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

Endian Order:	Little Endian
Compression:	none
Encryption:	None

This format is used by the following Games:

NHL FaceOff 2001 [PS2]	*.dat
007: Tomorrow Never Dies [PSX]	*.tex
NHL FaceOff 99 [PS1]	*.dat

This is the format specification information:

// for each image...
  // HEADER
    8 - Header ("TEX PSX ")
    4 - Unknown (1)
    4 - Unknown (1)
    4 - Unknown
    4 - Palette Flag (0 = PaletteBeforeImage / 1 = PaletteAfterImage)
    
    if (PaletteFlag == 0){
      // for each color (256)
        2 - ABGR1555 Color
      }
    
    16 - Name (null terminated, filled with nulls)
    4 - Image Width
    4 - Image Height
    4 - null
    4 - Unknown (64)
    
  // IMAGE DATA
    // for each pixel
      1 - Palette Index
      
    if (PaletteFlag == 1){
      // for each color (256)
        2 - ABGR1555 Color
      }
      
  X - null padding to a multiple of 6144 bytes

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