Pandory 500 Now Works on LATEST A500 Mini Firmware V1.1.1 - Dreamcast, Playstation, Arcade + More!

Finally for those on the latest firmware for the A500 mini we can now play other formats thanks to the Pandory team!
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[@stevemahoney5209]

This is immense John. Makes the A500 Mini even better than it already is plus I can play Out Run Arcade on it. I've now saved this video to my A500 video folder 🤩🤩👍👍🕹🕹

[@CrazyBurger]

Lol excellent thanks Steve. Yeah it's ideal, very simple to set up and easy to jump between both. I'll probably be doing more videos when I get a moment.

[@bigd5090]

Thanks for covering this! It is great that I have finally been able to update the Firmware to 1.1.1 and use Pandory still! Some teething problems with Auto-Config of control pads being a bit more flakey than the V1 version including poor PS3 pad support (they worked fine on V1) but the Pandory Team are going to check it out! The PSP, MegaCD and DreamCast cores/emulators added are great! Just remember to run the PSP emulator as an application rather than from the game loader pull down!

[@CrazyBurger]

My pleasure! I'll probably do some more coverage especially on PSP, Dreamcast etc.

[@matives4437]

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to make and share this!

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

Raptor freezes as it starts up for me (DOS).Could be worth adding a keyboard, but just like you I had to force restart. Tip: Take out your USB stick before fore restarting to protect your USB from corrupting the dol boot file. Pandory wasn't loading my Atari ST games and PSP was garbled while playing the Mario 64 mod at 15 FPS. On the positive side----- Most of the retro consoles worked flawlessly. I think the Pandory Mod is best for this style of gaming. It's impressive how Quake is setup to use the Amiga mini gamepad out of the box using DOSBOX! Gameboy looks super on the big tv. Loving that GB overlay! C64 was fine, albeit I'd prefer the keyboard overlay set to the side like on the 64 Max and stock Amiga mini. REU support is not there just now. Pandory is far from perfect, needs tweaking and refining, is not ready out of the box, but it's great for old consoles! Let's hope future revisions sorts out all the issues letting it down. It has tons of promise for sure. Just needs some TLC.

[@clivepotts1273]

Thanks for this, I've never used pandory so this was a great help

[@JohnnyProctor9]

This is what I've been waiting for, I got the notification as soon as this dropped...now if I could only get some time away from playing games on my hacked Evercade and Switch to install the thing (maybe tonight).

[@CrazyBurger]

Lol I'm the opposite.. need some time away from KZbin to actually play some games.. seriously though this is great for those want to expand their mini to other games. I'll definitely be wary of updating my firmware at this point.

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@@CrazyBurger - Yeah, I just like being able to run software from other computers on it because though Amiga had a great library and numerous superior ports it didn't enjoy as large a library as MS-DOS based PCs did. I also picked up a C64 Mini, because that computer's library is HUGE!!! I actually had some fun playing the 8 bit port of Star Control on it versus the Genesis version that I usually play...I also played a bit of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy text adventure.

[@CrazyBurger]

@@JohnnyProctor9 ah very nice.. lol text adventures.. a few of the c64 magazines used to give them away for free..

[@stevemahoney5209]

@@JohnnyProctor9 Hitchhikers c64 game sounds great. I'll look out for that 🤩🤩🕹🕹🎯

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@@stevemahoney5209 - It's just your standard Infocom text-only adventure title...

[@jacktheladfrost]

Can anyone help with MAME roms? If the zip file contains bin files they don't work. If they have a long list of files like b52-18.93 they're ok. Is there anything I need to change? Thanks

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

I got it working now thanks for your replies---- there was a file structure mistake. I'm not a big fan of retroarch, and i feel the game directory finder could be improved, as you noted in a previous video. On the positive side, my 3rd party Psx4 styled controller worked straight out of the box, unlike on the c64 maxi. However, I prefer to use the Amiga mini official gamepad, as i won't be using advanced consoles such as the N64. I only need basic button layouts for my choice of systems- thats 8 bit and Gameboy, nes, game gear, etc. Very simple systems. Maybe occasional Mdrive running Cave Story which does not require dozens of buttons. Still need to find out if the c64 can use REU as easily as the c64 maxi does. I need some Sonic 😊 Cheers 🍔😊

[@CrazyBurger]

Lol good to hear.. not sure if you can access the additional memory section in Retroarch for c64. Depends on the emulator used as well.. C64 Sonic is pretty impressive!

[@joeyboy8200]

Thanks for the informative video. Helped a lot. Subbed.

