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Format

ACE

Summary

Name
ACE
Version
1
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/x-ace-compressed
  • PUID: fmt/2075
Format type
Aggregate
Description
ACE is a compressed archive format, originally developed by Marcel Lemke and later by e-merge GmbH. Some relevant software includes Ace (for DOS, OS/2 and Windows console, WinAce, Active ACE and ACE Compression.
Note
http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/ACE
File extensions
ace
Source
Brigham Young University / Brigham Young University

Internal signatures

ACE Archive 1

Note
BOF; Offset: 7; Magic Bytes: '**ACE**' followed by byte of either 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C or 0x0D and then either 0x0A, 0x0B, 0x0C, 0x0D or 0x14

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
7
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
2A2A4143452A2A(0A|0B|0C|0D)(0A|0B|0C|0D|14)
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V122

    Release date
    19 January 2026

    ACE 1: Signature researched and samples provided by Brigham Young University.

    ACE 1: Full entry added. Submitted by Brigham Young University.