New Generation Mini Arcade is HERE !! / Pandora's Box DX

[@MrSoftypolimer]

They should've made a Raspberry pi case version of this. The case and buttons PCB design are pretty decent enough. We probably could mod them ourselves but making things readily would save (my lazy ass) time and also would have expanded their market too. Great video btw. Looking at this a while back and thinking you'd make a review video sooner or later, So better wait and see before buying it, and I was right.

[@GamersOverdriveRetroMode]

Hey Wicked Gamer & Collector, I'm a huge fan and I recently reviewed this unit as well on my own channel. I directed my followers over to you for a more in-depth look. I personally love this device. It does everything I want it to do and more! But your points are all completely valid and for the hardcore audience, you are the man to follow. You can count me among those followers! Keep up the great work!

[@AlphaPapa69]

The sega Astro City mini pads work perfectly with this mini arcade.

[@Bo_Knows_Tecmo]

This looks awesome especially with the micro switch joystick

[@WickedGamerCollector]

And you can replace it with real sanwa or other brand if you want to 😆

[@DjMaJestiKuk]

Does anybody know if you can add games to this mini arcade like you can to the regular Pandoras Box DX? I'm waiting for mine to arrive from China, can't wait.

[@infernaltim]

I'm not a big fan of the Pandora Box DX, but the stick in this would make the entire unit worth it. Interesting video!

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Stick is the improvement where I was waiting for, maybe they do listen to us gamers ?

[@Benane86]

put some washers between the pcb and the socket to get more distance for the switches

[@WickedGamerCollector]

That is indeed a idea 😁

[@AlphaPapa69]

Mine turned up this morning. So far I’m really happy with it.

[@74bobby]

Great Review Brother. This thing looks pretty cool.

[@retrogamer9590]

Cant wait til mine comes in it will be here in 3 days....this review is the reason why I bought it I've been looking for a decent looking mini arcade for quite a while now it seems to run really good which is a plus for me I like that you can add console games but I'm using mine strictly for arcade only but overall this machine looks and plays incredible 😃

[@realmchat6665]

Is there an option to play these games at the correct aspect ratio, or is it all stretched? 16:9 screens don't make sense on devices designed to emulate systems that were made for 4:3. Thanks as always for your coverage of retro gaming devices.

[@Angultra]

Nope, only way is if your external monitor has aspect option

[@fonzitheman]

I dont understand it either, systems like these and most of the other chinese handhelds are designed for retro emulation only so why not make the screen 4x3 or at least give the option in display settings to enable it 4x3 aspect ratio. If runs android OS then I understand but these dont. I cant stand forced stretched display,I mean you dont watch TV shows or movies with extra stretched display so why play games that arent meant to be stretched. Im guessing its just for marketing purposes as they may look more appealing with a wide display.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

If you use tv .. yup 😃

[@josecarlosxyz]

They put those lcd because they are cheaper you can’t ask better that’s why I’m against buying these crap

[@anonneymous9949]

The LCD they use are probably scraps from 2010 era. Thats why its cheap. They use whatever scrap they can to reduce cost. Its not like they have R&D to give you "the best". When it reach the west prices usually almost double, as cheap as it is, so you imagine the price at China. Also their target market is always China, not us. They have billions of untap market in the rural areas.

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

The biggest issue by far is the 16:9 display. Even if it was a mere LCD and not an IPS, I would absolutely buy this if the screen was a proper 4:3. They do exist, 3A Games could've gone with a 4:3 display. As is, games are all stretched to an aspect ratio they weren't designed for. That's okay for some games but ruins the majority.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Would be epic if they used 4:3 display 😄

[@markschleupner9548]

Have you tried the Pandory DX software? It fixes the aspect ratio and the speed on certain games

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

@@markschleupner9548 That's true, but the Pandory firmware didn't exist at the time.

[@jimmyhuston60]

very good videos that you always make keep up very good work that you always do your fan Jimmy

[@magicvampirelver1321]

🙃🍃 Jungle🍃of Pandora🕹this looks awesome 👊

[@JediFarce]

I recently purchased one of these from m.polylabs, supposed to arrive soon. One thing emulators have yet to offer is the rotating joy sticks for games like Frontline and Ikari warriors.

[@texturem0nkey]

That would be nice but it’s way to niche, and certainly not worth the money it would take them to support it, sadly

[@offspring33]

i found the way to make those buttons less noisy and less sensitive, just cutting the surrounding rim that hits the plastic will make them quite like normal keyboard buttons and less sensitive

[@lonewolf5322]

Does it come with games built in and how many games?

