Thanks for all of your really great work on this! I just *had* to make a donation 😊 Please tell that you're continuing to work on the Pandory A500 Mini 'hack'? It'd be a shame if you didn't 😞
Wow!!!! We weren't expecting this! Thanks! We've had a few setbacks involving sickness and dajoho's kid spilling juice all over his laptop, but yes, it's definitely being worked on. :-)
@@TeamPandory You are most welcome. I'll have to make another donation when the next version is released! Fantastic to hear that you're continuing to work on it. Kids eh? Fortunately mine have grown up and left home 😜 Not before my eldest daughter decided to stick a Digestive biscuit into the floppy 💾 drive of my Amstrad CPC 6128! Cheers! Steve
Guys, you're rock stars! I think you're gonna boost sales of the A500 mini. Thank you for neglecting your own lives for the pleasure of others. I appreciate that.
Says the guy that got loads of atmospheric CD32 games working! We're all standing on the shoulders of giants IMHO! Here's to you Jay Miner and your team of Los Gatos wizards!
@@bigd5090 My project is next to pandora MOD like a cute little puppy, but my Tomato Amiga Retropie is already something. Jay Miner's squadron should have a sculpture in Silicon Valley.
@@tomaskonvicka4135 Tomáš, that's awesome news! I was hoping you hadn't ditched your plans for it. As great as the Pandory mod has made the A500 Mini, it'll still never have more power than a Pi3b, and with much less freedom or flexibility. Much better to have a quality Amiga build on the Pi 400 - with a full working keyboard, bluetooth, wifi, LAN, GPIO, dual screen HDMI, 4gb RAM, 1.8 GHz CPU speed, USB 3.0 support, SSD support, multiple OS support, Linux app support, etc.
This looks like overkill for what I want to do. I just ordered my a500 mini and I just want to be able to run Octamed, Protracker, and Bars and Pipes, and other music software. What's the best way to go about this?
Aminimiga might be a good choice. Either that or ags. It had an issue with the earlier versions regarding octamed, but I THINK the issues may have been fixed.
*ATTENTION* : 1.11 update now WORKS with Pandory v2. If you want to stay at stock firmware, you'll need to use the first release. - Set A500mini video options to 60HZ, or RetroArch will stutter
doesn't this board have dual oscillators for 50 and 60Hz support? maybe can be modprobed to be able to select between each one to set system speed / screen refresh sync?
@@thorbampougias311 I've played some PAL PSX games (Wipeout 2097), PAL Genesis games (MicroMachines 96) and PAL Atari ST games and they run fine. 60hz games run too slow. But I'll just play the PAL versions and that means I don't have to change the HZ in the A500 menu at start up.
@@TeamPandory I take your lack of reply to my post that there is nothing you can do to help make Pandory500-v2-20220905 work, since I already upgraded the firmware to v1.2.1. That is unfortunate and I regret being so quick to upgrade. I'd still like to thank you for making this great tool. I was really looking forward to have that C64 emulator on the A500 mini! If only it could work for me... Thank you.
@@frodelius Sorry if I didn't reply, but Pandory500v3 is currently being worked on and it's probably better just waiting until that's released TBH. We wanted it to be released Christmas 2023, working on polishing up now.
very nice work - especially the linux shell and toolchain - I was wondering if an updated amiberry 4.1x or even 5.1 might be forthcoming so we could benchmark if the hardware can support it and have an idea if RGL will eventually update amiberry themselves with firmware updates. Maybe a weekend project for myself. Awesome work once again Team Pandory - thank you.
Apparently Retro Games Limited are releasing a fix update for the firmware tomorrow (13/5/22) that will fix the F12 issue and the lost WHDLoad saves. Not sure if itll resolve issue with Pandory no longer work after firmware update
So cool to see how i can extend my A500 mini with these mods... Thanks for the info. I was wondering what are some good resources to get additional game ROMS as mentioned in this video. Thanks in advance.
Hi Gemma. On mac the files are hidden. Press command+shift and dot (period) to show them. Also - there are a couple of things to know before trying it out. You should have a notification on a comment on facebook from Dave. If you send him a quick message, he'll help you out.
EMU CHICKEEEEEEEN!!! I just bought an Amiga Mini hahaha, what news you bring Sir! How's things anyway buddy? You seem chirpy... no reference to Chicken at all there lol Amazing project buddy, keep up the good work.
RRG!! Still using your mug! All good back here, good to hear from you again. Hope you and the gang are well Btw stop sendng me dxck pics on Facebook :)
Unlike my ex-girlfriend told me, it looks pretty, it looks really really pretty. I'm always impressed with you guys, but the quality and quickness of your development for this has been amazing. P.S. I also really don't have an ex-girlfriend. I just say that for attention
@@TeamPandory Everything works, great work but in the program there is no directory where to put the Dreamcast roms, how can I do it? Thank you are the number 1
Ah, ill try again soon, tried adding all nes games, all c64 games, 1 ps game. With a large selection of bios downloaded. Couldn't work out how to get anything working. Its all a bit too complicated for me. 😂
Ou avez vous trouver les rom amiga avec les images dans la sélections des jeux ? Moi rien ne fonctionne ni hld ni adf... A savoir que j ai mis des jeux adf sur ma clé qui tourne sans le mode pandory500 donc je ne comprends pas.
