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Pandora's Palace

Description

A Roman character, dressed in a white robe with a olive leaf head ornament, proceeds from the top left of the screen to the bottom right by climbing down poles and riding moving platforms. Bad guys may push the player character into fires or over the edge if they are not avoided.

Pandora's Palace was produced by Konami in 1984.

Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Pandora's Palace was produced include: Venus, Track & Field, Roc'n Rope, Mega Zone, Juno First, Antarctic Adventure, Badlands, Circus Charlie, Comic Bakery, and Hyper Olympic '84

Specs

Name	Pandora's Palace
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8970
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Konami Classic
Game Specific	Pandora's Palace Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Pandora's Palace, Arcade, Konami, 1984

Pandora's Palace shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Pandora's Palace KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.40 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pandora's Palace Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 17 known instances of this machine owned by Pandora's Palace collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Pandora's Palace machine for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Pandora's Palace.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Converstion Kit Instruction Manual - Pandora's Palace Manual — **Converstion Kit Instruction Manual**
(12 pages, 1.5 MB File)

Schematics - Pandora's Palace Manual — **Schematics**
(7 pages, 1.68 MB File)

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