Pandora Wiki - User contributions [en]

Software projects

2009-06-23T16:19:19Z

Benjymous:

See the [[Port Requests]] article for open-source projects which ''could'' be ported but have not been taken on by anyone yet.

== Operating Systems ==
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! Project Name
! Link
! Status
! Author/Port Author
! Notes
|-
|Android Omap
|[http://elinux.org/Android_on_OMAP Link]
|wip
|
|
|-
|Angstrom Linux
|[http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/ Link]
|Working build, not completed
|
|
|-
|AROS Arm
|[http://projects.powerdeveloper.org/project/imx515/735 Link]
|wip
|
|
|-
|FreeBSD
|[http://wiki.freebsd.org/FreeBSD/arm/OMAP Link]
|wip
|
|
|-
|Gentoo Linux
|[http://gentoo.openpandora.org Link]
|Working build, not completed
|javaJake, Viridior
|IRC: (FreeNode) #gentoo-pandora
|-
|HaikuOS
|[http://www.haiku-os.org Link]
|wip
|
|
|-
|Ubuntu ARM
|[http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/arm Link]
|wip
|
|
|-
|Fedora ARM
|
|Unknown
|
|
|}

== Games ==
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! Project Name
! Link
! Status
! Author/Port Author
! Notes
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|Abuse
|[http://abuse.zoy.org/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|2D Platform
|-
|Battle for Wesnoth v1.6.2
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47936 Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|Strategy
|-
|BattleJewels
|
|Completed build for GP2X, WIP for Pandora
|Skeezix
|Logical
|-
|BlobWars
|[http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/projects/blobWars.php Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|2D Platform
|-
|Caster
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46813 Link]
|Working build (tested on PC)
|Svartalf
|RPG
|-
|Descent 1 (d1x-rebirth engine)
|[http://forum.openhandhelds.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1032 Link]
|Working build
|Pickle
|FPS
|-
|Descent 2 (d2x-rebirth engine)
|[http://forum.openhandhelds.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1032 Link]
|Working build
|Pickle
|FPS
|-
|FHeroes Port (Heroes Of Might And Magic 2)
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47553 Link]
|Working build
|Pickle
|Strategy
|-
|FreeCiv 2.1.9
|[http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Link]
|Working build
|Cpasjuste
|Strategy
|-
|Galactic Artifact
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46836 Link]
|Working build
|Trevor Bradley
|Strategy
|-
|Giannas Return
|[http://www.gianas-return.de/ Link]
|Working
|Giannas Team
|Arcade
|-
|Gravity Blocks
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47662 Link]
|wip (early in developement)
|Awekening
|Arcade
|-
|Homeworld Port
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47565 Link]
|wip
|LinuxHacker
|Simulation
|-
|Human Condition (was TINCS)
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46487 Link1][http://www.youtube.com/user/ButtermanHimself Link2]
|wip
|Butterman
|FPP
|-
|Lerp
|[http://grapefruitopia.com/lerp/ Link]
|working build
|benjymous
|2D physics puzzle platformer
|-
|Lord of the Rings Port
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46792&hl= Link]
|Unknown
|Daeglin
|RPG
|-
|Monster!
|[http://christophsdevblog.blogspot.com/ Link]
|wip
|Chris R
|Arcade
|-
|NAEV
|[http://code.google.com/p/naev/ Link]
|wip (waiting for pandora to finish and test)
|bobbens
|Action/RPG/Sim
|-
|Nails Adventure
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46961 Link]
|wip
|jsmtux/Mr. Gonzo
|
|-
|OpenLiero (Liero)
|
|working build, need to be polished
|Pickle
|Shoot'Em Up
|-
|OpenTyrian
|[http://code.google.com/p/opentyrian/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|Shoot'Em Up
|-
|Pandora Panic!
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9d6UXhQP6o Link]
|Working build
|PokeParadox / GP32X Community
|Arcade
|-
|Pandora Pool Panic
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46996 Link]
|Almost Finished
|Unfathomable Depths
|Arcade
|-
|PanMMO - Pandora MMO Game via Internet
|[http://www.youtube.com/user/enirya Link]
|wip
|Enirya
|RPG
|-
|Powermanga
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|Quake 1
|
|working build
|Pickle
|FPP
|-
|Quake 2
|
|working build
|Pickle
|FPP
|-
|Quake 3
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|FPP
|-
|Quake 3
|
|working build
|Pickle
|FPP
|-
|Reminiscence (flashback)
|[http://cyxdown.free.fr/reminiscence/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|Action/Adventure
|-
|Rise of The Triad
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47931 Link]
|wip
|arrrgh
|FPP
|-
|Super Lumenal
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHi3YT3xuE&feature=channel_page Link]
|wip
|Adventus
|Arcade
|-
|SuperTux 1
|[http://forum.openhandhelds.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1040 Link]
|working build
|Pickle
|Platform
|-
|SuperTux 2
|[http://forum.openhandhelds.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1040 Link]
|working build
|Pickle
|Platform
|-
|Tecnoballz
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|Working build
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|Teeworlds
|[http://www.teeworlds.com/ Link]
|wip
|
|Arcade
|-
|The Mana World
|[http://www.themanaworld.org/ Link]
|Working build
|Cpasjuste
|MMORPG
|-
|uHexen2: Hammer of Thyrion
|
|Completed build for GP2X, WIP for Pandora
|Adventus
|FPP
|-
|Ur-Quan Masters
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=43625&st=165&p=673047&#entry673047 Link]
|Working build
|
|Space Exploration
|-
|We Come In Peace
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=43655 Link]
|working build
|Otaco
|Strategy
|-
|Stratagus
|[http://stratagus.sourceforge.net/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|RTS Engine
|-
|Where in world is...
|[http://www.openpandora.pl Link]
|Wip
|StreaK
|Casual
|-
|Wizzley Presto and the Mysterious Time Machine
|[http://www.30daygame.com/ Link]
|wip
|Craigix, Zodttd, Ruckage
|Arcade, 30 Day Game Competition
|-
|Wolf4SDL (Wolfenstein 3D)
|
|working build
|Pickle
|FPP
|-
|XSwing Plus
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=43655&view=findpost&p=733021 Link]
|wip
|Tobse
|Arcade
|-
|ZEQ2Lite
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47623&hl= Link]
|Work in progress
|MDave
|Dragonball Z Third Person Fighter/Shooter
|-
|Zdoom
|
|Completed build for GP2X, WIP for Pandora
|Adventus
|FPP
|-
|Zombd
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46933 Link]
|Wip
|iprice/Mr Gonzo
|Shoot'Em Up
|}

