ION iCade Arcade Bluetooth Cabinet for iPad

If, and only if, you have a jailbroken Ipad then this accessory is a must.With iMame and this cabinet you can play almost any retro arcade game as well as retro console games. The library is huge and has many quality titles you will want to relive. The official library is small and not worth the price of admission - in short jailbreak!The build quality of the cabinet is impressive. It took roughly 15 mins to put together. Instructions are easy to follow as is pairing it with your Ipad. The joystick is excellent while the buttons are not quite up to arcade quality - the plastic feels a little bit cheaper and they click loudly. Still this cabinet feels like it should last many, many years. It is sturdy and does not wobble at all.We own a white Ipad so I was a little concerned on how it would look against the mostly black cabinet interior. To be honest once I got gaming I did not even notice the white Ipad bezel. The cabinet gives you a very real arcade experience. We have been rocking Donkey Kong, Wonderboy, Shinobi and Street Fighter 2. The experience is flawless and brings back a ton of good memories. With the expansive game library available this has to be one of the best values in gaming. Hopefully current developers will make use of these controls. Binding Of Isaac on the Ipad and Icade would be awesome. A must buy and easy 5 stars.

I bought this to play classic video games on my iPad. The library of games wasn't vast in the iCade catalog; in fact 90% of the titles were just knockoffs of more famous games. A lot of them simply didn't work with the Bluetooth controls. I spent more time fiddling around with the settings than actually playing the games.I was especially disappointed to learn that I couldn't play the authentic classic titles from apps I had downloaded from the original licensed sources, like Doom, Dragon's Lair, or Space Invaders. I quickly got bored and put it aside. The best thing for which I can think to use this is to have YouTube videos of old school arcade gameplay playing in the background, so I can reminisce some of that old arcade nostalgia from my childhood and teenage years.So basically what I paid for was a nice-looking but expensive display box. 👎

Hello ppl, If you are into retro gaming and were lucky enough to have imame (was on the app store for a couple of days) and have access to all the old arcade classic , the icade a must.the joystick very robust and button are perfect , it Bluetooth connect to your ipad so no mess of cables And lot of buttons for all the arcade classic like street fighter 2 (but you need to change the button layout) !! I think the price is perfect comparing to other joystick for ps3 or xbox (hori).The icade very simple but well build and fit together perfectly with thick board so it doesn't feel flimsy,Everyone that see it love it because they just remember the old arcade machine but doesn't take up the space.So you have a ipad turn into a arcade machine running mame ....retro gaming bliss.If perfect for the ppl who always wanted to turn a pc into arcade machine but never really had the time to build an arcade box (it was always on my to do list).I recommend it 100% you wont regret it. it is a great joystick .

This thing is AWESOME! There are so many old school arcade games available, and I literally feel like I'm a kid again playing games in the arcade...only I'm at home and the machine is 1/20th the size. It's a very nice looking unit and the build quality appears to be spectacular (just got it today though so can't speak for long term durability).My only semi-disappointment with it is that I tried the 4 tables that I have (all Androids) and none of them fit properly. My Asus TF300T & Acer iconia a500 (large 10" tablets) are too tall which prevents the top lid from closing all the way, and I'm sure any 10" tablet with a 16:9" screen would be the same . Then I tried a smaller 7" Nexus 7 and it fits, but since it's much thinner an iPad it doesn't sit snug and it kind of flops around. It also looks very small in the large opening. Then I tried my old HP TouchPad (a 9.7" 4:3 screen just like the iPad) which I have running Android, the size of the screen is perfect but it's a little thicker than iPad and it so it doesn't go all the way down in the slot and doesn't feel stable. But it's probably the best fit out of what I have.So this is literally custom made specifically just for the iPad, which I think is kind of short sighted since the iPad has less than 30% of the total market share of tablets. Instead of designing it with a fixed mounting slot which only fits perfectly with the iPad, they should use a sliding spring-loaded bracket - like the ones you see in a lot of the cell phone holders made for cars - and that would allow you to use any tablet (as long as it isn't taller than the iPad) and have it be a nice secure fit. In fact, rather than putting a slot on the bottom they should put an adjustable bracket on the back of the opening since this would allow the back of the tablet to sit flush against the case which would make it very sturdy.Since my HP TouchPad is the closest thing to a perfect fit with the tablets I have, I think I'm just going to take a dremel to the mounting slot and make it a little wider (deeper) so the tablet slides all the way down into the slot and hopefully this will make it not to wobbly when I'm playing games.