PNA

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PNA
PNA.png
Developer: Palladix
Header: Custom
Content: Notational
Instruments: Internal
Target Output
Output - Digital Audio - No.png Output - MIDI - No.png Output - FM Synthesis.png Output - PSG - No.png
Released: 1990
First Game: The Curse of RA (DOS)
Extensions
  • *.pna

A PNA file holds several sound effects. P and A are presumed to stand for Palladix and Ad Lib (as spelled inside V1.1 of PSMADL.PSM).

The format is supported by Palladix Music System, but not PSM 2.00 Soundsystem and was superseded by the ESP format.

Players

(Category)

Games

(Category)
Released Title Sample
1990-??-?? The Curse of RA (DOS)
1990-??-?? M.U.D.S. - Mean Ugly Dirty Sport (DOS)
1990-??-?? Rock'n Roll (DOS)
1991-0?-?? Logical (DOS)

How to Obtain

PNA files usually have to be manually extracted from game files, a process that is different for pretty much every game that uses them.

Technical

All PNA files begin with PLX and 2.

Every sound effect is virtually a 3-channel PMA file. As such, it inherits its incompatibility between half of the games, but allows three simultaneous sound effects.