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# Imagination Pilots ART-File packer/unpacker
The IPE Artfile Packer/Unpacker tool let you pack and unpack ART files of games by Imagination Pilots, so that you can extract and modify the graphics of the game.
The following games are supported:
- "Blown Away" (1994)
- "Panic in the Park" (1995)
- "Where's Waldo? At the Circus" (1995)
- "Where's Waldo? Exploring Geography" (1996)
- "Eraser Turnabout" (1997)
- "Virtual K'Nex" (1998)
Tested with Operating Systems
- Linux
- Windows
## Unpacker syntax
Example:
ipe_artfile_unpacker -v -i INPUT.ART -o outputFolder
Arguments:
-i Input Art file
-v Output verbose information (-vv more verbose)
-o Output folder (must exist)
## Packer syntax
Example:
ipe_artfile_packer -v -t pip -i inputFolder -o OUTPUT.ART
Arguments:
-i Input folder
-v Output verbose information (-vv more verbose)
-o Output ART files
-t Game type (ba, pip, waldo, waldo2, eraser or knex)
# Imagination Pilots Transparent Video Frame Extractor
Extracts video frames from `IPMA` and `IP20` coded AVI files into Bitmap files
The following games are supported:
- "Blown Away" (1994)
- "Panic in the Park" (1995)
- "Where's Waldo? At the Circus" (1995)
- "Where's Waldo? Exploring Geography" (1996)
This tool is only available on Windows, since it requires the "Video for Windows" API.
More information about the codecs can be found here: https://misc.daniel-marschall.de/spiele/blown_away/ipma_codec/
## Syntax
Example:
ipma_frame_extractor -i inputfile -o outputdir
Arguments:
-i Input file (AVI)
-o Output directory (will be created if it does not exist)