Will X run on the Pandora?

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This page responds to questions on the forums regarding whether a program will run on the Pandora or not. This is not a page for Port Requests.

Remember that ports between any two platforms require the source code of the software in question. No exceptions.

Use this flowchart if your program is not listed and you think it might be able to be ported to the Pandora.

This page assumes that you want a port to be useable. Anything could be ported, but that doesn't mean it will run well on the Pandora.

Programs which already have Pandora ports are not listed on this page.

Those programs are located on the following three pages: Software projects, Games, Emulator list


Discussion

To discuss these or other applications, use the forums. Search for existing conversations to find other people who are also interested in the same application.


Nobody is working on XXXX application! What do I do?

The first thing you should do is make sure it can be ported. Use the portability flowchart to determine if a port of the software is possible. Next, check to see if a similar application is under development. If it looks like the program is portable, just be patient. There are literally hundreds of games and applications that would be desirable on the Pandora, and only so many people who are capable of making them happen. Most devs already have plans for their first projects, so just sit tight and wait for somebody to pick it up.


List

Name Description Status Comment Source of Information
Opera Internet Browser Possibly The developers will license a port if Pandora sales reach 50,000 units [1]
Yabause Sega Saturn emulator Possibly Proof of possibility: PSP is less powerful than Pandora, and can handle it quite good. Check the link for extra information [2]
0AD RTS Highly Unlikely System requirements are too high [3]
Arx Fatalis Action-RPG Highly Unlikely Relies on DirectX, which is not open source. Rewriting the graphics to OpenGLES is possible, but extremely difficult [4]
Capitán Sevilla Platformer Highly Unlikely runs very slow at 1000Mhz, works only with swap, needs too much ram [5]
Latest MAME version Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator Highly Unlikely Due to the way MAME is developed (accuracy takes preference over speed), it becomes slower over time. You're best off with MAME4ALL and MAME .106 [6]
MESS Multi Emulator Super System Highly Unlikely MESS is highly unoptimized, and would offer poor performance. N/A
Mugen Fighting game engine Highly Unlikely While the Pandora is capable of running it, the engine is not open source. The developers would have to take interest in the platform. However, there is an alternative open source version that has been ported [7]
Nintendo DS Emulator Highly Unlikely Fullspeed is likely not possible. An attempt has been made, but only 5FPS has been attained [8]
PlaneShift MMORPG Highly Unlikely Processor might be good enough, but there's not enough RAM in the Pandora [9]
Slingplayer Streaming video player Highly Unlikely Closed source application. Theoretically, a browser plugin might work, if they publish an ARM version [10]
Ultimate Stunts Racing Highly Unlikely System requirements are too high [11]
Ardentryst Action-RPG Impossible System requirements are way too high [12]
Gang Garrison 2 Team Fortress 2 Demake Impossible Gang Garrison 2 is made in Game Maker. Even though it's open source, nothing made in Game Maker currently supports Linux N/A
iTunes Apple's music management application Impossible This is a closed source application, and therefore cannot not be ported [13]
Netflix Streaming movie viewing service Impossible The developers at Netflix currently have no plans to make their application work with any non Windows based or Mac based device. Also, the service is not open source N/A
Nintendo Gamecube Emulator Impossible Even beginning to emulate the Gamecube is a mess, much less getting it to run at a playable speed [14]
Penumbra Survival Horror Impossible System requirements are too high. [15]
Playstation 2 Emulator Impossible Not only are system requirements extremely high, but the best emulators use code that does not run on ARM N/A
Skype Text and video chat service Impossible This is a closed source application, and therefore cannot be ported N/A
Urban Terror Quake 3 mod similar to Counter Strike Impossible This game uses closed source extensions that cannot be ported to ARM [16]
World of Warcraft MMORPG Impossible This is a closed source application, and therefore cannot not be ported. In addition, its system requirements are too high N/A
VDrift Racing Impossible System requirements are too high [17]
Zero Ballistics FPS/tank Impossible System requirements are too high [18]
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