== Emulators ==
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! Project Name
! Emulated System
! Link
! Status
! Author/Port Author
! Notes
|-
|Caprice32
|Amstrad CPC
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=48140 Link1] [http://www.caprice32.cybercube.com/ Link2]
|wip
|hdonk
|
|-
|DosBox
|x86 DOS
|
|working build
|Pickle
|
|-
|FinalBurnAdvance
|CPS1/2/3/taito...
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hjDLMBaf8 Link]
|
|Squidge
|
|-
|Frotz
|Z-Machine interpreter
|[http://www.cosam.org/computers/pandora/frotz-2.43.zip Link]
|
|
|
|-
|Fuse
|ZX Spectrum
|[http://www.cosam.org/computers/pandora/fuse-0.9.0.zip Link]
|working build
|SteveM
|
|-
|GnGeo
|SNK NeoGeo
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/user/cpasjuste Link2]
|
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|gpSP
|Nintendo GBA
|
|wip
|ZodTTD
|
|-
|Hatari
|Atari ST
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/user/cpasjuste Link2]
|
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|Jzintv
|Mattel Intellivision
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=48035 Link]
|
|WizardStan
|
|-
|MAME4All
|Arcade
|[http://www.youtube.com/user/franxism Link]
|
|Franxis
|
|-
|NeoPop
|SNK NeoGeo Pocket
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/user/cpasjuste Link2]
|
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|NullDC
|Sega Dreamcast
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=47065&view=findpost&p=709910 Link]
|Wip
|Zezu / drkIIraziel
|
|-
|PandaSNES
|Nintendo SNES
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=43213 Link]
|wip
|Squidge
|
|-
|Pandora-PSP
|Sony Playstation Portable
|[http://jayfoxrox.bplaced.net/pandora-psp/ Link]
|wip
|[[User:JayFoxRox|JayFoxRox]]
|
|-
|PAtari
|Atari 800
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|PicoDrive
|Sega Genesis/CD/32x
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDbLQI91510 Link]
|working build
|Notaz
|Fullspeed emulator
|-
|PSMS
|Sega Master System
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|PSnes
|Nintendo SNES
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|working build
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|Psx4All
|Sony PlayStation
|[http://www.zodttd.com Link]
|Not Status, working build
|ZodTTD
|
|-
|ScummVM
|x86 Scumm engine games
|
|Working build
|DJ Willis
|Fullspeed emulator
|-
|SIMH
|old hardware
|[http://www.cosam.org/computers/pandora/simh-3.8.zip Link]
|working build
|SteveM
|
|-
|Temper
|NEC PC Engine
|[http://exophase.devzero.co.uk/ Link]
|wip
|Exophase
|Fullspeed emulator
|-
|Tempest
|Atari Jaguar
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=43119 Link]
|
|Firefox
|
|-
|Uae4All
|Amiga
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=44100 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|XMAME
|Arcade
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|
|Cpasjuste
|
|}

