Does 3a just give no effs when it comes to configuring these things? Is it really that hard to configure these things before they copying the ad cards? And will they ever allow proper aspect ratios? I get that a lot of non retro people want full screen...but why not the option?
Not sure how it is on newer Pandora Box's, but for 6 buttons, I changed it in the global settings to ABC across the top 3 button, DEF across the bottom buttons. This makes it normal for all Capcom fighting games, at least the arcade versions. It might fix some of the control issues for other systems as well.
@@TeamPandory As soon as you say I should! 😎 - Truth is I was so blown away with what you did with Pandory on my DX I know that your next big thing is gonna be EPIC!! You realize for about $160 you have enabled people all over the world to be able to play Arcade games pretty much the same way they did when they were kids. That’s awesome!!
Last box I had was Saga 12, Do you know if the glitchy sound has improved? A few of the Capcom big hitters had very glitchy sound for example Knights of the round and dungeons and dragons? Cheers
I have this EX, after replacing my DX, but I have noticed that with several of the two-player games, player two does not seem to work at all. Such as Gauntlet II. Pretty sure player 2 worked on my DX. Is there any way to fix this?
Will the the box work in an arcade1up also. Once you set the controls lets say for xmen vs Street fighter will they remain set the next time you turn it on
I think you may need a video driver board, but outside that, yes.- We have someone in our discord who has done precisely that (ex in the 1up). Regarding controls- you set them up once for the WHOLE system- cant really configure them per game. The global control settings are saved, however.
Might be better to put this comment in a DX video- But you should check PandoryDX, we've just released 1.12 which also adds NVRAM for a few of these games.
There's a few, but each have their pros and cons. The DX is usually the go to, but we enjoy the pandora X games / 2660 for it's finer video output... It's a little slower and you won't be adding any extra games or faffing on it though
I'm not sure that I understand why you cannot add more N64 or Dreamcast games. Is it because the flash drive is full or is there something in the programming that only allows two N64 games at a time. I would think you could add a larger flash drive or perhaps an external flash drive to the usb port like the DX has. Can you explain that to me. I asked the Pbox store and the 3H store and they said it was false. Just curious.
Please check our follow-up video on adding games. The manual that was sent out was a dx, and even the ex manual had no explanation on adding games. - we had to work it out ourselves !!!
@@iaincowell9747 yeah but only on horizontal games shmups and genres likes this are squished in 4:3 mode... i am done with all this pandora boxes lol i switched back to mame on pc where its possible to play in tate! Maybe one day there will be one where the problems are fixed ... but for now its a hard pass for me 😥
@@bonggzilla Yeah, I love my DX for what it is now that it's using the Pandory hack, but still the squished tate games slow cpu have left me with going back to mame on my laptop. I use a jamma to usb board so i can use my Boardmaster supergun as an arcade controller in mame. I like these Pandora's Box's as easy plug n play with my supergun but for serious play it's back to mame or my actual pcb's.
Great video,. Question, many of the games I played like Striker1945, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, etc are not saving my high scores. The neo geo games like Aero Fighters and Bust A Move are saving my high scores. Is there a reason why some games are not saving my high scores?
Many of these arcade games actually DIDN'T SAVE SCORES (believe it or not!) - They left the games on for months on end. NeoGeo had memory card / save functionality, so that could be why. If you're concerned about keeping high scores, remember you can SAVE STATE when you finish and then LOAD STATE when you re-load that game. - It's a work around but should work.
@@rokuvaan glad to see you have a solution. It's a shame the saves don't actually record to the memory card though... Or do they? The ex was a bit disappointing tbh.
I think 3A is totally falling behind it's clone competitors in terms of functionality. When they added console games to the DX, it seemed they were only doing it because Saga and PG3D had done the same to bolster their numbers. There seems to be little forethought applied to what titles they choose for these platforms. I like their choice in chipset, it should be enough to add atomiswave and naomi games, strange they chose not to. The screen tearing is likely gone due to an increase in horsepower, not because of any change they've made in their proprietary software. Oh well, perhaps when 3H games chooses to release the FX it will address the issues you have, however unlikely that is.