Hello. I have a problem with MAME and I can't find a solution. I use Pandory on an A500 Mini. Today I tried to play with 2 players but it is impossible to set up and use the second pad. The second pad works perfectly in all menus and on some emulators I've tried. But in MAME I can only use one pad. When accessing the MAME controller configuration, it tells me that it IS NOT SUPPORTED. I have tried several different pads (Ps4, generic, switch...), they all worked in the menu and in other emulators, but not in MAME, here only one of the 2 connected pads works. How can I use 2 pads in MAME to play with 2 players simultaneously? Thank you so much!
@@robster9167 you probably need to assign mouse 1 and 2 as different inputs on the main retroarch input settings page. I'll see if I can make a tutorial video for you for the next release
Hmm it's me again, I can't get any controls to work in the Atomiswave emu.. I have to unplug the machine to switch it off. Start+Select and hold Start do nothing.
Currently you'll need to use applications> exit to a500 games list, then shut down using the option in the settings screen. If it doesn't shut down, hold down power- and last resort, unplug power. It's a bit messy, but hopefully should be sorted for the next release.
i found on the whole, things run better. demos that used to glitch or slow down dont as much but i still cant sort the disk change thing. its so complicated. ill try again tonight. the 9 fingers demo now runs smoothly but the load screen is glitched over it throughout. the mental hangover demo is fixed completely, whoop whoop.
@@daveholloway185 it's basically in the .Pandory EXT2 hardfile, the music is located in the RA Assets folder. I found the module and deleted it so now that music doesn't play no more, as much as I like Amiga music I didn't want it in RA, lol.
@@spiritualastralsoul Oh! That's one way to do it :-) There is a BGM on/off switch in the retroarch settings if you peruse around. Then you don't have to delete anything in the ext2 file.
We've added a guide video on adding covers. You should also be able to scrape the games using the tool from skraper.net (on your computer), then move over the thumbnails to your a500 mini stick.
I have a problem with the aspect ratio in the menu. The games run normally, but in the menu the whole image is stretched and does not fit on the TV screen. I tried tv settings but nothing can be done.
Having a play now. How do I exit a game without having to switch off my A500 mini? I must be missing something simple. Tried various keys on keyboard and virtual keyboard!
So to sum up, there is a fully working C64 emulator for The A500 Mini, right? It would be awesome if that device did both Amiga and C64. After all, C64C looked kinda like an Amiga.
Hi Barry. We had one report of a user using 50hz who experienced audio stutter. For this release, it is advisable to set your console to 60hz and just let retroarch deal with the interpolation/frequency settings.
Hi I wonder if you can help i have put a game in the dos file mega drive but when i go there i cant see it to play it if anyone can help me with this please
Please have a look in the thumbnail amiga folders... It should give you an idea. Basically you need to have the same folder and file names and it should work automatically
Any idea why running the Flappy Bird N64 game that came with this crashes the A500 mini? Most of the other games that came with it run fine...is there a new N64 core or something available to fix this issue?
I just did the fw update for the mini to version 1.1. Now Pandory keeps hanging on the shell screen and won't load. Did I made a mistake ? Otherwise, top emulation
Wow, amazing work! I played commander keen and speed is awesome! I am using mac now, so all those hidden directories under pandory are not visible, otherwise i would install more old dos games onto it. Maybe i will try to borrow my nephew’s windows computer and see if i can install more retro games onto this stick.
Hi, I'm using an Android tablet to download and then unzip the folders to a USB stick. But when I look in the folders most of the files are missing even though I downloaded all of them. What's going on?
@@daveholloway185 It doesn't make any difference. The unzipped folders have basically nothing in them but a few kilobytes. But when you click on them for properties and details they show all files. Help!!!
@@TeamPandory Maybe not Pandora but RetroArch? Anything to emulate old consoles like Atari / NES / SNES / SMD / Gameboy on the C64 mini console. This console is underutilized compared to the Amiga A500 mini.
My USB doesn't show up on my Mini. What does fat32 mbr mean I couldn't see it when I formatted my USB stick just fat32. I'm using a 16gig stick and my mini has not been updated.
I noticed a firmware update came out today, does anyone know if this breaks Pandory? UPDATE! DO NOT UPDATE FIRMWARE AS THIS BREAKS PANDORY TO THE AMIGA DOS SCREEN. UPDATE 2! PANDORY STILL BROKEN ON FIRMWARE V1.1.1
@@TeamPandory an update will be coming today apperently from retrogames to fix hdload save states.. im sure this will still break retroarch.. will not update and wait
@@TeamPandory Damn! I’m a stupid!!! I was super happy installing Pandory and then I saw this!! Hope you can fix this please!!! 🙏🙏🙏 thanks so much for what you doing guys!! You rock!!!
