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Title: This iOS game cartridge could satisfy Game Boy nostalgia (if it’s not vaporware) Post by: HCK on September 23, 2015, 09:00:14 pm This iOS game cartridge could satisfy Game Boy nostalgia (if it’s not vaporware)
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Handheld game cartridges are no longer essential in the age of app stores and bountiful flash storage, but Japanese startup Beatrobo wants to make some for your iPhone anyway.</p><p> The so-called Pico Cassette (http://picocassette.com/) plugs into an iPhone through the headphone jack and sends an inaudible signal that acts as an authentication key, The Verge reports (http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/21/9363839/pico-cassette-phone-game-cartridge). This key directs the iPhone to the App Store, where it downloads the corresponding game. (Presumably, you’ll have to have some companion app installed and running first.)</p><p> So yes, in practice this isn’t really better than searching for a game in the App Store and hitting the install button. It’s just a more tactile and nostalgia-ridden way to do things.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2984851/software-games/this-ios-game-cartridge-could-satisfy-game-boy-nostalgia-if-it-s-not-vaporware.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: This iOS game cartridge could satisfy Game Boy nostalgia (if it’s not vaporware) (http://www.macworld.com/article/2984851/software-games/this-ios-game-cartridge-could-satisfy-game-boy-nostalgia-if-it-s-not-vaporware.html#tk.rss_all) |