The JCB file extension belongs to the Jason C. Brooke audio format, which was named after its creator. It first appeared in 1986 and no longer is a supported audio format. In fact, it's unsure how the files were created, as no program currently can write, encode to or convert from this format.
History
- Jason C. Brooke is a musician who spent his early career composing music at Mastertronic. He created many songs for games on the Atari 8, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 gaming systems. Notably, he is remembered as one of the most popular 8-bit composers from the late 1980s. Many of his songs were saved in the JCB audio format.
Games
- The JCB file format was used for in-game music for popular titles on different gaming platforms. Some of the more popular titles include "After Burner" by Sega, "Feud" by Bulldog Software and Mastertronic, "1943: The Battle of Midway" by Probe and Go!, "Heavy Metal" by Probe and Access Software and "Ikari Warriors" by Elite. The JCB song format appears on approximately 20 game titles from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Dates
- The first game to feature the JCB song module format was the title "180" by Mastertronic. The game was released in 1986. The file format was last used to create in-game music in the 1991 release of "Thunderstrike" that was developed and released by Live Studios. JCB files appeared on a game in each year from 1986 to 1991.
Programs
- Although you can listen to JCB audio files while playing many of these classic console games, there's only one program that can open and play a JCB file. The software company makes a Windows program called "Konvertor FM" that opens and plays over a hundred different file formats. Many of those files are picture or audio formats, including JCB. The program only opens and plays the music, but cannot write in the file format.
