ColoRIX

Revision as of 17:09, 14 April 2023

ColoRIX, or RIX, is a raster image file format associated with the ColoRIX VGA Paint and EGA Paint applications for MS-DOS, developed by RIX SoftWorks. There are at least two versions of it. Images may be compressed or uncompressed.

Identifiers

Many filename extensions have been reported or observed. Most are listed below. Extensions beginning with "SC" are generally used for full-screen images, with the third letter a code for the screen mode.

Identification

The VGA Paint version of the format begins with ASCII characters "RIX3".

Note that the VGA Paint distribution includes other files, in other formats, that also begin with "RIX", but have a different fourth byte.

[TODO: Other versions]

Specifications

• RIX File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• RIX image File Format
• Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)
• Fallout 2 RIX File Format

Software

• ColoRIX VGA Paint 1.36 (at Internet Archive)
• RIXLATE.EXE - Format conversion utility for DOS, included with, e.g., ColoRIX VGA Paint 1.36
• Konvertor
• XnView
• GrafX2

Sample files

• VGARIX.ZIP → *.SCI
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/rix/
• SCF Samples
• Shareware Grab Bag → 008/egaslide.arc - EGA Slide, a component of EGA Paint (?). Includes some .SCR files in an old version of the format.