1. Game
2. Third-Party Loaders

Multi-carts, etc. - Printable Version

Overview

A third-party loader is a piece of hardware or software which is used to load a game or application onto a platform through a loading mechanism other than those which the original hardware provided.

Typical categories of loaders are multi-carts, digital tape replacements and also modified software.

There is a healthy discussion thread on the Atari Age forums regarding the general subject and latest developments: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/127...t-all-systems/

For Submissions

Twin Galaxies has a significant history of permitting performances with third-party devices which replace the original media for platforms. Some historical attempts were made to document specifically permitted devices for submissions and the last of these can be found on the forums at https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthr...ti-Flash-Carts .

Over the years, more and more such devices and mechanisms (software exploits which require no additional hardware, for example) come to light. With the advent of TGSAP, a wider and wider use of various copy-protection avoidance and piracy mechanisms have been used with submissions. There is no guarantee that the use of a third-party loader will be accepted. The below list is intended only as reference. The listing of a device below has no bearing on the adjudication process and should not be interpreted as acceptable in a submission.

Legal

Commercially released games and many homebrew games are expected to be protected by copyright in most countries. Such third-party devices often sit in a legal grey area for many countries where the device itself is not illegal but using the device for commercially released games is often against local copyright law. There are countries where such devices are banned entirely and other countries which simply do not recognise copyright. The operator is expected to make certain of their own legal position wherever they use such a device.

Generic Hardware

Floppy Disk

• HxC2001: https://hxc2001.com/
  
• Kryo Flux: https://www.kryoflux.com/
  

Tape Cassette

• Arduitape/CasDuino/TZXDuino: http://arduitape.blogspot.com/ (shop at https://www.etsy.com/listing/5393461...eplacement-for)
  
• SVI-CAS: http://users.tpg.com.au/romsey/SVI/S...ers_Manual.pdf (payment details at the bottom of the PDF)
  

MFM Hard Disk Interface

• MFM Hard Disk Reader/Emulator: https://www.pdp8online.com/mfm/mfm.shtml
  
• DREM: https://www.drem.info/
  

Small Systems Computer Interface: SCSI

• ZuluSCSI: http://zuluscsi.com/
  

Multi-System

BackBit Pro Cartridge

From the web page: "The BackBit Pro Cartridge lets you play games and use programs on 19+ vintage computers and game systems from just one cartridge! (Adapters sold separately.)"
Web site: https://www.backbit.io/

Acorn

Acorn Electron

• Ramptop Retro's ElkSD range: http://ramtop-retro.uk/ (sold via drbombcrater on ebay.co.uk: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/drbombcrater )
  

Amstrad

Amstrad CPC

• C4CPC: http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/C4CPC
  

Atari

Atari 2600

• Harmony Cart http://harmony.atariage.com
  
• Starpath Supercharger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starpath_Supercharger
  
• Robin Edward's UnoCart-2600: https://github.com/robinhedwards/UnoCart-2600 - also see below.
  
• Cuttle Cart
  
• Sean Kelly's 2600 Multicart
  

UnoCart-2600 derivatives:

• Dirty Harry's UnoCart-2600: https://github.com/DirtyHairy/UnoCart-2600
  
• The Atari 2600 PlusCart(+): https://pluscart.firmaplus.de/pico/ - based on DirtyHarry's forked version of the UnoCart-2600.
  
• Dablio Games' PlusCart (a PlusCart(+) based product). See notes on Dablio Games' version: https://www.twingalaxies.com/scott-s...ey-are-pirates first (link to seller in that thread if you seek it).
  

Atari 5200

• Atarimax Atari 5200 128-in-1 Flash Cart http://atarimax.com/usb5200/documentation
  
• Sean Kelly's 5200 Multicart v1 & v2
  
• Unknown 5200 Multicart
  

Atari 7800

• Cuttle Cart 2
  

Atari 8-bit

• Atarimax Maxflash Programmer http://atarimax.com/flashcart/documentation
  
• SDrive-MAX: http://www.kbrnet.de/projekte/sdrive-max/index.html
  
• AVGCART: https://avgcart.tmp.sk/
  
• SIDE3: https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=143
  

Atari Jaguar

• RetroHQ Jaguar GameDrive: https://www.retrohq.co.uk/products/
  

Atari Lynx

• BennVenn ElCheapoSD - Lynx Rev2: https://bennvenn.myshopify.com/colle...lynx-pre-order
  
• RetroHQ Lynx GameDrive: https://www.retrohq.co.uk/products/
  

Bally

Astrocade

• Ward Shrake's Bally Astrocade Multicart: http://amigan.1emu.net/digarch/multifaq.htm
  

ColecoVision

ColecoVision / ADAM

• Atarimax Colecovision 128-in-1 Flash Cart http://atarimax.com/usbcoleco/documentation
  
• Atarimax Ultimate SD http://atarimax.com/colecosd/documentation
  

Commodore

Generic Commodore

• SD2IEC: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/sd2iec-info
  
• Pi1541: https://cbm-pi1541.firebaseapp.com/
  
• DC2N: https://www.luigidifraia.com/c64/dc2n/
  

Commodore 64

• 1541 Ultimate-II http://1541ultimate.net - Reputable disc images: GB64.com, C64.com, C64G.com.
  