That was mentioned earlier... I think it's more to do with the different hardware used with graphics drivers on the mali 400 being extremely flakey at best - especially on Linux. This more likely has android running in the background , hint is the mouse pointer in the trackball game
Bang on regarding console / arcade games. They lost focus with the successful clones. Bring it back. The focus on arcade, Naomi, flawless mame titles. The console titles included should only be arcade games that cannot run well, and not to bolster up numbers (includes nes/ hacked/ cheat versions)
@@TeamPandory I have no problem with them using the Snes9x core to include Killer Instinct or Genesis GX to include Galaxy Force II. Those arcade titles wouldn't run well on this hardware. But a title like Mario kart 64 should be added by the user if they're keen on playing it on an arcade stick.
@@TeamPandory I agree 100 percent with you. I wish they would come out with an "elites editions" like coinops has. Only the best games plus a handful of the best arcade style console games. Like 500 games total and make sure they are all configured right. Of course I know 3a will never do this because it's easier to market "more games!!!" Instead of quality games configured correctly.
@Brian Babin they updated the dx a couple of times, but still didn't manage to fix any of the irritations we had with the 3A range of machines. It's like asking the council to repair a large pot hole in the road. They'd completely ignore it, then go put up speed traps.
Hi, I need some advice. I have a jamma cabinet with 4: 3 arcade monitor (15khz), and the pc broke. I would like to wear a pandora, which one do you recommend? I was thinking about DX, I just need to emulate 80/90 2D games, I don't need 3D. Which is the best? Thanks!
We will be making a video regarding this in the next few weeks... The answer is a bit complex in that regards. I'm actually enjoying the "pandora x games" more than any of the 3A boxes in 15hz 4:3 CGA. The image is far sharper, and even though there is no save state, adding games, etc. It's just more fun to play on.
@@Pumpkinold with 3A boxes, yes. But the one I like to use is the Pandora X Games 2600 ... It is in our top 10 best Pandora list. Has a much finer image than the cx or dx jamma.
@@TeamPandory But for the jamma cabinet with 15khz monitor which one do you recommend? From what I understand there is only one possible version, namely the DX. And they told me that 80/90 2d games all run fine. It's not true?
I do wonder if you swap out the SD for a 128gig. Those games are bigger and perhaps it is a storage issue. I found with my DX it solved my problem of having to delete games. You do need a special program to format the SD to fat32.
Yeah this board has 8 Giga BITS of memory- Basically, 1 Gigabyte. It's a marketing tactic, but you can pretend that they're going the extra mile with memory... If you like.
@@TeamPandory it has been a while. I was super into the Pandora boxes and pandory. At that time the PG3D was the best available. I know you said about the boxes at the end…so many to get lost with though lol. Good review though
We couldn't tell you as it totally depends on your intended use. 15khz CGA? Want to use Dreamcast / PSP? Are you more concerned about the older games? Do you want to use pads? Sadly, they're both terribly flawed at stock -and we can only recommend the DX after using the hack to fix many of it's problems.
th-cam.com/video/js-jJzpVOqY/w-d-xo.html "It'd be nice if we could rotate the screen" Is that something we could achieve with the Pandory Tool, eg, to launch DoDonPachi and other Shoot'em Ups on Tate mode? If it is possible to do with this tool, do you have a video to see how it's done first (does it need to be done game by game on a PC)? or could you see if a video could be make to learn how that could be done if you get the chance? Thank you!
@@TeamPandory And that configuration to rotate games on the DX, is it something that needs to be done via a PC and changing that config for one game at a time? Or is there like a bulk option to configure with rotation a lot of games in one go?
@@michaels-h5539 Change one line in pandory.xml and it'll switch all (most) the TATE games to be rotated. You can adjust this per game, however. Do it one time on a PC then no need to touch it again.
@@tonyfei472 It's because the other versions of mame like even from 2010 would make all the games too slow on these pandora's box's. The 3D ones are the only ones powerful enough to run mame like 2010 and newer. VSYNC also has been always off cause it uses too much cpu for mame and fba.
