Resident Evil 3 file formats - pmandin/reevengi-tools GitHub Wiki
Resident Evil 3 (PC version) always uses .DAT as file extension. The zmovie subdirectory contains MPEG audio-video files. The rest of game datas are stored as big file archives.
The Playstation version does not use files for 3D models and their associated textures. Instead the game loads directly the needed data from CD-ROM sectors.
| .DAT (Resident Evil 3) | Game data |
Here is the list of file formats that can be found in the .DAT archive files. Or in the Playstation version of the game, if said so.
| .ARD | Room description (Playstation) |
| .BGM | Background music |
| .BIN | Unknown (Playstation) |
| .BSS | Background and masks images (Playstation version) |
| .DAT | Unknown - can vary, sometimes this is movie data. |
| .DO2 | Door data |
| .EMD | Monster and NPC data, 3D model |
| .ESP | Unknown |
| .JPG | JPEG image |
| .MAP | Unknown |
| .PIX | Raw image |
| .PLD | Player data |
| .PLW | Player weapon |
| .RBJ | Player and NPC animations in Room |
| .RDT | Room description |
| .SLD | Scene layer data |
| .SND | Unknown |
| .STR | Movie (Playstation) |
| .TIM | Texture image |
| .VB | Sound data |
| .VH | Sound header |
| .WAV | WAV audio sample |
| .XAS | Audio (Playstation) |
