Pi (image format)

File Format
Name	Pi (image format)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Pi (image format)
Extension(s)	.pi

Pi is a raster graphics format that was used mainly in Japan. It was apparently developed by the same "Yanagisawa" person who developed PIC and PIC2.

Identification

Files begin with ASCII "Pi".

Software

• The XV Japanese extension → xvpi.c
• http://www.vector.co.jp/soft/dos/art/se002524.html

Sample files

• https://sourceforge.net/p/recoil/bugs/12/ → NEC_PC98_PI_files.zip
• (forum post) → PIC.rar → PIC/pi/...
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/pc88PI/

Links

• pi_tech.htm (from archive.org; Japanese)
• PITECH.LZH (from archive.org; Japanese)
• pi-pic.htm Pi graphics format (English)