iCade compatibility list/wishlist

[Adams Immersive]

Nice haul!

By the way, Super Lemonade Factory isn’t free—and it’s a good one, from my limited play time.

[Alextended]

It was free when I got it, some of these are games I had tried from before I ever thought of iCade. Swordigo too (that one's free again though). It does seem decent enough, but not so fast paced arcade session friendly.

[Adams Immersive]

Jeff Minter’s Super Ox Wars (vertical scrolling shooter) is free right now:
http://appshopper.com/games/super-ox-wars

It’s great on iCade: portrait orientation, with a choice of auto- or manual fire depending on which red button you choose to use. I usually don’t like a soft-ish look, but for Minter’s “glowing stuff on black” styling, it works.

Plus I think it offers the best retro “attract loop” for the iCade!

[masvil]

What's the reason why devs do NOT include "iCade support" label (or something like that) in their App Store description?

[psj3809]

Originally Posted by masvil

What's the reason why devs do NOT include "iCade support" label (or something like that) in their App Store description?

Think they were advised not to by ION due to strict apple issues

[masvil]

Originally Posted by psj3809

Think they were advised not to by ION due to strict apple issues

So currently the only way to know are reviews and forums, right?
Is there a (un)official omni-comprehensive always-updated list?

[masvil]

Originally Posted by Alextended

I just watched the various Classic Game Room iCade reviews

Thank you for share with us that good selection of videos.

Originally Posted by Alextended

maybe GridRunner

Maybe? Gridrunner is a masterpiece for arcade lovers!

Originally Posted by Adams Immersive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svUgJ1isFkM

Ahahah she play Blazing Stars with 1 hand

Wimp devs announced right now they will add iCade support. It will be a great value for iCade users, Wimp is one of the best iOS game ever.

Same for BSquadron.

For italian readers: iCade € 50 (shipping included)

[yellowknife]

Originally Posted by masvil

So currently the only way to know are reviews and forums, right?
Is there a (un)official omni-comprehensive always-updated list?

We are looking for a volunteer to start a wiki list. There are plenty of fans on this thread that will help fill it in.

Other that whether a game has iCade support, it would also be great to know things like screen orientation, menu support (manipulate menus with iCade), whether virtual controls disappear when iCade detected, button config options present, compatibility with various iCade models.

[Adams Immersive]

Originally Posted by masvil

So currently the only way to know are reviews and forums, right?
Is there a (un)official omni-comprehensive always-updated list?

As I understand it, Apple objected to games mentioning the need for added hardware at first (maybe an old rule to help make sure touch-only gaming would take off?) but not any more. I believe it's fine to mention iCade now.

The best list currently is probably the official one here:

http://www.ionaudio.com/products/icade-games

It's not everything, but it's pretty close, and it notice that does get updated semi-regularly. As near as I can tell, Ion's developer info (a simple PDF) doesn't invite developers to send their additions to that list! So I'm not sure how Ion finds them. Maybe they read this thread Or developers take it upon themselves to notify Ion. Seems like Ion could be more direct about reminding developers to submit to that list.

[Alextended]

Good to know Wimp will support it, I even got it for free, and played a bit and it's a pretty great platform game. My sister might like it too though perhaps it's too challenging for that.

A wiki list would be great, maybe divided in genres etc as well, or if possible optionally sorting them by popularity kind of like appshopper sorts its games display, scrolling a simple list like the official isn't that useful.

Still waiting for the iCade here, it should have arrived today but it didn't. Hopefully this week though.