I need some legacy OS help. Resource and File Manager stuff...

I don't know where to find a better place to ask this and I know that it will strain your memory, but I really am in need of help.
I am working on a Windows port of the old and now defunct SpriteWorld animation library. I used to be involved in its development when I had a Mac several years ago, and I really enjoyed toying with it. I am aware of SpriteWorld X, but I don't like C++ and I want to do this for myself.
Anyway, the coding of the actual project will be trivial. What I need help with are the dozens of resource files that contain all of the graphics used by the examples. Since I'm doing this in Windows, I cannot simply open the resource files in ResEdit or even in code very easily. What I'm trying to do is extract the PICT and cicn resources in the files. I did find the legacy documentation on Apple's developer site and I have studied it thoroughly. However, the Resource Manager documentation leaves out a great many details and is making it nearly impossible to parse the files.
The biggest issue that I'm having is finding the exact starting point in the file for the resource fork. What I've noticed is that there seems to be an undocumented and nearly identical header, containing the file name, creator, file type and unknown data of unknown length, in all of the files that I've viewed. Since this header is not documented, it makes it very difficult to find the start of the fork. I'm guessing that it is used by the Finder?
I was able to manually find the start(I think...), since a copy resource fork header is 30 bytes prior to the first resource type listed in the file. Per the documentation, this is merely a copy and the actual header is further up in the file. I've found that, but many times the offsets are wrong. All of the offsets start at the beginning of the resource fork, which unfortunately, does not start at the first byte in the file. To make it even more difficult, most of the time the real header (and thus the fork) starts 82 bytes in, but not always and there doesn't seem to be any reason for the discrepancy. Even when I'm sure of the location of the start of the fork, the offsets in the header often times will point to random data in the file instead of the correct locations. I don't know if the files are corrupted or if there is more information that I'm missing.
Without being able to decipher the resource fork structure, there is no way that I can write the utility I need to extract the data. I know that I'm asking for help with VERY old data, but I'm not sure where else to turn. If I could afford it, I would just go out and buy a Mac. Unfortunately, that is not an option. I've searched just about as far as I can with Google, but to no avail. I wouldn't post this, but I've simply exhausted all other avenues. I sure hope someone can shed some light on this matter.
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If you get really stuck, you might find a helpful soul that might be willing to generate screen captures or otherwise de-rez the files for you. I've never gotten around to figuring out a way to dump the graphics directly from the resource forks, however, I do happen to have several legacy Macs still running on my home network, as well as some earlier OSX versions.
Currently:
Powerbook G4 (2), OSX 10.5.8, and 10.4.11
iMac G4, OSX 10.3.9
PowerMac 8600, OS 9.2
PowerMac 8500 (2), OS 8.x, OSX 10.1 Server
Mac IIci, OS 8.x or 7.x (have to check)
Mac LC III, OS 7.x or 8.x (currently powerd off, but can be resurrected, used for terminal emulator
(I've made use of these myself to get screen captures, and extract sound resources via ResEdit or Resorcerer for my own port of some legacy software).

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