@@TeamPandory They just being lazy, there is no other explanation on that. They've lost their interest in quality just as much as I've lost interest in their products
"book keeping" : an option for the bar owner. How much did I make, bla bla bla... Only for arcade games of course... But since we are "in between" here...
Same shit slightly different labelling. When are they going to bring out something substantially better that can play DC games at full speed and maybe some wii or Gamecube games?
So the Mali G31 supports Vulkan 1.0, do any of the other emulators you guys add on here support Vulkan? May show an improvement in performance. I am thinking the ones with the Mali 450 MP8 will perform better unless Vulkan works magic somehow
Vulkan is dependant on the system it's running. I highly doubt as it is that it supports vulkan as is - remember the mouse bug is present, a relic back from Android 4
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As always another great review, love your style, humor, and attention to detail
If you wanna take him on a date just say that. 😂
@@a100beatz7ha ha good one. Just trying to express my appreciation for the content, I save my dating preferences for reddit. 🤣
Thanks for the review. I'm going to wait for the Pandory hack on this one, before I bought one.
For now my DX works great with Pandory.
Yeah my DX with Pandory is awesome!!
Does 3a just give no effs when it comes to configuring these things? Is it really that hard to configure these things before they copying the ad cards? And will they ever allow proper aspect ratios? I get that a lot of non retro people want full screen...but why not the option?
Pandory on this would be epic! Hope they are able to pull it off.
Not sure how it is on newer Pandora Box's, but for 6 buttons, I changed it in the global settings to ABC across the top 3 button, DEF across the bottom buttons. This makes it normal for all Capcom fighting games, at least the arcade versions. It might fix some of the control issues for other systems as well.
Yes. We are aware of control configuration. However setting abc def like that will give poor control maps for neogeo games, psp, ps1.
are they going to release a pandory tool hack for the ex?
Firmware update exist?
What a great video and review! Fun and useful!
Thanks 😊👍
Another AWESOME video!! Will be upgrading soon!!
... To the Saga EX? >;D
@@TeamPandory As soon as you say I should! 😎 - Truth is I was so blown away with what you did with Pandory on my DX I know that your next big thing is gonna be EPIC!! You realize for about $160 you have enabled people all over the world to be able to play Arcade games pretty much the same way they did when they were kids. That’s awesome!!
@@DKOG73 Never realized there'd be so much of an audience tbh. With the HK1 box you could create an emulation machine for 40$ ;>
pandory is valid for EX .. it would be nice if this box was more powerful than the DX with the pandory modifications (tate mode, real pixel, etc)
Hola cómo estás yo tengo la pandora box dx y la ex como hago para modificarla saludos
Thanks for the review!
I only change when broken or something
I got a question! Does the game Marvel Vs Capcom 2 the English version or Japanese version! Thx u
Great review how did you enter the settin menu
The button on the back of the pandora box.
Thanx
Last box I had was Saga 12, Do you know if the glitchy sound has improved? A few of the Capcom big hitters had very glitchy sound for example Knights of the round and dungeons and dragons? Cheers
Settin... what you talking about 😂
haha yes they can do very good Chenlish!
I have this EX, after replacing my DX, but I have noticed that with several of the two-player games, player two does not seem to work at all. Such as Gauntlet II. Pretty sure player 2 worked on my DX. Is there any way to fix this?
Have you tried the Vert games on a Vert screen?
Will the the box work in an arcade1up also. Once you set the controls lets say for xmen vs Street fighter will they remain set the next time you turn it on
I think you may need a video driver board, but outside that, yes.- We have someone in our discord who has done precisely that (ex in the 1up). Regarding controls- you set them up once for the WHOLE system- cant really configure them per game. The global control settings are saved, however.
@@timwilson1042 thank you
So if you were to swap out the Marvel vs Capcom 2 files with, say, Capcom VS SNK 2, would it play but it would still show MVC2 as the menu title?
Yep.
We've made a follow up guide to this, where you can actually add DC games to the list- it's a shame that none of this was actually in the manual.
hello i have pandora dx im having sound problem in mortal kombat mk2 mk3 and umk3... i need mk2.nv mk3.nv and umk3.nv file?
