Just got one too. I thought of it as a novelty, nostalgia toy, and oversized charging/picture-frame stand! But it’s actually lots of fun and is supported by quite a few games i already owned. My favorite iCade games are: Temple Run Silverfish Max (Onslaught mode) Velocispider (but the buttons are tight and rapid-stabbing is agony; I wish Velocispider had auto-fire for iCade) Hypership Out of Control, probably (planned support) Hungry Master (I think hybrid control might be ideal: stick to steer, swipe screen for magic) My wish list: Intellivision Lives Radiant Tetris Babylonian Twins Edge Jetpack Joyride (just one button!) The upcoming Amiga emulator And most importantly... every pinball game! Especially from Gameprom and A.S.K. Homework. I rigged my iCade to work with Pinball HD on my Mac, with buttons for flippers and the stick for pulling back to shoot. Felt really nice. And lots of third-person shooters/platformers/adventures could benefit. Even RPGs, with those 8 buttons! And slot machines maybe... I hate them, but I know people who love them. Now that I have an iCade, I plan to include iCade support in every game I release... which could be zero, but is moving towards one P.S. I’ve had fun with it on my Mac as well, after jumping through hoops to make the buttons “real signals” instead of letter-pairs. I even played Unreal Tournament 2004 transmitted to my iPad screen, with iCade controls paired to the host Mac. It didn’t play well, but I just had to try it! Other games do play well that way.
Its actually great iMame leaked as i think quite a few people will get an iCade just simply to play iMame. Then they'll hopefully discover other compatible games. Atari supporting the iCade for Pacman was a huge surprise, hope they add support for other games (eg Rally-X).
I have all these on icade via imame! Get it, all games the work on icade. I got my icade on black friday special, best buy... 49. Online order. Great little device.
New to this thread, replying to old post as i start atmpost one... You said freeesh has icade support... I can't get it to work on fresh?
Now you've made me wish the Splashtop remote desktop app supported it with a good keymapping tool. I've gotten it working with World of Warcraft and it'd be cool moving around with the iCade.
I sure hope they get Ms Pac-Man supported, I dont want to Jailbreak my iPad, as for the wish list, I would like to see Time Pilot Zaxxon (Older Sega ver in the arcade) Donkey Kong Lady Bug Space Invaders Jungle Hunt oh ya and....Ms Pac-Man All with iCADE support Just to name a few from the 80's seen in the Arcade's.
Do you know about iMame ?!? Most of those arcade classics are available and run under iMame which also has iCade support. Earlier today i played Lady Bug, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Ms (and Jnr) Pacman and Zaxxon under iMame
I pick up the imame in the apps store, was very surprised to even see it there, I was under the impresion that i need to mod my iPad, to add data into imame.
Nope, but you will need iexplorer to load the roms. The instructions can be found earlier in this thread. Though I couldn't get jungle hunt to work the rest you mention play just fine.
Welcs. Basically all you do is load them into the docs folder in the imame folder, go into options in imame and select rescan all roms at the bottom and bob's your uncle. Have fun!
Try I-funbox it really works great. I-explorer did not work for me either. Also I don't drag and drop. I just copy roms from my folder I put them in. Than I paste a few games at a time into the imame documents folder while in I-funbox.
I’ll have to try Splashtop some time, for the sake of speed (and sound). I really like the features and the mouse-feel of iTeleport, but it’s not for games or full-screen motion. (It won’t even render UT2004 except windowed.) Using iCade with a Mac (or PC) means two things: getting the video onto the iPad (VNC, Splashtop, etc.) and getting the control signals back to the Mac. The simplest, most flexible way to get iCade’s signals to reach the Mac: pair it directly with the Mac over Bluetooth. In fact, for Mac-iCade play, I don’t generally use the iPad at all. I use the Mac’s own screen or a projector, and the iCade is just a Bluetooth joystick for the Mac. (Actually displaying on the iPad in the iCade is neat, and I plan to experiment with that more, but there’s something to be said for a big joystick and a giant external screen!) If the iCade is paired to the Mac, then you have all kinds of ways to tackle the keymapping question. I noticed that ControllerMate, although not free, can do that job, and that’s what I have used. I can make my iCade send any keystroke I want, on an app-specific basis; real press-hold-release keystrokes. Not ideal for analog/mouse control like FPS and MMO games demand, but for many kinds of games it’s great. I’m also thinking of trying the iCade for my left hand in UT2004/TF2/etc. and having the mouse in my right. Depends on how annoying it is to hit a red button for jump with my thumb. It’s annoying that I have to re-pair (and enter a code) each time I switch my iCade between the Mac and the iPad, but it’s not the end of the world.
Skeletor, you don't put Iexplorer on your ipad, you put it on your computer. Also, make sure you don't purchase the iexplorer app, that is not what you want. You need to search for iexplorer on google and then install it on your computer. It's free. I made the mistake of purchasing the dam Iexplorer about for $6 Once it is on your computer, you then connect your ipad via usb and use the iexplorer program to put all the roms you find into the documents folder of the Imame App. You find the imame app with iexplorer. Hope this helps!