[@andrewhill9513]

I’ll definitely put it on my A500. Hopefully they find a way to fix some of the issues, i want to get dos games running it. I have most of the other systems running in other machines, but dos would be good on my A500 because of the keyboard i have

[@barrywilliams2664]

It comes with DOS box and a load of games pre installed

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

Tried Pandory again tonight to see what issues I could discover and report back on the Pandory successes. The Sinclair ZX Spectrum folder wasn't found until I switched the core and had to manually search for it. Strangely when I unzipped the Pandory mod, there was no Speccy folder. I had to create it. If it's not named right, the Pandory won't put up a play list. Even then when it loaded, there was no keyboard overlay. So I couldn't press the key for joystick support. My usb keyboard was in storage so this is another oversight in Pandory. It's strange, the C64 does have a keyboard overlay. Dang. The Amiga emulation under Pandory relies too much on the mouse as the underlying Amiberry is always called up. Actually, the shutdown to menu from the home button wasn't working for me so I had to piss about with the joypad to get it to shutdown by changing the mouse to joypad under the Amiga bonnet, as I didn't have my mouse attached. Oh dear. Another failure. I suppose we don't need Amiga anyway as we have it on carousel and WHDLoad. Again, I will repeat myself- there's tons of problems with Pandory, but it's great for retro consoles such as Pc engine, GG, SNES. There is still hope Luke Skywalker- but you are, are only hope😊

[@CrazyBurger]

Lol I'll need to get back into the A500 mini soon. I'm sure Pandory have been working on updating this. You are correct, there's still a lot of work needed. Far from perfect.

[@Crimson271180]

ive just downloaded the latest zip and im getting a softwear fail screen and then the hand holding a disk screen, any ideas, I just got the mini a few days ago. ive had a go with 2 USB sticks and still no joy, im just doing a copy past of the mini 500 and the pandori folders into the root of the usb. usb has been formatted using windows and selecting fat32.

[@guns2rosesofficial]

same here

[@Crimson271180]

@@guns2rosesofficial I got mine working, it was failing because the mini dosnt shut down properly with the usb in it, so i just copy the Pandory_ol.uae from the downloaded folder over the one on the usb and it works

[@darkcrow2300]

thumbs up CrazyBurger :)

[@Thejointpeter]

Will there be a version for 1.2.1?

[@Calculon1712]

Theres 2 Amiga cores and some games work and some dont and on the PUAE one some games cant find the kickstart roms even though you can put them in the amiberry folder but they only work through the Team Pandory WHDLoad core i dont know how PUAE works. I ended up copying and pasting kickstarts from the A500mini folder to the retroarch system folder hopefully that should fix the issue with running games through PUAE core since that keeps complaining of missing kickstart roms. Another weird thing is performance issues for example Aladdin on both cores either runs really slow or still has the odd graphical glitches in the main menu and bizzarley Superfrog, if you play that through PUAE, it shows the animated intro and then a text document explaining how to install it through WHDLoad and won't let you pass but if you play it through Team Pandory core it works just like it does on the mini but doesn't show the animated intro

[@CrazyBurger]

Mmm some fascinating stuff. I'll check them out, cheers.

[@garyhart6421]

The DOS stuff I added does not show. Also all the Speccy games I tried require a Keyboard. An Amstrad CPC folder I made also did not show.

[@JohnnyProctor9]

The best thing about this is still ScummVM, but another cool thing that I'm elated about is DOSBox!

[@CrazyBurger]

Yeah, it's the best way to play these point and click adventures!

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@@CrazyBurger - That and Evercade on-the-go, lol! 😆

[@Calculon1712]

How do you add ScummVM games, I've tried to do it but it can only see Beneath a Steel Sky still even after refreshing playlist etc...

[@CrazyBurger]

@@Calculon1712 mmm.. I dunno. Is it in the same format as beneath a steel sky?

[@Calculon1712]

@@CrazyBurger no there just files in different folders for each game, mainly files straight from the discs etc...

[@Crow-sj6sf]

It's me again :) I've looked through Aminimiga, SGS and Pandory now, trying to determine which one runs Amiga games best overall. Do you have a recommendation or personal favourite for the a500 mini? I should add that ease of use is something I value pretty high also

[@CrazyBurger]

Ah that is a damn good question.. all of them have good points and bad. Pandory was easiest probably and you can run other formats.. Aminimiga was my favourite at the time and fairly easy to use. Played Amiga stuff pretty well. The 1st version of AGS was a bit sluggish but in theory was set up to play all games optimally. I think there might well be a new version of this too. Paul Vince has been tirelessly updating this practically every week, do probably worth another look.

[@Crow-sj6sf]

@@CrazyBurger Thank you for the advice. I'll probably go with AGS :)

[@necatron73]

Are there newer relased versions of the mini? I can get the mini to read whdload games run ok but Pandory just boots to previously mentioned white screen with disk in hand or back background with red text which usually is a kickstart error on uae

[@CrazyBurger]

Mmm.. thats not the first time I've heard this. I'm wondering if there are newer versions out there that won't allow this to run..