Might be better to put this comment in a DX video- But you should check PandoryDX, we've just released 1.12 which also adds NVRAM for a few of these games.
@@TeamPandory not working witch pandory 1.12 for me....where add nvram files?
MK1 coin version run ok but mk2 mk3 and umk3 have problems with sound.....
@@mariuszdobrzyn9603 Again, they are included when you install pandorydx 1.12 / Outside that we have them in the discord.
@@TeamPandory Again sound glitches.
Do you have a recommendation for one with a JAMMA connector and CRT output? It’s going in my street fighter 2 championship edition cabinet.
There's a few, but each have their pros and cons. The DX is usually the go to, but we enjoy the pandora X games / 2660 for it's finer video output... It's a little slower and you won't be adding any extra games or faffing on it though
I'm not sure that I understand why you cannot add more N64 or Dreamcast games. Is it because the flash drive is full or is there something in the programming that only allows two N64 games at a time. I would think you could add a larger flash drive or perhaps an external flash drive to the usb port like the DX has. Can you explain that to me. I asked the Pbox store and the 3H store and they said it was false. Just curious.
Please check our follow-up video on adding games.
The manual that was sent out was a dx, and even the ex manual had no explanation on adding games. - we had to work it out ourselves !!!
Regardless, there is no way to bind the analogue stick for n64 games, so near none will work.
The dc is far more compatible.
Can you hardwire a external volume control to the board?
You could wire it up to an external amp via the 3.5mm audio jack
Is this an official 3A games box? I only ask as I can’t see it for sale direct from them on aliexpress yet other sellers are selling it.
It’s on the official Pandora box store now. The family board and the 8 button arcade console
The lack of 4:3 and tate modes with the messed up buttons is a no go for me! I stick to my pandora 3d or mame for now 😃
Pandora Box DX has 4:3 mode
@@iaincowell9747 yeah but only on horizontal games shmups and genres likes this are squished in 4:3 mode... i am done with all this pandora boxes lol i switched back to mame on pc where its possible to play in tate! Maybe one day there will be one where the problems are fixed ... but for now its a hard pass for me 😥
@@bonggzilla Yeah, I love my DX for what it is now that it's using the Pandory hack, but still the squished tate games slow cpu have left me with going back to mame on my laptop. I use a jamma to usb board so i can use my Boardmaster supergun as an arcade controller in mame. I like these Pandora's Box's as easy plug n play with my supergun but for serious play it's back to mame or my actual pcb's.
I followed the instructions to change the resolution but nothing happens. Any advice?
What did you want to change resolution to?
@@TeamPandory I have a 5:4 monitor but I have just realised that 1280x1024 is not supported
@@fabriziob8522 If your monitor supports 720p or 1080p input- it'll be ok. It'd just stretch it to the screen size.
@@TeamPandory my monitor support 1080p but the quality of the image is not good because pandora support only 2 resolutions
Great video,. Question, many of the games I played like Striker1945, Street Fighter 3rd Strike, etc are not saving my high scores. The neo geo games like Aero Fighters and Bust A Move are saving my high scores. Is there a reason why some games are not saving my high scores?
Many of these arcade games actually DIDN'T SAVE SCORES (believe it or not!) - They left the games on for months on end. NeoGeo had memory card / save functionality, so that could be why. If you're concerned about keeping high scores, remember you can SAVE STATE when you finish and then LOAD STATE when you re-load that game. - It's a work around but should work.
@@TeamPandory Okay, I did as you had suggested and works great,. Thank you so much for the tip
@@rokuvaan glad to see you have a solution. It's a shame the saves don't actually record to the memory card though... Or do they? The ex was a bit disappointing tbh.
Does the EX have a usb trackball port?
Watch the video. 15 minutes in
How does this stack up to the Super Consol X Max?
Cheaper, and uncustomizable.
Any rough idea on when the FX model will be out?
Not a clue, sorry. Either way, I'll bet it won't be the Pandora box we've been waiting for. (Uncle Ben gif)
hello my friend i want buy this box she s great? or whats pandoras box you buy cordialy sorry for for my bad english i m french
We're not a fan of this one. If you're wanting an arcade box, better getting a DX then hacking or perhaps a hk1box s905x3
@@TeamPandory ok thx i want it because this pandora has 8 go ram . better psp and dreamcast emulation.
