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Pandora Handheld Software Reviews in a Nutshell
-a “micro-guide” to Pandora handheld software
The purpose of this blog is to list the best application in each category and give it a rating.
Last update on: September 23 2010
Recent updates to my blog: picodrive 1.80, pcsx4all wiz via ginge, gpfce gp2x via ginge, cave story gp2x via ginge, temper wiz via ginge, gpsp, Viewnoir, mtPaint, Giana’s Return, Panjoust, Battlejewels, Pandora Panic
Documents:
Word Processor (Abiword) 
Spreadsheet Program (Gnumeric)
Ms PowerPoint Viewer (……) 
PDF Viewer (Document Viewer)
Graphics Editor (mtPaint) 
Media:
Photo (Viewnoir)
Music (Deadbeef 0.4.1)
Video (Gnome Mplayer)
Internet Browser (Fennec 3.6.3)
Emus:
Atari 2600 (Pandora 2600 1.1.0) 
C64 (Vice 1.0)
Amiga 500 (UAE4all Beta7)
Amiga 1200 (PUAE 1.0)
Amiga CD32 (……)
ScummVM (ScummVM openpandora)
MsDos (DosBoxfce 0.741)
2D Arcade boards (Mame 106.2)
3D Arcade boards (Mame 106.2)
NES (gpfce gp2x via ginge)
Game Boy Color (VisualBoyAdvance 1.7.2)
Master System (Dega 1.16)
GameGear (Dega 1.16)
SNES (SNES9x 003s)
Genesis (Picodrive 1.80)
Sega CD (Picodrive 1.80)
32X (Picodrive 1.80)
PC-Engine (temper wiz via ginge)
NeoGeo (GNGEO 0.7R1)
GBA (gpsp)
PS1 (PSX4Pandora 1.0b4 and pcsx4all wiz via ginge)
Saturn (……)
N64 (Mupen64 R1B3F)
Dreamcast (……)
Games you should check out:
Jump’n runs
Gianas Return
Panjoust
Puzzle Games
Battlejewels
PandoraPanic!
Action Adventure
Cave Story gp2x via ginge
Pandora sd card structure:
<SD</ (put firmware image files here and hold down R while switching on the pandora to reflash the firmware)
<SD</pandora/appdata/ (you roms, videos, music files etc.)
<SD</pandora/desktop/ (apps you want on your desktop)
<SD</pandora/menu/ (apps you want in your menu)
<SD</pandora/apps/ (apps you want both on you desktop and in your menu)
OS:Angstrom OS
move mouse: left nub
left mouse click: right nub to the left
right mouse click: right nub to the right
connect to wifi: first toggle wifi on via system settings, then wait for a dialog to appear
Flash Firmware: put flash image into the root of SD card in the left slot, Hold (R) while switching the Pandora on
app: Ginge (lets you play GP2X and Wiz software on the Pandora!)
folder for GP2X/Wiz software: pandora/menu (the same folder you put Ginge in)
quit Ginge or game: q
app: mtpaint
image folder: appdata/
brush tool menu: F3
system: Atari 2600
emulator: Pandora 2600
rom folder: /appdata/a2600/roms/
go to menu: select
performance: very solid emulator!
system: C64
emulator: Vice 1.0
rom folder: /appdata/vicex64.pickle/roms/
go to menu: start (confirm with enter)
Run/Stop-Key: esc
Performance: very good emulator (be patient, games take a good while to load)
system: Amiga 500
emulator: UAE4all
kickstart rom folder: /appdata/uae4all/ (kick.rom)
rom folder: /appdata/uae4all/roms/
go to menu: Select (confirm with a)
switch mouse/stylus/joystick: start
exit emulator: Select then choose “exit”
performance: quite fast
system: Amiga 1200
emulator: PUAE
kickstart rom folder: /appdata/uae4all/ (kick.rom)
rom folder: appdata/puae/roms/
performance: slow and a lot of graphical glitchtes
system: ScummVM
emulator: scummvm openpandora
rom folder: /appdata/scummvm/roms/
system: MsDos
emulator: dosboxfce
mounted c: /appdata/games/
performance: works but emulation is not too fast
system: 2D/3D arcade boards
emulator: Mame
rom folder: /appdata/mame.106/roms/
go to menu: tab
coin: 6
1P/2P: 1/2
exit emulator: esc
performance: slow and doesn’t work with some roms
system: NES
emulator:gpfce
rom folder: pandora/menu/gpfce_v04_r313/roms
go to menu: (L)+Start
save state: go to menu and select “save state”
load state: go to menu and select “load state”
performance: full speed
system: Game Goy Color
emulator: VisualBoyAdvance
rom folder: /appdata/vba.cosam.1.7.2.0/roms/
exit emulator: esc
performance fast
system: Master System
emualtor: Dega
rom folder: appdata/dega/roms/
exit emulator: pandora
performance: works well
system: Game Gear
emualtor: Dega
rom folder: /appdata/dega/roms/
exit emulator: pandora
performance: works well
system: SNES
emulator: SNES9x
rom folder: /appdata/snes9x.skeezix.alpha/roms/
go to menu: Space
save state: space + choose “save state”
load state: space + choose “save state”
exit emulator: L+R+Start then choose “exit”
performance: quite fast but lacks some graphical effects
system: Genesis
emulator: PicroDrive
rom folder: /appdata/picrodrive/roms/
go to menu: select
save state: select + choose “save state”
load state: select + choose “save state”
exit emulator: select then choose “exit”
performance: very good!
system: Sega CD
emulator: PicroDrive
rom folder: /appdata/picodrive/roms/
bios: /appdata/picodrive/ (US_scd1_9210.bin)
go to menu: select
save state: select + choose “save state”
load state: select + choose “save state”
exit emulator: select then choose “exit”
performance: good but could be little faster, 22050hz audio to boost perf., read ahead buffer 8k for better compatiblity
system: PCEngine
emulator: temper wiz via ginge
bios: appdata/ginge/temper/syscards/ (syscard3.pce)
go to menu: (Y)
performance: good emulator also for Tubro Duo games!
system: Neo Geo
emulator: GNGeo
bios folder: /appdata/gngeo/bios/ (put sp-s2.sp1,sfix.sfx und 000-lo.lo in)
rom folder: /appdata/gngeo/bios/
coin: 4
1P/2P: 1 or 2
frameskip: F10
go to menu:F12
save state: F8
load state: F9
exit emulator: F12
performance: some slowdowns, some tearing
system: GBA
emulator: gpsp
bios folder: /appdata/gpspwiz/ (gba_bios.bin)
rom folder: /appdata/gpspwiz/roms/
go to menu: (Y)
exit emulator: q
peformance: fast even at 500mhz, works only with zipped roms
system: Playstation
emulator: PSX4Pandora
bios folder: /appdata/psx4pandora1/ (scph1001.bin)
rom folder: /appdata/psx4pandora1/roms/
go to menu: Space
save state: space then “file options” then “save state”
load state: space then “file options” then “save state”
exit emulator: L+R+A+X+Y+B
performance: early development state
system: Playstation
emulator: pcsx4all wiz via ginge
bios folder: pandora/menu/ginge/pcsx4all/ (scph1001.bin)
rom folder: pandora/menu/ginge/pcsx4all/isos/
performance: early development state
system: N64
emulator: Mupen64
rom folder: /appdata/mupen64plus-r1/roms/
exit emulator: pandora
performance: early development state
