It took us the best part of a year, but we've just released a HUGE update.
Basically, Pandory500 transforms your A500 Mini into an emulation beast, with some nice enhancements. Such as an updated version of Amiberry and Online capabilities.
The changelog is pretty substantial, and we hope you enjoy this release!
Download: 2024-05-01 22:19:21 +0000 UTC View Post
It's time for an explanation for what's happening behind the scenes.
My current full-time job is to teach English in this town.
In April 2023, I was told that this year would be the last time we'd be hired, as the city hall will be putting all of the English teaching budget into AI...
You may have noticed a bit of an uptick with the YouTube channel from mid-2023. Well, t...
2024-01-25 02:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all,
Update to PandoryMax, we fixed the video overlay so now we can see the menus properly. Also fixed the controls layout to Project Justice for Naomi.
The file is attached, or you can find it in our github:
https://github.com/TeamPandory/PandoryMax/releases/tag/...
2024-01-16 06:29:49 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, time for another update report.
November has been a pretty slow month. You may have notice with the amount of videos being released, but work, family, and other things (cough, CRT... cough cough cough!) takes priority... And it's getting dark waaayy too early!
I don't really open up too much, I went with the family...
2023-12-04 01:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostWe've updated PandoryMax!
This release mostly looks at and fixes various game control that were a bit off.
Remaps / Button Fixes
Fixed controls for wrong CPS games (Red Earth, MvC, Dark Stalker series) so it's correct with 6 button Pandora Box
Fixed controls for NeoGeo games (Breaker...
It's that time again... UPDATE! :-)
As the Alpha 3D Max came, we felt that this had to be reviewed ASAP. Pandory500v3 mini has been rolled out to both Aminimiga and AGS2, and the standalone is still in production. There are a few loose ends to sort out, bug testing, and some spring cleaning before the standalone Pandory500v3 is released to the public.
Outside that, video...
2023-10-30 03:19:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
So as we've already mentioned, Pandory500 is under way, and the creator, Jimmy Johannson has kindly agreed to share an Early Access version of the new AMiNIMiga with Team Pandory Patreon.
As mentioned earlier, Pandory500 is a separate entity, but we've created Pandory500 mini, which helps AMiNIMiga (and other projects) use the new version of Amiberry, Internet access, and ...
2023-10-05 15:25:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all, just wanted to give some background information on what's happening with Pandory500 on the A500 Mini.
We WILL have a full version running on RetroArch with extra emulators and many fixes from last year's release.
The big change is that this time we'll be adding the ability to add NETWORK SUPPORT. With this, we'll be able to streamline copying over games to the syste...
2023-09-21 06:22:34 +0000 UTC View Post
We've just dropped the news in video form to YouTube, and yes... This is a thing.
While the Pandory500 mini version is essentially completed (just ironing out some bugs with the devs from AGS2 and Aminimiga), the Pandory500 standalone will be back stronger than ever.
One of the big problems we had was with the underlying 1.1.1 update. The version of Linux that drives the A500 ...
2023-09-10 13:24:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all!
Sorry for the delayed post, it's been quite a hectic summer.
In the next couple of weeks, we'll be releasing the long-awaited Pandory500 update. We've been actively working on it, and we're positive that it'll be turning some heads. Keep your eyes on our YouTube channel, we'll be putting up some teasers in the next few days.
As for our o...
2023-08-30 07:13:34 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all, quick update, I'm melting. Flippin' 'eck, love!
I live in the middle part of Japan, and the words "mushi atsuii" really do get thrown around a LOT. Translated, "hot and humid", and when we have 35 degrees celcius or more, it is difficult to do anything without air conditioning.
Pandory has had an update to 1.14. There are no improvements to the DX ...
2023-07-01 01:48:42 +0000 UTC View PostWe've just released an update to the original Pandory Tool for Pandora Box systems.
Pandory7 (Key 7)
Pandory3D (PG3D, 3D Games Saga, 18S, EX2)
As we march toward summer, the heat is ON!
Summer in Japan can be anywhere from heavy showers to a hot, sticky, and terribly humid experience, vastly different to the North of England. Pushing aside the negatives, with a cool breeze hitting your face, it's a great country to ride a motorbike. Just be sure not to do it after playing Road Rash. :-o
dajoho is now in the UK ...
2023-06-04 13:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all,
Sorry for the delay, if you've not checked in a while, we've been trying to push out videos daily with all the time I've had over the spring break.
dajoho is under the stairs trying to get into the Pandora Box 10th, who knows what is possible if we can crack that thing open? - Maybe a decent core on the Megadrive? Yeah, that'd be nice
Anyways, here's wha...
2023-04-26 14:39:50 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all!
