PICO-8 Encodings vs. Compression

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	encoding	#alphabet	data size	chars*	compressed 1	compressed 2	compressed 3	compressed 4	avg compressed	compressed vs. data	notes

2	binary	2	2048	16390	3334	3349	3347	3339	3343	163.23%
3	quaternary	4	2048	8198	2979	2980	2970	2972	2976	145.31%
4	octal	8	2048	5468	3038	3031	2990	3012	3018	147.36%
5	decimal	10	2048	4938	2972	2729	2712	2697	2778	135.64%
6	hexadecimal	16	2048	4102	2896	2866	2871	2880	2879	140.58%
7	base64	64	2048	2737	2737	2737	2737	2737	2737	133.64%	stored; no compression
8	base128	128	2048	2347	2347	2347	2347	2347	2347	114.60%	stored; no compression
9	base222 (string-safe)	224	2048	2108	2108	2108	2108	2108	2108	102.93%	stored; no compression
10	raw bytes	256	2048	2054	2054	2054	2054	2054	2054	100.29%	not actually possible, but presumed stored
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12	* note: overhead is 6 chars because generated carts wrap the string with "" and call the info command.
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