treylasalle Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I'm looking to purchase a pandora's box with the 2 arcade joystick panel. Is it as simple as me connecting the pandora's box to my pc via usb and configuring the buttons from there? Has anyone tried this before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 It's not a controller, it's an all in one pirate arcade board in a box with its own controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I've never heard of this so I looked it up and it looks to be a selfcontained unit and I have doubts it will work with a PC you should try contacting the seller and seeing if he can verify that it will work in that capacity before you even risk buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treylasalle Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 I just found a video that @ETAPRIMEmade showing them off. It appears to connect to a pc. Has anyone had experience with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treylasalle Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 15 minutes ago, Lordmonkus said: It's not a controller, it's an all in one pirate arcade board in a box with its own controller. Sorry for not specifying, I know that it has crappy software on it. All I care about is the joystick. I can't find anything like it that acts as a standalone joystick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 There are a lot of "arcade style" controller options out there. https://www.recroommasters.com/Default.asp https://www.amazon.com/HORI-Arcade-Pro-V-Fighting-Stick-Windows/dp/B0136JP894/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1518757584&sr=8-6&keywords=arcade+fightstick https://www.amazon.com/Obsidian-Joystick-PlayStation-Fighting-Officially-4/dp/B01N9JMYPX/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1518757607&sr=8-25&keywords=arcade+fightstick https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Arcade-PlayStation-Officially-Licensed-4/dp/B01A6GCN6G/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1518757607&sr=8-27&keywords=arcade+fightstick All of those are much higher quality build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damageinc86 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 https://www.recroommasters.com/Xtension-Control-Board-Emulator-Edition-Plus-p/rm-xt-sd-board-ee-plus.htm I like this recroommasters joystick because they have an extra joystick that is a dedicated 4-way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro808 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I agree with @damageinc86 I do not have the recroommasters one but a buddy does and it is nice. I will use that on my next build this summer. I have the Xarcade Tankstick and works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 If you have any woodworking skills you can always just build your own. The wiring is very basic which should be selfevident by the fact that I'm able to do it. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOS76 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Also while all the recroommasters stuff is great build quality almost 500 just for the control panel is a hefty price and simply to much for most people to budget for an arcade build. I'd have to price all the buttons, sticks, spinner and trackball to see how much it would be to build your own. probably with all of that it isn't that marked up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimatePistachio Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 (edited) I did get one of these - the "pandora's box 6" model. It's not a terrible product but there's some problems I had with it that just made it not workable for me: 1. DInput only, no XInput. Depending on your situation, it might not be a big deal. For me, it added complexity for setting things up. 2. Up and Left would not work in Linux environments without having to recompile the kernel to apply "XinMo" patches that you'll see out in the wild. This was just a pain in the ass. 3. No way to change to dpad mode. It was analog all the time. Wouldn't be a big deal, however, I do use some PC games that just would not flipping play with that (Tekken 7 is one of them) NO MATTER WHAT. To answer your question though, ultimately you can use this to control BigBox mode. It worked for me. Edited February 22, 2018 by UltimatePistachio wanted to actually answer the question Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magicool1 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Hi, I am in need of assistance. I have 2 pandoras boxes and I just finished downloading an 8tb Launchbox build. I upgraded to big box...I got one of my pandora boxes working in the menus but have not figured out how to map it to be recognized in game. Can anyone lead me to a video tutorial to get the pandora boxes working without a hitch. Would love to be able to play the 4 player games with my friends using both controllers. I have this crazy archive and no ideal way to play it from the system. My old xbox 360 controller is automatically recognizable but pandora's box is giving me issue. I'm wondering if I have to use joy to key with it or something but if so which letter do I assign the controllers to so that they work for every game. I can't even find the menu for mapping the buttons a, b, c, or x, o, triangle etc. As I said I'm completely new to lanch box and I'm hoping there is an easy fix. I'm also getting strange pages of io error massages as I scroll down lists on the menus. I know this thread is pretty old, but I hope someone can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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