CaSTaway -- Portable Atari ST for Palm OS, Zodiac, GP32 and Sony PSP!

The Atari ST computer has a special place in my heart -- one of the first halfway modern GUI and mouse based computers with a megabyte of RAM, it was an excellent machine to hack around on. Serious desktop publishing software brought it into the office, built in MIDI ports and an early laptop format made it very popular with musicians, and a fun 'scene' brought it many groundbreaking 'demos' and games (with a large proportion of RPGs and shooters if I do say so myself) -- truly, it was "Power Without the Price."

I "cut my teeth" on the Atari ST, walking miles and miles to find the (only) local Atari store to buy games and utilities with my entire pay cheque, and generally did a lot of keen hacking around. Ran (and wrote a FidoNet system!) a BBS for most of a decade, wrote a lot of assembly, GFA Basic and C code, and really just got into the "scene" while working as a salesman for Atari at a local store.

CaSTaway is the ultimate way to pass your time and relive the good old days!

Don't know what to play? See here..

• Best and most notable games for Atari ST, from my blog.
• Mega Screenshot Gallery (50+) from my Palm SD card!

CaSTaway/PSP for Sony PSP

CaSTaway/PSP has a whacky heritage, being essentially a port of parts of my GP32 and Palm OS versions, though theres a number of changes going on along the way :) Those ports were in turn parts of my own emu and a Pocket PC port, which is derived from a distant DOS version.

Nowadays (as of CaSTaway 006 and later) I am targetting custom firmware such as OE or M33 or the like, which can run homebrew without requiring it to be kxploited or other tricks. If you need a firmware 1.5 kxploited version or a firmware 1.0 raw version, use build 005 which includes those.. or let me know, and I can create a 1.5 kxploited version if needed.

For various Sony PSP firmware versions.. (remember, for some firmware versions you can downgrade to an earlier version if you need to.):

• Firmware 1.0 - use the 1.0 firmware version of the 005 application; in some but not all distribution zip files
• Firmware 1.5 - use the 1.5 firmware version of the 005 application; in all the zip files
• Firmware 2.0 - use the latest EBoot Loader; fire up the 1.5 version of the application. Note that for 1.50 builds there are two files making each build (the actual application, and the crack), so you have to run the application version. Later EBoot Loaders will hide the junk, but earlier versions you need to fire up the right one. If you get an error like "Must launch from atari_st folder", then you launched the wrong one.. try the other file :)
• Custom firmwares such as OE and M33 -- use build 006 or later

• CaSTaway/PSP release 006! Fresh build for PSP Slim! Known to work on PSP-Fat 3.52 and 3.71 as well. (Let me know about any other mixes!) Minor aesthetic fixes too.
• CaSTaway/PSP release 005! Scaling modes, throttling 50/60/30, and more! (updated to include PSP 1.0 as well as 1.50)
• CaSTaway/PSP release 004b!Caching of disk database; no more long waits for database scanning when you have lots of games/apps!
• CaSTaway/PSP release 004! More disk-database integration, throttling and frameskip, nicer menus with fast-scrolling and all sorts of goodness (PSP 1.50 download)
• CaSTaway/PSP 003c alpha! Fixed a sound bug in 003 (menus disabling audio), and added some control modes so you can work joystick with the analog control. (Included PSP 1.50 only; grab 003 normal for PSP 1.00)
• CaSTaway/PSP v002 Xenon 2: Megablast intro
• CaSTaway/PSP v002 Dungeon Master intro
• CaSTaway/PSP v001 GEM Desktop screenshot
• CaSTaway/PSP v001 Xenon 2:Megablast screenshot

Dungeon Master entrance	Xenon 2: Megablast