How To Add Games To Pandora's Box 6

There are two ways to install boosted 2D and 3D games onto your Pandora'south box 3D panel.

Both methods have some prep work all the same the result is well worth it.

The first method has been tested on s812 (18s, Saga, EX2 etc) boards similar our King of separate retro arcade gaming consoles. This process or variations of will work on other boards depending on many factors. Office of this volition be included in the second method which has been tested on additional boards.

Before we dive into the first method, brand certain you have;

Desired game ROMs
Short video preview of each game - if you lot don't have and a must refer to skraper below
Big enough USB stick
Estimator to do the grunt work on - nosotros used windows 10
and MOST IMPORTANTLY backed upward your MicroSD card incase something does go incorrect.

Bankroll up your games card

When importing games the 128GB Micro SD card the states modified. With anything tech, things tin can go incorrect and then its strongly advised that y'all backup the card. Go on in mind that in about cases your computer wont exist able to read the contents and may prompt you lot to format the card which y'all must avoid!

In club to backup the carte du jour you will need atleast 128GB free infinite on your reckoner and preferably a USB three.0 Micro SD carte reader.
This guide should assist in finding and removing the Pandora Box card.

In one case removed insert it into the carte du jour reader and if prompted to format or annihilation else click cancel/no.

Depending on your reckoner you lot can use programs like

Win32 Disk Imager
balenaEtcher

Once you lot have inserted card into reader and started your desired backup program, you volition need to select source existence the carte du jour and destination existence a folder on your computer.

This volition create an .IMG file that cant be read. Its sole purpose will be to restore the existing carte du jour or a replacement card should you demand to revert to the current state at whatever time. Keeping a backup is highly recomended.

OK, back to it..

Hither is the get-go method, which can exist identified by the use of the folder /mcgames

A USB stick, mcgames folder and in that a folder for each game along with a number of files and and game/ROM you want to install is placed into each binder.

So lets get started..

The USB stick "File System" must exist formatted to "exFAT". Information technology might be easier to format your USB to ensure this is the instance. Of class be sure to backup any data prior.

One time washed, lets create that mcgames binder in the root (main area) of USB stick.

In windows 10 or similar right click> New> Binder

Then in the /mcgames folder lets create "install.txt" right click> New> Text Document

You will at present create a new folder nether /mcgames for each game y'all want to add to your Pandora panel. Here we have 2 games. So at that place's 2 folders and the exact name of each folder is likewise placed on a separate line in the install.txt file.

When naming each folder get out of your manner to ensure its unique as this helps avoid a game of that proper noun already existing on your Pandora'southward box which will mean that game import fails.

Within each game folder you will include;

The game ROM and extension volition depend on panel for example .bin .iso .zip
Video preview of game in .mp4 which shows in main card - more on this later on
A text file that you lot will create with the exact same proper noun of the folder we are in - the same proper name is too used in the install.txt file for this game - see reference and steps beneath

The to a higher place "nbajteusagamegear.xml" file was created in the aforementioned mode by correct click> New> Text Document

Once you've finished updating the details in the file you will even so need to rename it from a *.txt to *.xml. For example "nbajteusagamegear.txt" to "nbajteusagamegear.xml" by using right click> Rename on the file.

Here is the contents of the above file;

<game emulator="15">
<data>
    <description>NBA Jam - Tournament Edition GGR</clarification>
    <genre>4</genre>
</information>
<file>
    <rom name="nbajteusagamegear.bin"/>
</file>
<translation>
    <string linguistic communication="en">
      <name>NBA Jam - Tournament Edition GGR</name>
    </cord>
</translation>
<config>
    <load_time>0</load_time>
    <free_play>1</free_play>
    <save_state>1</save_state>
    <start_directly>one</start_directly>
</config>
</game>

In one case you have created this file you can simply right click> Copy & correct click> Paste to indistinguishable the file and re-use information technology by adjusting only whats needed each time.

In this case " game emulator 15" is Gamegear and in the Pandora menu volition show the relevant icon, so if you get this wrong for any reason simply delete that game, tweak the .xml file and re-import that game/folder only.

Genre is the game category used for filtering equally beneath;

0 – Other
1 – Fighting
2 – Action
iii – Shooting
iv – Sport
5 – Puzzle
half-dozen – Racing

" rom name " must exist the exact file proper name of the game, in this case existence nbajteusagamegear.bin

..and lastly " name " & " clarification " are the same and whats shown in the Pandora games list card.

The rest can be tweaked if you lot want to explore more, but otherwise left as is.

Save_state shows when you break a game giving you the option to salvage/load game progress.

Past default the new games volition exist shown last being at the finish of the games menu listing. Keep in mind not all games will piece of work well, so if some don't get as planned you can delete information technology exist pressing the config button at the back of your Pandora unit of measurement.

Here are the emulator types and related ROMs supported.

Emulator	Game emulator	File type
fba42	0 / 1	.zilch
mame37	two	.goose egg
mame139	3	.null
mame78	four	.zip
fba42	5	.zip
Playstation Portable PSP	6	.iso .psp
Playstation PSX	7	.bin / .img / .pbp (.chd volition not work)
N64	8	.n64 / .z64
Famicom NES	eleven	.fds / .nes / .unf / .inf
Super famicom SNES	12	.smc / .sfc / .swc / .fig / .bs
Gameboy Accelerate	13	.gba / .bin / .agb / .gbz
Gameboy Color	14	.gb / .gbc / .sgb
Sega Megadrive (Genesis), Game gear	15	.mdx / .dr. / .smd / .gen / .bin / .cue / .iso / .chd / .sms / .gg / .sg
Wonderswan	16	.ws / .wsc / .pc2
PC Engine	17	.pce / .cue / .ccd / .chd
Sega Dreamcast	18	.chd / .cdi / .iso / .cue / .gdi / .lst / .bin / .dat / .zip / .7z
mame19	19	.nil

Supported Mame versions

Mame 0.37b5, 0.78, 0.106, 0.139

Skraper and video previews

If yous don't have the curt video preview for the game/s you're calculation, and desire to add together it you tin use a beta program called Skraper. This checks your chosen folders and crawls the web to match/find the games artwork/video.

It is recommended y'all utilise skraper earlier renaming your game ROM files.

Here'due south a quick rundown.

Yous'll need to visit https://www.skraper.net/ and download/install it for Windows, Mac or Linux.

Once installed and running it will load up its resource - how long this takes depends on the sites load. given its a gratis system time can vary dramatically. Signing up for a gratuitous account will give yous priority over unregistered users. If y'all like the service delight donate.

After each folio and selection click adjacent :-). Your get-go selection is "recalbox", then let it know the principal folder your game ROMs are located in. it will so check your binder and place consoles the found ROMs belong to. Ok one time you reach the last folio go take a break equally information technology retrieves the assets for your ROMs.

Now equally we don't need any prototype media, nosotros click the side arrows and select "VIDEO".

Click the play button and accept a break...

In one case its completed, you'll need to copy each video to the right game folder and ensure its the right file name.

Once done right click on USB bulldoze and select eject.

Now for the fun function, plug the USB stick into the lesser rear port on your Pandora's box. Information technology should pick it upward and prompt yous for a Yes (Push A) or NO (Button B).

Click push A and let it start importing. Once washed, turn your Pandora's box off, remove the USB stick and reboot.

you tin can and then scroll to the final page of your games list where you should see the newly imported games.

If any are non there you will demand to check file name and compatibility of that ROM and attempt that/those on an private ground.

Happy gaming...