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

Just to add, REU is not supported on the C64 emulation.

[@CrazyBurger]

No chance to play Sonic here then

[@alainlepage8702]

Hello I can't add roms I'm on MacBook Pro M1 and I can't see anything apart from 4 files 2 txt 1 une and 1LHA if you knew how to make a tuto to explain how to do it on Mac Ventura, a big thank you in advance to everyone.

[@kristianhaugland1886]

the roms subdirectory doesn't show when I unzip the pandory file ??

[@dr-gorgo]

Does anybody know if arcade sticks (Mayflash 500 or Hori real arcade switch) are supported? Thanks

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

Which Mameset please?

[@JohnnyProctor9]

I haven't checked it out yet, but I'm sincerely hoping that they added a 3DO core...otherwise I'll have to figure out how to add my own.

[@CrazyBurger]

Unfortunately no... I've just got the RG353P and Gex runs very well on it.

[@JohnnyProctor9]

@@CrazyBurger - Well it runs well enough on my Evercade/VS, and I had to use my own 3DO core on there so I'll see if I can figure out how to possibly add the same core into this one if it allows me to...otherwise I'll need to start hitting up the guys on the Pandory Discord about how to do it.

[@samvid23]

No it doesn't my firmware is 1.1.1 and it will not i repeat not work trust me i have tried EVERYTHING

[@CrazyBurger]

Not sure where you've went wrong but it definitely worked for others.

[@jasonwalker9089]

Same

[@CrazyBurger]

@@jasonwalker9089 Just curious.. have you just recently purchased your A500 mini?

[@mcruded13]

When I booted up the A500 mini after not touching it for quite a while I noticed Pandory not working anymore. When I boot it up I get the classic Workbench screen with the hand and disk. Can anyone tell me how to solve this? Everything worked fine before and I haven’t updated the firmware or anything..

[@joeyboy8200]

I get this too. Did you solve it?

[@CrazyBurger]

Probably best to reinstall it again, get the latest version and try again.

[@joeyboy8200]

@@CrazyBurger I got it to work by overwriting Pandory_ol.uae from the original zip into the parent folder in the USB stick. That worked a treat ;)

[@CrazyBurger]

@@joeyboy8200 excellent, well done!

[@michaelholdstock9518]

Does any one know if I would need bios file for ZX Spectrum?

[@CrazyBurger]

I honestly don't remember needing bios for Spectrum..

[@michaelholdstock9518]

@@CrazyBurger Thank you for your prompt reply. I can only find the Operating system Roms on line, so assume there's no bios file. Also would you know if you can put the game Roms in alphabetic subfolders, or do the files have to be in one listed file structure? Many thanks again. And thanks for your KZbin clips. Most informative. Best wishes.

[@CrazyBurger]

@@michaelholdstock9518 mmm not sure actually.. maybe test by adding one file within "A" named folder and see if it gets picked up

[@michaelholdstock9518]

@@CrazyBurger Thank you for your recent reply. I've only just got around to downloading Pandory and I was hoping to use the ZX Spectrum emulator but I noticed that there is no folder to drop your Roms into in the user Roms folder in the Pandory user Roms folder. The folders stop at Sega I believe. Would I be able to add a folder to this user folder named ZX Spectrum? I've tried doing an Internet search but to no avail. It's odd that there's a ZX Spectrum emulator in the package but no folder to drop your Roms into! Many thanks.

[@CrazyBurger]

@@michaelholdstock9518 mmm I would've thought you could add a folder but if it's not set up it would probably not work without some work and tinkering

[@ph111hud0]

what version of mame does it need ?

[@ph111hud0]

@Mr Guru i mean what rom version of mame, what roms ?

[@ph111hud0]

@Mr Guru super thanks for replying

[@EnjoySynthSounds]

Does the c64 emulator support REU?

[@CrazyBurger]

Argh.. I can't remember. I'll need to check. I dont recall there being options to go to the back end to activate this to be able to play Sonic for example. I'm sure it was limited. I'll have a look.

[@lawrencehubbard2985]

Do they make a500 mini book for idiots? I can’t even get 1.1.1 to load on my USB. Now this I won’t have a clue. I feel like why did I buy it.

[@CrazyBurger]

Have you followed any guides? The Retrogames.biz site should help.. it could well be your USB stick. Not every one is compatible. Plus needs formatting to fat32..

[@sssembler]

Is there any downside to upgrading the FW on the a500 mini? I currently have the og fw on mine.

[@CrazyBurger]

Mmm.. cant use ADF files..