Let’s make no bones. With the announcement of its iCade 8-Bitty gamepad for iPhone, iPad and Android, ThinkGeek is not merely evoking the 8-bit era withan 80s-styled peripheral. It is specifically emulating the controller of the original Nintendo Entertainment Technique and in carrying out so, recreating (or trying to, at least) a classic piece of controller style. It would have been fascinating to be a fly on the wall in the conference space at ThinkGeek HQ when a name for the product – it really is difficult to imagine that the name iCade Nessy was not discussed…
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Section: Games
Tags: Android,
Controller,
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iPhone,
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