LG Versa game pad module now available

If you've been getting bored of your Versa's QWERTY module, boy, have we got some splendid news for you: as promised, the snap-on game pad is now available. It slides along the back of the phone's body for storage (unlike the QWERTY, which requires that polarizingly-designed brown pleather wallet) and features an 8-way directional pad, four dedicated SNES-style gaming buttons, and the envy of absolutely everyone you've ever known. Grab it now for $29.99 -- you wouldn't want to be that one chump Versa owner who doesn't buy it, would you?

[Thanks, Daniel]

[TareX @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:08PM]

I didn't know the LG Versa had that many games...

[murmermer @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:31PM]

I didn't know anybody bought this phone...

[LiQuiD_FuSioN @ Apr 23rd 2009 12:13AM]

Speaking of games, why hasn't EA released NFS: Undercover for the iPhone already? It was hyped up like crazy last year.

[mac.harmohan @ Apr 23rd 2009 12:33AM]

on Symbian S60 this game looks horrible, may be that's why it's there on it first...less time consumed to make a horrible game

[Galley @ Apr 23rd 2009 8:17AM]

@LiQuiD_FuSioN: Supposedly it's awaiting approval.

[iphonerulez @ Apr 23rd 2009 8:20AM]

A really nice idea, but with nearly no games to play and about ten thousand Versas in the wild, how many people are going to buy this module. I do think that all handset companies should offer such a module if they have a handset that plays games. $30 isn't bad.

[wagon @ Apr 23rd 2009 10:07AM]

i have a versa and i can't stand the way it looks with these modules attached.

i am much happier just using the touch screen (although it has its moments of clunkiness)

[ice~ @ Apr 23rd 2009 10:20PM]

I have the Versa and it's great. It's leather case is strong, and sturdy, though it may look clunky. I'll be buying this :) The versa is an excellent phone, personally I think it's one of the best out there from verizon

[strider_mt2k @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:08PM]

Awesome.

What games ya got?

[Rollins @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:09PM]

Give me a SNES emulator and I'm sold. :)

[TareX @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:36PM]

My 4-year old E65 already has a kickass SNES and GBA emulator. I pull it out everytime I'm waiting for a bus, or just have some free time, and dome some Donkey Kong levels.... it's a lot more enjoyable than the real thing cause you can save anytime through the level and pick up where you left.

I'm telling you, if a phone had a game as deep as GTA: CW, I'd be the first one to get it. Hopefully we'll see something like that on a Tegra qwerty phone....

[a ham sandwich @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:11PM]

wow. anyone else think up up down down left right left right left right b a select start?

[a ham sandwich @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:11PM]

minus one left right

[Frostblade10 @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:32PM]

Props for the Konami Code.

[The Dude @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:11PM]

The LG Versa is a console.

[m3nphls @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:14PM]

lol!!! $30??? are you shitting me?

[EGOvoruhk @ Apr 22nd 2009 10:06PM]

How much did you pay for your last game controller?

[mricpx @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:16PM]

I have a versa which comes with some free trials for Need for Speed: Undercover, Pacman, and Monopoly. Any other games you'll have to buy from verizon, so I don't see this module worth buying. I'm waiting for a wifi adapter or a slide out key board module.

[Giroro @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:19PM]

I've been looking at getting a new phone from verizon (Verizon has shitty phones) and I have been considering the Versa, but I just don't see the point to a game controller.

A controller is pointless w/o games. Somebody make a SNES (what about shoulder buttons) or NES emulator and wake me up.

[michael @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:25PM]

That thing looks like a piece of shit.

[Jimmy Jones @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:32PM]

Like the piece you shit on a daily basis? perhaps in your pants :-) j/k

[Frostblade10 @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:34PM]

Exactly why there is no surprise factor here.

[Frostblade10 @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:33PM]

Anyone think that this would be extremely top heavy with the phone attached?

[TareX @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:38PM]

That was my first thought, looking at the paper-thin module and the brick thick phone.

[FNG @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:51PM]

who doesn't like em top heavy?

[nwndarkness @ Apr 23rd 2009 9:11AM]

I totally agree!! It looks like it would just about snap off! I have the Dare and they look kinda similar and that thing weighs nothing, though.

[Luke @ Apr 22nd 2009 9:52PM]

i heard nfs: undercover was a bad game

[I Al2x I @ Apr 22nd 2009 10:02PM]

Actually heard it was the best game on the Verizon platform (besides GoW), but then again I've never bought a cell phone game in my life.

[VanillaSpice @ Apr 22nd 2009 10:12PM]

Heh, it looks awfully thin! Still, I say that because I am in envy mode, there are quite a few games on the iPod Touch that would definitely benefit from an external gamepad, and I doubt we'll get one any time soon.

[Cory Angen @ Apr 23rd 2009 12:36AM]

I would love it if they came out with a keyboard that slid. I would totally buy that no questions.

[Alex Wilks @ Apr 23rd 2009 4:15AM]

Looks like the bloated brother of that PSP mockup that Engadget uses.

[emagius @ Apr 23rd 2009 9:42AM]

Why would they label the four buttons like that?

On the SNES/DS it's:
YX
BA

On the Dreamcast/XBox/360 it's:
XY
AB

Here it's:
YX
AB

Also, I can't see this being at all comfortable. Still, it's pretty cool that something like this is available.

[Mike @ Apr 23rd 2009 11:39PM]

What I can't figure out is what is the size of this thing?

This looks like it has a fold in it but there is no way that this think would reach around and cover the face of the phone.

And yes it looks top heavy so no idea how you would use it effectively.

The idea is a novel idea but it just doesn't seem like it will work this way.