<s>
The	O
FLIC	B-Application
file	O
formats	O
most	O
known	O
in	O
the	O
extension	O
.FLI	B-Application
and	O
.FLC	B-Application
,	O
used	O
to	O
store	O
animation	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FLIC	B-Application
animation	O
format	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Animator	I-Application
(	O
FLI	O
)	O
and	O
Autodesk	B-Application
Animator	I-Application
Pro	I-Application
(	O
FLC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
Jim	O
Kent	O
had	O
a	O
Dr.	O
Dobbs	O
article	O
with	O
a	O
source	O
code	O
listing	O
,	O
introducing	O
the	O
FLIC	B-Application
format	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
video	O
game	O
developers	O
used	O
the	O
format	O
for	O
intros	O
and	O
other	O
animated	O
sequences	O
in	O
their	O
games	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
UFO	B-Application
:	I-Application
Enemy	I-Application
Unknown	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Autodesk	O
released	O
a	O
Freeware	B-License
software	I-License
called	O
AAPlay	O
to	O
play	O
FLI/FLC	B-Application
files	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
support	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
wrote	O
substitutes	O
themselves	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open	I-License
source	I-License
libraries	O
for	O
writing	O
and	O
reading	O
FLI/FLC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
