FAIL is a portable viewer of several 8-bit Atari image formats.
Currently the project consists of:
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fail2png - portable command-line converter to PNG files
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FAILWin - viewer for Windows
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thumbnail providers for Windows Explorer (Vista and newer) and GNOME
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plugin for XnView
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(de)coder for ImageMagick
Note: the win64 setup package only contains 64-bit versions of the thumbnail provider (for use in x64 Windows) and the ImageMagick coder (for use with x64 ImageMagick). Other programs should be installed from the win32 package. That is, on 64-bit Windows you may install both packages.
Supported file formats
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256, AP2
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80x96, 256 colors. |
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ALL
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"Graph", 160x192, 5 colors. |
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AP3, APV, DGP, ESC, ILC, PZM
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"DigiPaint" / "EscalPaint", 80x192, 256 colors, interlaced. |
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APC, PLM
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"Any Point, Any Color" / "Plama 256", 80x96, 256 colors. |
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APP
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80x192, 256 colors, interlaced, compressed. |
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BG9, G09
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160x192, 16-level grayscale. |
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BKG
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"Movie Maker" background, 160x96, 4 colors. |
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CCI
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"Champions' Interlace", 160x192, compressed. |
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CHR
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"Blazing Paddles" font, mono. |
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CIN
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"Champions' Interlace", 160x192. |
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CPR
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"Trzmiel", 320x192, mono, compressed. |
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DLM
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"Dir Logo Maker", 88x128, mono. |
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FNT
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Standard 8x8 font, mono. |
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FWA
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"Fun with Art", 160x192, 128 colors. |
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GHG
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"Gephard Hires Graphics", up to 320x200, mono. |
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GR8
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Standard 320x192, mono. |
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GR9
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Standard 80x192, 16-level grayscale. |
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HIP
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"Hard Interlace Picture", 160x200, grayscale. |
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HR
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256x239, 3 colors, interlaced. |
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HR2
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320x200, 5 colors, interlaced. |
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IGE
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"Interlace Graphics Editor", 128x96, 16 colors, interlaced. |
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INP
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160x200, 7 colors, interlaced. |
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INT
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"INT95a", up to 160x239, 16 colors, interlaced. |
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IST
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"Interlace Studio", 160x200, interlaced. |
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JGP
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"Jet Graphics Planner", 8x16 tiles, 4 colors. |
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MAX
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"XL-Paint MAX", 160x192, interlaced, compressed. |
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MBG
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"Mad Designer", 512x256, mono. |
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MCH
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"Graph2Font", up to 176x240, 128 colors. |
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MCP
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"McPainter", 160x200, 16 colors, interlaced. |
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MGP
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"Magic Painter", 160x96, 4 colors with optional rainbow effect. |
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MIC
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Standard 160x192, 4 colors. |
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PIC
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"Koala MicroIllustrator", 160x192, 4 colors, compressed. |
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RAW
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"XL-Paint MAX", 160x192, 16 colors, interlaced. |
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RGB
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"ColorViewSquash", up to 160x192, three-frame interlace. |
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RIP
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"Rocky Interlace Picture", up to 320x239. |
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RM0
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"Rambrandt", 160x96, 99 colors. |
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RM1
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"Rambrandt", 80x192, 256 colors. |
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RM2
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"Rambrandt", 80x192, 104 colors. |
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RM3
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"Rambrandt", 80x192, 128 colors. |
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RM4
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"Rambrandt", 160x192, 99 colors. |
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SGE
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"Semi-Graphic logos Editor", 320x192, mono. |
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SHC
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"SAMAR Hi-res Interlace with Map of Colours", 320x192, interlaced. |
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SHP
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"Blazing Paddles" shape table, mono. |
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SHP
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"Movie Maker" shapes, 160x96, 4 colors. |
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SPC
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"The Graphics Magician Picture Painter", 160x192, 128 colors. |
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SXS
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16x16 font, mono. |
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TIP
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"Taquart Interlace Picture", up to 160x119. |
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WND
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"Blazing Paddles" window, up to 160x192, 4 colors. |
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XLP
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"XL-Paint", 160x192 or 160x200, 7 colors, interlaced, compressed. |
You can find some example files in examples.zip.
Feedback
If you are interested in the FAIL project, please subscribe its mailing list. This list is for users and developers. Once you subscribe, you can post comments, ideas and questions about FAIL.
Use tracker to submit bug reports, feature requests and small code patches.
History
- FAIL 1.2.0 (2011-12-16)
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Added decoding of ColorViewSquash (RGB), Blazing Paddles (CHR, SHP, WND), Magic Painter (MGP), Mad Designer (MBG), AtariGraphics (MIC), Fun with Art (FWA), Rambrandt (RM0, RM1, RM2, RM3, RM4), XL-Paint (XLP), XL-Paint MAX (MAX), SHIMC (SHC), Graph (ALL), APP View (APP), Semi-Graphic logos Editor (SGE), Dir Logo Maker (DLM), Movie Maker (BKG, SHP), BG9, G09, The Graphics Magician Picture Painter (SPC). Improved decoding of all RAW and MIC, some RIP and FNT files. Added APV extension for the AP3 format. Created GNOME thumbnailer (for Linux file browser Nautilus). You may drag&drop files to the FAILWin window. GR8 wasn’t registered in ImageMagick.
- FAIL 1.1.0 (2011-04-18)
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Fixed decoding of ILC, AP3, RIP, PIC, CPR, HIP and CIN. Added support for MCH, IGE, 256, AP2, JGP, DGP, ESC, PZM, IST and RAW. Created Windows thumbnail provider. Fixed user interface issues in FAILWin. Fixed compilation errors with the new libpng. Updated installation for new ImageMagick. Moved source code from SVN to Git.
- FAIL 1.0.1 (2010-08-25)
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Windows setup has been created. A coder for ImageMagick has been created. MCP, GHG and HR2 formats are supported. Build process has been improved.
- FAIL 1.0.0 (2009-08-25)
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Initial release.
Authors
- Piotr Fusik
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Idea, programming.
- Adrian Matoga
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Programming.
- Pawel Szewczyk
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FAILWin icon, testing.
- Peter Dell
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Testing.
- Slawomir Sledz
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Testing.
- Monika Wesolowska
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Testing.