== Graphic Engines ==
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! Project Name
! Link
! Status
! Author/Port Author
! Notes
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|GemRB (Infinity Engine)
|
|wip
|Adventus
|open-source implementation of Bioware's Infinity Engine, supports games including Baldurs Gate 2 and Planescape Torment.
|-
|GLES2D
|
|Wip
|Cpasjuste
|OpenGL ES 2D library
|-
|Irrlicht
|[http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/] [http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=32538&start=45]
|working build
|Hybrid
|
|-
|NSS Engine
|[http://www.nosiestastudios.com/wiki/ Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/user/Prompt84 Link2]
|
|No Siesta Studios
|
|-
|OGRE Engine
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=46706 Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDtUE5PIhV0 Link2]
|
|
|
|-
|Otaco Glost Engine
|[http://www.youtube.com/user/otacogloost Link]
|working
|Otaco
|
|-
|Quad-Ren 2D
|[http://quad-ren.sourceforge.net/index.php Link]
|
|Hessiess
|
|-
|SDL GLES
|[http://github.com/Cpasjuste/sdl-1.2.13_gles/tree Link]
|working
|Cpasjuste
|
|-
|XreaL
|[http://xreal.sourceforge.net/xrealwiki/ Link]
|
|Pickle [?]
|
|}

== Other programs ==
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! Project Name
! Link
! Status
! Author/Port Author
! Notes
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|AbiWord - Word Processor
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYf-I1UuWhk Link]
|working build
|
|for Angstrom OpenPandora
|-
|Claws Mail
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYf-I1UuWhk Link]
|working build
|
|for Angstrom OpenPandora
|-
|Epiphany Web Bowser
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|FireFox - Internet Browser
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYf-I1UuWhk Link]
|working build
|
|for Angstrom OpenPandora
|-
|GIMP - Image Editor
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYf-I1UuWhk Link]
|working build
|
|for Angstrom OpenPandora
|-
|GMenu
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYzi8gziC7E Link]
|Working build
|Pandora Team
|
|-
|Gnumeric Spreadsheet - Spreadsheet
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYf-I1UuWhk Link]
|working build
|
|for Angstrom OpenPandora
|-
|GoView
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|Image Gallery
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|Inside The Box
|[http://www.openpandora.pl Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLMmJBDEs2E Link2]
|wip
|StreaK
|Pandora e-zine
|-
|IRC Client
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|LeafPad
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|Matchbox Shell / GUI
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|MPlayer
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=41420 Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9RAPNa-55k Link2]
|Working build
|Squidge
|
|-
|Pandora Sync Suite
|[http://www.openpandora.pl Link]
|Working build
|StreaK
|for Windows 9x/NT
|-
|Pangea GUI
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=45631&hl=pangea Link]
|WIP
|efegea
|Gmenu alternative
|-
|PDM
|[http://github.com/Cpasjuste/pdm/tree Link]
|
|Cpasjuste
|Light desktop manager for Pandora
|-
|PGui
|[http://github.com/Cpasjuste/pgui/tree Link]
|
|Cpasjuste
|Standard emulator fronted for Pandora
|-
|Pidgin - IM (for Angstrom OpenPandora)
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYf-I1UuWhk Link]
|working build
|
|
|-
|PMenu
|[http://mydedibox.fr/_stuff/pandora/ Link]
|
|Cpasjuste
|Minimal Menu for Pandora
|-
|PND Maker (for Windows 9x/NT)
|[http://www.openpandora.pl Link]
|Working build
|StreaK
|
|-
|Qemu
|[http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/status.html Link]
|testing build
|Fabrice Bellard
|open source machine emulator and virtualizer
|-
|Scale
|[http://www.youtube.com/user/Zoxc64 Link]
|wip
|Zoxc64
|Minimal Menu for Pandora
|-
|Simple Dev Studio for Pandora
|[http://www.openpandora.pl Link]
|Wip
|StreaK
|for Windows 9x/NT
|-
|[[TINXL]]
|[[TINXL]]
|
|
|Application stack for multiplayer internet games
|-
|[[TS2A]]
|[[TS2A]]
|Documentation only
||[[User:JayFoxRox|JayFoxRox]]
|Teamspeak 2 Alternative Client / Server, Needs developer
|-
|XMMS
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKKMj37Psd8 Link]
|Working build
|
|
|-
|ZiB Emulator Frontend
|[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=47203 Link1] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJvON8lCM3M Link2]
|
|Aimless_E
|
|}

== Demos / Technical Demos for OpenPandora ==
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! Project Name
! Link
! Status
! Author/Port Author
! Notes
|-
|OpenGL Cell Shading
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpAj0jHglGw Link]
|working build
|
|
|-
|OpenGL Demo with MP3 Playback
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkx18kruRJs Link]
|working build
|
|
|-
|OpenGL Skull Demo
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG7EDaZpyOo Link]
|working build
|
|
|-
|WaveDemo
|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wgEHFCq9Lo Link]
|Working
|Otaco
|
|}

Development tutorials

2008-10-05T14:28:58Z

Benjymous:

== SDL Tutorials ==

These tutorials assume you know the basics of C++ programming, and know your way around a C++ compiler.