Hope you're all doing much better than we are. Hay fever really took its toll on us this year (apparently 10x worse than last year in Japan), you can really hear it in some videos this month.
Hey everyone, it's already February... Eep!
Unsure if you've noticed, but the video output has been a bit slow this month... Personally I've been a little burnt out with everything that happened recently, and we've also been quietly working in the background- hope to announce an update in the coming month.
To the video commentary:
Karaoke Mic ...
2023-02-19 02:21:01 +0000 UTC View PostAn interesting start to the new year, but again... Missed the fireworks.
In Japan they usually build a huge fire on New Years Eve. Before the year is out, local residents come and burn things to make space for the new, drink sweet sake and eat soba... Or was it Udon? Not been for maybe three years, but I can assure you it's a nice experience, that is... If...
2023-01-16 02:26:53 +0000 UTC View PostWe hope everyone is well this winter. As the days are getting colder and shorter, we're seeing more people getting sick. That comes with the season, I guess. I'm in the school office and there's maybe 7 teachers off sick. Eep!
Anyways, let's break down what we did this month!
First off, Pandory 1.12 has been released. It's mostly to fix...
2022-12-19 02:21:50 +0000 UTC View PostWe've just released an update to the original Pandory Tool for Pandora Box systems. This mainly fixes a few things, and we've also started to add NVRAM files to the dx models to fix the sound volume for some Midway titles, like Mortal Kombat etc.
PandoryDX:
Pandor...
2022-12-10 11:34:30 +0000 UTC View PostWe've just released an update to the original Pandory Tool for Pandora Box systems. This mainly fixes a few things, and we've also started to add NVRAM files to the dx models to fix the sound volume for some Midway titles, like Mortal Kombat etc.
PandoryDX:
Pandor...
2022-12-10 11:33:11 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, thought I'd give you a quick update as to what we've been up to, and also a rundown of what we've done this past month.
dajoho has been writing code, first for a cleaning robot. Yes, he'd rather have this thing shout "PANDOREEEEEEEEEEHH" than have it clean the floors.
He's also working on bits with Pandory, we'll let you know once things are ready.
2022-11-16 04:29:40 +0000 UTC
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Hey guys,
Here's an update to what's happened this last month.
We started out with reviewing the RetroScaler2X sent to us by BitFunx.
This little unit can be a one stop shop t...
2022-10-17 03:34:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all,
The scraping server was blocking users from pulling video / game information, this is pretty much an urgently needed fix.
We'll be releasing version 1.12 with a few extras in the next week or so.
Thanks,
Team Pandory
2022-09-29 06:23:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all!
Hope everyone has been well this summer, here we've kept ourselves busy.
It's time to catch up with what we've been doing for the past month. What can we say? The kids are off school, and as parents, we need to look after them. dajoho has been working from home, and as school is out, I've been at home for over a month looking after my kids. I teach...
2022-09-16 01:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostHey y'all, time for an update.
First thing, dajoho's wife is still not in a healthy condition. The time he can put into programming Pandory currently is very limited, so I (EmuChicken) am trying to push the videos as well as I can.
There have been a few that were sitting on the side for months, possibly years that have been finally made. Let's take a look through:
...
2022-08-16 05:53:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all!
Time for another update and look back at the last month.
They come and go so quickly. I'm doing well in Japan. My job has changed- and I've been teaching junior high school for a few months now. It's pretty great tbh. Today is the last day before school is out for the summer holidays. Yipee!
All is not gravy though...
dajoho's fam...
2022-07-15 03:34:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys!
An update to what's going on back here this past month
Regarding both A500 mini, AND the Pandora Box systems.. Well, dajoho has been keeping himself very busy.
There's currently not much to show for this at the moment. But let's say it is one of them times that a LOT of work and time has been put into it. When, (not if... Let's keep it positive) thi...
2022-06-14 06:16:03 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys,
We had to get this fix out!
Here's the changelog, albeit a bit short:
# Pandory v1.1.1b - 01-JUN-2022
- Fixed scraper. New stuff coming soon!
Much love y'all!
Team Pandory
EmuChicken & dajoho
2022-06-01 14:40:25 +0000 UTC View Post
So... We went and made this.
RetroGames decided to release their new firmware within 24 hours of our release, and blocked Pandory from working on "updated" The500Mini systems. They obviously didn't like us fiddling.
Please let your friends know not to update their ...
2022-05-14 03:56:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey guys,
Just thought we'd have a look back on April, and also what's been happening behind the scenes... Let's say... This month has been extremely interesting.
Coming out of March, we were checking out the mini-arcade cabs with a comparison between them all. Still there's been no talk of the Egret 2 mini hack as the guy started on hacking Tamagochi... Well... Prioriti...
2022-04-30 16:15:30 +0000 UTC View Post