@TeamPandory Hi , I am on the original firmware and fortunately seen the warnings on RGL firmware updates. I can see why maybe they don’t want a one box does all solution as it may put people off collecting all the current minis now and going forward. However my question is … if Pandory is will only run on the original A500 mini Firmware .. will you continue to develop and support Pandory ? I would think that the firmware on newer boxes may be updated 😢
I'll bet you a Strawberry Cornetto ...That in a years time, the *official* firmware STILL won't be up to the same level. Give us a few weeks to do our magic. - Or you could update your firmware for ... ADF. 😆
@@TeamPandory Thanks for that, I suspect they have already manufactured a large Batch A that will take some time to sell out with the original FW but with projects like Pandory , the A500 mini becomes a more appealing proposition for those who like their PI's with a more retro flavour. I have no intention of upgrading the FW for the sake of it as I see no benefits to me if Pandory opens up a whole new set of features and doesn't affect the base FW. Keep up the magic and ill check in next May to see if I can cash in on that Strawberry Cornetto ;-)
@@TheB1gduk If you're a Mint Cornetto guy, they're available too. I see the Pi and these minis in a different bracket. It's a shame that many tend to do a VS against one another. I look at the mini, I see my childhood.. When I look at the Pi I see a circuit board.
@@TeamPandory You are so right. Trying to apply logic when its the nostalgic and emotional pull of getting a slice of my childhood back, I loved my Amiga and the form factor alone would have me hanging it on the wall one day maybe. I have run Emulators for years on my PC and on a Cyclone Mini PC etc however, there is something about one button power on and within moments no faffing about, you are in there and reliving some of those old memories. BloodMoney Soundtrack - YAY !!
@@TheB1gduk one thing these guys are forgetting ...is the whole cost, and then add up how much it'd cost for a case that looks as good as this... Then add the licensing costs
I mainly just want this to run talkies on my ScummVM, but it'd also be nice for SNES and Sega mouse titles and games that were better on other computers...
@@TeamPandory - It'll be great for Mario Paint and Lord of the Rings, but a lot of SNES mouse titles are actually just SNES ports of popular Amiga games like Cannon Fodder and Mega-Lo-Mania. Lol! 😆
Hold start to get to the RetroArch screen and scroll down to save state. Might depend on the emulator though- We should be able to set it to a hotkey using RetroArch if need-be though.
Hi, great work with this. Is there a file format list for each system? (Will .chd files work for Sega CD or do they need to .bin and .cue files) And which folder do i put Sega CD roms into? Any help greatly received.
We tried CHD and it didn't work, but that may have been because we used either an old corrupted file, or the A500 mini doesn't like compressed files too much. Remember it doesn't have too much memory, so it may be better with bin and cue.
@@TeamPandory Thanks for the information, i will check libretro for the file compatibility. I can see from your video that you have Sega CD games working - can you let me know which rom folder i should put my files in? Thanks in advance
@@rachelmaddison3371 have a scan through the folders. It's fairly obvious which folder they go in, unless we forgot to add it. If that's the case, let us know in the github and we'll see what we can do. You can also manually add it if you wish
We used an .xm file. Very light on system resources. Using a large wav, ogg or mp3 would have the music skip whenever you moved the cursor. Wasn't really ideal.
@@TeamPandory Thanks for answering. That makes perfect sense, but I guess that means there's no way I can change it? I see no .xm filetypes in any of the directories.
Fat32 has it's limits, and 128gb is... Far larger than regular fat32 formatting allows. Rufus may be able to format it to fat32 using MBR... If it can't, you may need to use a smaller 64gb disk
Great work guys! such a shame the PC Engine mini softmod was never completed, but this goes along way to soothe the pain lol p.s what are the limits performance wise for the A500 mini emulation wise? Dreamcast/PSP?
Why did the PCE mini soft mod never get made? Still can't get over how odd it is that all the other mini consoles got one but not PCE mini. Not bothered about running other systems but would have loved a full PCE library on it. It had the best stock games list of any mini console (still IMHO) so that is something, but it was crying out to be modded too to really open it up.
How can I run RetroArch on the C64 Mini console? Of course, I mean running the NES / SNES / SMD / GBA emulator without PSX, which is difficult in hardware ? : )
@@TeamPandoryHello. Yes, I had done the update, but when I check, I still have the old Firmware! I reset the A500 mini, maybe because of that I went back to the old Firmware!?!? In short, this is not the subject, but I will try to install Pandory on a blank USB key, because at the moment I have Amiminiga on my USB key with Pandory
@TeamPandory so tried this out earlier. I overwrote usb folders with Pandory zip contents and then the games I had in a500 folder would just return to carrousel and not load. So this time I left the a500 alone and only copied the pandory folder. This sorted the original a500 folder games. In both configurations flappy birds just locks up on load. Also, is there a way to return to stock carrousel menu and quit pandory on a keyboard / controller ? Is there a users guide or FAQ that might answer some of my NOOB questions ?
Oh no, after some months I tried to start pandory on stock firmware but now it’s asking for workbench 1.3 on launch. I have not updated or used usb stick, cannot understand what gone wrong. Or changed 🙁 was going to continue monkey island. Any ideas ?
![Pandory Mod AND 1.11!? MULTIPLE Firmwares on the A500 Mini! [PCUAAE Guide]](/img/n.gif)
Thanks, you help getting my Amiga 500 Mini Pandory back up and running and doing all this work.
Glad to help :-)
Thanks for all of your really great work on this!
I just *had* to make a donation 😊
Please tell that you're continuing to work on the Pandory A500 Mini 'hack'?
