Hocus Pocus

Levels?	Editable
Tiles?	Editable
Sprites?	Editable
Fullscreen?	Editable
Sound?	Editable
Music?	Editable
Text?	Editable
Story/cutscenes?	Partially editable
UI/menus?	Partially editable
Demos?	Unknown

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Hocus Pocus is a VGA platform game. The levels are notable for having some technical complexity, as tiles can be added and removed from maps in response to player actions.

Tools

The following tools are able to work with this game.

Name	Platform	Group/archives	Levels	Graphics	Music	Sounds	Text	Saves	.exe patch
Camoto	Linux/Windows	Edit	Partial	Some	No	No	No	No	No
HocusEditor	Windows GUI	Edit	Edit	Edit	Replace	Replace	No	No	Yes
HocusSharp	Microsoft .NET Framework	Edit	No	Some	No	No	Edit	No	No
Wombat	Windows GUI	Read	No	Read	Read	Read	No	No	No

File formats

This section lists the file formats used in the game.

Standalone files

File name	Description
`hocus.dat`	Group file storing most of the game data in DAT Format.
`*.sav`	Saved games in SAV Format.

Files inside hocus.dat

The files stored inside hocus.dat have no filenames. See the DAT Format page for a list of which files are which. The formats used are:

File #0 is a 1bpp (monochrome) 8×720 image, containing 90 8×8 glyphs used as the main game font
Hocus Pocus Map Format - game levels
MID Format - MIDIs are used for game music
B800 Text - text screen shown at exit
PCX Format - used for game graphics and map tiles
Hocus Pocus Palette Format - used to store game palettes
Hocus Pocus Image Format - used for game graphics that are not 320 × 200
Hocus Pocus Sprite Format - used for sprites
Hocus Pocus Text Format - used for story texts and ordering info
Hocus Pocus Demo Format - used to store demo macros