Pandora Box for VERTICAL GAMES [Air Attack 3 Review]

[@mikeymike3240]

Really digging the crocodile clips for the sound, lol 😝

[@TeamPandory]

Haha. Yeah. Will need to experiment, but I think this board may be stereo- need to wire the l and r to the end nodes and then grab an earth for the base of that audio plug.

[@arcadesunday4592]

Nice looking board. Nice to see a vertically oriented game collection being offered in a vertical orientation! Looks pretty decent!

[@RetroGameCorps]

First three minutes: man, I should really get into this stuff As soon as EmuChicken shows the harness and wires in his cabinet: man, I'm glad I'm not into this stuff

[@TeamPandory]

I'm pretty sure some are REALLY into this jamma harness stuff. .. all's good I'm the pudding

[@arcadeguyceej6805]

This manual is very similar to the ones I got with my PandoraBox5S units. Specs are about the same too.

[@TeamPandory]

! I owe you a lucky egg! Frickin' star!

[@Bo_Knows_Tecmo]

I do like the concept. Most of the time these systems emulate the vertical games very poorly and the screen ratio is usually stretched. I am a huge vertical shmup fan so i appreciate these types of products.

[@TeamPandory]

Fat Ryu is still a thing, believe it or not. :o

[@Arcade-Gyro]

Does this board have a pause function?

[@zenodyssey]

It’s unfortunate that it doesn’t support crt low resolution, otherwise would be just like in the arcade old times. I have tried to add arcade games into pandora box dx (jamma version, not family vertion) if adding vertical shooter game roms into roms_fba2012 folder, some games do automatically rotate into tate mode, and in crt 15hz low res. Only fba rom set works, mame rom set won’t rotate. Galaga, galaxian, mazinger, contra/super contra, puck man, explosive breaker, eight force, Ajax, sky fox, hot pinball, devastators… etc. I hope this find can help someone who still want to play vertical shooter games on a crt tv, which has scanline and feels more close to arcade experience.

[@FlashGameplays]

So, do you recommend buying this if I wanna use it on a CRT arcade like an aero city?

[@sunnyrose212]

Hello I have air of attack I can contact video via vga and control via Jamma connector how do I contact audio ??

[@TeamPandory]

If you don't have audio already set coming from the JAMMA harness, you may need to wire an extra cable from it. Check the JAMMA pin-outs and solder on an extra cable or two to go to an amplifier.

[@tonyc.6205]

I love mine. It came in the light blue case for Air Attack 2 which was supposed to have 56 games. Boy was I surprised when it had 146 games. I did find one game that was unplayable due to slowdown, but I can't remember which one that is (I have so much else I can play so it has been a while since I turned it on in my converted Arcade1up Galaga cab). The sound in my Zaxxon does work. Maybe you have a bad rom copy.

[@TeamPandory]

On paper it doesn't look like it'd be able to play that well, but seriously, I was surprised at how much this punched compared to the King of Air 2. I think the lack of HD filter made this one far more authentic and fun to play. BTW: There are two versions on the box, both Super Zaxxon and Zaxxon... That could have been the issue.

[@DJSwagz]

The slow game is Exed Exes

[@michaelwoo8752]

Hi, did you install this in an arcade 2 up cabinet with vertical monitor? was the screen upside down, if so, how did you fix it. How many button does this board require? thanks

[@johnboydojo]

Love Guwange! Brilliant shooter. Armoured Police Batrider is one of my all time favourites though. Flipping love that game!

[@TeamPandory]

Armoured Police... Ba... ... Alright I'm interested. (goes to check)

[@johnboydojo]

@@TeamPandory Hahaha! You're welcome! Horizontal wise I'm a sucker for Samurai Aces 2: Sengoku Blade! I love shoot 'em ups!

[@TeamPandory]

Sweet recommendation - thanks for that- Great portrait art on stage completion

[@TeamPandory]

@@johnboydojo Was always a fan of Carrier Airwing and Gradius V for Horizontal, and Super Strike Gunner (I think for the SNES) for vertical. Prefer style and a clue as to what's going on than utter mayhem- but a nice mix is always nice.

[@johnboydojo]

@@TeamPandory Yeah it's an awesome game with great visuals, part of a trilogy..? ( I think..?) Used to run it through MAME on my pc and take down my 42" TV off the wall to put in its side to play it in Tate mode (my first KZbin video that was) My buddy Jed got a good education in vertical shooters! Haha

[@samuelepini9630]

Does it work with a CRT monitor?

[@michaels-h5539]

Hiya, do the games in this cartridge allow you to Save the game and Continue from that saved position later on?