[@michaeladams9807]

Cool 😎 I've always loved Pandora Box 👍👍

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Awesome... Pandora Jungle... Shall I call you Tarzan from now on ? 😆

[@Angultra]

Thanks for the review, looks less Fisher Price and nice clicky stick but still needs more improvements to be wicked. 👍

[@reagandow850]

My wicked brother.....this is pretty sweet eh?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

No Wiggle joystick... yeah this is better 😆

[@edwardbrooking5633]

Wow this got this today in mail and love it

[@BeastModeOfficial]

Those switches are outemu red. If you have pcb mounted cherry switches, you can de solder the switches and replace them

[@zockeromi1970]

it’s getting more interesting now, but no battery?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Battery is a fail in my opinion 😅

[@Mightywhiskaz]

Someone mention street fighter III has bad screen tearing on the dx. Is it worse than the pb6?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

If it comes to emulation it's the same like PB5 and PB6 🙄

[@Mightywhiskaz]

Wicked Gamer & Collector good enough for me!

[@acejon2162]

Every time I click on the links from ALL your videos it goes to the dutch version of the site and had difficulty going back to English. :((

[@kokhen]

Are there any soul calibur games on it?

[@KingPepper41]

That looks like the perfect option for a Raspberry Pi 4B board, which when overclocked, will play everything up to N64 on there.

[@Curryking32000]

am very interested in this but is there a way to connect this to a power bank for on the go gaming? If not, i'll wait until they give the option to put a cell in it and it looks like they are planning to do that. Also, no white casing for me, i prefer black, so i'm going to wait for the usual upgrade. Great price for what you get though.

[@AlphaPapa69]

Do you know if it’s possible to rip the DX board out and throw a raspberry pi in there?

[@djhappyedward9180]

I just ordered this system I’m excited

[@imnotayoutuber488]

We need the ultimate ultimate ultra pandora box lol

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Yup 😅

[@My_Bones_Hurt]

I have a question. Does it have the original 1991 sonic? Because I fell in love on the game when I first ever played it in gatlinburg at a luxury cabin. But the thing what a different type of model of the same company. Does it have it?

[@sc192i]

Can I ask if you prefer this to the JXD mini arcade ? ... love to see a side by side comparison

[@SaranyaPLAY]

It's so beautiful.

[@magicvampirelver1321]

😏Agree!🕹♥️

[@gluesniffined]

A lack of the ability to play in the proper aspect ratio ruins it for me on all of these things.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I think people where saying that from PB5 and still they did not do any about it 😄

[@tom11zz884]

Agreed! iT'S LIKE THEY DON'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WANT TO EXPERIENCE HOW THESE THINGS ORIGINALLY LOOKED AND PLAYED.

[@gladiusdb]

me gustas este canal racias por los aportes me gustaria que hicieras una de todos los juegos de atari arcade de peleas

[@vicfontaine5130]

Great review, how does this compare to the foldable mini

[@tecnosofttechnosoft3426]

6:15 What was the name of this game ? A link to buy it?

[@willhe5564]

Blood Bros. I believe it is called...?

[@ryanw6458]

Hi, I was wondering if mortal kombat 1 and 2 arcade play alright on there?

[@BerZ3rker360]

Do you have a link to the entire games list?

[@JamesLoweryHypnotherapy]

So would you recommend this over the Powkiddy A12?

[@christianhamel2700]

Hi! Is it possible to replace the Pandora box whit a raspberry pie?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

If you can figure out how to connect the ribbon cable to the pi... yeah why not. WIll be one big messy cable nightmare inside.. you can always pick up this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHulfmpqiMyWhZY

[@christianhamel2700]

Wicked Gamer & Collector Thanks 🙏

[@Rotvic17]

For someone like me who has kids and doesn't have the time to build a retro pi. Is there a pandora box or retro pi built system you recommend that works as good as can be.

[@AlexYCChiu]

Oh Kung Fu!!!! I was in Florida that time. I was just 12. Wow.

[@vernscustoms]

Thanks for showing the guts . Wondering if it can be rewired for a raspberry pi? Wicked time to start a wicked gaming modding segment.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Connecting the LCD to the pi ... it's not a normal hdmi connection. Maybe there is a convertion board, never the less it will be one big cable nightmare.. Just get this --) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHulfmpqiMyWhZY

[@thcandvhs]

Which pandora box supports save states am trying to figure out what one's do and don't

[@DublinJimmy80]

I just got my powkiddy x12 plus and added 100 gba roms so I'm happy for now for the cheap price, keep up the good work man

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Very curious about the X12 Plus edition 😁

[@Devinilos]

Hello friend pandora box DX has tearing? Thanks

[@chrisne1080]

So glad you put out a video for it. I was hoping mine would be here today. But no sadly

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I have package from china still in china after almost 1 month. 🙄

[@chrisne1080]

Wicked Gamer & Collector oh god don’t say that. It said handed over to airline a week ago

[@john_mccarthy_hi]

nice video! you know your audience.

