Arcade1up Pandora's Box CX Upgrade Tutorial

[@chagy1987]

Instead of drilling holes for the new joy sticks you can swap the metal plates and re use the same holes. It worked for me when I upgraded my joystick 🕹 😌

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I used the same joystick holes.. only removed the on and off switch and volume control 😬

[@MagnoliaGumbo333]

@@WickedGamerCollector thanks ..1 followed your steps and I have successfully modded my Street Fighter Arcade...but Where is the power button now....How do you cut it off & on now?

[@TheCanadianwop]

@@MagnoliaGumbo333 yes and what does the volume button do?

[@aaronhoward1083]

Appreciate the tip bro

[@infernaltim]

I'm watching this at work because it's far more interesting, even though mine has a Pandora Games 3D in it. This stuff is still fun to watch!

[@infernaltim]

@Johnny Johnstone Oh thank god!!!

[@infernaltim]

@Johnny Johnstone Seriously made my day 😂😂😂

[@sheltonhall6036]

Quick note. If you mount your monitor board on the backside of the metal monitor use insulating tape like kapton so the pcb doesn't short out touching the metal.

[@chansadres]

After your review I ordered the CX for my bartop setup. Now it has the Pandora box 9 so a nice upgrade. Thanks for the videos!

[@RDCDroneProductions]

Hi, bedankt voor deze tutorial. Echter 1 vraagje, ik heb verlichte knoppen besteld. Hoe sluit ik deze aan? Aan de usb boards en dan aan usb 1 en 2 van de Pandora box?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Verlichting werkt via encoderboard die je in de set krijgt. Normaal hebben de knoppen 2 kabels per stekker en de verlichting 3 stuks. Dit komt omdat er dan extra kabel inzit voor de stroom toevoer voor de LED in de knop. Dit kan je gebruiken via een Raspberry Pi or een Mini pc als je die in de arcade stopt. Ga je dit doen met een Pandora's box dan word het al heel lastig want dan moet je zelf een stroom toevoeg maken.

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

I'm building a bartop Pandora just tomorrow, what a coincidence, thank you

[@WickedGamerCollector]

LOL... yeah that is funny 😆

[@wolffactor56]

No raspberry pi 4?

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

@@wolffactor56 I plan to sell this one and buy another cabinet and raspberry pi

[@wolffactor56]

@@vincenzorutigliano5435 also look into ODROID-N2+ for the best performance. It’s a lot better than the rpi4 . If you have pandora box handy this makes sense. I have a lot of rpi 3B+ laying around since they are cheap and rpi 4b 2GB is cheap as well.

[@vincenzorutigliano5435]

@@wolffactor56 thank you for the advice

[@bigdog6286]

Great video if I ever get a Arcade1up I would definitely consider this.

[@anno5936]

What is worse, you uploading a great video or me watching it in the middle of the night ?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Non.. awesome you are tuning in. It's late here to just finished the mod.. uploaded the video ASAP 😆

[@anno5936]

Hahaha.... it's 1 am and i'm sourcing parts for a new arcade... nothing can be more wicked than that

[@vadergamer7722]

Another home run for the Wicked Gamer!! Awesome video buddy

[@ItsMe-ls6ek]

So what is the name of the camel riding game you showed it’s cool. I have a Cx box as well wondering if it’s on there

[@timkaczmarowski8151]

thanks for the vid, i just ordered a street fighter 2 legacy arcade1up, if i were to do something like this at the bear minimum i would need the proper lcd controller, 2 small buttons, 2 proper joysticks, proper new wiring for buttons and the pandora?

[@mobileslotwins1075]

If i want to keep the buttons and joystick..do i just buy the pandora box mainboard? What else would i have to buy from the list.

[@SgtpepperDyl]

Thanks you so much for this video and the links. I’m getting an arcade 1up for Christmas and plan to upgrade to a Pandora’s box, but do you suggest the cx? What is the best version of the Pandora’s box?

[@retromackhandheldgamescons7097]

I'm saving for a tmnt cabinet

[@slippinjimmy6997]

You in uk by any chance? They're going for 249 pounds

[@retromackhandheldgamescons7097]

Yes my dude UK

[@Sean9014]

Yeah they're cheqp now. Not sure pandoras nox actually supports 4 players though.

