If you like old classic arcade games, and don't have your own MAME cabinet ... here's a quick fix at a great price:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/e762/
Normally $99, but Bed Bath and Beyond has it for $49.99 (and get the easily available 20% coupon to get it even cheaper!)
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/search/search.aspx/icade/?sstr=icade&grid=20&dim=1&nty=1&
They're selling out fast.. in fact in Canada it's already sold out online and only a few units left out in BC. What I did was print out the ad from the website and got a price match (+10% discount) at Best Buy
Normally you can download the Atari app which comes with a bunch of old crappy Atari 2600 games, but if you jailbreak your iPad you can install iMAME. MAME is an arcade emulator which lets you use the original arcade ROM's to play the games exactly as they were in the arcade. Thousands of ROM's are available online, including all the classics like: Ms Pacman, R-Type, 1943, Dig Dug, Rygar, Double Dragon, Street Fighter 2, etc. etc.
NOTE: In case it wasn't obvious, this is just the case + joysticks + buttons. You need to provide your own iPad!
http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/e762/
Normally $99, but Bed Bath and Beyond has it for $49.99 (and get the easily available 20% coupon to get it even cheaper!)
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/search/search.aspx/icade/?sstr=icade&grid=20&dim=1&nty=1&
They're selling out fast.. in fact in Canada it's already sold out online and only a few units left out in BC. What I did was print out the ad from the website and got a price match (+10% discount) at Best Buy
Normally you can download the Atari app which comes with a bunch of old crappy Atari 2600 games, but if you jailbreak your iPad you can install iMAME. MAME is an arcade emulator which lets you use the original arcade ROM's to play the games exactly as they were in the arcade. Thousands of ROM's are available online, including all the classics like: Ms Pacman, R-Type, 1943, Dig Dug, Rygar, Double Dragon, Street Fighter 2, etc. etc.
NOTE: In case it wasn't obvious, this is just the case + joysticks + buttons. You need to provide your own iPad!
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