XGA (Falcon)

File Format
Name	XGA (Falcon)
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Atari graphics formats XGA (Falcon)
Extension(s)	.xga

XGA is a family of raw bitmap formats associated with Atari Falcon computers.

It is the same as Falcon True Color, except that the image dimensions may be different.

Disambiguation

In the PC world, XGA (Extended Graphics Array) was one of the successors to VGA graphics. It probably does not have any relationship to Atari Falcon XGA.

Format details

There are apparently at least two kinds of XGA image files:

• File size 153600, 320×240, 16 bits/pixel
• File size 368640, 384×480, 16 bits/pixel

Some XGA files may be compressed with Pack-Ice.

Software

• Konvertor
• Rest7 Online Image Converter
• abydos

Sample files

• BIRDS.XGA
• DUCK.XGA
• MARMOR01.XGA
• zebrarah.xga
• dexvert samples — image/xga

Links

• Falcon Image Utilities readme file - Has a note about XGA