ColoRIX

File Format
Name	ColoRIX
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics ColoRIX
Extension(s)	.rix, .scx, .sc?

ColoRIX, or RIX, is a raster image file format associated with the ColoRIX VGA Paint and EGA Paint applications for MS-DOS.

Character graphics might also be possible. The .scz file extension is reportedly for "ColoRIX 16 color text mode".

Identifiers

Known file extensions include .sca, .scb, .scc, .sce, .scf, .scg, .sci, .sck, .scl, .scn, .sco, .scp, .scq, .scr, .sct, .scu, .scv, .scw, .scx, .scy, .scz.

Identification

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

[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.