* [http://www.lazyfoo.net/SDL_tutorials/index.php Lazy Foo's Tutorials]. Not Pandora specific, but a good guide to getting your programming environment set up, along with many SDL tutorials.
* [http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ Sol's Graphics for beginners]. Not Pandora specific, but a good place to get started with SDL graphics coding.

== See Also ==

* [[Development Tools]]

Development tutorials

2008-10-05T12:10:39Z

Benjymous:

== SDL Tutorials ==

* [http://iki.fi/sol/gp/ Sol's Graphics for beginners]. Not Pandora specific, but a good place to get started with SDL graphics coding.

== See Also ==

* [[Development Tools]]

Category:Newsletters

2008-10-02T08:17:54Z

Benjymous: New page: This page serves as an archive for the official OpenPandora newsletters

This page serves as an archive for the official OpenPandora newsletters

Pandora

2008-10-01T11:44:46Z

Benjymous: /* Full Specs */

The Pandora is a seventh-generation handheld game console. When it is released, estimated for summer 2008, it will be the most powerful handheld games console available.
[[Image:Pandora-newrender.jpg|Right|thumb|360px|The Pandora open-source game system.]]

==Overview==

The Pandora will run a Linux distribution. There will be no fees for developer tools and hence anyone will be free to develop and release games for the system.

===Core===

The Pandora uses a Texas Instruments OMAP 3530 System-on-Chip. This includes the ARM Cortex-A8 processor, the TI C64X programmable DSP, the PowerVR SGX 530 3D accelerator and supporting components.

====Storage====
The first revision of the console will include 128MB of DDR RAM, and 256MB of onboard flash memory. Storage space will be available through 2 Secure Digital card slots since the internal memory is not designed for storage and via USB host capabilities for connecting any standard USB flash drive and hard drive.

===Input and output===
The Pandora includes two analog pads, a directional pad, 4 action buttons, 2 shoulder buttons, 3 function buttons (start/select/home), and a QWERTY keyboard.

====Display====
The Pandora's display will be a 800*480 display, which additionally will have touchscreen functionality.

=====TV-out=====
The Pandora will have the ability to output S-video and composite signals to television sets. In addition, picture-in-picture and seperate signals for the TV and LCD will be supported.

====Sound====
The Pandora will have a high-quality sound DAC, and an ADC and internal microphone for recording. A pair of stereo speakers is built into the display. The volume control is a wheel.

====Keyboard====
The Pandora will have an almost-full QWERTY keyboard, with additional keys using Function. Control will likely be mapped onto one of the action or shoulder buttons.

more here.

==Full Specs==

These are constantly changing. Hopefully, this page will be updated with them. When adding information please remember to correctly reference the new information to a reliable source.

*General
** The name: Pandora [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=572691]
** Dimensions: 140 x 83 x 27 mm (slightly larger than a DS Lite: vs 133 mm × 73.9 mm × 21.5 mm)
** Price: 199 GBP(incl. VAT) (approx. $330 USD, 212 € (excl. VAT)
** Release date: April/May 2008 for dev units, winter 2008 for full production units (can and will be changed if needed)
** Case will be a bit smaller the GP2X, and will be a mix of metal and plastic. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]

*Core Hardware:
**Texas Instrument's OMAP3530 System-on-chip. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=562133] [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=39172&st=160#] ''Specifications can be found at this link: [http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_omap3430.pdf] ''
** PowerVR SGX GPU (OpenGL ES 2.0, several million polygons per second). ''OpenGL ES demonstrated: [http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/insider/powervr-demos.asp] ''
**128MB of DDR SDRAM.
** Real Time Clock (RTC) built in, to keep track of time. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=568882]
**256MB of internal flash memory.
**Will be "unbrickable".

*Display: 800x480 widescreen (5:3), 4.3 inches, touchscreen LCD.[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Brightness:300 cd/m2, Contrast ratio:450:1, Response time:tr+tf=30ms[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=39741&view=findpost&p=573484]
**Dimensions: 93.6 x 56.2 mm (4.3 inches, 5:3 aspect ratio).
**TV-out included in hardware, A/V-OUT Port (similar in appearance to a large USB OTG port) outputs S-Video and Composite and inputs 3,5mm Headphone/Microphone cables..
***Separate TV-out signals, picture-in-picture capabilities. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Powerful 2D and 3D hardware acceleration, see above. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]

*Input:
**Buttons, keyboard, microphone, and touchscreen. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Directional pad will be a D-pad. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Two real analog nubs, with rubber grip, but no click function. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i26UXJOTkTk A video of the analog nub to be used in Pandora's construction.] Update: a custom designed plastic nub is now being used and will remain in the previously planned location.
**QWERTY keyboard cellphone like thumb typeable. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Built-In Microphone [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?act=findpost&pid=568882]

*Connectivity:
**802.11g (Wi-fi) included. USB host included. USB-on-the-go (one-port host and client) included. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (3Mbps)[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=42344&view=findpost&p=613832]
**The USB will be fully powered (500 milliamps). You'll be able to use anything that has drivers. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=568882]
**RS-232 will be included, but a level converter will be needed for the UART. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=568882]
**Twin SDHC slots.

