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AvailableChecked Jul 27, 2026A8PicoCartby Robin Edwards

Loads cartridge images and XEX files from USB-managed flash storage through an inexpensive RP2040-based Atari XL/XE cartridge.

A8Renegade's live Shopify product data and collection reported the assembled cartridge orderable on 2026-07-27, despite a contradictory sold-out label in the rendered product page. The complete open design also remains buildable.

Sources
  • Atari 600XL Exact model
  • Atari 800XL Exact model
Build itChecked Jul 28, 2026Atari 800XL 8 x Multi Cartby Stephen Gillespie, based on Pixels Past and James Higgs

Adapts the Pixels Past 8K or 16K EPROM cartridge into an eight-selection homebrew multicart for the Atari 800XL.

Human review found the combined visual material sufficient for a skilled builder. It remains an adaptation rather than a revised fabrication package: the linked Gerbers and assembly material are for the unmodified Pixels Past single-cartridge PCB, while the eight-way changes appear only in an inline diagram with no separate revised Gerbers, bill of materials, ROM-preparation guide, or textual selection instructions. Pixels Past licenses its base files under CC BY 4.0, but no license for the eight-way modification was verified.

Sources
  • Atari 800XL Exact model
AvailableChecked Jul 27, 2026Atarimax Maxflash Systemby Atarimax

Provides blank flash cartridges and a USB programmer for building reusable Atari 8-bit multicarts.

The official page showed the cartridges and USB programmer in stock on 2026-07-25. These are blank programmable products and do not include commercial ROM images. Unplug the programmer before attaching a cartridge, verify label-side-up orientation, and connect directly to the PC rather than through a USB hub for first-time use. Backwards insertion can damage both the cartridge and programmer.

Sources
  • Atari 400 Stated family
  • Atari 800 Stated family
  • Atari 600XL Stated family
  • Atari 800XL Stated family
  • Atari 1200XL Stated family
AvailableChecked Jul 24, 2026AVGCART, SUBCART, and DUMBCARTby MiscRetro

A family of SD multicarts for Atari 8-bit computers, ranging from cartridge loading to disk, tape, memory, clock, and audio expansion.

All three product pages showed In stock and Add to cart on 2026-07-24. Optional SIO, ECI, PBI, and DAC cables are separate. SUBCART's extra functions need ECI or PBI, and the maker does not recommend them on a machine with U1MB or another third-party internal memory expansion.

Sources
  • Atari 800XL Exact model
Build itChecked Jul 27, 2026NUCplus4 Expansion Systemby MyTek

Expands a 576NUC+ to 1088 KB and adds a real-time clock, A8PicoCart, SDrive-ng, and optional FujiNet networking and MIDI synthesis.

Revised Gerbers, schematics, BOM, datasheet, firmware, and case files were published in March and April 2025. The maker says The Brewing Academy will offer assembled and DIY parts, but current seller stock was not verified in this pass.

Sources
  • 576NUC+ Exact model
AvailableChecked Jul 29, 2026PenUltimate+ VIC-20 Cartridge Familyby Tynemouth Software and TFW8B

Combines configurable VIC-20 RAM, a large built-in software library, diagnostics, fast loading, and optional SD2IEC storage.

TFW8B listed the PenUltimate+3dcr as shipping on 2026-07-29. The older PenUltimate+, +2, and microSD-based +3 are end-of-life variants. Product-page option text mixes retired and current generations, so confirm that an order is for the +3dcr and whether any optional media are included.

Sources
  • Commodore VIC-20 Exact model
Find usedChecked Jul 28, 2026The!Cartby Mega-Hz and The!Cart contributors

Reprogrammable multi-mode cartridge for Atari XL and XE computers, prepared with modern-host and Atari-side tools.

The maker's linked ABBUC product URL returned 404 on 2026-07-28, and human review found that ABBUC no longer appears to operate a store. No current direct order path is known, so treat the cartridge as a used-market find unless the maker announces another batch. The maker page, Studio, and Atari-side flasher remain available; its separate WUDSN hardware-details link is also dead.

Sources
  • Atari 600XL Stated family
  • Atari 800XL Stated family
  • Atari 1200XL Stated family