Castool - A generic cassette image manipulation tool for MAME

Castool is a tool for the maintenance and manipulation of cassette images that MAME users need to deal with. MAME directly supports .WAV audio formatted images, but many of the existing images out there may come in forms such as .TAP for Commodore 64 tapes, .CAS for Tandy Color Computer tapes, and so forth. Castool will convert these other formats to .WAV for use in MAME.

Castool is part of the MAME project. It shares large portions of code with MAME, and its existence would not be if it were not for MAME. As such, the distribution terms are the same as MAME. Please read the MAME license thoroughly.

Using Castool

Castool is a command line program that contains a simple set of instructions. Commands are invoked in a manner along the lines of this:

castool convert <format> <inputfile> <outputfile>

  • <format> is the format of the image

  • <inputfile> is the filename of the image you're converting from

  • <outputfile> is the filename of the output WAV file

Example usage:

castool convert coco zaxxon.cas zaxxon.wav

castool convert cbm arkanoid.tap arkanoid.wav

castool convert ddp mybasicprogram.ddp mybasicprogram.wav

Castool Formats

These are the formats supported by Castool for conversion to .WAV files.

A26

Atari 2600 SuperCharger image

File extension: a26

APF

APF Imagination Machine

File extensions: cas, cpf, apt

ATOM

Acorn Atom

File extensions: tap, csw, uef

BBC

Acorn BBC & Electron

File extensions: csw, uef

CBM

Commodore 8-bit series

File extensions: tap

CDT

Amstrad CPC

File extensions: cdt

CGENIE

EACA Colour Genie

File extensions: cas

COCO

Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer

File extensions: cas

CSW

Compressed Square Wave

File extensions: csw

DDP

Coleco ADAM

File extensions: ddp

FM7

Fujitsu FM-7

File extensions: t77

FMSX

MSX

File extensions: tap, cas

GTP

Elektronika inzenjering Galaksija

File extensions: gtp

HECTOR

Micronique Hector & Interact Family Computer

File extensions: k7, cin, for

JUPITER

Jupiter Cantab Jupiter Ace

File extensions: tap

KC85

VEB Mikroelektronik KC 85

File extensions: kcc, kcb, tap, 853, 854, 855, tp2, kcm, sss

KIM1

MOS KIM-1

File extensions: kim, kim1

LVIV

PK-01 Lviv

File extensions: lvt, lvr, lv0, lv1, lv2, lv3

MO5

Thomson MO-series

File extensions: k5, k7

MZ

Sharp MZ-700

File extensions: m12, mzf, mzt

ORAO

PEL Varazdin Orao

File extensions: tap

ORIC

Tangerine Oric

File extensions: tap

PC6001

NEC PC-6001

File extensions: cas

PHC25

Sanyo PHC-25

File extensions: phc

PMD85

Tesla PMD-85

File extensions: pmd, tap, ptp

PRIMO

Microkey Primo

File extensions: ptp

RKU

UT-88

File extensions: rku

RK8

Mikro-80

File extensions: rk8

RKS

Specialist

File extensions: rks

RKO

Orion

File extensions: rko

RKR

Radio-86RK

File extensions: rk, rkr, gam, g16, pki

RKA

Zavod BRA Apogee BK-01

File extensions: rka

RKM

Mikrosha

File extensions: rkm

RKP

SAM SKB VM Partner-01.01

File extensions: rkp

SC3000

Sega SC-3000

File extensions: bit

SOL20

PTC SOL-20

File extensions: svt

SORCERER

Exidy Sorcerer

File extensions: tape

SORDM5

Sord M5

File extensions: cas

SPC1000

Samsung SPC-1000

File extensions: tap, cas

SVI

Spectravideo SVI-318 & SVI-328

File extensions: cas

TO7

Thomson TO-series

File extensions: k7

TRS8012

TRS-80 Level 2

File extensions: cas

TVC64

Videoton TVC 64

File extensions: cas

TZX

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

File extensions: tzx, tap, blk

VG5K

Philips VG 5000

File extensions: k7

VTECH1

Video Technology Laser 110-310

File extensions: cas

VTECH2

Video Technology Laser 350-700

File extensions: cas

X07

Canon X-07

File extensions: k7, lst, cas

X1

Sharp X1

File extensions: tap

ZX80_O

Sinclair ZX80

File extensions: o, 80

ZX81_P

Sinclair ZX81

File extensions: p, 81