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Format

multiArtist File

Summary

Name
multiArtist File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1468
Format type
Image (Raster)
Description
multiArtist is a PC (Windows) program for creating MultiGigaScreen graphics for the ZX Spectrum. It is likely that the four known file extensions (.mg1, .mg2, .mg4 and .mg8) relate to the attribute blocks (8x1, 8x2, 8x4, 8x8) in a given file.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/MultiArtist http://multiartist.untergrund.net/index.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum_graphic_modes
File extensions
mg1, mg2, mg4, mg8
Source
The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration

Relationships

Has priority over

Internal signatures

multiArtist File (.mg1)

Note
BOF: 'MGH' then 0x01 (SOH or start of header) then 0x01

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D47480101
Endianness
None

multiArtist File (.mg2)

Note
BOF: 'MGH' then 0x01 (SOH or start of header) then 0x02

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D47480102
Endianness
None

multiArtist File (.mg4)

Note
BOF: 'MGH' then 0x01 (SOH or start of header) then 0x04

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D47480104
Endianness
None

multiArtist File (.mg8)

Note
BOF: 'MGH' then 0x01 (SOH or start of header) then 0x08

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
4D47480108
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V98

    Release date
    27 October 2021

    multiArtist File: Signature developed and samples provided by The National Archives and Records Administration.

    multiArtist File: Full entry added. Submitted by The National Archives and Records Administration.