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This Case Turns Your iPhone Into a Game Boy for Retro Gaming
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Well done to the makers.
I saw the headline, thought, that looks pretty cool, but I guess it's going to be something stupid like $100 or $150 which is usual as most companies see Apple owners and fools with too much money
But I was genuinely pleasantly surprised and give them full credit for making something that looks pretty good for a fair price.
Hope they do well
I saw the headline, thought, that looks pretty cool, but I guess it's going to be something stupid like $100 or $150 which is usual as most companies see Apple owners and fools with too much money
But I was genuinely pleasantly surprised and give them full credit for making something that looks pretty good for a fair price.
Hope they do well
I tried the Clicks keyboard case out and mapped Delta to it. It was pretty nice, but the price is a bit more than GameBaby. Curious how well the capacitive mechanism performs, versus the actual buttons on Clicks.
it -doesnt- have buttons. its capacitive pad against a screen, like those crappy overlays.
what are you talking about?
Good idea, thumbs up honestly.
And with 20$ price tag, bold.
I used to be game boy fan.
20$ lol, i still remember how my fingers felt after hours of pressing these buttons. Game Boy and Nintendo.
These small physical buttons on handheld devices are something from the past I am not missing.
Since the invention of gamepad, I preffer gamepad.
And with 20$ price tag, bold.
I used to be game boy fan.
20$ lol, i still remember how my fingers felt after hours of pressing these buttons. Game Boy and Nintendo.
These small physical buttons on handheld devices are something from the past I am not missing.
Since the invention of gamepad, I preffer gamepad.
GAMEBABY | Phone Armor with Retro Gaming Superpowers
Games are meant to be played with physical buttons. GAMEBABY is a phone case with built-in physical buttons that transforms your device into a retro gaming handheld. Carry it as a regular case, then flip the lower part to play. GAMEBABY lets you fully immerse yourself in the joy of retro gaming.
www.bitmolab.com
You mean almost exactly the same input feel as a Game Boy that uses rubber pads over a flat PCB contact? Sounds good to me.
Kinda hard to steal an idea that has basically been around since the beginning of smartphones. The closest was one of the earliest. There was a guy who used to make controllers that attached to the physical keyboards on early Android phones, but when those started dying out, he made a version that sat on top of the touchscreen of phones and made contact with touch input of emulators. Then there was the Hyperkin device that you could slot your phone into and made your phone into a Game Boy. Also last several years on Chinese commerce sites they have been selling cases that have a Game Boy controller on the back with a screen and emulator.
Exactly. I understand the Gameboy look, but have 4 face buttons would have been so much better!