[@starbias1541]

Can you use PS stick? What stick is that?

[@mus247365]

Is it possible to add new games? And can a regular controller be used with it?

[@Lymedin2010]

I want something like that but with a bigger screen & more powerful? Anything else out there?

[@elgatoman4666]

Can you play 2 players and use bluetooth controllers?

[@Inoxx31]

Thx for the honest review. Everything isnt perfect but overall it seems to fit the price. Me too still waiting my delivery, ordered one month ago. Im crossing fingers. Do you think there s any way to customize the marquee ? That's the little détails those chinese manufacturer should think about then they could do cross-sales :).

[@mediacenterpc1]

Can you add roms to PandoraDX with pandory?

[@andromedaone3640]

I will get this as soon as it's on Amazon UK.😍

[@SkymanSound]

need the same for 2 players

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Would be awesome to connect 2 machines together 😂

[@WMARUoriginal]

I hope this size is the new standard for mini arcades. Looks like the Powkiddy A12 should be much better than this one...hopefully!

[@WickedGamerCollector]

New Powkiddy looking forward to that one 😄

[@NicoF22]

How well does this system run Elevator Action Returns and Light Bringer(Dungeon Magic)?

[@NicoF22]

So, I bought it. If anyone is curious, newer Taito games run pretty well. Elevator Action and Light Bringer are more than playable, with minimal slowdown.

[@RalonsoF1]

Very interesting stuff, again!! If they'll fix the remaining issues, I'm going to grab one of these Arcade's Mini Devices!! 👍👍👍

[@faulito5]

Hi,Is it only possible to buy it on alliexpres?.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

No idea, i know for fact if you find it else where you pay sometimes twice the price 🙄

[@GustoTheGamer]

Heb je nooit The c64 behandeld ?

[@10tonhamster]

Metal Slug looked to have the utterly awful smoothing applied. And some of the variants previously did not allow you to turn this off, which would be a deal breaker for me. Are these options available?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Smoothing can be turned off if wanted. 😄

[@iskeypxx]

i like the design. looks very clean, comfortable, and really complements with their UI. compared to most of their products that looks either ultra tacky, or really cheap. but for that price... you can probably find others with better performance and components. albeit really ugly.

[@andresnikolas3159]

instablaster...

[@WhySoBroke]

Is it possible to add games?

[@WickedGamerCollector]

With DX it's possible, i'm affraid you need to open it up. Normal mainboard files are on USB drive.

[@gettin_lit6594]

Not bad like the clicky stick . not a bad price either and if you really wanted to could always throw a pi in it...

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Pi4... that would be EPIC !

[@chrisne1080]

For the price and upgraded joystick I would say it’s a winner. I mean 90 bucks dude. That’s pretty damn good for the amount of quality games and all

[@raszop]

These games are pirated. So you're actually an idiot paying the thieves

[@magicvampirelver1321]

I'd like to have one 😏really cool WG

[@WickedGamerCollector]

What is your favorite pandora ? this one ?

[@magicvampirelver1321]

@@WickedGamerCollector Actually😋yess XD

[@MobileDecay]

No batteries. 😥

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Nope 🙃

[@deltonviera2051]

Will pick up😉

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Maybe they should have used a UDOO RYZEN Bolt V8 Maker Board SBC and emulate all the games.

[@jonathanmoran8274]

Hi Wicked Gamer....love your channel and respect your views,ive just bought and received this pandoras 7inch arcade table top exactly like yours it cost £120 GBP,but when i turned it on it said no TF CARD recognised have i been ripped off,as i thought all pandoras come fully loaded..as in plug and play.......im gutted 😢 any advice would be much appreciated 👍👍

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Mine version haves a sd card maybe yours is not in the slot ? It's a Pandora DX inside so you can use thumbdrive if you want to ?

[@jonathanmoran8274]

@@WickedGamerCollector thanks wicked👍

[@jonathanmoran8274]

Hi wicked Gamer he sent a usb there was nothing on that either just a blank screen and i messaged him on ebay and he said i had to download the actual pandoras box dx programme myself is this normal wicked,im confused still

[@gypsycatcha79]

@@jonathanmoran8274 Hi buddy im in the same boat as you, probably brought from the same seller here in the UK, did you get this resolved ?any tips and direction much appreciated.

