DIV Games Studio

File Format
Name	DIV Games Studio
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Game data files DIV Games Studio
Extension(s)	.map, .fpg, .pal, .fnt, others
Released	~1998

DIV Games Studio is a video game creation application originally developed by Hammer Technologies. It has a number of native data file formats.

It was originally for DOS. Later versions support other platforms.

Formats

Native formats include:

• .MAP: Single image
• .FPG: Container for multiple images
• .PAL: Color palette
• .FNT: Font

Identification

Most of the formats start with three lowercase ASCII characters reflecting the filename extension, then bytes 0x1a 0x0d 0x0a 0x00, then a one-byte version number that's often 0x00. Possibilities for the first three bytes include "map", "fpg", "pal", "fnt".

Specifications

• https://github.com/vii1/DIV/wiki/Formatos-de-archivo (in Spanish)

Software

• DIV Games Studio, at WinWorld
• Joystick 123 → joycd123_2.iso → Data/sharewares/Utilitaires/div_trial.zip

Links

• DIV-Arena
• https://github.com/DIVGAMES/DIV-Games-Studio
• https://github.com/vii1/DIV