CNCSA

CNCSA is a Engine developed by Europress Software in 1996, its currently only known that these Games are used for Adi 4's Game Box.

Used Games by the Engine

• Break Time
• Jet Fighter
• Jupiter
• Des dalles

Versions

• 1.03
• 1.4.1.34
• 1.1.1.24 (CNCS32.DLL)

Components

• WinG is kind of hub that is for make a connection between Direct Draw & Direct Sound.
• Direct Draw used by DirectX.
• Direct Sound used by DirectX.
• CNCS32.DLL (Graphics Library)

CCA File Format

• CCA contains all the important data like Images, Sprites, Audio, Fonts
• it is packed with PAME (always listed in the first 4 bytes of the CCA File)
• after PAME in the game specfic CCA File is also the name of the Game listed.
• then the Name of the Game Author. (not for all games)

HLP Files

• HLP contains the the Manual, that gets opened if the Player click on Help
• HLP files get opened over ADIHELP.EXE as a Parameter like ADIHELP.EXE EXAMPLE.HLP

File Formats that contains the CCA files

• EXE
• HLP
• COX

CNCS32.DLL

• CNCS32.DLL is the Graphics Library of the Engine.
• it controls different things like Direct Sound, Direct Draw, WinG.
• The Library searches for different File Formats: .bmp .dib .rle .pcx .gif .lbm *.iff