
#THE GRAFFITI CREATOR 2 CODE#
Assuming the files are read as big-endian (i386 byte order), this Perl code extracts a pixel from an unsigned short. Each pixel is 2 bytes, with each nibble giving alpha, red, green and blue channel values from 0x00 to 0x0F. JSR graffiti (at least, the "HD Remaster" versions) is stored as uncompressed ARGB data (4bpp) in AFS archives within the DATA/ subfolder. So, I obtained a copy of JSR for PC from Steam, wrote a custom tool to extract the graffiti images, converted to PNG, and uploaded them here. The process to extract and replace graffiti with custom designs has been done before, but nobody I've found has actually collected and shared the complete graffiti collection from the game. The winner announcement was made by YouTube video. All entries were posted to Sega's Flickr account, and the top entries were included in the remaster.

As a promotion Sega launched a contest for the public to submit new graffiti designs.

In 2010 the game was ported to several more modern platforms, including PC, Android, and home game console. There was even a "design your own" graffiti art tool built-in, and custom tags could be uploaded to Sega's website for other users to copy to their own game. Sega brought various artists on to design elaborate graffiti art patterns that the player can unlock to customize their style. Graffiti plays an important role in the game: most objectives involve "tagging" different locations of the map, and enemies can be defeated by spraying them as well. The player controls a member of a youth gang, the GGs, as they use inline skates to traverse Tokyo, spraying graffiti and evading authorities.

Jet Set Radio, originally released in North America as Jet Grind Radio, is a 2000 action video game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Dreamcast.
