3D Wifi Pandora Saga EX 8000 Multigames Family Home Edition

ATTENTION, this version of Pandora Box is not compatible with CGA Arcade Monitors, only with HDMI monitors. 

Arcade Express brings you the 3D Wifi Pandora Saga EX 8000 Multigames Home Edition, intended to be used similarly to a Raspberry Pi but pre-configured with 8000 games. This multigame board has 8000 games amongs them around 300 games are in 3D and many others are from classic consoles such as the Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, SEGA Megadrive, Playstation 1, Super Famicom, Nintendo, Famicom, FBA and MAME. In addition, we can also manually add the roms we wish.

As a main feature, this Pandora MultiGames has WIFI and a Ethernet network port that allows us to connect to a MarketPlace from where we can download Arcade roms and roms from different consoles and add them to our game list. If we prefer to install our roms manually, we can also do it. We just put them in a USB pendrive and connect it to the USB port of the Pandora. The board then will detect them automatically. Besides downloading new roms, the WIFI functionality allows us to play with another player online.

The Pandora 3D Wifi Saga EX 8000 is only compatible with HDMI video output at a 1280 x 720 resolution. The board has 1 GPIO connector and 1 HDMI video output connector. This versatile Multi-Game board can be installed directly into an Arcade cabinet, Bartop or similar project that has an HDMI monitor.

One of the interesting new features of this multigames board that deserves to be mentioned is the possibility of selecting the language in several languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. In addition, the board has a TIMER function in case we want to activate games by time and not only by inserted credit. One of the features that we liked the most is that this Pandora saves our HIGHSCORE. Something not seen in many other Multigame boards. 

This Pandora 3D Wifi Saga EX 8000 will also save the progression of the games automatically and will allow us to restore the game at any time. We can also choose whether we want the Pandora to work in Arcade mode, i.e. using credits to play, or in Home mode, just like a console or a Raspberry Pi.

This Game Board also includes around 74 games for 3 and 4 players and 2 USB ports that will let us connect our favorite Gamepads. Thanks to this we are able to play up to a total of 4 players.

The Pandora 3D Wifi Saga EX 8000 has an "image enhancement" option that can be activated or deactivated in the configuration menu. This option basically adds a smoothing filter to the graphics of the games and blurs the pixels. Another feature of this board is that it has also added the option to activate Scanlines kind of like an old CRT TV, giving us a more retro feeling if possible, when playing our great classics.

As for the performance of the games, we can see a clear improvement over previous boards. The Pandora 3D Wifi Saga EX 8000 is powered by a Quad-core Arm Cortex A9 2GHz CPU, MALI450MP8 graphics and 2GB of DDR3 RAM. We did not notice any LAG or Tearing in any of the games we tested, nor poor sound.

The Pandora 3D Wifi Saga EX 8000 also has the option to customize the controllers and the option to organize the list of games by in many ways + there is a featured called Smart Game List. Another novelty that we can find in this board is that it has the PAUSE function also in Arcade games. Difficulty, number of lives as well as editing the list of games and hiding the games that we do not want to appear in the gamelist if fully configurable.

Regarding the sound, it is worth mentioning that an internal stereo sound amplifier is integrated in the PCB, so all we have to do is connect a mini-jack cable to the Jack output of the PCB. 

ALL NECESSARY WIRING, GPIO AND POWER SUPPLY ARE INCLUDED IN THE PRICE

NOTE: This cable does not have connectors for American Happ faston type joysticks, IL or similar. It only has cable connections for 5-pin connector joysticks such as Sanwa, Semitsu and similar asian brands. In case you want to connect a joystick with regular faston terminal microswitches you need the following adapter cable: LINK.

Features

• 8000 Horizontal Games
• Quad-core Arm Cortex A9 2GHz CPU
• MALI450MP8 GPU
• 2GB RAM DDR3
• Stereo sound
• 128GB SD card
• Languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese
• SAVE / LOAD games
• 2 USB Joystick input ports
• HDMI video 
• Supports 2-player online game mode
• Games can be added manually via USB
• Up to 4 players in over 74 games
• Easy game selection menu
• HDMI 1280 x 720 resolution
• 2 configuration modes Arcade / Home version
• Games can be hidden
• Configurable buttons
• Each game is configurable (difficulty, speed, number of lives, etc.)
• Freeplay / Credits mode
• Scanlines option 
• Timed mode / TIMER
• Mini jack input for audio 
• Supported emulators: FBA / MAME / PS1 / SFC / SNES / FC / MEGA / N64
• INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL
• GAMES LIST