Graphics

The first games from Level 9 were text only, but later games included line-drawn graphics, and then bitmap graphics for the last games. These graphics are supported by some versions of the interpreter, including the Windows version.

On some platforms the line-drawn graphics were placed into separate files (For example, in the Amiga release of "Jewels of Darkness" the game is in "gamedata.dat" and the graphics in "picture.dat".). In order to show the pictures the graphics file should be given the same name as the game data file, but with an extension of ".pic", ".cga" or ".hrc" (the latter two being used for graphics files in MS-DOS Level 9 releases).

If no line-drawn graphics file is specified, Level 9 will search the given game data file for graphics data. This is useful when the game data is a Spectrum SNA snapshot or a similar memory dump of an emulator.

The last Level 9 games use bitmap graphics. The interpreter can display the bitmap graphics from C64, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS, Apple Macintosh, BBC B, Amstrad CPC and Spectrum +3 versions of the games (though for the last three, there is currently no way to extract the A-code game data in a usable form).

The graphics files contain a number somewhere in the file name, and there may also be a title picture with a different file name. The interpreter searches for suitably named graphics files using the following rules. In all cases copy the graphics and title files to the same directory as the game.

Amiga, Macintosh and earlier Atari ST

The graphics file name is just the number (e.g. "1", "2", etc.). The title file is called "title".

Later Atari ST

The graphics file name is the number with a "squ" file extension (e.g. "1.squ", "2.squ", etc.). The title file is just one of the normal graphics files.

MS-DOS

The graphics file name is the number with a "pic" file extension (e.g. "1.pic", "2.pic", etc.). The title file is just one of the normal graphics files.

C64

The graphics file name is "pic" followed by the number (e.g. "pic1", "pic2", etc.). The title file is called "title mpic".

BBC B "Lancelot"

As for C64, except that the title file is called "title".

BBC B except "Lancelot"

The graphics file name is "P.Pic" followed by the number (e.g. "P.Pic1", "P.Pic2", etc.). The title file is called "P.Title".

Amstrad CPC and Spectrum +3

All but the first graphic are contained in a single file called "allpics.pic". The first graphics file is "1.pic" and the title file is "title.pic".

Amiga, Macintosh and earlier Atari ST
	The graphics file name is just the number (e.g. "1", "2", etc.). The title file is called "title".

Later Atari ST
	The graphics file name is the number with a "squ" file extension (e.g. "1.squ", "2.squ", etc.). The title file is just one of the normal graphics files.

MS-DOS
	The graphics file name is the number with a "pic" file extension (e.g. "1.pic", "2.pic", etc.). The title file is just one of the normal graphics files.

C64
	The graphics file name is "pic" followed by the number (e.g. "pic1", "pic2", etc.). The title file is called "title mpic".

BBC B "Lancelot"
	As for C64, except that the title file is called "title".

BBC B except "Lancelot"
	The graphics file name is "P.Pic" followed by the number (e.g. "P.Pic1", "P.Pic2", etc.). The title file is called "P.Title".

Amstrad CPC and Spectrum +3
	All but the first graphic are contained in a single file called "allpics.pic". The first graphics file is "1.pic" and the title file is "title.pic".