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

Files begin with ASCII characters "RIX", or "RIX3".

Software

• Konvertor
• XnView
• GrafX2

Sample files

• VGARIX.ZIP → *.SCI
• https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/test.rix

Resources

• RIX File Format Summary, from the Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
• Fallout 2 RIX File Format
• Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)