iCade compatibility list/wishlist

[Adams Immersive]

Originally Posted by yellowknife

Well seeing as the GameDock doesn't appear to be in production yet, I hope they choose to make their button layout as compatible with 8-bitty as possible. Hard to do though with having only 2 main face buttons.

Anyone interested on GameDock can check it out here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-touch-devices

Rather than see GameDock follow 8-Bitty, I’d rather see 8-Bitty come to its senses and gain a more standard iCade layout in a “version 2!” The mistake has been made, and it’s bad for current 8-Bitty owners, but they can still play (more or less) even if the mistake is later corrected.

Anyway, GameDock does look neat.

Another solution, of course, is for developers to just use very few button functions (generally true anyway) and find a layout that puts Fire, say, on multiple different buttons—something for everyone.

[makaGeorge]

Originally Posted by yellowknife

Well seeing as the GameDock doesn't appear to be in production yet, I hope they choose to make their button layout as compatible with 8-bitty as possible. Hard to do though with having only 2 main face buttons.

Anyone interested on GameDock can check it out here http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-touch-devices

Problem is the the GameDock's layout has been decided already and there are games out that already support it...

[makaGeorge]

BTW, what I'd like to see is more games supporting 2 players on the iCade. There are many games that could work well, like games where the only controls are left and right and one or two action buttons.

I tried it with my own game and it works perfectly. If a game supports the GameDock it's very easy to add this. Just a matter of changing 2 lines... or full customization can be added so that the game supports all possible controllers and 2 players both on the Gamedock and iCade (and any future controllers of this kind)

[Adams Immersive]

Originally Posted by makaGeorge

BTW, what I'd like to see is more games supporting 2 players on the iCade. There are many games that could work well, like games where the only controls are left and right and one or two action buttons.

I tried it with my own game and it works perfectly. If a game supports the GameDock it's very easy to add this. Just a matter of changing 2 lines... or full customization can be added so that the game supports all possible controllers and 2 players both on the Gamedock and iCade (and any future controllers of this kind)

Or how about iCade + Joypad? No second controller needed, but both players have all the buttons they want. (With more work from the dev. I’m not promising to do this myself )

[yellowknife]

Originally Posted by Marconelly

Is it true that they've removed the iCade support from the latest update of Fix-It-Felix? Why would they do that?

I have iCade Jr, and I can't get the game to work with it.

I can confirm Fix-It Felix no longer works with iCade. It used to before last update which is frustrating.

Wreck-It Ralph includes the Fix-It Felix game from what I understand, but costs 99c.

Can anyone confirm Wreck-It Ralph has iCade support that's still working?

Edit: Just tested latest version 1.1 of Wreck-It Ralph and iCade does not work here either.

[Pman]

Originally Posted by yellowknife

I can confirm Fix-It Felix no longer works with iCade. It used to before last update which is frustrating.

Wreck-It Ralph includes the Fix-It Felix game from what I understand, but costs 99c.

Can anyone confirm Wreck-It Ralph has iCade support that's still working?

Dangit! I was hoping to buy this game when I get my Icade set up.

[Alextended]

I've ordered an iCade (original style, not Core or anything) for my brother in law (we're weird and give presents on New Year's instead of Christmas, hopefully it will have arrived by then) and I'm looking for some great titles to get him started.

For now I'm only looking for ports and games that are truly great, in that they will perform well on iPad2 which we both have, disable any on screen controls when played on the iCade (I suppose this is not a must if the game has borders due to the aspect ratio and shows the controls on there), look great without (or merely optional) blurry graphics filters, control great with the iCade and more than anything they have to be amazing games that will make the best impression for the platform with no annoyances in interface, gameplay (credits balance!), stability, performance, or anything else negative, to sour the first experience of the present at all.

So far I've been looking at Raiden Legacy and Metal Slug 1 and 3. I was told the Raiden Legacy ports are really great but I can't find iCade information for Metal Slug 1 and 3. Not even a youtube video of either.

I was also considering Pac-Man but it seems there's no modern version (like CE) available for iPad (there is one for iPhone) and I read the controls aren't 100% responsive on iCade. Has that been fixed, or did Ms. Pac-Man not suffer from it?

What other true greats can people recommend for me? Normally I wouldn't go for some shmups but Raiden Legacy isn't like that and the games I played at the arcade were super fun, more Aero Fighters style than anything like R-Type or bullet hell.

