Ion iCade - Arcade Cabinet for iPad

Re-live the eighties game phenomenon of Atari using twenty-first century technology! Remember wasting money and time on the Atari games consoles whether it was in the arcades or at home? Flashback to the glory days of arcade gaming with iCade! iCade integrates your iPad into an authentic, arcade-style cabinet complete with joystick and buttons!

Impress your friends, family and co-workers with iCade’s great-looking retro wooden design, and then challenge them for high-scores on the most entertaining iPad accessory imaginable! iCade’s specially designed cradle ensures safe loading and unloading of your iPad, while also providing a solid, secure fit even during the most intense game-play sessions. Furthermore, the cradle offers an ideal screen-viewing angle and quickly connects iCade’s top-quality arcade controls directly to your iPad wirelessly using Bluetooth technology. Once iPad is in place, simply launch any supported iCade-compatible app and it’s game on!

The arcade action starts with the retro-gaming classic Asteroids and continues with many other Atari arcade titles such as the classic Pong which can be downloaded free via the Atari’s Greatest Hits app. In addition to the extensive Atari library, new and existing apps can be easily updated to work with iCade. Grab hold of iCade’s full-sized joystick and smash the eight arcade buttons for commanding control of iPad’s on-screen action.

The iCade will arrive flat-packed and will require minor assembly -- shipping in five pieces, along with screws and an allen wrench. We estimate it will take you no longer than 20 minutes to assemble, connect to Bluetooth, and download the Atari Apps Atari's Greatest Hits, which includes 100 classic Atari games that work with the iCade's Bluetooth controls. Powered by a pair of AA batteries, the controller is completely wireless, though you can feed your dock connector cable through the bottom and out to your own power source, charging your iPad as you spend hours defending the world from a dozen pixelated missiles.

And the amazing thing is that this started out as an April Fool’s prank in 2010! However we’re dead serious; this is a truly unique arcade cabinet game-controller for iPad will provide hours of action and nostalgic fun for years to come. Enter the iCade and go back to the future!

Features:

• Arcade cabinet with joystick and buttons for iPad gaming
• Authentic, full-sized controls for a genuine arcade experience
• High-quality iPad-cradle specifically designed for a safe, secure fit 
• Retro cabinet design that is fun, nostalgic and greatlooking
• Compatible games are connected wirelessly to the controls via Bluetooth technology
• Comes flat packed with minimum assembly of the cabinet required

Includes:

• iCADE game cabinet with built-in joystick & buttons
• Instruction manual
• Quick-start guide
• 2x AA Batteries

Engadget Review:

Check out the awesome review the Ion iCade recived on Engadget.