Categories: Technology

GameDock: iPhone Dock Brings Back The Retro NES Gaming Days

Everyone knows that as soon as you start looking for retro things, sooner or later your thoughts will end up at the Nintendo NES. It’s simply what started the gaming generation, and most of us have quite a lot of fond memories from this console’s hay days. Today we play far more advanced games on our handheld devices such as our smartphones or handheld consoles, which in itself is an inspiring step forward. However, we have not abandoned the simple 8-bit graphics style just because we made our computers more powerful. It’s quite the opposite really since we have rebooted the retro style and made new, more advanced games from our memories.

So what could possibly be missing in order to get that whole retro feeling? Well, the controllers of course, and to some extent, the insertion of the cartridge itself. That is something I remember quite well. We used to blow into the cartridge in order to make it work, and it always did for some weird reason. Never have technical problems been as easy to solve as the ones we had with the Nintento NES, right?

If you are as big of a retro adventurer as me, you should totally have a look at the brilliant GameDock from Cascadia. It’s a new iPhone dock that will enable you to use retro USB NES controllers with your iPhone games. Yup, that is right! You will from now on always be able to feel that brick grip around the only controller that you have both fond memories and nightmares from. GameDock is a concept that is looking for funding, so if you want to bring back the retro gaming in your house, hit up their Kickstarter page and make sure you pledge in order to make your dreams come true. With 43 days left, they are just $43,000 short of hitting their goal. It shouldn’t be such a big deal for the gaming community to lend a hand for that, right?

Via: [Engadget]

Richard Darell

Richard Darell is the founder and CEO of Bit Rebels, a multifaceted online news outlet that reports daily on the latest developments in technology, social media, design and everything geek. Today this media entity welcomes more than 3.5 million unique visitors per month and is considered the go-to place for people in constant motion. As an Internet entrepreneur, he is dedicated to constantly trying to develop new ways to bring content faster and closer to the end user in a more streamlined way. His excitement for statistics has allowed him to further develop systems that continuously produce accurate and fast-paced analytics to better optimize the approach by which Bit Rebels presents news and content. His graphic design background has proven to be an important tool when designing new systems and features for Bit Rebels since the development of solid and stable code depends entirely on their structure and implemented procedures. Richard currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden and directs the Bit Rebels offices in both Stockholm and Atlanta. You can reach Richard at richard@bitrebels.com

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