*Software:
**Open2X-type Linux firmware. [http://wiki.open2x.org/open2x/wiki/index.php?title=Firmware]
**One-click install system - Debian ARMEL packages probably compatible with minor work.
**Potential Emulation: Nearly any game console which predates the Playstation for which an open-source emulator exists. Nearly any 8 or 16 bit computer system for which an open-source emulator exists.
*** Atari 2600, 7800, 5200, and Lynx
*** Nintendo NES, SNES, Gameboy, and GBA
*** Sega Master System and Genesis
*** NEC PCEngine (TurboGrafx-16)
*** SNK NeoGeo, NeoGeo Pocket, and Pocket Color
*** Sony Playstation [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=41440]
*** Atari 400, 800, and ST
*** Amiga
*** PC (DOSBox)
*** Apple II
**Possible Software:
***Will be capable of running X11 with a window manager and desktop environment, and probably will by default.
***There should be the ability to run normal programs you can run on Modern Linux builds as well, provided it does not exceed 128MB of RAM (excluding any virtual memory for performance reasons) and is ported. This includes a full build of Firefox! Firefox 3.0 uses much less memory and resources, and should run fine on the Pandora.
***Macromedia Flash is possible on the Pandora with web browsers with some work. Maybe not full Flash support though, but http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ can be ported to the Pandora and run up to FlashV7 guaranteed, play Youtube videos (mplayer and VLC can play FLV files just fine, play other movie files from Firefox, and VLC can stream FLV easily) and can work with Firefox or as a standalone program.
***Advanced multimedia support, including streaming: mplayer, VLC, xine and any other program that is open source is possible. For a general idea of file support for VLC see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html, and for xine see http://xinehq.de/index.php/features.

*Power:
**Lithium-polymer battery, ~4000mAH.
**Up to 10 hours battery life under reasonable load 8.5 hours under max cpu load. Up to 100 hours playing MP3s. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=40823&st=80&p=595336&#entry595336]
**Can charge through AC adapter or USB. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=40659&view=findpost&p=587802]
**Advanced power management capabilities: only need to set a max clockspeed, when the CPU is not doing anything it automatically HALTs and does nothing to save a lot of power.[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=574380]
**Will be able to suspend to RAM or suspend to disk for longer battery life and faster start up.

[[Category:FAQ]]

Pandora

2008-10-01T11:43:37Z

Benjymous: /* Full Specs */

The Pandora is a seventh-generation handheld game console. When it is released, estimated for summer 2008, it will be the most powerful handheld games console available.
[[Image:Pandora-newrender.jpg|Right|thumb|360px|The Pandora open-source game system.]]

==Overview==

The Pandora will run a Linux distribution. There will be no fees for developer tools and hence anyone will be free to develop and release games for the system.

===Core===

The Pandora uses a Texas Instruments OMAP 3530 System-on-Chip. This includes the ARM Cortex-A8 processor, the TI C64X programmable DSP, the PowerVR SGX 530 3D accelerator and supporting components.

====Storage====
The first revision of the console will include 128MB of DDR RAM, and 256MB of onboard flash memory. Storage space will be available through 2 Secure Digital card slots since the internal memory is not designed for storage and via USB host capabilities for connecting any standard USB flash drive and hard drive.

===Input and output===
The Pandora includes two analog pads, a directional pad, 4 action buttons, 2 shoulder buttons, 3 function buttons (start/select/home), and a QWERTY keyboard.

====Display====
The Pandora's display will be a 800*480 display, which additionally will have touchscreen functionality.

=====TV-out=====
The Pandora will have the ability to output S-video and composite signals to television sets. In addition, picture-in-picture and seperate signals for the TV and LCD will be supported.

====Sound====
The Pandora will have a high-quality sound DAC, and an ADC and internal microphone for recording. A pair of stereo speakers is built into the display. The volume control is a wheel.

====Keyboard====
The Pandora will have an almost-full QWERTY keyboard, with additional keys using Function. Control will likely be mapped onto one of the action or shoulder buttons.

more here.

==Full Specs==

These are constantly changing. Hopefully, this page will be updated with them. When adding information please remember to correctly reference the new information to a reliable source.

