This is the specifications for the archive file which is handled by the Game Extractor plugin Archive_DAT_PCMP.

Endian Order:Big Endian
Compression:none
Encryption:None


This format is used by the following Games:
Black Matrix [PS1]*.dat


This is the format specification information:
 
// HEADER
  4 - Header ("CMP ") OR ("PCMP")
  2 - Unknown (49)
  2 - Padding Multiple (2048)
  2 - Number of Files
  2 - Unknown (1)
  4 - null
  
// DETAILS DIRECTORY
  // for each file
    2 - File Offset [*2048]
    2 - File Length [*2048] (including padding)
    
  X - null Padding to a multiple of 2048 bytes
  
// FILE DATA
  // for each file
    X - File Data
    X - null Padding to a multiple of 2048 bytes


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For further information on this format, refer to the source code on our GitHub repository.