[@whelen9m]

How do you get stereo sound from these pandora boxes? 2 speaker system

[@jamesdoherty5105]

How do you use the original joy sticks if I need to solder them on as I don’t have any other joy sticks

[@WickedGamerCollector]

swapped them with china sanwa clones :D

[@sicgenius]

Since you took out power switch and volume switch and put buttons, how do you turn the 1up off and on? With just the new button?

[@cjcoolmoed]

Pandora 11 $80 buy a big screen hook up to wall. Make a $40 Home Depot stand for Pandora joy stock panels main system. Call it a day. Money saved, big ass screen miniature screen out. Add a Amazon stick wow!

[@GreenScreenBartender]

I just got the Capcom Legacy cabinet with a light up marquee. How can I get the marquee to light up with a Pandora's Box?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I don't own a cabinet like that. Question remains where does he get his power from and what is the voltage ? Because if it isn't 12v you shall need to find a different power source for the right voltage for the marque.

[@vigezgr]

Heeeelppp: I have a Pandora DX with 6 buttons and the preset controls for playing ps1 games won't let me have the R1, does anyone know how to swap a button to replace it with the R1? (For resident evil 2)

[@johncraig8484]

Hi there. How do I get the 2 player start button to work. I have 1 player start button. And the two player start button is pause. I soooo want the 2 player start button to not be pause but 2 player start so that I can play 2 players with my son. I've even taken it into a computer shop but they ain't got a clue so I'm back to square one. Can someone please help me. Its driving me nuts.

[@MagnoliaGumbo333]

Hi..just tried this mod...but when I pulled out the board I realized the power & volume bottons was missing...😖....can u use the ones that came with the arcade1up

[@I-SHADOW-I]

Is it normal that some roms like super street fighter 2 turbo dont have any demo mode ? There's no demo if i let the game running just a super sf2turbo screen..

[@truebengalsfan]

What games come on Pandora's box ?

[@chillinonthebeach2212]

If I do this and take the on/off switch and volume switch off and replace it with buttons how would i turn it off and adjust the volume?

[@gettin_lit6594]

Another Wicked tutorial sweet

[@danieldelafuente8118]

Dear Sir, I've just bought a TAPDRA Pandora Box DX Version Familiar Home Edition to replace my arcade1up electronic board. I'm having a little problem with the monitor configuration. I wired it with VGA, mainly because it's a 4:3 monitor. I changed the resolution on the pandora, but I cannot fit the screen in my monitor. it is displaced to the right and I cannot move it. Do you have any specific configuration manual related to this issue? Thanking you in advance, with best regardsDaniel,

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Hold the reset button and boot up the pandora that is how you swap resolutions of the mainboard. You can always adjust the monitor with the tiny button board that comes with ths arcade1up monitor kit. Did you try both ?

[@danieldelafuente8118]

@@WickedGamerCollector yes. i have tried all. with hdmi and vga. in the screen i saw 720 p, but displaced to the right. with the butons of the monitor kit, i push full in dispaly side, and complete it all the screen, but i dont see all the windows. allways there is some of the picture hidden in the right

[@zockeromi1970]

I need one and more space to begin with😆 But great tutorial!

[@WUYTS5]

Ik zal stoppen met zagen, ik kijk graag arcade tutorials keep em comming

[@jericlee1509]

wat brand joystick sir?

[@mr2cqql]

What is the size buttons for the volume and power holes?

[@markrichardson1171]

Are any of you guys using this version still if so i Load up a game and 20 seconds into the game it jumped to settings menu, tried again and again 20 seconds or so and jumped to settings menu Any one got any ideas plz

[@theprodigy8355]

Do I need to replace the stock buttons when Installing the Pandora's box

[@WickedGamerCollector]

To make it easy ... yes otherwise you need to do some soldering 🤔, also what cab you have makes a difference 😄 did see 2 different kind of joystick quality when modding these machines.

