Was the pandora developed with the dreamcast in mind?

[Dionysus]

Ive just been reading about how the pandora will only emulate the dc because it is similar hardware. That seems quite a coincidance. And when it does emulate the dc that will be its major selling point.

 

[Coldbird]

Who knows. Craig, ED, wanna say something bout this?


Either way. I would kill for some Shenmue... and so would my girlfriend... --- especially --- my girlfriend.

 

[levi]

It's not really that similar. Other than the fact they're both computers, both have CPUs and GPUs, and both use RISC CPUs (though the SH-4 and A8 are pretty different still), they're completely different. AIUI the guys from OPT just wanted a powerful handheld gaming console, and the A8 was new (and a significant step up from previous ARM processors), so really it's just coincidence that it appears to be just about powerful enough to run most Dreamcast games.

 

[Prometheus]

Ive just been reading about how the pandora will only emulate the dc because it is similar hardware. That seems quite a coincidance. And when it does emulate the dc that will be its major selling point.

I can't say I've ever heard of this. Where did you read this?

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Ive just been reading about how the pandora will only emulate the dc because it is similar hardware. That seems quite a coincidance. And when it does emulate the dc that will be its major selling point.

Never heard this but someone on the forums is waiting to get their pandora to start work on dc emulation.

 

[sephiap]

I think the only coincidence is the fact that PowerVR developed the graphics chipset (VR2 based iirc), after this they moved away from desktop GPUs to specifically concentrate on mobile (hence SGX etc) which happen to be the CPU of choice in OMAP 3xxx series amongst other things. I don't think the Pandora was designed with a specific console emulation/virtualisation in mind.

 

[gruso]

I think the only coincidence is the fact that PowerVR developed the graphics chipset (VR2 based iirc), after this they moved away from desktop GPUs to specifically concentrate on mobile (hence SGX etc) which happen to be the CPU of choice in OMAP 3xxx series amongst other things. I don't think the Pandora was designed with a specific console emulation/virtualisation in mind.

I think this pretty much nails it.

 

[matzesu]

The Pandora was developed whit a Commodore Amiga in Mind

https://www.youtube.com/embed/hUoJBerFDsA?feature=oembed

 

[Caine]

The Pandora was developed whit a Commodore Amiga in Mind

That video never gets old

 

[anexanhume]

I don't think ED, Craig or Michael developed this with the expectation that it would do DC emulation. They were surprised when Drk posted that he had made any sort of progress with it. The fact that they share GPU manufacturers is incidental. They probably just thought N64 and stuff like Quake 3 was the tippy top.

 

[craigix]

It was just designed like a good controller for portable gaming, something that no other company seemed to be capable of doing.

 

[Anihil8ion2199]

It was just designed like a good controller for portable gaming, something that no other company seemed to be capable of doing.

Truth.

 

[Dionysus]

Cool. With the dreamcast being a console with such a thriving community particularly in the uk for so long after sega stopped supporting it its cool that the uk made pandora will be able to play its software. Once the DC emulation is up and running I think the pandora scene may explode beyond all recognition considering how big the community was for a console that could barely emulate the snes.

 

[Blue Protoman]

Even if commercial games don't work, it'll be a great way to play homebrew that doesn't justify burning a disc. (It's a major pain in the ass to burn multiple homebrew games to one disc.)

 

[Dionysus]

Apparently this vid

https://www.youtube.com/embed/vXJ0WtWGRLE?feature=oembed proves it will play the games. Although im no expert I gather once its optimised to the pandora hardware it will certainly run faster than in that vid. I bet the chu chu rocket emulation is getting there already.

 

[gadgetoid]

I long for DC emulation. I must have kept all those DC games around for some reason. I'd be happy with Sonic Adventure, Powerstone and Shenmue ( 1 and 2 ) running. Argh, but there's so much more!

 

[Dionysus]

MSR and soul calibur would be awesome.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

And virtua tennis.

 

[Blue Protoman]

IKARUGA

 

[MrChops]

Unless drkIIRaziel (the guy working on this) has changed his mind, Games requiring WinCe won't be supported. Here's a list of those games I pulled from the other forum:


4x4 Evolution


Apricot (T37910M)


Armada (T40301N 00)


Atari Anniversary Edition (T15130N)


Caesars Palace 2000 (T-12504N)


Championship Surfer (T41403N)


Densha de Go 2 (jp)


Ducati World (T-8113N)


Get!! Colonies (jp)


Hidden and Dangerous (T-40502-N)


Hundred Swords (HDR-0124)


Jimmy Whites Snooker 2 (eu)


KISS Psycho Circus (T41901N)


Kitahei Gold (T39801M)


Maximum Pool


Midway''s Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 1 (T-9713N)


Midway''s Greatest Arcade Hits Vol. 2 (T-9714N)


Miss Moonlight (T18702M)


NFL Quarterback Club 2001 (T-8115N)


Nightmare Creatures II (T9504M)


Puzzle Bobble 4 (aka Bust-A-Move 4


Railroad Tycoon II (T41902N)


Rainbow Six (T40401N)


Resident Evil 2 (T7004D 50)


Rogue Spear|Tom Clancy''s Rainbow Six: Rouge Spear


Rune Jade (T14304M)


Sega Rally 2 (MK-5101950, HDR0010)


South Park: Chefs Luv Shack


Space Griffon|Space Griffon VF-9 (T39601M) (jp)


Space Griffon|Space Griffon Blue Steel: Variable Formula (jp)


Spirit of Speed 1937


Starlancer


Super Producers (T14303M)


Super Robot Wars Alpha (jp)


Super Runabout (T22101M)


Super Runabout|Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition


Tom Clancy''s Rainbow Six


Tomb Raider Chronicles (T36815D05)


Tomb Raider The Last Revelation (T-36806N, T36804D05)


Virtua Cop 2


White Illumination (T14301M)


Who Wants To Beat Up A Millionaire


Wild Metal (T40501D-50)


World Neverland 2|World Neverland 2 Plus: The Waktic Republic of Pluto (jp)


World Neverland Plus|World Neverland Plus: The Olerud Kingdom Stories (jp)


Worms Armageddon


Worms World Party


Yuki Gatari (T37909M)


Last I heard full speed DC was a long way off if possible at all but the work he's been doing on android looks very promising. You can follow him here:


http://drk.emudev.org/blog/


I can't wait till that man get's a Pandora!