*General
** The name: Pandora [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=572691]
** Dimensions: 140 x 83 x 27 mm (slightly larger than a DS Lite: vs 133 mm × 73.9 mm × 21.5 mm)
** Price: 199 GBP(incl. VAT) (approx. $330 USD, 212 € (excl. VAT)
** Release date: April/May 2008 for dev units, winter 2008 for full production units (can and will be changed if needed)
** Case will be a bit smaller the GP2X, and will be a mix of metal and plastic. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]

*Core Hardware:
**Texas Instrument's OMAP3530 System-on-chip. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=562133] [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=39172&st=160#] ''Specifications can be found at this link: [http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_omap3430.pdf] ''
** PowerVR SGX GPU (OpenGL ES 2.0, several million polygons per second). ''OpenGL ES demonstrated: [http://www.imgtec.com/powervr/insider/powervr-demos.asp] ''
**128MB of DDR SDRAM.
** Real Time Clock (RTC) built in, to keep track of time. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=568882]
**256MB of internal flash memory.
**Will be "unbrickable".

*Display: 800x480 widescreen (5:3), 4.3 inches, touchscreen LCD.[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Brightness:300 cd/m2, Contrast ratio:450:1, Response time:tr+tf=30ms[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=39741&view=findpost&p=573484]
**Dimensions: 93.6 x 56.2 mm (4.3 inches, 5:3 aspect ratio).
**TV-out included in hardware, A/V-OUT Port (similar in appearance to a large USB OTG port) outputs S-Video and Composite and inputs 3,5mm Headphone/Microphone cables..
***Separate TV-out signals, picture-in-picture capabilities. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Powerful 2D and 3D hardware acceleration, see above. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]

*Input:
**Buttons, keyboard, microphone, and touchscreen. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Directional pad will be a D-pad. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Two real analog nubs, will have click function. Will have a rubber grip. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i26UXJOTkTk A video of the analog nub to be used in Pandora's construction.] Update: a custom designed plastic nub is now being used and will remain in the previously planned location.
**QWERTY keyboard cellphone like thumb typeable. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Built-In Microphone [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?act=findpost&pid=568882]

*Connectivity:
**802.11g (Wi-fi) included. USB host included. USB-on-the-go (one-port host and client) included. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=38044]
**Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR (3Mbps)[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=42344&view=findpost&p=613832]
**The USB will be fully powered (500 milliamps). You'll be able to use anything that has drivers. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=568882]
**RS-232 will be included, but a level converter will be needed for the UART. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=568882]
**Twin SDHC slots.

*Software:
**Open2X-type Linux firmware. [http://wiki.open2x.org/open2x/wiki/index.php?title=Firmware]
**One-click install system - Debian ARMEL packages probably compatible with minor work.
**Potential Emulation: Nearly any game console which predates the Playstation for which an open-source emulator exists. Nearly any 8 or 16 bit computer system for which an open-source emulator exists.
*** Atari 2600, 7800, 5200, and Lynx
*** Nintendo NES, SNES, Gameboy, and GBA
*** Sega Master System and Genesis
*** NEC PCEngine (TurboGrafx-16)
*** SNK NeoGeo, NeoGeo Pocket, and Pocket Color
*** Sony Playstation [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=41440]
*** Atari 400, 800, and ST
*** Amiga
*** PC (DOSBox)
*** Apple II
**Possible Software:
***Will be capable of running X11 with a window manager and desktop environment, and probably will by default.
***There should be the ability to run normal programs you can run on Modern Linux builds as well, provided it does not exceed 128MB of RAM (excluding any virtual memory for performance reasons) and is ported. This includes a full build of Firefox! Firefox 3.0 uses much less memory and resources, and should run fine on the Pandora.
***Macromedia Flash is possible on the Pandora with web browsers with some work. Maybe not full Flash support though, but http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/ can be ported to the Pandora and run up to FlashV7 guaranteed, play Youtube videos (mplayer and VLC can play FLV files just fine, play other movie files from Firefox, and VLC can stream FLV easily) and can work with Firefox or as a standalone program.
***Advanced multimedia support, including streaming: mplayer, VLC, xine and any other program that is open source is possible. For a general idea of file support for VLC see http://www.videolan.org/vlc/features.html, and for xine see http://xinehq.de/index.php/features.

*Power:
**Lithium-polymer battery, ~4000mAH.
**Up to 10 hours battery life under reasonable load 8.5 hours under max cpu load. Up to 100 hours playing MP3s. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=40823&st=80&p=595336&#entry595336]
**Can charge through AC adapter or USB. [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=40659&view=findpost&p=587802]
**Advanced power management capabilities: only need to set a max clockspeed, when the CPU is not doing anything it automatically HALTs and does nothing to save a lot of power.[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?s=&showtopic=38155&view=findpost&p=574380]
**Will be able to suspend to RAM or suspend to disk for longer battery life and faster start up.

