It's been a while since we last got an update from ZodTTD on his
iControlPad iPhone controller accessory, but this latest prototype looks like it was worth the wait. The controls have been moved from the sides of the phone to a more comfortable-seeming bottom placement with dual analog sticks and rear-mounted triggers, and the whole thing's gotten bigger and badder -- there's even an internal battery for charging your phone as you play. ZodTTD says actual shipping hardware is coming soon -- just make sure you
change that default root password if you decide to jailbreak and grab one, mkay?
P.S.- ZodTTD says another video featuring psx4iphone and a "pretty sweet Wipeout XL demo" is coming shortly on
his YouTube channel, we'll keep you updated.
posted November 8th 2009 5:29PM
I'd totally get that!
You See if apple was not so uptight about having their touch and iPhone not having a keyboard they could of thought of away to redo the control pad and made it an accessory for gaming on the iPhone/Touch.
but you know apple not to do something till they put there own spin on it, saying they have improved it the apple way.
I'm pretty sure this only works with jailbroken iphones, I'm guessing that NES emulator is required as well. Why haven't you jailbroken your iphone yet? Oh well..... I'm headed to cydia to download NES emulator now (which I certainly would not have not before seeing this).
I think I like the original Icontrolpad better. This still quite awesome, the original one was super awesome though,
The above comment was meant to be a reply to Yoshi1080.
Did anyone else notice his amazing shell on Toad? That was my favorite part.
He had a couple impressive moves, i enjoyed it.
The iphone SDK 3.0 is supposed to allow developers to program devices for the 30 pin connector. I wonder if this is still a hack job.
I was thinking the same thing, this would be so cool if apps started to support control pads like this. You could also have other manufactures design competing pads as long as they had the same basic support, maybe they could drop the analog sticks to make them smaller but then people would have to understand they wouldn't be able to play some games as easily.
Just one glance at this should tell you why the iphone isn't a gaming device.
That's a stupid comment. I love games on iPhone. F.A.S.T, Galaxy on Fire, Star Pagga and duke Nukem 3D are only a few games I've got. iPhone runs most games really well.
Just one glance at your post should tell everyone what an ignoramus you are. Seriously, have you even tried some of the better games on the thing?
Jeez. You're better off getting a GP2X Wiz or a Dingoo A320, or just an older PSP and hack it if you want to run emulators. I don't see the point of turning the iPhone/iPod touch into a bulky thing just to play older games. It's kind of a waste of the elegance of the iPhone shape and design.
The Dingoo, Wiz, and PSP would cost a lot less, too.
Irrelevant troll is irrelevant.
good news.
Talk about diminished portability.
Would be sweet to see them nake something like this for palm pre and android phones as well.
As far as being better for gaming, this rendition is certainly a better design than the previous one.
However, it's. NOT as good for portability. It's a trade-off, but it's a trade-off that I would rather see as an option.
As far as whether or not this will work on non-jailbroken devices, I've been eagerly awaiting for this device since it was first published, and the developer has been saying all along that it will have built-in support for game developers to build their official app store releases to work with iControlpad.
It's nice to see some actual news on this; I was ready to write it off as vaporware!
Given this is only for jailbroken devices, it is going to be a niche product. The GameBone Pro is going to be interesting, as they are obtaining an Apple hardware license. This means an SDK that can be used for apps on the App Store. They just updated their web site and an official SDK will be released in 2 weeks :)
Check it out: http://gamebonepro.com/gamebonepro.html
Hey, thanks for the heads up. I hadn't heard of the GameBone Pro before. The name seems a little... unfortunate, but I'm all for additional gaming accessories/controllers for the iPhone.
Or, you could buy a PSP 3000. Just sayin'.
Didn't apple allow for developers to gain access to these kind of hardware API's? I can't understand why apple won't let someone make this hardware on the legit! Only reason I can figure is they are afraid they won't make their usual 500% markup on the hardware if they don't release it themselves. If the price can be kept reasonable I'm really wanting one of these!
Better to play PSX (and all other emulators) on a Dingoo.
Why in the world would anyone put this controller on the Iphone. The bulkness of the add-on device is almost as big as a PSP or a DS.
This thing has been 'right around the corner' for the last year. Now it's just undergone a huge re-design. I am totally looking forward to it, but as far as availability, I'll believe it when I see it.