[@andrewbond41]

So I followed all your instructions, also bought all the parts from yours links , but it seems that the new joysticks 🕹 port its different, I don't know but I need help this is really frustrating

[@adrianmurtas7265]

You have to cut a piece out to make it fit

[@joseant9757]

Could someone tell me which is the best pandora box now in this time to put in an old arcade cabinet with jamma (audio/video)? Thanks

[@BeyondWrittenWords]

10th anniversary version 2 right now

[@robrob9208]

Hey wicked on ebay megakey console. Cant find any info on it can you do a review. Thank you

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I sometimes to these sega clone system reviews out of fun and to help others out. Golden rule for sega .. nothing beats the original console. Why you ask ? Not for signal output... the audio.. 🤔

[@robrob9208]

Saw on ebay 22 quid not sure what it is. Just started collecting these things

[@michaeladams9807]

I only have room for 1 machine in my home. Maybe the bathroom😂 👍👍

[@KaraokeDuov2]

Should of marked the button connectors with the correct colors with markers to save time.

[@denanop3334]

How did you power up the sounds?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

With pandora I plug it into the mainboard itself. Also using the main stock speaker. Sound like a charm !

[@TheKaiser969]

Wow that was really amazing

[@32189djsddk]

How does this compare to a neo geo mvsx

[@Victor-it6bv]

This mod can be done with stock Arcade1up button?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Depends what model you have. My first gen where all horrible buttons and with wires stuck to them. Later models I could remove cables from buttons and stick another cable on it. And they where not really bad.

[@TheDrunkenPL]

I just exchanged this 1lb to 4lb spring and gates to octagonal ones + purchased a bit bigger battop (I have MK2 cab). I don’t see any sense of exchanging those joysticks.

[@theknight8036]

Are the joysticks much better with the new springs and gates

[@TheDrunkenPL]

@@theknight8036 I would say they are relatively good. They are not the same as Happ or Sanwa official products but for me they are ok.

[@theknight8036]

Have you added a rasberry pi mod to your unit

[@TheDrunkenPL]

@@theknight8036 nope, I have there mini pc with i5 cpu

[@relaxsingh]

why cant you use the original joysticks?

[@lioctober]

What is the best pandora box I can get? That is worth it, I'm in the US.

[@slippinjimmy6997]

Go for the 6, bud

[@retrogamefan8682]

Many thanks for the tuto 👍👍👍. It's a great help for me. What I need if I want to keep the original sticks & buttons from the list you post ? Many thanks in advance !!! A big fan of your work from FRANCE 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@tracymartinez5175]

Anyone else have problems with the picture being to one side and not being able to centre it?

[@danielj.c.basson9387]

How do I change the sound levels ?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

With the scroll wheel on mainboard 😲

[@danielj.c.basson9387]

@@WickedGamerCollector all the machine does is start up and goes to the first page with all the games and then it has a quick search function

[@jamesdoherty5105]

Got everything working except the speaker,can you help

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Connect the original speaker of the arcade on the mainboard... if you have a family edition. It's the 2 pin connector.... comes with the Cabletree 😬

[@88vosong]

HI. I use pandora 3D with gamepad. pls help me how to exit game to main menu? thanks

[@WickedGamerCollector]

With pandora's box you can use Coin & Start to exit option. See the settings for the pandora's box mainboard by pressing the little black button on the back.

[@88vosong]

@@WickedGamerCollector I will try. thank you

[@allanthomson3260]

Ive got a street fighter pandoras box coming in post, too nice of a design on it to waste. So i will keep my arcade 1 up as it is and just build another caninet 😂🤣

[@viciusplay4440]

Hello, can you add mame games?

[@WUYTS5]

Rvs parker is stainless steel philips :)

[@arcademimundo6539]

El fallo que le veo es el color azul de la psntalla

[@WUYTS5]

Rvs is rust free steel in dutch :)

[@jamesdoherty5105]

Sorted thank you

[@chithanh5075]

🥰🥰🥰

[@jimmyhuston60]

😃😃😃😁👍👍👍

[@cjcoolmoed]

I think arcade repair technicians promote these videos. They have a dozen arcades running in their garage. Nothing like old school crt screens for centipede! Lol All on one package for home use is not efficient! Commercial yeah!

[@mikhailsimpson1008]

7 app store for you to follow

[@cameranmanner4701]

Links are all dead now

[@WickedGamerCollector]

ow man .. again grrr... Sometimes Ali-express give you another option 😄

[@cameranmanner4701]

@@WickedGamerCollector thanks for responding... I was about to try your build, but comes up empty. What is the interface to connect the Pandora to the original A1up monitor?

[@WUYTS5]

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