[[Category:FAQ]]

File:Qemu-2.jpg

2008-09-24T11:59:46Z

Benjymous:

File:Qemu-1.jpg

2008-09-24T11:59:33Z

Benjymous:

User:Benjymous

2008-09-24T11:55:44Z

Benjymous:

[[Emulating a Linux Arm system on Windows]]

Help me! I'm turning into a [http://grapefruitopia.com grapefruit]!

User:Benjymous

2008-09-24T11:43:21Z

Benjymous:

[[Emulating an Arm system on Windows]]

Help me! I'm turning into a [http://grapefruitopia.com grapefruit]!

User:Benjymous

2008-09-24T11:43:14Z

Benjymous:

[Emulating an Arm system on Windows]

Help me! I'm turning into a [http://grapefruitopia.com grapefruit]!

User talk:Txd

2008-09-22T12:11:58Z

Benjymous: New section: Really?

U SUCK

== Really? ==

Btw, the [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showforum=61 Forums] are a far better place to ask questions than directly in the FAQ --[[User:Benjymous|Benjymous]] 14:11, 22 September 2008 (CEST)

User:Benjymous

2008-09-14T11:42:48Z

Benjymous: New page: Help me! I'm turning into a [http://grapefruitopia.com grapefruit]!

Help me! I'm turning into a [http://grapefruitopia.com grapefruit]!

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T10:37:37Z

Benjymous:

{{Infobox Emulator|title=UAE4ALL
|image=[[Image:Amiga-A500.jpg|center|Amiga A500]]
|download=
|developer=
|porter=EvilDragon
|version=0.0
|webpage=
|status=Private alpha
|compatibility=Compat:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga
}}

Pandora port of UAE4ALL

== Status ==
Runs at full speed (and is limited to prevent running faster) [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=44100&st=0].

== External Links ==
* [http://www.gp2x.de/video/PandoraUAE4ALL.avi Video demo] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwuI6_zCjxY YouTube version])

[[Category:Emulators]][[Category:Pre-release Software]]

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T10:37:20Z

Benjymous:

{{Infobox Emulator|title=UAE4ALL
|image=[[Image:Amiga-A500.jpg|center|Amiga A500]]
|download=
|developer=
|porter=EvilDragon
|version=0.0
|webpage=
|status=Private alpha
|compatibility=Compat:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga
}}

Pandora port of UAE4ALL

== Status ==
Runs at full speed (and is limited to prevent running faster) [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=44100&st=0].

== External Links ==
* [http://www.gp2x.de/video/PandoraUAE4ALL.avi Video demo] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwuI6_zCjxY YouTube version]

[[Category:Emulators]][[Category:Pre-release Software]]

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T10:36:51Z

Benjymous:

{{Infobox Emulator|title=UAE4ALL
|image=[[Image:Amiga-A500.jpg|center|Amiga A500]]
|download=
|developer=
|porter=EvilDragon
|version=0.0
|webpage=
|status=Private alpha
|compatibility=Compat:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga
}}

Pandora port of UAE4ALL

== Status ==
Runs at full speed (and is limited to prevent running faster) [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=44100&st=0].

== External Links ==
* [http://www.gp2x.de/video/PandoraUAE4ALL.avi Video demo] [http://www.youtube.com/v/KwuI6_zCjxY YouTube version]

[[Category:Emulators]][[Category:Pre-release Software]]

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T09:50:12Z

Benjymous:

{{Infobox Emulator|title=UAE4ALL
|image=[[Image:Amiga-A500.jpg|center|Amiga A500]]
|download=
|developer=
|porter=EvilDragon
|version=0.0
|webpage=
|status=Private alpha
|compatibility=Compat:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga
}}

Pandora port of UAE4ALL

== Status ==
Runs at full speed (and is limited to prevent running faster) [http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=44100&st=0].

[[Category:Emulators]][[Category:Pre-release Software]]

Special:Badtitle/NS114:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga

2008-09-14T09:47:17Z

Benjymous: New page: {{CompatList| |system=Amiga |emulators=UAE4ALL }}

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T09:46:41Z

Benjymous:

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T09:46:26Z

Benjymous:

{{Infobox Emulator|title=PSX4Pandora
|image=[[Image:Amiga-A500.jpg|center|Amiga A500]]
|download=
|developer=
|porter=EvilDragon
|version=0.0
|webpage=
|status=Private alpha
|compatibility=Compat:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga
}}

Pandora port of UAE4ALL

== Status ==
Runs at more than full speed.

[[Category:Emulators]][[Category:Pre-release Software]]

File:Amiga-A500.jpg

2008-09-14T09:45:56Z

Benjymous:

UAE4ALL

2008-09-14T09:45:11Z

Benjymous: New page: {{Infobox Emulator|title=PSX4Pandora |image=Amiga A500 |download= |developer= |porter=EvilDragon |version=0.0 |webpage= |status=Private alpha |compatibility...

