Hokuto no Ken BIN IDX

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BIN, IDX

• Game : Hokuto no Ken: Shinpan no Sososei Kengo Retsuden / Fist of the North Star
  
• Format Type : Archive
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  

Format Specifications (IDX file)

// Hokuto no Ken
// Fist of the North Star
// IDX file format


// header
4 bytes (char) - magic  // "FARC"
4 bytes (uint32) - version?  // 1
4 bytes (uint32) - number of directory entries
4 bytes (uint32) - total number of files


// dir offset array
num_of_dir_entries *
{
   4 bytes (uint32) - directory entry offset
}

24 bytes (char) - bin archive name  // e.g. "hk_b.bin"


// directory info array
num_of_dir_entries *
{
   4 bytes (char) - directory name  // e.g. "GICH"
   4 bytes (uint32) - dir entry offset
   4 bytes (uint32) - dir entry size
   4 bytes - nulls
}


// directory entries
num_of_dir_entries *
{
   4 bytes (char) - directory name  // e.g. "GICH"
   4 bytes (uint32) - number of file entries
   4 bytes (uint32) - start offset?
   4 bytes (uint32) - directory size
   
   // file entries
   num_of_file_entries *
   {
      4 bytes (uint32) - file offset
      4 bytes (uint32) - file size
   }
}

8 bytes - nulls

Format Specifications (BIN file)

// Hokuto no Ken
// Fist of the North Star
// BIN file format

num_of_files *
{
   x bytes - file data
   x bytes - padding  // filled with strings
                      // "Hokuto for Atomiswave. ARC System Works co."
                      // up to 2048 bytes
}

MultiEx BMS Script

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Notes and Comments

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Compatible Programs

• Hokuto_no_ken_BIN_IDX_Tool.py