Electronic Arts Formats

• Extensions: TGI, TGV, TGQ, WVE, UV, UV2, MAD, VP6
• Company: Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts, the video game publishing empire, and the various constituent development houses under its umbrella, have deployed a number of multimedia formats in its games.

EA multimedia formats are comprised of a series of blocks with the following format:

bytes 0-3    block type FourCC
bytes 4-7    block size
bytes 8..    block payload

It is important to note that there is no consistent byte order for multi-byte numbers.

Games Using Electronic Arts Multimedia Formats

Games Using TGV

• NBA Live 96
• Need for Speed
• Privateer 2: The Darkening

Games Using TGQ

• Crusader: No Remorse (Sega Saturn)
• Warcraft II: The Dark Saga (Sega Saturn)