@@TeamPandory i want to buy 3d pandora saga wifi 2021 model it is great?
I think 3A is totally falling behind it's clone competitors in terms of functionality. When they added console games to the DX, it seemed they were only doing it because Saga and PG3D had done the same to bolster their numbers. There seems to be little forethought applied to what titles they choose for these platforms.
I like their choice in chipset, it should be enough to add atomiswave and naomi games, strange they chose not to. The screen tearing is likely gone due to an increase in horsepower, not because of any change they've made in their proprietary software.
Oh well, perhaps when 3H games chooses to release the FX it will address the issues you have, however unlikely that is.
That was mentioned earlier... I think it's more to do with the different hardware used with graphics drivers on the mali 400 being extremely flakey at best - especially on Linux.
This more likely has android running in the background , hint is the mouse pointer in the trackball game
Bang on regarding console / arcade games. They lost focus with the successful clones.
Bring it back. The focus on arcade, Naomi, flawless mame titles. The console titles included should only be arcade games that cannot run well, and not to bolster up numbers (includes nes/ hacked/ cheat versions)
@@TeamPandory I have no problem with them using the Snes9x core to include Killer Instinct or Genesis GX to include Galaxy Force II. Those arcade titles wouldn't run well on this hardware. But a title like Mario kart 64 should be added by the user if they're keen on playing it on an arcade stick.
@@TeamPandory I agree 100 percent with you. I wish they would come out with an "elites editions" like coinops has. Only the best games plus a handful of the best arcade style console games. Like 500 games total and make sure they are all configured right.
Of course I know 3a will never do this because it's easier to market "more games!!!" Instead of quality games configured correctly.
@Brian Babin they updated the dx a couple of times, but still didn't manage to fix any of the irritations we had with the 3A range of machines.
It's like asking the council to repair a large pot hole in the road. They'd completely ignore it, then go put up speed traps.
What's the most power pandora box out there that can play mk2 and mk3 arcade or even killer instinct 1/2 arcade
mk2 mk3 arcade, this should be ok, same as the Pandora Games 3d... But KI arcade, you will not find it in a current Pandora box.
Is the EX more powerful then the Saga Ex2
@@brahim9380 In regards to the hardware- it's a good fight. Software? The EX BLOWS.
Hi, I need some advice. I have a jamma cabinet with 4: 3 arcade monitor (15khz), and the pc broke. I would like to wear a pandora, which one do you recommend? I was thinking about DX, I just need to emulate 80/90 2D games, I don't need 3D. Which is the best? Thanks!
We will be making a video regarding this in the next few weeks... The answer is a bit complex in that regards.
I'm actually enjoying the "pandora x games" more than any of the 3A boxes in 15hz 4:3 CGA. The image is far sharper, and even though there is no save state, adding games, etc. It's just more fun to play on.
@@TeamPandory Strange, I knew that on the right you can save and add games ..
@@Pumpkinold with 3A boxes, yes. But the one I like to use is the Pandora X Games 2600 ... It is in our top 10 best Pandora list. Has a much finer image than the cx or dx jamma.
@@TeamPandory But for the jamma cabinet with 15khz monitor which one do you recommend? From what I understand there is only one possible version, namely the DX. And they told me that 80/90 2d games all run fine. It's not true?
I wonder why you can't have more Dreamcast or 64...or that they limit it to 2 games
Probably a taster for the next model... Incoming Pandora "FX"?
I do wonder if you swap out the SD for a 128gig. Those games are bigger and perhaps it is a storage issue.
I found with my DX it solved my problem of having to delete games. You do need a special program to format the SD to fat32.
Sure 1GB RAM? On every website where i can read features of EX version, i can see written 8GB DDR4 2666 mhz
Yeah this board has 8 Giga BITS of memory- Basically, 1 Gigabyte. It's a marketing tactic, but you can pretend that they're going the extra mile with memory... If you like.