[@jonathanmoran8274]

@@gypsycatcha79 i did in the end buddy i had to give it to a friend with a computer and he had to go on the site too download the DX PROGRAMME,But i had to pay £4.95,basically a fiver to download the programme,but apart from that the programme works fine,it downloads onto a usb which then gets plugged into the side of the unit,bit of a faff really but at least it works

[@TONBOX777]

Can it play in 4:3 ratio? Thank you.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Nope... that is the bad part about this DX Arcade 🙃

[@andreazaghen5364]

Work only with stratching image also for vertical games like AIWO G1000? Pleaseeee, noooo... 😐

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Good point... I scared to try it now 😆😆

[@AndreaBaldon]

Could you share a link with a basic Image of SD Card? I receive the DX without SD... now I search for someone that could you help me to solve this problem! thanks in advance

[@leilei7985]

潘多拉盒子

[@LBP-Seramop]

Does this have Pac-Man or Pac-Land?

[@RatanaReNo]

Always like ur video 😉

[@KopyKat81]

I was thinking about getting one of them to.. :(

[@tws5772]

I ordered mine 4 weeks before (75 €) and hope it will arive soon.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Yead the money also explains why we get 7ich LCD not IPS LCD Dispay. In overal it's really fun experience.

[@adolforomo7835]

emula mortal kombat 2 arcade bien?

[@aciarius9519]

Supongo que te tendrias que ir a una pandora 3D y depende de cual.

[@adolforomo7835]

@@aciarius9519 pandora 3d? pero si en el menu de la dx mini sale el mk2 para jugar. lo que no se es como ira......

[@mediacenterpc1]

They almost got it right

[@garethbeaton8414]

All games with it as well man ive no net Just a phone lols

[@nlretrogamerbyqwestcompute1516]

Big screen

[@lonewolf5322]

Lol. Wicked mojo.

[@edwardbrooking5633]

I just Ordered this from China

[@ChrisBarnes575]

I love these silly things, but I really do NOT like that new style button PCB board.

[@WickedGamerCollector]

This is something totally new 😁

[@Jerome-C]

Great Review as always, This Arcade seems to be a good choice for only 75$ ... Except for the buttons, if you really want Arcade Experience !! But for the price, this is really decent

[@bladeblade2435]

Better version out already powkiddy a12 looks Like real stick and buttons and a 9" screen running quad core China never sleeps ☺

[@wellofcire]

manimal?

[@bonggzilla]

the powkiddy a9 retro arcade has an option for 4:3 display and this not !!! wtf? 3H 3A Games ? AVOID IT AT ALL COST

[@magicvampirelver1321]

Its 250 dollars on Amazon😵 damnnn LOL

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Yeah... amazon it's great only expensive sometimes. Sorry Vampie... ali-express is still cheaper 😆

[@magicvampirelver1321]

@@WickedGamerCollector yeah it is but I'm still waiting on that other one I ordered from there if it ever comes I'll definitely consider buying it the price is so much better 😁

[@fater.712]

Please stop reviewing cool stuffs, man! I'm already out of budget :-D :-D :-D

[@WickedGamerCollector]

😲

[@josecarlosxyz]

Again? Really These microswitches doesn’t look any good at all The buttons are terrible

[@WickedGamerCollector]

I hoped they used normal arcade buttons. Main reason.... if they get broken... we have problem 🤨

[@CrypticNinja]

They look like microswitches from mechanical keyboards which are not bad, but the main issue is that they look soldered to the PCB which is a huge problem when they need replacing.

[@HanzoHimemiya]

aiwo g1000 with steroids

[@cifer8192]

Early wicked familiy

[@はるさめ-j5s]

手早いですね！　ただうちはこのバージョン買わず、IPSスクリーンのアップクレードをお待ちしてます、液晶パネルと解像度ひどいよね。（Waiting for sale ips upgrade version in now, this LCD panel not good and Poor resolutions.）買得真是快、我暫不打算買、等他更新IPS解像度、液晶板級数才考慮、現在太差了。 ボタンもアーケードのやつにしないと、まったく打つ快感がしないわ。(not is Arcate button not a pleasant feeling.) 還有換返街機按鍵才有手感。 あとパソコンのAMD Ryzen 4700G発売待った方がよくない？ITXマザボで3Dレトロゲーム遊びまくれそう。(By the way、I recommend that to you Waiting for sale ryzen 4700G assemble a personal 3d retro game Machines )　倒不如等ryzen出4700G組台迷型ITX底板玩3D模擬器還好。

[@l30S3UX]

Wrong aspect ratio, crap

[@bankbank]

looks like junk

[@WickedGamerCollector]

No no... looks like .. Weight light plastic shell. Basic LCD... Chinees Sanwa Clone Joystick Pandora Jungle DX Portable Machine 😆😆