Pandory500 v3 and v3.1 Released! (Patreon)

It took us the best part of a year, but we've just released a HUGE update.

Basically, Pandory500 transforms your A500 Mini into an emulation beast, with some nice enhancements. Such as an updated version of Amiberry and Online capabilities.

The changelog is pretty substantial, and we hope you enjoy this release!

Download: https://github.com/TeamPandory/pandory500

v3.1 2024.04.19

Updates in this release:

Fix a bug for some users on the 1.2.1 firmware that showed a barcode when exiting Pandory500.

Removed two Scumm VM games from the game list that were not installed

Prevented mediaplayer crash on exit

Switch default Spectrum control to Joystick with Game specific overrides for preinstalled games

v3 2024.04.18

Updates in this release:

Optimised for speed and size

Rebuilt everything from the ground up with A500 hardware-specific speed fixes

Pandory is around 200MB smaller than before and the thumbnail pack about 1GB smaller.

Updated Retroarch to 1.18

updated almost all cores to latest versions

fixes for some controller issues

more stable hotplug functionality

many extra optional retroarch cores to try if you have compatibility problems with a game

CHD support for almost every cd-based core

NEW CORES

pico-8 core

Updated Amiberry to 5.6

fixed lots of bugs. new features

run AGS and Aminimiga in Amiberry 5.6

automatic kickstart setup for amiberry and retrorach -> no configuration needed.

Compatible with firmware 1.2.1 and 1.1.1

Update ScummVM to 2.8.1

Support for the GRIME engine - play games like Grim Fandango

Play lots of games that use Adventure Game Studio

Asylum engine: now you can play Sanitarium

Includes new games

Flight of the Amazon Queen

ToonStruck Demo

Update: OpenBOR fixes

rebuilt with speed optimisations for the A500

Update: Open Cubic Player to 2.0.109

support for more chiptune formats

NEW: Vice 3.7.1 Commodore Emulator

emulates:

C64

C128

CBM II B and P

PET

PLUS4

VIC-20

can auto-install the correct bios files from USB if they are missing

NEW: Vice SID Player

with a freeware collection of 60000 sid files to get you started

NEW: Doom-Core replaced with Crispy Doom

Now you can play Doom in HD Widescreen

..and Hexen

..and Heretic

Full mouse support

With General Midi Soundfont!

Deathmatch Doom... da da da da da!

NEW: INTERNET SUPPORT VIA USB LAN

Access the internet via your mini

Browse the web

Visit BBS Servers

Visit FTP servers

Chat with your friends

Play Doom online with your friends (via teampandory.com)

HD Quake (Darkplaces)

play Quake in 720p hardware accelerated mode

with multiplayer Deathmatch support

weekly deathmatch sessions Saturdays GMT 21:00 GMT / 4:00PM EST

version available for windows and for the steamdeck.

Update DOSBox Staging to 0.80

fluidsynth soundfont support (pre-configured)

mt32 support possible if you add the mt32 bios files

ipx/tcp networking support

UPDATE: PPSSPP to 1.16.2

new controller mappings with combo keys

menu + home = PPSSPP MENU

menu + left-shoulder = SAVE STATE

menu + right-shoulder = LOAD STATE

menu + green/x/square = HOME

menu + yellow/y/triangle = AXIS SWAP

online ppsspp homebrew store -> download homebrew directly to your mini

UPDATE: Flycast 2.2

Fixed graphic distortion on some games

Online Boxart Scraping

Now shares BIOS files with retorarch, no need to install the bios files twice

NVRAM Unlocks:

dreamcast unlocks:

marvel vs capcom 2

capcom vs snk 2

street fighter 3rd strike

ikaruga

super street fighter 2

puzzle fighter 2

naomi unlocks:

cannon spike

capcom vs snk

capcom vs snk 2

marvel vs capcom 2 (japan)

NEW: Native Atari ST Emulator (Hatari)

Moved from retroarch to a standalone emulator

old retroarch core is still there if you want it

emulates Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon

Includes the free EmuTOS bios to get you started

inbuilt virtual midi synth, specially made for Pandory

NEW: Zesarux Emulator

emulates:

ZX Spectrum

MK14

ZX80

ZX81

QL

Z88

Microdigital TK80, TK82, TK82C, TK83, TK85, TK90X, TK95

Timex Sinclair 1000, 1500, 2068

Timex Computer 2048, 2068

Inves Spectrum +

Sam Coupe

Pentagon

Chloe 140 SE, 280 SE

Chrome

Prism

ZX-Uno

ZX-Evolution BaseConf (beta)

ZX-Evolution TS-Conf

ZX Spectrum Next

Jupiter Ace

Amstrad CPC 464, CPC 4128, CPC 664, CPC 6128

Amstrad PCW 8256, PCW 8512

MSX1

Spectravideo 318/328

Colecovision

Sega SG1000

Sega Master System

can auto-install the correct bios files from USB if they are missing

NEW: DOSBox Command and Conquer replaced with Vanilla Conquer

Play Command and Conquer Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert Full Versions

available to download on our github

let you play in HD 720p

LAN multiplayer and skirmish support

NEW: MagiTerm Telnet BBS Client

connect to modern BBS systems

preconfigured with 1000s of BBS addresses

NEW: EDuke32

Play Duke Nukem 3D at blazing speeds

With upscaling and widescreen mode

NEW: Remote access

Access the files on your mini via SFTP

Shell terminal access via SSH

Start the terminal and type "sshserver" to start

NEW: Self recovery mode

If the menu corrupts a Pandory startup file, they will

be restored if you start one of the others.

NEW: Mystery Emulator!

Connect your A500 to the internet and a secret additional emulator gets activated.

NEW: More background music

we've added a few tracks from our friend XxDUSTYxX for you to listen to in the menu.

Developer things

Pandory now contains standalone modern C and C++ libraries instead of the older ones on the mini

We've moved and recompiled everything using the modern GCC12 compiler to take advantage of many speed optimisations.

We've open sourced our toolchain so you can program your own things for the A500: https://code.teampandory.com/pandory/pandory500/toolchain

NEW: HD MilkyTracker

Featuring: BodgeMouse!

Other stuff

-> moved all launchers from the applications menu to THEA500 menu

All the best,

Team Pandory