@@TeamPandory Please write here model of the 2 ram chips
2 x skhynix h5an4g6nafr
On the website it says 8gb ddr4 ram?? Is that not correct
... gigabits
@@TeamPandory FHD 1080p Pandoras Arcade Box EX Latest Games 3300 In 1 3A Pandora Game Board DDR4 8GB RAM 2021 Console Fighting Arcade Game @aliexpress
@@fivestars7197 8gigabits of memory... It's 1gigabyte. We've even checked the chips on the board. It's deceptive marketing.
Does pandory tool work with this
Not ... Yet? Will be a while until we take a look at this box.
@@TeamPandory thx
How backup?
Either copy contents to a computer or win32imager
"Lets' keep farting"... LoL! :-)
So, is this any better than the PG3D?
That's what the video is here for.
@@TeamPandory it has been a while. I was super into the Pandora boxes and pandory. At that time the PG3D was the best available. I know you said about the boxes at the end…so many to get lost with though lol. Good review though
@@timmakella1 pg3d has been slightly surpassed by the saga 4188 and saga ex, but it's the same chipset.
Is ex or dx better?
We couldn't tell you as it totally depends on your intended use. 15khz CGA? Want to use Dreamcast / PSP? Are you more concerned about the older games? Do you want to use pads? Sadly, they're both terribly flawed at stock -and we can only recommend the DX after using the hack to fix many of it's problems.
@@TeamPandory I pay more attention to beautiful graphics, so the EX model looks more attractive.
@@Susceptive35 to play with a controller ?
@@TeamPandory I have fighting stick and ps3 gamepad.
@@Susceptive35 then you DON'T want a Pandora's box. You'll be better getting a fully decked emuelec system. We have a ranking video
Cool
th-cam.com/video/js-jJzpVOqY/w-d-xo.html "It'd be nice if we could rotate the screen"
Is that something we could achieve with the Pandory Tool, eg, to launch DoDonPachi and other Shoot'em Ups on Tate mode?
If it is possible to do with this tool, do you have a video to see how it's done first (does it need to be done game by game on a PC)? or could you see if a video could be make to learn how that could be done if you get the chance?
Thank you!
You can do this with Pandory on a Pandora Box DX. This "Pandora Box Ex" in this video is still untouched by our software.
@@TeamPandory And that configuration to rotate games on the DX, is it something that needs to be done via a PC and changing that config for one game at a time?
Or is there like a bulk option to configure with rotation a lot of games in one go?
@@michaels-h5539 Change one line in pandory.xml and it'll switch all (most) the TATE games to be rotated. You can adjust this per game, however. Do it one time on a PC then no need to touch it again.
@@TeamPandory Awesome, that sounds great, thank you!
Mame 2003? seriously? they've done it again! Is it the only Mame 3A ever know?
Yes, by the looks of it
@@iaincowell9747 someone should do them a favor and tell them it's 2021 now...
@@tonyfei472 It's because the other versions of mame like even from 2010 would make all the games too slow on these pandora's box's. The 3D ones are the only ones powerful enough to run mame like 2010 and newer. VSYNC also has been always off cause it uses too much cpu for mame and fba.
@geise - Not quite. The s905x2 chipset is able to push MAME2010 if needed. 3A decided against it though :-(
@@TeamPandory They just being lazy, there is no other explanation on that. They've lost their interest in quality just as much as I've lost interest in their products
"book keeping" : an option for the bar owner. How much did I make, bla bla bla... Only for arcade games of course...
But since we are "in between" here...
Killer instinct arcade?
No. You need a Mini-PC for that. N64 / SNES only for this unit.
Same shit slightly different labelling. When are they going to bring out something substantially better that can play DC games at full speed and maybe some wii or Gamecube games?
Deletes ISS Pro, keeps Barbie Explorer ….
I have kids. :)
😂
So the Mali G31 supports Vulkan 1.0, do any of the other emulators you guys add on here support Vulkan? May show an improvement in performance. I am thinking the ones with the Mali 450 MP8 will perform better unless Vulkan works magic somehow
Vulkan is dependant on the system it's running. I highly doubt as it is that it supports vulkan as is - remember the mouse bug is present, a relic back from Android 4
Looks like a pass