It'd be a shame if you didn't 😞
Wow!!!! We weren't expecting this! Thanks!
We've had a few setbacks involving sickness and dajoho's kid spilling juice all over his laptop, but yes, it's definitely being worked on. :-)
@@TeamPandory You are most welcome. I'll have to make another donation when the next version is released! Fantastic to hear that you're continuing to work on it.
Kids eh? Fortunately mine have grown up and left home 😜
Not before my eldest daughter decided to stick a Digestive biscuit into the floppy 💾 drive of my Amstrad CPC 6128!
Cheers!
Steve
Whenever I start pandory, all I see is the A500 start screen, that hand holding a disk. Any ideas what is wrong?
Guys, you're rock stars! I think you're gonna boost sales of the A500 mini.
Thank you for neglecting your own lives for the pleasure of others. I appreciate that.
Says the guy that got loads of atmospheric CD32 games working! We're all standing on the shoulders of giants IMHO! Here's to you Jay Miner and your team of Los Gatos wizards!
@@bigd5090 My project is next to pandora MOD like a cute little puppy, but my Tomato Amiga Retropie is already something. Jay Miner's squadron should have a sculpture in Silicon Valley.
@@tomaskonvicka4135 Tomáš are you still working on your Pi 4 / 400 Amiga build?
@@txtworld Yup:)
@@tomaskonvicka4135 Tomáš, that's awesome news! I was hoping you hadn't ditched your plans for it. As great as the Pandory mod has made the A500 Mini, it'll still never have more power than a Pi3b, and with much less freedom or flexibility. Much better to have a quality Amiga build on the Pi 400 - with a full working keyboard, bluetooth, wifi, LAN, GPIO, dual screen HDMI, 4gb RAM, 1.8 GHz CPU speed, USB 3.0 support, SSD support, multiple OS support, Linux app support, etc.
This looks like overkill for what I want to do. I just ordered my a500 mini and I just want to be able to run Octamed, Protracker, and Bars and Pipes, and other music software. What's the best way to go about this?
Aminimiga might be a good choice. Either that or ags. It had an issue with the earlier versions regarding octamed, but I THINK the issues may have been fixed.
Thank you!@@TeamPandory
*ATTENTION* : 1.11 update now WORKS with Pandory v2. If you want to stay at stock firmware, you'll need to use the first release. - Set A500mini video options to 60HZ, or RetroArch will stutter
doesn't this board have dual oscillators for 50 and 60Hz support? maybe can be modprobed to be able to select between each one to set system speed / screen refresh sync?
Or can you simply play PAL games which run at 50 Hz?
@@Alex_Power its mix up some eu other us maybe retroarch must set to 60 from system of A500 before we boot on retroarch
@@thorbampougias311 I've played some PAL PSX games (Wipeout 2097), PAL Genesis games (MicroMachines 96) and PAL Atari ST games and they run fine. 60hz games run too slow. But I'll just play the PAL versions and that means I don't have to change the HZ in the A500 menu at start up.
@@alexandersokolowski5003 Go buy another a500mini. That's probably the quickest way.
Unless they've all been updated.
I have been looking for this all day. Thank you very much.
This is hilarious in a cool way! Looking forward to getting the Mini next month in NA and use this.
Works great, BTW!
Very good tips, shall be doing some 'none invasive' surgery to my Amiga mini tonight after watching this - awesome 😇🕹👌
If you need any assistance, come down to our discord
@@TeamPandory I'm sure you used to be a subscriber... but you disappeared 😵 haha yeah I will cool
@@CheekyCommodoreGamer ? I'm still subscribed 😎 Not going anywhere
@@TeamPandory I take your lack of reply to my post that there is nothing you can do to help make Pandory500-v2-20220905 work, since I already upgraded the firmware to v1.2.1.
That is unfortunate and I regret being so quick to upgrade.
I'd still like to thank you for making this great tool. I was really looking forward to have that C64 emulator on the A500 mini! If only it could work for me... Thank you.
@@frodelius Sorry if I didn't reply, but Pandory500v3 is currently being worked on and it's probably better just waiting until that's released TBH. We wanted it to be released Christmas 2023, working on polishing up now.
thanks a lot for your amazing work again!you will make me take the amiga mini out of the box again :D
Will test it tomorrow, looks great 🙂
very nice work - especially the linux shell and toolchain - I was wondering if an updated amiberry 4.1x or even 5.1 might be forthcoming so we could benchmark if the hardware can support it and have an idea if RGL will eventually update amiberry themselves with firmware updates. Maybe a weekend project for myself. Awesome work once again Team Pandory - thank you.
😍
Apparently Retro Games Limited are releasing a fix update for the firmware tomorrow (13/5/22) that will fix the F12 issue and the lost WHDLoad saves. Not sure if itll resolve issue with Pandory no longer work after firmware update
It may as I'm guessing disabling F12 would make the parody hack not work due to the fact it can't use amiberry
no sign of it yet.
@@ennahh76 probably still testing
@@ennahh76 its now up
@@ennahh76 it's out
Ahem... so as I was saying. You guys consistently take the decent and make it - er... in-decent! irri-decent? Meh... better! 😆
Nicely done lads!
Thanks 👍. We'll take all of those 🤠
So when you say, refresh so it can see my games, how exactly does one do that?
