Dream back to childhood and make the iPad an arcade

This photo, I think many people have seen through various channels, it was originally a joke on April Fool's Day last year, and now this iPad with a screen as an arcade has become a reality, it is iCade.

iCade retails for $100, but when it comes to buying it, it's a bunch of pieces and it needs to be assembled. All the work needs only a six-sided wrench to complete it, so as long as you have the experience of assembling IKEA furniture, installing iCade is almost a hand-to-hand experience. In general, you can get it in 20 minutes. After the iCade is installed, simply insert the iPad into the reserved slot and you can easily remove it without using any cable.

The rocker and buttons are connected to the iPad via Bluetooth, so after installing iCade, you first need to pair Bluetooth with the iPad. When you pair, you need to press a string of numbers. iCade's manual has special instructions for entering numbers. You need to shake it. The lever and the key cooperate. After the pairing is completed, the game automatically recognizes the controller and makes adjustments accordingly.

At the moment, it's a little regrettable that only one iPad application supports iCade, which is Atari's Greatest Hits, but this application contains 100 games. If you want to buy the entire game set, you need to spend 15 times, that is, it costs a total of 115. After the US dollar, the arcade hardware and software were all working together. Tempest, Asteroids, Centipede and other classic games are all in this package.

In order to allow more applications to support iCade, they also released a special SDK (software development kit). Developers can directly use iCade's SDK to develop and support this particular arcade game. Of course, some classic arcade games can also be used. The game is transplanted.

From the hardware itself, the operation feels very good, and even if you make a little effort to play the exciting game, it will not cause damage or control problems, and it is mainly smaller than the real arcade in the video game hall. Maybe it's because of the new device. The rocker is a little tight and the swing range is relatively small, but I think it'll be smooth if you play this street fighter several times.