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The following are files from an old game called Paganitzu. It is a top-down view non-scrolling puzzle game.

PAGA1.001 Executable
PAGA1.002 Executable
PAGA1.003 Fonts
PAGA1.004 PCX Graphics
PAGA1.005 Some texts
PAGA1.006 PCX Graphics
PAGA1.007 Rooms
PAGA1.008 CGA Graphics
PAGA1.009 PCX Graphics
PAGA1.010 EGA Graphics
PAGA1.011 CGA Graphics
PAGA1.012 EGA Graphics
PAGA1.013 CGA Graphics
PAGA1.014 EGA Numbers
PAGA1.015 CGA Numbers
PAGA1.016 EGA Graphics
PAGA1.EXE Executable

Has anyone here dwelt with .PCX files?

More info:

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// PCX Graphics
//
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I don't know exactly what the format is for these files. It has
something to do with Genus Microprogramming. But I wrote a simple
program that extract the PCX out of this files. If you want that
program or you have more information about these files mail me.

Frenkel Smeijers
frenkel_smeijers@hotmail.com
http://www.student.tue.nl/u/a.f.smeijers/sfp

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Is there a program here to view the graphics that I have above?

Do you want help with the actual format of PCX or the format of those files? (which may contain multiple PCX images)

Nearly every graphics program supports PCX. If you want to read the format yourself, you can get the specs from wotsit.org.

Is it possible that I could give one to you and then show me here what you can do with it?

Sure. Email it to me at plasma (at) phatcode (dot) net.

I'll e-mail you all of them so you have several PCX's to work with.

I'll do it now!

I got them. They are PCX libs, made with GENUS Microprogramming's PCX programmer's toolkit.

ftp://ftp.nsk.su/pub/language/c-cpp/graphics/pcx.arj

You can view the images with PCXSHOW in the utils folder. For example:

PCXSHOW *.* /Lc:\paga\paga1.004

I'm not quite sure what you mean.

What Utilities folder?

I went to the URL you provided and Downloaded: pcx.arj

What is that?

PCXSHOW *.* /Lc:\paga\paga1.004

Sorry I may seem so dense, but this is all new to me.

It's an arj archive, similar to a zip file. WinRAR supports it, but I guess you don't have that. So I converted it to a zip for you:

http://www.phatcode.net/other/pcx.zip

After you extract the zip you'll see a folder called UTILS. There will be a PCXSHOW.EXE in there. That's what you want to run.

Oh , ok..! Hey, thanks again for your help.

Hello again,

Ran into a bit of a mishap somehow.

I went into the Utils folder by using START and then RUN
and then I typed this: PCXSHOW *.* /Lc:\paga\paga1.004

Only problem is that it didn't do anything. Any idea why?