So cool to see how i can extend my A500 mini with these mods... Thanks for the info.
I was wondering what are some good resources to get additional game ROMS as mentioned in this video.
Thanks in advance.
Installed via mac and the ROM folders are missing? Can anyone help?
Hi Gemma. On mac the files are hidden. Press command+shift and dot (period) to show them.
Also - there are a couple of things to know before trying it out. You should have a notification on a comment on facebook from Dave. If you send him a quick message, he'll help you out.
YES!! Finally the Amiga gets the Street Fighter 2 it deserves! 🤘🤘
Awesome work gents!
Perfect ! Thanks to the team.
Awesome work 👌
Wow..Amazing work. It's soo beautiful.🤘🏻
EMU CHICKEEEEEEEN!!!
I just bought an Amiga Mini hahaha, what news you bring Sir!
How's things anyway buddy? You seem chirpy... no reference to Chicken at all there lol
Amazing project buddy, keep up the good work.
RRG!! Still using your mug! All good back here, good to hear from you again. Hope you and the gang are well
Btw stop sendng me dxck pics on Facebook :)
Unlike my ex-girlfriend told me, it looks pretty, it looks really really pretty. I'm always impressed with you guys, but the quality and quickness of your development for this has been amazing.
P.S. I also really don't have an ex-girlfriend. I just say that for attention
Also play NEOGEO Games on the amiga mini???????
Yep! :-)
@@TeamPandory Everything works, great work but in the program there is no directory where to put the Dreamcast roms, how can I do it? Thank you are the number 1
@@Coach_Lycan Make a folder, then point to it with manual add content... and choose flycast as the core. It doesn't cope too well though
@@TeamPandory make a folder to the directory Cores? Because if I open the Cores folder from a PC it's empty and I don't want to make a mistake
Excellent work!
Absolutely incredible work!! I can't download it until tomorrow to answer this question.... What format(s) are supported for Amiga roms?
Anything referenced here should work docs.libretro.com/library/puae/ and we have compiled in the extra driver needed by IPF.
I didn’t update the firmware hehe 😃
Even PS1 games... how, thats awesome btw. I didnt think the specs on the A500 mini would be able to support this. Nice one.
Ah, ill try again soon, tried adding all nes games, all c64 games, 1 ps game. With a large selection of bios downloaded. Couldn't work out how to get anything working. Its all a bit too complicated for me. 😂
Well!...I'm frick'n sold now darn it! Thnx alot!🤣 Leave it to you to make it playable!🎮👾🕹️
Ou avez vous trouver les rom amiga avec les images dans la sélections des jeux ?
Moi rien ne fonctionne ni hld ni adf...
A savoir que j ai mis des jeux adf sur ma clé qui tourne sans le mode pandory500 donc je ne comprends pas.
Thank you. After scanning for new Games, how do I get back ???
Got it. ;-) But the found games are not shown in/under the Pandory caroussel. Could you make short video or give us instruction, please?
Hello. I have a problem with MAME and I can't find a solution.
I use Pandory on an A500 Mini. Today I tried to play with 2 players but it is impossible to set up and use the second pad.
The second pad works perfectly in all menus and on some emulators I've tried. But in MAME I can only use one pad. When accessing the MAME controller configuration, it tells me that it IS NOT SUPPORTED. I have tried several different pads (Ps4, generic, switch...), they all worked in the menu and in other emulators, but not in MAME, here only one of the 2 connected pads works.
How can I use 2 pads in MAME to play with 2 players simultaneously?
Thank you so much!
Which games and emulators are you using? If it's arcade, usually it's best to stick with fba or fbneo
Any updates on the Hack? Hope you find a way to make it work with Firmware v1.1.1. And pleeeease fix the Audio Playback in 50Hz...
New to this love the mini, but could anyone tell me how to save games?
Hold start to get back into the RetroArch menu, then use SAVE STATE.
@@TeamPandory thanks
@@TeamPandory also have set pandory up works great,but cant figure out how to set up dos games and cant find any information on installation
@@johnboy9518 you need a .dosx file. Check the other folders, copy that in and edit to start your exe for the game you're installing.
Great! (as always!) 😎👍
Coming out my Italian video review of "The A500 mini"... of course I'll show your awesome patch! 😁😁
Cool! Thanks :-)
why does it go to amiga workbench v1.3 logo and stick once starting up pandory?
That's the retroarch theme :-). Sorry we would need to see a video with what you mean. Come down to our discord and we can help more.
Well this is a bit good isn't it? I will definitely be downloading this for my mini!
How do you get the mice on separate screens for lemmings and settlers? can get both mice working but they're on the same side of the screen
@@robster9167 you probably need to assign mouse 1 and 2 as different inputs on the main retroarch input settings page.
I'll see if I can make a tutorial video for you for the next release
@@TeamPandory only have the choice of system mouse, gamepad, competition pro and various keyboard layouts.
It looks brilliant 👌
Hmm it's me again, I can't get any controls to work in the Atomiswave emu.. I have to unplug the machine to switch it off. Start+Select and hold Start do nothing.
How to quit pandory and turn off the a 500 mini console? Thank you.
