And The Quest For The Holy Grail | *.bin *.000 |
| Monty Python's Complete Waste Of Time | *.bin *.000 |
| Monty Pythons Meaning Of Life | *.bin *.000 |
| Take Your Best Shot | *.bin *.000 |
| The Great Word Adventure | *.bin *.000 |
| The Universe According To Virgil | *.bin *.000 |
| Tuneland | *.bin *.000 |
This is the format specification information:
| | 4 - Header (7L + (byte)220 + (byte)1) // (byte) 220 is a U with double dots above it
2 - Unknown
4 - Version (2)
76 - Description (null)
4 - Unknown (258)
2 - null
4 - Unknown
188 - null
4 - Unknown (1)
4 - Unknown (236)
4 - null
4 - Unknown (150)
4 - Unknown (42)
4 - Unknown (268)
4 - Unknown (274)
32 - null
2 - Unknown (1)
4 - Unknown
2 - null
4 - null
4 - Directory Offset
4 - Directory Length
16 - null
4 - Counter Offset
4 - Counter Length
4 - Filename Directory Offset
4 - Filename Directory Length
4 - File Data Offset (ie. offset to the start of the first file)
4 - File Data Length
4 - Image Offset
4 - Image Length
24 - null
4 - Filename Directory 2 Offset
4 - Filename Directory 2 Length
4 - Filename Directory 3 Offset
4 - Filename Directory 3 Length
4 - File ID Directory Offset
4 - File ID Directory Length
8 - null
4 - Source Filename Offset
4 - Source Filename Length
// The directory starts here
// go to directory offset (which is here anyway)
// for each file
// 2 - File Type ID? (1-21)
// 4 - Offset
// 4 - Length
// go to each of the filename directories
// for (each file?)
X - Filename (null)
// go to padding directory offset
// for (each file?)
4 - File ID?
// go to source filename offset
X - Source Filename (null) (including path and drive letter)
X - null padding (up to "Source Filename Length") |
These are the accompanying notes and further information:
| | BIN contains the directory, 000 contains the file data |
Game Extractor is able to read files of this type, as well as files from thousands of other games. To give it a try, download
Game Extractor (Basic Version) for
free, and see what it can do.
For further information on this format, refer to the source code on our
GitHub repository.