• EasyFlash: http://skoe.de/easyflash/doku.php?id=start
  
• Tapuino: http://sweetlilmre.blogspot.com/2014...-emulator.html
  
• Cassadapt: http://c8d.cbm8bit.com/cassadapt.php
  
• Kung-Fu Flash: https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash
  

Emerson

Arcadia 2001

• Arcadia 2001 Multicart: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/189...-any-interest/
  
• Ward Shrake's Emerson Arcadia 2001 Multicart: http://amigan.1emu.net/digarch/multifaq.htm
  

General Consumer Electronics

Vectrex

• Richard Hutchinson's VecFlash
  
• Richard Hutchinson's VecMulti
  
• Sean Kelly's Vectrex Multicart
  
• Andrew Coleman's Vectrex Multicart http://vectrex.playntradeonline.com/shop.html
  

Mattel

IntelliVision

• Cuttle Cart 3 http://intellivisionrevolution.com/c...opment-history
  
• LTO Intellivision Flash Cart http://ltoflash.leftturnonly.info/
  

Microsoft/ASCII

MSX

• SofaRun: https://www.louthrax.net/mgr/sofarun.html
  
• SD-512: http://www.8bits4ever.com/sd-512.html
  
• MSX UniMapper: https://github.com/RBSC/Unimapper
  
• Projeto SD Mapper/Megaram 512K para MSX: https://github.com/fbelavenuto/msxsdmapper / Author's eBay shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/fractal2000
  

NEC

TurboGrafx-16 / PCE

• Turbo Everdrive v2: https://krikzz.com/store/home/35-tur...drive-v24.html
  
• Turbo Everdrive Pro: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...drive-pro.html
  
• Super SD System 3 (PC Engine specific): https://terraonion.com/en/producto/super-sd-system-3/
  

Nintendo

Game Boy

• Everdrive GB
  
  • X7: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/edgbx7.html
    
  • X5: https://krikzz.com/store/home/47-everdrive-gb.html
    
  • X3: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/edgbx3.html
    

Game Boy Advance

• Everdrive GBA X5: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...ive-gb-x5.html
  
• Everdrive GBA Mini: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...-gba-mini.html
  

Nintendo 64

• Everdrive 64:
  
  • v7: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/ed64x7.html
    
  • v5: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/ed64x5.html
    
  • v3: https://krikzz.com/store/home/28-everdrive-64-v3.html
    
  • v2.5: https://krikzz.com/store/home/30-everdrive-64-v25.html
    
  
  
• Neo N64 Myth Cart: https://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php?topic=5889.0
  

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom

• PowerPak: https://www.retrousb.com/product_inf...39cc7e62f856c8
  
• USB CopyNES: https://www.retrousb.com/product_inf...39cc7e62f856c8
  
• Everdrive N8 NES: https://krikzz.com/store/home/31-everdrive-n8-nes.html
  
• EverDrive N8 Famicom: https://krikzz.com/store/home/32-eve...8-famicom.html
  
• Everdrive N8 Pro: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...pro-72pin.html
  
• EverDrive N8 Pro Fami: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...-pro-fami.html
  

Nintendo Wii

• Homebrew Channel: https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Homebrew_Channel
  
• Nintendont (to play GC games): https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont
  

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)

• SD2SNES: https://krikzz.com/store/home/27-sd2snes.html
  
• Super Everdrive: https://krikzz.com/store/home/53-sup...rdrive-x5.html
  
• Super Everdrive X5: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/spedx5.html
  
• Super Everdrive X6: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...rdrive-x6.html
  
• FXPAK PRO: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...fxpak-pro.html
  

Virtual Boy

• HyperFlash32: https://www.retroonyx.com/product-page/virtual-boy1
  

Panasonic

3DO

• USB for 3DO http://3do-renovation.ru/How_to_buy.htm
  
• IDE Adapter with Hard Drive Loader: http://www.retrocollect.com/News/pan...ard-drive.html (historical link to article only)
  

Philips

Odyssey2/Videopac

• John Dondzila's Odyssey2/Videopac Multicart http://classicgamecreations.com/order.html
  

Sega

Sega Dreamcast

• USB-GDROM Controller: http://3do-renovation.ru/USB-GDROM_Controller.htm
  
• Terraonion MODE: https://terraonion.com/en/producto/terraonion-mode/
  

Sega Game Gear

• Everdrive GG: https://krikzz.com/store/home/37-everdrive-gg.html
  
• Everdrive GG X7: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...ive-gg-x7.html
  

Sega Master System

• Master Everdrive X7: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/smsx7.html
  

Sega MegaDrive / Genesis

With Sega-CD / Sega Mega-CD

• Terraonion MegaSD: https://terraonion.com/en/producto/megasd/
  
• Krikzz Mega Everdrive Pro: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...drive-pro.html
  

No Sega-CD / Sega Mega-CD

• Mega Everdrive:
  
  • X7: https://krikzz.com/store/home/33-mega-everdrive-x7.html
    
  • X5: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...rdrive-x5.html
    
  • X3: https://krikzz.com/our-products/cart...rdrive-x3.html
    
  
  
  
• Flashkit Programmer MD: https://krikzz.com/store/home/38-fla...rammer-md.html
  
• Flashkit cart MD: https://krikzz.com/store/home/39-flashkit-cart-md.html
  

Sega Saturn

• Terraonion MODE: https://terraonion.com/en/producto/terraonion-mode/
  

SNK

SNK NeoGeo AES/MVS

• Neo SD: https://terraonion.com/en/producto/neosd-mvs/
  
• Neo SD Pro: https://terraonion.com/en/producto/neosd-pro-aes/
  

SNK NeoPocket

• RetroHQ NeoPocket GameDrive: https://www.retrohq.co.uk/products/
  

Sony

PlayStation Classic ("mini")

• BleemSync: https://github.com/pathartl/BleemSyn...ases/tag/1.0.1
  

PlayStation 2

• Open PS2 Loader: https://bitbucket.org/ifcaro/open-ps2-loader/wiki/Home
  

Texas Instruments

TI-99 / 4A

• The FinalGROM 99: https://endlos99.github.io/finalgrom99/