Jazz Jackrabbit Menu Format

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Jazz Jackrabbit Menu Format
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Format typeTileset
HardwareVGA
Max tile count21
PaletteExternal
Tile names?No
Minimum tile size (pixels)Fixed, varies by index
Maximum tile size (pixels)Fixed, varies by index
Plane count1
Plane arrangementLinear
Transparent pixels?Yes
Hitmap pixels?No
Metadata?None
Supports sub-tilesets?No
Compressed tiles?No
Hidden data?No
Games

The Jazz Jackrabbit menu file MENU.000 contains the graphics used in the Jazz menu, including the difficulty screen and episode selection screen.

The file in all cases consists of several Jazz Jackrabbit RLE compression compressed blocks, each containing a separate image or palette. There are a different number of blocks depending on the version of Jazz. Jazz shareware and full contains 13, both holiday hares (94 and 95) contains 21 and Jazz CD contains 17.

Blocks
1      Normal menu palette.
2      320x200 normal menu screen.
3      320x200 screen for highlighted menu options.
4      Palette for christmas menu. (HH 94 and 95 only)
5      320x200 christmas screen. (HH 94 and 95 only)
6      320x200 christmas screen for highlighted menu options. (HH 94 and 95 only)
7      Palette for difficulty screens.
8      320x200 image divided into four difficulty images.
9      Episode selection screen palette
10-21  134x110 episode images. HH94 and 95 contain 11, Jazz CD contains 10, all
       other versions contain 6.