Electronic Arts Formats

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  • Extensions: ASF, CMV, DCT, 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.

Chunk Types

Electronic Arts SEAD: SEAD, SNDC, SEND
Electronic Arts 1SNx: 1SNh, 1SNd, 1SNl, 1SNe
Electronic Arts SCHx: SCHl, SCCl, SCDl, SCLl, SCEl
Electronic Arts MVI: MVIh, MVIf, MVIe: 
Electronic Arts TGV: kVGT, fVGT: 
Electronic Arts DCT: mTCD: 
Electronic Arts TGQ: TGQs: 
Electronic Arts TQI: pIQT: 
Electronic Arts MAD: MADk, MADm, MADe: 
Electronic Arts VP6: MVhd, MV0K, MV0F: 

Games Using Electronic Arts Multimedia Formats

Games Using TGV

Games Using TGQ

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