February 26, 2010   iPhone, iPhone Tips, Video

iControlPad: Play iPhone Games With Physical Buttons And Joystick

iControlPad to turn iPhone into gaming consoleWe first wrote about iControlPad nearly two years ago. It’s a pretty cool iPhone accessory that will help you replicate a gaming console experience on your iPhone by augmenting touch screen controls with actual analog joystick based controls.

The accessory allows you to slide your iPhone or iPod touch into a casing containing joysticks and physical buttons, which is connected to the iDevice through the dock connector and lets you play iPhone games in much the same way as you would on a mobile gaming device like a PSP.

The developers of the accessory have now announced that mass production of the iControlPad is currently underway and it should come to the markets pretty soon. There will be two versions of the accessory on offer. The basic version will contain a sleeve that fits in the iPhone and shall come equipped with a D-Pad, ABXY action buttons as well the basic function keys -- Start and Select. An advanced version of the iControlPad will also contain an internal battery to supplement your iPhone’s battery.

The iControlPad website claims that supply in the initial batch shall be limited. There is however no word yet on the launch date or pricing though we expect an imminent announcement in this regard. We will update you on the same when that happens.

The iPhone accessory works only with jailbroken iPhones.

It’s pretty cool. Check out the demo video of iControlPad and let us know your views on this.

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  • aniggnigg

    can u buy this off of ebay or amazon

  • tao1541

    @finchleytown96 he made it smart ass

  • finchleytown96

    wher did you get this

  • TheBerkMusic

    looks cheap…wait for GameBone <3

  • shortperson1026

    @Slipknot4ever88 Yes it will work with the iPhone 4

  • ArsonistInUrFirewall

    @lokomakoko I just love the amount of retards on the youtube comment section.

  • l33tpwnzord

    looks sluggish

  • naviblue56

    guys get a wiimote stick it to your ipod touch/iphone using some duct tape, and u got a sort of controller =D

  • GHOSTTOYS

    and by the way why dont you go wireles … and you would put a lids hover the controler again that can hold the ipod ..

  • GHOSTTOYS

    use flexy wire for the plug ….. they do them on demand and they are cheap ..

  • Slipknot4ever88

    Will iControlPad be avaible for iPhone4 users?

  • W33Gavin04

    can you play it without the icontrolpad

  • thegroupiwe

    since they cant use the apple cord they should have a reg usb port that they can use any ccord for any phone and use there own no sue AND still works fine with product

  • Masterglitcher567

    @equlizer give them a chance i thin they are new but honestly i like their emulators :D

  • equlizer

    @MrFooknuts I noticed that too. Tried the last one NES A.D. and it blows! Audio doesnt match up, games play choppy and a 50 second timer? WTF?

  • boligrapho

    this is pissing me off now you guys have been saying all this shit about how the controlls nearly done and your going to start shipping them but you are never gonna