View source for Mah Jongg -V-G-A- tile set

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Graphics
|extensions={{ext|tis}}, {{ext|til}}, {{ext|icn}}, {{ext|cfg}}
|released=≤1989 (TIL/ICN), 1989 (TIS)
}}
This article describes the tile set graphics formats associated with '''Mah Jongg VGA''' (stylized as '''Mah Jongg -V-G-A-''', and sometimes abbreviated '''MJVGA'''), a ''Mahjong solitaire'' game for DOS by Ron Balewski. (Note that there are several different accepted spellings of ''Mahjong''.)

A tile set may consist of a single '''.TIS''' file (supported by v2.1+), or it may be broken down into 44 '''.TIL''' files (named V00.TIL to V43.TIL) and one PAL.CFG file.

Early versions of the game use extension '''.ICN''' for the TIL files. It is the same format.

TIS format is also supported by '''Mah Jongg for Windows''' (sometimes abbreviated '''MJ/Windows''' or '''MJWIN'''), by the same author.

Compare to [[Mah Jongg (Nels Anderson) tile set]].

== Identification ==
TIL files seem to always start with the same 6 bytes: {{magic|a6 05 2b 00 3b 00}}. They are exactly 1448 bytes in size.

A TIS file consists of a 96-byte header, followed by a sequence of 44 embedded TIL files, followed by a variable-sized palette. So, bytes {{magic|a6 05 2b 00 3b 00}} appears at offset 96. Given the structure of the palette, the total file size should be from 63920 to 63968 bytes.

== Software ==
Utilities often included with the software:
* The Draftsman, a tile set editor
* VIEWSET.EXE, a pattern set viewer
* UNPAKTIL.COM/PAKTIL.COM, utilities to convert from TIS to TIL and vice versa

Official software:
* Mah Jongg -V-G-A-
** {{CdTextfiles|ccbgames1994/mahjongg/mjvga.zip|v1.1}}
** {{CdTextfiles|ccbgames1994/mahjongg/mjvga20.zip|v2.0}}
** {{CdTextfiles|ccbgames1994/mahjongg/mahvga21.zip|v2.1}}
** {{CdTextfiles|ccbgames1994/mahjongg/mjvga22.zip|v2.2}}
** {{CdTextfiles|ccbgames1994/mahjongg/mjvga31.zip|v3.1}}
* {{CdTextfiles|swheaven2/windows/mjvgawin.zip|Mah Jongg for Windows, v1.0}} (for Windows 3.x)

== Further reading ==
* [[Wikipedia: Mahjong solitaire]]

[[Category:Game data files]]