They don't have to be real classics (I checked the catalogue for SNK, Capcom, SEGA, Taito, Namco, etc and the offerings are really disappointing, I was surprised by the lack of classics, I thought there are more, but never cared to search for such games because without having an iCade or other controller they'd be useless anyway, but yeah, it's crazy there's no great port of Shock Troopers, King of Fighters, Pang, Bust-A-Move, Shinobi, 1943, Aero Fighters, Street Fighter 2, Baku Baku Animals, etc, and what in God's name did they do to Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3's graphics) just have that kind of awesome feel to them. For example I see Velocispider has great pixel art (not those awful flash-like graphics some indie games have) and a very retro look and feel, though I'm not sure it's a game suitable for him without having played it myself.

He probably won't like the more simplistic 80s games either, unless they were some amazing stuff like Galaga and Pac-Man, which further reduces the selection available I guess. Games like the original Space Invaders or Asteroids tend to lack in the excitement factor by comparison to the later arcade games from the companies I mentioned. The same for those challenge style platform games that have a huge supply of very samey levels to go through.

The present has to be for my sister too, hence games like arcade Pac-Man, Tetris, Bubble Bobble and Bust-A-Move would be great, or any other girl/unisex friendly games, but they still have to meet the requirements I outlined.

Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry for being so picky, but the first tries have to be as close to perfect as possible. After they get used to it they can choose their own games, buy slightly less polished stuff, etc, at will.

Oh yeah, I happen to already have some compatible games, like Swordigo which is nice despite being ugly but nothing amazing. It's crazy that Virtua Tennis, Crazy Taxi, Sonic CD and others don't support it (as far as I know).

[Alextended]

No replies... I've settled on these to start the iCade goodness with...

League of Evil 1 or 2, Metal Slug 3, Raiden Legacy, Dynamite Jack and Velocispider.

I didn't find much of value in those Atari/Midway/Namco arcades personally.

A couple of these are kind of filler going against some of my guidelines, there just didn't seem to be more greats.

I also bought Katana Jack, Silverfish Max, AirAttack HD and PaperMonsters but I don't think I'll be giving them these right away for a first impression. They don't seem very good, unless iCade really elevates them.

But yeah, I remember Bomb Jack being way superior to Katana Jack in everything and especially controls and level design. And it's kind of obnoxious with its "drawn on iPad" crap all over. I don't care, I just wanna play a fun game. Silverish Max is way too barebones but could be fun if they get hooked. AirAttack HD has a bad perspective that makes your shots narrow as they advance which means being all the way to the bottom left of the screen and firing won't actually hit enemies on the top left of it, you'll miss by a mile. It pales in comparison to the Raiden games regardless. And PaperMonsters seems to lack in level design. I'll need to finish more levels to know but those constant slopes just look boring.

But yeah gonna keep these away for when they get bored of the first great batch.

I've tried all of them (without iCade yet) and Raiden is a very great port, I hope DotEmu do more iCade supported games, and not just shmups. KoF-i 2012 is taunting me by being iPhone only yet showing iPad screens too.

Anyway, am I missing a truly sweet iCade gem that wasn't suggested yet?

I'm still missing a game my sister would like more though. Shame Tetris doesn't support iCade.

But yeah, seeing the selection I really hope we'll get a Jailbreak for 6.0.2 or 6.1 if they're waiting for that to unveil their exploits on so I can get some more decent use out of it for them with the various emulators.

[Adams Immersive]

Originally Posted by Alextended

No replies... I've settled on these to start the iCade goodness with...

League of Evil 1 or 2, Metal Slug 3, Raiden Legacy, Dynamite Jack and Velocispider.

I didn't find much of value in those Atari/Midway/Namco arcades personally.

A couple of these are kind of filler going against some of my guidelines, there just didn't seem to be more greats.

I also bought Katana Jack, Silverfish Max, AirAttack HD and PaperMonsters but I don't think I'll be giving them these right away for a first impression. They don't seem very good, unless iCade really elevates them.

I say blow them away with variety from the start! You can never predict what someone else will like, vs. what you like.

I would put Silverfish and Dynamite Jack near the top of my own list. Maybe Forget-Me-Not. And Temple Run (not Brave) seems to be a crowd-pleaser: everyone who tries my iCade likes that one.

[drelbs]

@Alextended: Jeff Minter games, especially Gridrunner!

Match Panic doesn't push any technical boundaries, but is a fantastic iCade twitch game. It's cute enough that your sister might like it.