Currently you'll need to use applications> exit to a500 games list, then shut down using the option in the settings screen. If it doesn't shut down, hold down power- and last resort, unplug power. It's a bit messy, but hopefully should be sorted for the next release.
i found on the whole, things run better. demos that used to glitch or slow down dont as much but i still cant sort the disk change thing. its so complicated. ill try again tonight. the 9 fingers demo now runs smoothly but the load screen is glitched over it throughout. the mental hangover demo is fixed completely, whoop whoop.
Absolutely love this and many thanks. Just one question, how do you disable the RA menu music?
It's in the Retroarch settings > User Interface menu I THINK.
@@daveholloway185 it's basically in the .Pandory EXT2 hardfile, the music is located in the RA Assets folder. I found the module and deleted it so now that music doesn't play no more, as much as I like Amiga music I didn't want it in RA, lol.
@@spiritualastralsoul Oh! That's one way to do it :-) There is a BGM on/off switch in the retroarch settings if you peruse around. Then you don't have to delete anything in the ext2 file.
@@daveholloway185 oh dear! 🤦♂️
Hoping more is coming for us folks on original FW
Added snes 9x and mame2003 next cores to Pandory ext2 file.. they show but won't run.. any chance you can offer more cores for this lively hack
That's the plan!
what is the gba game you are playing that looks a bit like Military Madness for the Turbografx?
Advance Wars maybe ? It's like turn based command and conquer
Will there be a new Version coming out soon?
When the Pandory screen loads up the background music is really slow for some reason..not sure what I did wrong
Probably because you're in 50hz. 60hz In the a500 screen should clean everything up a bit
Thank you 😊 I’ll give that a go!
It now works at 60hz so thanks again. Experiencing some crashing issues trying to load flappy bird for example - but I’ll play around with config
This is just amazing! That being said I have a problem with the added roms: Pandory is not showing them... any help? Thanks
Playlist - refresh list.
@@TeamPandory Fantastic, working now. Thank you so much!
@@patolander01 awesome!
thanks but I don't see the covers, what can I do?
We've added a guide video on adding covers.
You should also be able to scrape the games using the tool from skraper.net (on your computer), then move over the thumbnails to your a500 mini stick.
I have a problem with the aspect ratio in the menu. The games run normally, but in the menu the whole image is stretched and does not fit on the TV screen. I tried tv settings but nothing can be done.
same problem here
@@janikosk settings / user interface / appearance / title margin - I set it on 4 and is OK now
Great work what`s the best 128gb pendrive? I find it funny with some thanks
I've been using a SanDisk one without any issues
Having a play now. How do I exit a game without having to switch off my A500 mini? I must be missing something simple.
Tried various keys on keyboard and virtual keyboard!
Hold start for 3 seconds to get to the quick menu then close content.
So to sum up, there is a fully working C64 emulator for The A500 Mini, right? It would be awesome if that device did both Amiga and C64. After all, C64C looked kinda like an Amiga.
Yes. That's correct.
I can't seem to add roms/games to the playlists. tried the directory scan but no luck. Am i missing something?
Hello. Nice video. Can I use same program to play movies or mp3 on the The A500 mini? Can I use a AROS system? 😶
Videos / MP3? ... Soon ☺️
whats the biggest size of usb key i can use
Hey mate does all the games u add have to be in zip format? and does iha work on the hack for commodore amiga
I usually don't zip things, but the lha for Amiga games works fine.
Yeah got it sorta just having issues with Atari St ones
Thankyou for this.. will have to test 50hz by setting amiga into 50hz to see if it can run pal systems correctly
Hi Barry. We had one report of a user using 50hz who experienced audio stutter. For this release, it is advisable to set your console to 60hz and just let retroarch deal with the interpolation/frequency settings.
@@daveholloway185 No issues here.. set amiga to 50hz.. ran super probotector 50hz.. ran like butter..
Hi I wonder if you can help i have put a game in the dos file mega drive but when i go there i cant see it to play it if anyone can help me with this please
Hi, how do you associate game cover photos? Thank you
Please have a look in the thumbnail amiga folders... It should give you an idea. Basically you need to have the same folder and file names and it should work automatically
why pandory when I put it does not work for me
Any idea why running the Flappy Bird N64 game that came with this crashes the A500 mini? Most of the other games that came with it run fine...is there a new N64 core or something available to fix this issue?
I just did the fw update for the mini to version 1.1. Now Pandory keeps hanging on the shell screen and won't load. Did I made a mistake ? Otherwise, top emulation
yes..you shouldnt update....
When are you making a new update to fix the mini update problems? Are you fixing it or not bothering, let us know thanks.
what wiki can i find bios files?
Wow, amazing work! I played commander keen and speed is awesome! I am using mac now, so all those hidden directories under pandory are not visible, otherwise i would install more old dos games onto it. Maybe i will try to borrow my nephew’s windows computer and see if i can install more retro games onto this stick.
Thanks- I'll tag a comment for Mac.
MAC Users- Use COMMAND, SHIFT and . (period) to UNHIDE folders so you can copy in your games!
You can see the files with MuCommander on mac
2-player mice games! I think we'll need a guide for that! It can't be THAT easy!
Hi, I'm using an Android tablet to download and then unzip the folders to a USB stick. But when I look in the folders most of the files are missing even though I downloaded all of them. What's going on?
