Pack-Fire

File Format
Name	Pack-Fire
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Compression Pack-Fire
Released	1990

Pack-Fire (also called Fire Pack, Fire-Pack, Fire-Packer) is a file compression utility and format for Atari ST computers. It was developed by "Axe of Delight", later "Axe of Superior".

See also Pack-Ice.

Identification

(More research needed.) Files start with ASCII "FIRE".

Software

There are two variants of Pack-Fire that both call themselves version "2.01". One may be referred to as "v2.00". It's not clear which one is older -- the reported dates are not trustworthy.

• Pack-Fire
  • Fujiology Archive v1.0 → ...
    • D/DELIGHT/FIREV101.ZIP (or at Demozoo)
    • S/SUPERIOR/FIRE_200.ZIP (or at Demozoo)
    • S/SUPERIOR/FIRE_201.ZIP (or at Demozoo)
    • S/SUPERIOR/FIRE_204.ZIP (or at Demozoo)
• XFD system (Amiga software)
• https://github.com/tattlemuss/fire_depacker (Says it's "incomplete".)

Sample files

• dexvert samples — archive/packFire