This iOS game cartridge could satisfy Game Boy nostalgia (if it’s not vaporware)<article>
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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 plugs into an iPhone through the headphone jack and sends an inaudible signal that acts as an authentication key,
The Verge reports. 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>
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This iOS game cartridge could satisfy Game Boy nostalgia (if it’s not vaporware)