Turn on “show hidden files” in your android file manager.
@@daveholloway185 It doesn't make any difference. The unzipped folders have basically nothing in them but a few kilobytes. But when you click on them for properties and details they show all files. Help!!!
This is awesome! 👏
Will the Duckstation core work in this build?
It's likely that duckstation won't run too well but we can always give it a go
Hello, how and where do I put the roms of mame, what a great project, incredible.
We had issues with mame in testing. Use fbneo or fbalpha.
@@TeamPandory ok, thanks!
Great job guys!
Thank U...
Is there a PANDORA equivalent for the C64 Mini consoles?
... Pandory?
@@TeamPandory Maybe not Pandora but RetroArch?
Anything to emulate old consoles like Atari / NES / SNES / SMD / Gameboy on the C64 mini console. This console is underutilized compared to the Amiga A500 mini.
The MOD don't work for me. A only got a AMIGADOS Shell with "Johnluke:" at screen. Still on FW 1.0 . What i'm doing wrong ? Thanks.
If you're still on FW1, maybe try re-extracting the files, overwriting those on the usb stick... Or using another stick?
@@TeamPandory Working now using another USB stick brand... Thank You for the tip.
My USB doesn't show up on my Mini. What does fat32 mbr mean I couldn't see it when I formatted my USB stick just fat32. I'm using a 16gig stick and my mini has not been updated.
Update after installing rufus and doing it that way it works thanks.
Use Rufus to format the usb stick.
@@NotsoHardcore1 oh. Okay. You got it 🙂
I noticed a firmware update came out today, does anyone know if this breaks Pandory?
UPDATE! DO NOT UPDATE FIRMWARE AS THIS BREAKS PANDORY TO THE AMIGA DOS SCREEN.
UPDATE 2! PANDORY STILL BROKEN ON FIRMWARE V1.1.1
Pinned.
@@TeamPandory apparently it's because the update breaks save files. retrogames working on a fix.
nah. They'll be trying to close holes in their system so we can't improve on it.
@@TeamPandory an update will be coming today apperently from retrogames to fix hdload save states.. im sure this will still break retroarch.. will not update and wait
@@TeamPandory sounds about right, just can't understand why these companies are so against having their systems open source.
NOOO! I updated two days ago!!! Damn!! is there any chance to make it work?? :((((
No.. (Not yet?)
@@TeamPandory Damn! I’m a stupid!!! I was super happy installing Pandory and then I saw this!! Hope you can fix this please!!! 🙏🙏🙏 thanks so much for what you doing guys!! You rock!!!
@TeamPandory Hi , I am on the original firmware and fortunately seen the warnings on RGL firmware updates. I can see why maybe they don’t want a one box does all solution as it may put people off collecting all the current minis now and going forward. However my question is … if Pandory is will only run on the original A500 mini Firmware .. will you continue to develop and support Pandory ? I would think that the firmware on newer boxes may be updated 😢
I'll bet you a Strawberry Cornetto ...That in a years time, the *official* firmware STILL won't be up to the same level. Give us a few weeks to do our magic. - Or you could update your firmware for ... ADF. 😆
@@TeamPandory Thanks for that, I suspect they have already manufactured a large Batch A that will take some time to sell out with the original FW but with projects like Pandory , the A500 mini becomes a more appealing proposition for those who like their PI's with a more retro flavour. I have no intention of upgrading the FW for the sake of it as I see no benefits to me if Pandory opens up a whole new set of features and doesn't affect the base FW. Keep up the magic and ill check in next May to see if I can cash in on that Strawberry Cornetto ;-)
@@TheB1gduk If you're a Mint Cornetto guy, they're available too.
I see the Pi and these minis in a different bracket. It's a shame that many tend to do a VS against one another. I look at the mini, I see my childhood.. When I look at the Pi I see a circuit board.
@@TeamPandory You are so right. Trying to apply logic when its the nostalgic and emotional pull of getting a slice of my childhood back, I loved my Amiga and the form factor alone would have me hanging it on the wall one day maybe. I have run Emulators for years on my PC and on a Cyclone Mini PC etc however, there is something about one button power on and within moments no faffing about, you are in there and reliving some of those old memories. BloodMoney Soundtrack - YAY !!
@@TheB1gduk one thing these guys are forgetting ...is the whole cost, and then add up how much it'd cost for a case that looks as good as this... Then add the licensing costs
I mainly just want this to run talkies on my ScummVM, but it'd also be nice for SNES and Sega mouse titles and games that were better on other computers...
Now you have a GREAT point! Them SNES Mouse games will work PERFECTLY!
@@TeamPandory - It'll be great for Mario Paint and Lord of the Rings, but a lot of SNES mouse titles are actually just SNES ports of popular Amiga games like Cannon Fodder and Mega-Lo-Mania. Lol! 😆
Does this support the ADF file format?
adf, ipf, hdf - Many! :D
THANK YOU! ❤️
Does this work on a Mac?
I'm assuming i probably missed something obvious... but how do you save states using a controller?
Hold start to get to the RetroArch screen and scroll down to save state. Might depend on the emulator though- We should be able to set it to a hotkey using RetroArch if need-be though.