{{Infobox Emulator|title=PSX4Pandora
|image=[[Image:Amiga-A500.png|center|Amiga A500]]
|download=
|developer=
|porter=EvilDragon
|version=0.0
|webpage=
|status=Private alpha
|compatibility=Compat:Emulator Compatibility - Amiga
}}

Pandora port of UAE4ALL

== Status ==
Runs at more than full speed.

[[Category:Emulators]][[Category:Pre-release Software]]

Emulators

2008-09-14T09:42:39Z

Benjymous: /* Emulator List */

'''Emulators''' are applications which reproduce another, different computer system in software allowing the software from one machine to be run on another. Emulators are used for a wide range of purposes. For example, OS X provides emulation on x86 computers to allow old PowerPC binaries to be run. Microsoft provide an ARM PDA emulator for testing applications without having to repeatedly copy things onto a device.

One of the most popular uses for emulators however is to play video games from older (or in some exceptional circumstances, current) systems on modern hardware (generally PCs but the Pandora, GP2X, GP32 and PSP are also popular platforms for running emulators). Nintendo sells a number of official emulators through its Virtual Console service for the Wii.

== Pandora and emulators ==
One of the popular uses for the Pandora is to run emulators of old video games systems (though some old home computers and calculators are also emulated). The Pandora is suited to this task because it has a fairly standard control layout similar (or almost identical to) the layouts of the input devices of the systems it emulates. Furthermore, it has an LCD of resolution 800x480, which is large enough to accommodate most older systems without any downscaling. Of course, it is also portable meaning you can play these games whenever and wherever you want without having to carry a TV, machine and collection of cartridges.

== What is needed to run emulators ==
In most cases, emulators can simply load software and run however some require a dump of the BIOS ROM stored within the system itself. These dumps cannot be distributed legally without the permission of the company/individual who created them due to them being copyrighted. In some cases (such as the GBA) it may be feasible to extract a dump of the BIOS yourself if you own a GBA and the necessary equipment but for others (like the PlayStation) the only way most people can optain a BIOS dump is to illegally download it. Each system has a unique BIOS, though many older ones don't have a BIOS at all, or it is emulated along with the hardware. You should check the individual pages for each emulator to see if they need a BIOS dump to run.

An emulator is no use without software to run on it. These normally come in the form of ROM dumps (since they are extracted from the ROM chips that used to be used to distribute software) generally known as just "ROMs". A few ROMs are "homebrew", that is, free software or freeware. However, ROMs of commercial games are illegal under copyright law unless you dump them yourself (and even then you are only allowed to make use of them under very specific circumstances). ROMs for one system will not work on another system's emulator, just as you can't plug Super Nintendo cartridges into a PlayStation and run them. As such, you need ROMs for each system and an emulator for each system (though some special cases exist such as MAME which will run ROMs from multiple arcade systems).

== What the Pandora can emulate ==
The Pandora, despite its apparent low clock speed when compared to those of modern desktop PCs, is a powerful system (clock speeds cannot be reliably compared between systems). Although there is very little hardware for accelerating graphics functions, the CPU is fast enough to emulate many systems purely in software.

Most video game machines up to the 16-bit era (i.e. SNES, Mega Drive) could in theory be emulated on the Pandora, and some 32-bit consoles have the potential to be emulated with varying degrees of success. That does not mean that everything before this point will be emulated as there are hundreds of machines, some of which are virtually unknown and others which have unusual hardware which is difficult or impossible to emulate.

This means that there are literally tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands of games which can be played on the Pandora if you are able to obtain the software.

== Where to download emulators ==
Most software (including emulators) for the Pandora can be obtained from the Pandora File Archive. You will find the emulator section [http://archive.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,5 here].

== Emulator Compatibility ==
This wiki houses compatibility and performance lists for various emulators available on the Pandora. You can find these on the [[Emulator Compatibility]] page.

Please do add to these lists as you test more games so that others may benefit from settings you may have discovered (for some users a particular game running well is enough to justify the purchase).

== Emulator List ==
Here is a list of systems for which emulators are available on the Pandora (it may not be complete as new software is being released regularly). This doesn't take into account how complete the emulators are, merely that they exist. For performance data, look at the compatibility database.

==== Arcade ====
[[Final Burn for Pandora]]
==== Atari Jaguar ====
[[T2K for Pandora]]
==== Nintendo SNES ====
[[PandaSNES]]
==== Sega Genesis/Megadrive====
[[PicoDrive]]
==== Sony Playstation ====
[[PSX4Pandora]]
==== Amiga ====
[[UAE4ALL]]

For a list of announced projects, please see Prophet's list of potential emulators and development status on the GP32X forums.[http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?showtopic=41897]

[[Category:Emulators]]