It’s almost here! Sources report that Ion Audio’s iCade arcade cabinet for the iPad has passed FCC approval, just in time for the planned release on May 31. The cabinet was originally seen as an April Fool’s Day joke on ThinkGeek, but in the past few years it’s steadily moved towards reality, and will soon be available for $100 from that site, along with partners Ion Audio and Atari, who’ve already released over 100 retro games ready to be played on it.
One interesting note: the cabinet will apparently be powered not just by the dock connector on the iPad, but with two AA batteries as well. That’s only a minor inconvenience (and small price to pay for having a fully-working set of arcade buttons and joystiq to play iPad games with), so it shouldn’t stop retro-loving iPad gamers from grabbing this one when it finally becomes real at the end of May.
[via TiPB]
iCade iPad arcade cabinet one step closer to late May release originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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