{
 "id": "perfect-zx-tape-pzx-image-format",
 "name": "Perfect ZX Tape (PZX) Image Format",
 "category": "archive",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "pzx"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "application/octet-stream"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1898"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q29650302"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "505a5854",
    "notes": "Perfect ZX Tape (PZX) Image Format"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Perfect ZX Tape (PZX) Image Format",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "505a5854"
     }
    ]
   }
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "PZX is a tape file format designed primarily for archiving content of Sinclair ZX Spectrum tapes. It was designed by Patrik Rak to address the perceived shortcomings of a revised version of the TZX format, as a viable, easy to use and implement alternative, while retaining the key features of TZX.",
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1898",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1898",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q29650302",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29650302",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/PZX",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-20",
 "aliases": [],
 "structure": [],
 "parsers": [],
 "tools": [],
 "conversions": [],
 "samples": [],
 "claims": [],
 "verification": []
}