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Original Game Resources

Here we'll discuss the resources of the game version available from the Internet Archive (U-95.zip file, SHA256 hash: 7F884B5FCCF65198F510905C41AF06BE1715E3482B123BBB8149D51FAE6A1460). It is unknown yet whether there are any other versions available in the web.

Archive Content List

  • U95_0_13.DAT
  • U95_0_19.DAT
  • U95_0_20.DAT
  • U95_0_21.DAT
  • U95_0_22.DAT
  • U95_0_25.DAT
  • U95_0_26.DAT
  • U95_0_27.DAT
  • U95_0_4.DAT
  • U95_0_47.DAT
  • U95_0_48.DAT
  • U95_0_49.DAT
  • U95_0_5.DAT
  • U95_0_7.DAT
  • U95_0.WAV
  • U95_1_1.DAT
  • U95_1_10.DAT
  • U95_1_11.DAT
  • U95_1_12.DAT
  • U95_1_13.DAT
  • U95_1_14.DAT
  • U95_1_15.DAT
  • U95_1_16.DAT
  • U95_1_17.DAT
  • U95_1_18.DAT
  • U95_1_19.DAT
  • U95_1_2.DAT
  • U95_1_20.DAT
  • U95_1_21.DAT
  • U95_1_22.DAT
  • U95_1_23.DAT
  • U95_1_24.DAT
  • U95_1_25.DAT
  • U95_1_26.DAT
  • U95_1_27.DAT
  • U95_1_28.DAT
  • U95_1_29.DAT
  • U95_1_3.DAT
  • U95_1_30.DAT
  • U95_1_31.DAT
  • U95_1_32.DAT
  • U95_1_33.DAT
  • U95_1_34.DAT
  • U95_1_35.DAT
  • U95_1_36.DAT
  • U95_1_37.DAT
  • U95_1_38.DAT
  • U95_1_39.DAT
  • U95_1_4.DAT
  • U95_1_40.DAT
  • U95_1_41.DAT
  • U95_1_42.DAT
  • U95_1_43.DAT
  • U95_1_44.DAT
  • U95_1_45.DAT
  • U95_1_46.DAT
  • U95_1_47.DAT
  • U95_1_48.DAT
  • U95_1_49.DAT
  • U95_1_5.DAT
  • U95_1_6.DAT
  • U95_1_7.DAT
  • U95_1_8.DAT
  • U95_1_9.DAT
  • U95_1.SCR
  • U95_1.WAV
  • U95_10.SCR
  • U95_10.WAV
  • U95_2_14.DAT
  • U95_2_15.DAT
  • U95_2_16.DAT
  • U95_2_17.DAT
  • U95_2_18.DAT
  • U95_2_19.DAT
  • U95_2_21.DAT
  • U95_2_22.DAT
  • U95_2_23.DAT
  • U95_2_24.DAT
  • U95_2_25.DAT
  • U95_2_26.DAT
  • U95_2_27.DAT
  • U95_2_28.DAT
  • U95_2_30.DAT
  • U95_2_31.DAT
  • U95_2_32.DAT
  • U95_2_36.DAT
  • U95_2_38.DAT
  • U95_2_41.DAT
  • U95_2_42.DAT
  • U95_2_47.DAT
  • U95_2_48.DAT
  • U95_2_49.DAT
  • U95_2_7.DAT
  • U95_2.SCR
  • U95_2.WAV
  • U95_3_36.DAT
  • U95_3_38.DAT
  • U95_3_7.DAT
  • U95_3.SCR
  • U95_3.WAV
  • U95_4_36.DAT
  • U95_4_38.DAT
  • U95_4.SCR
  • U95_4.WAV
  • U95_5_36.DAT
  • U95_5_38.DAT
  • U95_5.SCR
  • U95_5.WAV
  • U95_6.SCR
  • U95_6.WAV
  • U95_7.SCR
  • U95_7.WAV
  • U95_8.BMP
  • U95_8.SCR
  • U95_8.WAV
  • U95_9.SCR
  • U95_9.WAV
  • U95_BRIC.DLL
  • U95_G.SCR
  • U95_PIC.DLL
  • U95_T.SCR
  • U95_W.SCR
  • U95.EXE
  • U95.HLP
  • U95.MID

Game Resources

  • *.DAT — game level files in ASCII, see below.
  • *.WAV — various sound effects. See below for the function of each file.
  • *.SCR — BMP files with level backgrounds, see below for their purposes.
  • U95_BRIC.DLL — a 16-bit DLL (aka "Win16 NE") file with brick graphics in its embedded resources.
  • U95_PIC.DLL — a 16-bit DLL file with enemy graphics in its embedded resources
  • U95.EXE — the main game executable file. Also a 16-bit NE file containing some game graphics (UI elements, player sprite, bullet sprites, mines and certain enemies, bonus items).
  • U95.HLP — game help file. We were unable to open it so far. See #19 for the current progress on presenting it in the game.
  • U95.MID — a MIDI file with the in-game music. See #20 for the current progress on playing it.

.DAT Files

The .DAT files contain the game levels in ASCII. There are three category of characters there:

  • 1–9: number of brick sprite from U95_BRIC.DLL. Resources have names Bitmap/2–Bitmap/10, and their indices in bitmap section correspond exactly to their number in the .DAT file.
  • a: random choice between certain bonus items:
    • bottle
    • candy
    • medal
    • treasure chest
    • floppy
    • canned fish
    • wrench
    • light bulb
    • seashell
    • compass
  • b: random choice between bomb and four kinds of octopuses.

.SCR Files

Every .SCR file contains a BMP. The files are named according to a pattern U95_<letter>.SCR, where <letter> is one of:

  • T: game menu screen
  • 1–9: level numbers
  • W: background for upper levels
  • G: background for lower levels

Sprite Format

16-bit NE files (.DLL and .EXE) that contain sprites can be opened by eXeScope.

Every sprite contained in the NE files to consist of two bitmaps: one for the color data and another one for the transparency mask.

There's also a resource 15/1 in each file that seems to contain some kind of meta-information about the files (the file names corresponding to resources, at least).

See #21 for the current progress on sprite decoding.

Game Sounds

  • U95_0.WAV: game started
  • U95_1.WAV: game over
  • U95_2.WAV: after game over, the player has made a new record
  • U95_3.WAV: life taken
  • U95_4.WAV: lifebuoy taken
  • U95_5.WAV: treasure taken
  • U95_6.WAV: a treasure or a lifebuoy destroyed by a bullet
  • U95_7.WAV: shot
  • U95_8.WAV: stationary enemy (an octopus or a mine) destroyed
  • U95_9.WAV: swimming enemy destroyed
  • U95_10.WAV: player lost a life