[@TeamPandory]

Not on this one.. It's a quick, pick up and play style board

[@bricefunk146]

Nice !

[@andrewhannay]

Can you test the game “Image Fight” please (or anyone else that has the same hardware). It’s a few pages from the end of the game list. It plays fine but the sound seems to mute every second or so. Would like to know if it’s on all units or just mine.

[@TeamPandory]

Will check it when I can. Took the whole harness out so may take some time to try again.

[@andrewhannay]

It seems all of the games work pretty well apart from Image Fight, the only game I wanted to play.

[@markhorsburgh]

Man I wish you had made this video last month 😂 I bought one of these to play in my New astro city. Seller said it worked in jamma crt cabs. So I was annoyed when it do not. No worries I thought. I will play it in my naomi. Nope! Different screen resolution 😔 So now I'm stuck with it. In a pile along with my pan5 and pan 4. Maybe one day I will get round to making a setup to use it

[@TeamPandory]

What are you using in your astro currently? Yeah I was initially annoyed, had to wait for a jamma harness then could get it working another way.

[@markhorsburgh]

@@TeamPandory I've got a pandora dx in it at moment. Does work great however I feel the vertical shmups play a bit better on the pandora 5. The dx does have a great selection of games though. I used to have a mame pc in it but that died and I just couldn't be bothered setting a new one up with the soft 15khz boot and that. I know the original king of air works great on the Astro but they seem so expensive and hard to find nowadays

[@TeamPandory]

@@markhorsburgh stick around, we'll be looking at getting the perfect box for the AstroCity soon- considering it's also a goal for myself. :)

[@FlashGameplays]

Hello! Does this works with CRT? I wanna use it on an Aero City arcade, greetings!

[@TeamPandory]

Will work if the CRT has VGA input. No video at all from the JAMMA edge

[@FlashGameplays]

@@TeamPandory Greetings, is there a Vertical pandora that works just with JAMMA in a CRT? I have been playing Kings Air2 with a video converter for VGA input, but having visual quality problems.

[@TeamPandory]

@@FlashGameplays You mean with the JAMMA edge outputting 15khz CGA video? ... Not that I've seen. Apparently the older Air Attack might have this, but we've not had one in our possession. 😞

[@FlashGameplays]

@@TeamPandory I tried other pandoras, but required VGA, so using a video converter with VGA output worked for a week, converter lost memory setting, all images so bright and scan lines. I have been looking for a pandora that just plugs jamma and works vertical 🥲

[@michaelwoo8752]

I set mine up and the screen was upside down, anyone else has that problem? can the screen be adjusted. I hook mine up to an arcade one up ms pacman vertical monitor. I use the same setup with the 60 in 2 and the screen was OK.

[@TeamPandory]

Um. Turn the monitor ?

[@michaelwoo8752]

@@TeamPandory I replace this for the 60 in 1, so the monitor should face the same. shouldn't it? I was hoping it can be adjusted in the setup menu but I having trouble looking at it upside down.

[@TeamPandory]

@@michaelwoo8752 unfortunately there's no real standards when it comes to these boxes. Because the 60 in 1 is rotated this way, it doesn't mean that every other box is.

[@AshWilliams-v3e]

Cool

[@SirReptitious]

To me it's unforgivable that they went through the effort to make a vertical game system and then left out games like Dig Dug and Pac Man/Ms. Pac Man... Granted, there are a lot of good games included, but how hard would it have been to add just a few more? It would even have better marketing as a 150 games in 1 system. :-D

[@TeamPandory]

Them games would have definitely ran on this hardware.. I guess they wanted to push the shooters.

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

You're far, far better off spending a bit more and getting the King of Air 2 which has 516 games. Yes, a ton of of the King Of Air 2's games are literally duplicates and hacks of other games (Galaxian and Space Invaders are the worse offenders) but you still have a net gain of a ton of games that this doesn't offer, not to mention a variety of genres like puzzle games and racing games in addition to the shmups. Plus Pandory works on the King of Air 2 to get rid of that nasty bilinear filter if you so want it. Plus stereo sound. Plus HDMI as an option. Plus you can add your own games. Plus plus plus. Don't buy this. Buy a King of Air 2 if you want a tate all in one board.

[@DJSwagz]

If you can successfully add a game to King of Air 2 and post a video you'll be the king of KZbin. It doesnt seem to work same as it did on DX

[@brainfodder3233]

Who is this for? I hope you got this free?

[@TeamPandory]

I bought it. For myself. Out of interest. There was little to no information on it.

[@brainfodder3233]

@@TeamPandory Tired of them putting out low end inferior trash rather than just put out something superior to it, with a tad more effort/resources? We know better?