@@TeamPandory Thanks!
hi, will there be an update in the future so updated devices willl be able to load the pandory mod?
Hi, great work with this.
Is there a file format list for each system? (Will .chd files work for Sega CD or do they need to .bin and .cue files) And which folder do i put Sega CD roms into?
Any help greatly received.
The formats will be per core, which may change at any moment. Best checking the libretro info site to see what is supported.
We tried CHD and it didn't work, but that may have been because we used either an old corrupted file, or the A500 mini doesn't like compressed files too much. Remember it doesn't have too much memory, so it may be better with bin and cue.
@@TeamPandory Thanks for the information, i will check libretro for the file compatibility. I can see from your video that you have Sega CD games working - can you let me know which rom folder i should put my files in?
Thanks in advance
@@rachelmaddison3371 have a scan through the folders. It's fairly obvious which folder they go in, unless we forgot to add it.
If that's the case, let us know in the github and we'll see what we can do.
You can also manually add it if you wish
Has anyone figured out how to replace the background music with your own? Can't seem to find any .ogg or .wav files from the install.
We used an .xm file. Very light on system resources. Using a large wav, ogg or mp3 would have the music skip whenever you moved the cursor. Wasn't really ideal.
@@TeamPandory Thanks for answering. That makes perfect sense, but I guess that means there's no way I can change it? I see no .xm filetypes in any of the directories.
The saga continues
hi the rufus program must be bios I have iso to format the usb key? 128 giga maybe not good
Fat32 has it's limits, and 128gb is... Far larger than regular fat32 formatting allows.
Rufus may be able to format it to fat32 using MBR... If it can't, you may need to use a smaller 64gb disk
ok thanks 64 gig the brand of the stick has nothing to do with it?
Great one !
Great work guys! such a shame the PC Engine mini softmod was never completed, but this goes along way to soothe the pain lol
p.s what are the limits performance wise for the A500 mini emulation wise? Dreamcast/PSP?
Yeah. It can run a little DC bit it's a bit flakey. Not tried psp yet.
@@TeamPandory What! no PS5 emulator @8K120fps? this is an outrage!! LOL
Why did the PCE mini soft mod never get made? Still can't get over how odd it is that all the other mini consoles got one but not PCE mini. Not bothered about running other systems but would have loved a full PCE library on it. It had the best stock games list of any mini console (still IMHO) so that is something, but it was crying out to be modded too to really open it up.
@@stevenallick4637 unsure if anyone's tried yet... Been wanting to get one for a while now
How can I run RetroArch on the C64 Mini console? Of course, I mean running the NES / SNES / SMD / GBA emulator without PSX, which is difficult in hardware ? : )
Make sure you a500 is in 60hz for ntsc games.. for PAL games make sure your a500 is in 50hz and your retroarch core is set to PAL and using a PAL game
I can see my games nor able to run scan directory as I can't see the roms folder any ideas?
... Mac user? See the pinned comments
@@TeamPandory PC, when I first go in you can see game history etc when I navigate right I see no content
@@gazmck Check : Video Tutorial on Adding Games
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i have a amiga dos screen ???? and when i go to the menu by amiga 500 , i have a splashcreen with disk image for 3.1 workbench ?
... Didn't you update to Firmware 1.1 / 1.1.1 ? - You cannot currently use Pandory with the new firmware.
@@TeamPandoryHello. Yes, I had done the update, but when I check, I still have the old Firmware!
I reset the A500 mini, maybe because of that I went back to the old Firmware!?!? In short, this is not the subject, but I will try to install Pandory on a blank USB key, because at the moment I have Amiminiga on my USB key with Pandory
@@korzins w...what ? :/. How do you know you have the old firmware?
@@TeamPandory When i go in the system information. I can see manhattan-1.1.0-strange/77e6350/01-05-2022/15:05:58
Hum....1.1.0 but 01-05-2022
🤔
@@korzins I think the original is 1.0.0 isn't it ?
@TeamPandory so tried this out earlier. I overwrote usb folders with Pandory zip contents and then the games I had in a500 folder would just return to carrousel and not load. So this time I left the a500 alone and only copied the pandory folder. This sorted the original a500 folder games. In both configurations flappy birds just locks up on load. Also, is there a way to return to stock carrousel menu and quit pandory on a keyboard / controller ? Is there a users guide or FAQ that might answer some of my NOOB questions ?
So missed the return to a500 menu in vid, sorry.
how does pandory handle multiple amiga disks and what amiga file type is best to use
Check the PUAE wiki here: docs.libretro.com/library/puae/ - m3u are supported
Oh no, after some months I tried to start pandory on stock firmware but now it’s asking for workbench 1.3 on launch. I have not updated or used usb stick, cannot understand what gone wrong. Or changed 🙁 was going to continue monkey island. Any ideas ?
Reextract that pandory_ol file from the zip to the usb stick. Overwrite that file.
@@TeamPandory I try tomorrow cheers
@@TeamPandory that worked 👌how does that file get overwritten ?
Superb job 👍
Do you think Goldeneye on the N64 would work OK? What about Mario kart?
GoldenEye would chug. Mario kart may be okay though
@@TeamPandory Thanks for your reply, really appreciated 👍Nice work you've done with this by the way
Does anyone know how to add the box art for roms that I add to pandory?