Weekly Daily Giz Wiz, Week of February 20th, 2012 Netcast 1353
February 18, 2012 Post a Comment Toy Fair Time! My ABC World News Now Toy Spot:
http://abcnews.go.com/WNN/video/wnn-tech-toys-toy-fair-2012-15670725
ThinkGeek unveils a pocket-sized version of their huge iCADE seller!
The folks from ThinkGeek were at Toy Fair 2012 to unveil their newest product, the iCADE 8-Bitty. Leo & I have talked about its big brother, the iCADE gaming cabinet. That began as an April Fool’s joke and so many people actually wanted it, it soon became the most anticipated ThinkGeek product to date. The iCADE turns your iPad into an old fashioned video arcade. Now the iCADE 8-Bitty will bring the fun of playing those nostalgic video games of the iCADE to the smartphone and tablet users. It’s an enhanced gaming experience everyone can enjoy. Ty Liotta, head of ThinkGeek’s GeekLabs, was at the show and he told me that with millions of iOS and Android devices in circulation it only made sense to widen the field and bring the fun of iCADE to every possible device. (It’s way cheaper too, which will help it become a big seller.) The iCADE is $99.99 and the new iCADE 8-Bitty will be $24.99. The 8-Bitty is a wireless game controller that sports a classic D-Pad and button layout reminiscent of retro 8-bit game consoles from the 80’s and 90’s. It’s battery powered, and connects with your device via Bluetooth. It features a fully functional directional game pad and eight buttons, just like the iCADE. It supports the iCADE's growing list of hundreds of top games, including the Atari Classics collection, Pac Man, Super Mega Worm, and many more. Developers of iOS and Android games can tap into the public API specification to make just about any game compatible with iCADE, and the list of supported games grows every week. Retail will be $24.99 and an exact release date has not been set yet. All I could get out of Think Geek was “later this year.” More info on the iCADE 8-Bitty is here:
Info on iCADE games is here: http://thinkgeek.com/iCADEGames.
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