{"id":25169,"date":"2026-08-09T08:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=25169"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T08:34:04","slug":"atari-st-public-floppy-database-now-open-for-everyone-online-archive-originally-designed-for-st-flash-cart-packed-with-classics-and-homebrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/?p=25169","title":{"rendered":"Atari ST Public Floppy Database now open for everyone \u2014 online archive originally designed for ST flash cart packed with classics and homebrew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-525b6654-9000-11f1-aa42-c3646adb53c6\">An extensive Atari ST floppy disk database can now easily be accessed by all netizens. Originally created to serve floppy images to the owners of the SidecarTridge multi\u2011function hardware add\u2011on for the Atari ST family (ST, STE, Mega ST, TT, Falcon), anyone can now browse, search, and download the .ST files to use with other hardware, emulators, or even to rewrite the disk images to actual floppies.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Atari ST Public Floppy Database browser from the SidecarTridge Multi-device is now open on the web to everyone.Until now, searching that community-curated archive of floppy images meant firing up your Atari ST with a SidecarTridge Multi-device. The search lived inside the\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2079517387062177855\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2079517387062177855\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"video-games\" rel=\"noopener\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-347dc180-9001-11f1-912f-39463d9a1d41\">After reading the announcement, I decided to check out the online repository. My favorite old platformer series was there, with more than one disk featuring the legendary Turrican and Turrican II releases. I also checked and confirmed public domain\/shareware favorites like Gravity Force were available, as was Llamatron, and the mono high-resolution Bolo. Some things I looked for, like the Stupendous Demo, seemed to be missing, as were serious art and DTP tools I used to dabble with in the 90s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:74.47%;\">\n<p><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Tom&#8217;s Hardware)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-854f57c2-9001-11f1-98a6-99582818db89\">The database is pleasingly new and regularly maintained, though. For example, it has 41 <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/retro-gaming\/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/retro-gaming\/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"video-games\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/retro-gaming\/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port\" rel=\"noopener\">Atari ST disks flagged as recent arrivals. These are a mix of old releases being added, and some extremely new titles like new homebrew games, and a collection of demos released at Sommerhack 2026 just last month.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand\">Tom&#8217;s Hardware<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As indicated in the intro, this disk database was originally collated for direct access via hardware designed to bring several modern conveniences to those who still cling to original Atari ST-family computers. The SidecarTridge slots into the computer\u2019s cartridge port, hence the name. It is much more than a \u2018Gotek-style\u2019 flash card floppy loader, though. This Raspberry Pi Pico W RP2040 microcontroller-powered device can also load different ROMs (the Atari ST\u2019s entire OS and GEM desktop were loaded from ROM for super-fast,t no-disk-needed booting) via its microSD card slot. It also provides hard disk emulation, networking features (Wi-Fi for downloading Atari ST Public Floppy Database disks), access to RTC, and modern keyboards, mice, and other peripherals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:31.51%;\">\n<p id=\"elk-a61b8f12-9000-11f1-a295-67173b7d53d8\"><em>Follow<\/em><em> Tom&#8217;s Hardware on Google News<\/em><em>, or<\/em><em> add us as a preferred source<\/em><em>, to get our latest news, analysis, &amp; reviews in your feeds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get Tom&#8217;s Hardware&#8217;s best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/video-games\/retro-gaming\/atari-st-public-floppy-database-now-open-for-everyone-online-archive-originally-designed-for-st-flash-cart-packed-with-classics-and-homebrew\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An extensive Atari ST floppy disk database can now easily be accessed by all netizens. Originally created to serve floppy images to the owners of the SidecarTridge multi\u2011function hardware add\u2011on for the Atari ST family (ST, STE, Mega ST, TT, Falcon), anyone can now browse, search, and download the .ST files to use with other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2609,11643,11646,11647,11644,11645,8929,10836,11648,1549,276,5910,6582,1275],"class_list":["post-25169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-results","tag-archive","tag-atari","tag-cart","tag-classics","tag-database","tag-designed","tag-flash","tag-floppy","tag-homebrew","tag-online","tag-open","tag-originally","tag-packed","tag-public"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmaallout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}