Pandora Box DX - 5000 in 1 Multigames Family Home Edition

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

The Pandora's Box DX 3000 in 1 HOME Edition has been designed to be used similarly to a Raspberry Pi but already fully configured from factory. This multigame board has 5000 horizontal games including 34 x 3D games. One of the differences between the Pandora BOX DX and the previous multigame boards is that this PCB also has console games and not only Arcade games. The Pandora Box DX 5000 en 1 HOME Edition has games from the Super Nintendo, SEGA Megadrive, Playstation 1, Super Famicom, Nintendo, Famicom, FBA and MAME. In addition, we can manually add up more games if we want.

Pandora's Box DX 5000 en 1 HOME Edition supports VGA 640 x 480 and HDMI 1280 x 720 resolution. The board has 1 x GPIO connector,  1 x VGA and 1 x HDMI video output connector. This versatile multigame board can be installed directly inside an Arcade cabinet, Bartop or similar project that has a VGA or 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 Game Board also includes around 100 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's Box DX 3000 en 1 HOME Edition 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's Box DX is powered by a Quad-core Arm Cortex A7 1.9GHz CPU, MALI450MP2 graphics and 2GB of DDR3 RAM. We did not notice any LAG or Tearing in any of the games we tested, nor poor sound.

We can also customize our controllers and the option to organize the list of games by genre: fighting, puzzle, action, sports, etc... or in alphabetical order. Another feature 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, this is the first Pandora Box that incorporates 5.1 surround sound. The board has its own internal sound amplifier, so all we have to do is connect a mini-jack cable to the jack output of the PCB. 

ALL NECESSARY CABLING, 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

• 5000 Horizontal games
• 34 3D games
• Quad-core Arm Cortex A7 1.9GHz CPU
• MALI450MP2 GPU
• 2GB RAM DDR3
• Audio 5.1 Surround
• Languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish
• Highscore Save / Auto Save Score
• GPIO connector
• 2 USB Joystick input
• HDMI / VGA video connector 
• Games can be added manually (up to 5000)
• Up to 4 players in over 100 games
• Easy game selection menu
• 1280x720 / 640x480 resolution
• 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
• MANUAL
• GAME LIST
• HOW TO ADD GAMES