Pandora dev board seen running applications, games

So much for the naysayers, huh? Although the hotly-anticipated Pandora is still doing its thang without a case in the most recent videos, the dev board is definitely handling the FinalBurn Alpha arcade emulator and MPlayer video viewer with ease. Yeah, we're still clueless about a definitive launch date, but feel free to hit the read link for a couple of clips sure to get you even more anxious for this thing's arrival.

[Thanks, Ben]

[Frun @ Apr 11th 2008 8:06PM]

Sweet Zombie Jesus!

[Special_K @ Apr 12th 2008 6:21AM]

Well, this will certainly be useful when all video tapes are destroyed in the second coming of Jesus.

[Jevanzz @ Apr 11th 2008 8:09PM]

Good news everyone!

[Will @ Apr 11th 2008 8:25PM]

Damn, beaten to the punch. If anybody needs me, I'll be in the angry dome!

[fergie @ Apr 11th 2008 9:24PM]

Whaaa?

[spacegravity4me @ Apr 11th 2008 9:50PM]

"oh yes"

[~~Tito~~ @ Apr 11th 2008 10:56PM]

"To shreds you say"

[Alexander @ Apr 11th 2008 8:38PM]

Sweet once this comes out im def buying but i may get the gamepark first idk

[JohnTitor @ Apr 11th 2008 10:14PM]

do not get a GP2X, I had one (before all the M33 stuff was out) the GP2X is hampered by having no GPU and is still limited in software by provided by Gamepark Holdings. The Pandora is built by the developers for the developers.

[Chris @ Apr 11th 2008 8:39PM]

Am I the only one that has no idea what this is?

[Ruben @ Apr 11th 2008 8:46PM]

No, your not, because theres a ton of devices with the name Pandora in it. I assume its that hand-held UMPC, but then again, it might not be at all. It could be a new Pandora battery which received a screen for no reason. It could also be a device made for the Pandora music service, like the Pandora media player.

Stop naming crap Pandora!

[Aguiluz @ Apr 11th 2008 9:08PM]

Or... It could be a box that will blow all of us up.







(That's Pandora's Box for you sleepers out there!)

[alex @ Apr 11th 2008 9:27PM]

Pandora is
"It is designed as an ultra portable open source computer with gaming controls."

http://www.openpandora.org

Although I wonder if its "hotly-anticipated"

[ethana2 @ Apr 11th 2008 10:48PM]

Handheld nexuiz? Heck yes.

[Kurian @ Apr 11th 2008 10:03PM]

Non-Gamers heaven.
Gamers will stick to the PSP and high quality commercial games thank you.

[andres @ Apr 11th 2008 10:25PM]

open source...

[Mikelx215 @ Apr 11th 2008 10:36PM]

Non-gamers? I think you mean retro-gamers. You young-ins today with your new fangled Portable Playstations and your three hundred and sixty XBoxes don't know the meaning of real games.

SCUMMVM, Super Nintendo, Playstation One, rumor has it the Pandora will emulate N64 games as well. Look at all the interfaces it has, the thing was made for emulation.

It's heaven for nostalgic retro gamers. Me, I'd get it if it could play roguelikes decently. Usually they're a pain in the ass on mobile systems, but the Pandora will have the better chunk of a keyboard.

[ethana2 @ Apr 11th 2008 10:49PM]

ZSNES FTW

[morphius @ Apr 12th 2008 1:42AM]

What kind of moron buys a PSP to play games?

[DarkLightConnection Unbanned @ Apr 12th 2008 12:01AM]

Well, at least it's highly anticipated by me (but not hotly, I prefer cold weather)... I've been saving the money since a few years ago (I was about to buy a GP2X when I read about it)

This will kick all the portable gaming devices a$$es

By the way, this is not an UMPC.. This is a gaming device, capable of running almost any Linux software, but meant to be a gaming device

[Chip @ Apr 11th 2008 10:32PM]

There are some new pics of the actual hardware on the developer blog: http://www.openpandora.org/blog.php

Good stuff. Can't wait for these to ship.

[7on @ Apr 11th 2008 10:41PM]

You had me until you said retro gaming and never mentioned NES, C64, or Atari

[atomicthumbs @ Apr 11th 2008 11:25PM]

It will emulate anything N64 and before that.

NES, SNES, C64, and anything else you can name.

[7on @ Apr 11th 2008 10:42PM]

redesign your comment system!

[Neebs @ Apr 11th 2008 10:52PM]

no u

[ethana2 @ Apr 11th 2008 10:53PM]

...not perfect yet, but very much closer than it was a month ago.

You know, the page actually loads.

[FRZ @ Apr 11th 2008 10:57PM]

I am a little bit puzzled though. If this thing is supposedly the same size as the DS, the screen still looks too small. Why doesn't it fill the whole top section of the device? There is still room for a bigger screen.

[Chip @ Apr 12th 2008 9:01AM]

Because that's just the OMAP3530 dev board. The only hardware that the dev board has in common with the final product is the SoC. The developers are using them to work on the OS and software while the hardware gets finished up. Click the link in my other post to see the actual Pandora hardware.

[atomicthumbs @ Apr 11th 2008 11:23PM]

It will emulate anything N64 and before that.

NES, SNES, C64, and anything else you can name.

[mcdizzle895 @ Apr 12th 2008 2:24PM]

"Pandora dev board seen running applications, games"

...and The Simpsons! (Or possibly Futurama)