Comments on: GameBone Pro - The First iPhone 3.0 Gaming Accessory? http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/ ... keeping in touch with the latest in iPhone gaming Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Kenny http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-28026 Kenny Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:35:14 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-28026 wow. cmon. i dont think any1 reasonable would walk around with an ipod docked into that thing. if you got an ipod just to play games you suck! wow. cmon. i dont think any1 reasonable would walk around with an ipod docked into that thing. if you got an ipod just to play games you suck!

]]> By: Kenny http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309857 Kenny Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:35:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309857 wow. cmon. i dont think any1 reasonable would walk around with an ipod docked into that thing. if you got an ipod just to play games you suck! wow. cmon. i dont think any1 reasonable would walk around with an ipod docked into that thing. if you got an ipod just to play games you suck!

]]> By: GreyDawn http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27178 GreyDawn Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:14:44 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27178 I really don't get the point in having a controller when the screen is so small. The touch/iphone simply isn't a real/advanced gaming console and it shouldn't try to be/should stay in its niche. I really don't get the point in having a controller when the screen is so small. The touch/iphone simply isn't a real/advanced gaming console and it shouldn't try to be/should stay in its niche.

]]> By: GreyDawn http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309856 GreyDawn Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:14:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309856 I really don't get the point in having a controller when the screen is so small. The touch/iphone simply isn't a real/advanced gaming console and it shouldn't try to be/should stay in its niche. I really don't get the point in having a controller when the screen is so small. The touch/iphone simply isn't a real/advanced gaming console and it shouldn't try to be/should stay in its niche.

]]> By: megapuppy http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27110 megapuppy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:52:36 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27110 It's a really terrible looking concept at this stage. I guess a digital D-pad is fine if you just want to play 8 & 16bit type 2D games, but for anything 3D it's useless. I much prefer the design concept put forward by these guys: http://www.iphoneopengaming.com/iOGA_hardware.html It's a really terrible looking concept at this stage. I guess a digital D-pad is fine if you just want to play 8 & 16bit type 2D games, but for anything 3D it's useless. I much prefer the design concept put forward by these guys:
http://www.iphoneopengaming.com/iOGA_hardware.html

]]> By: megapuppy http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309855 megapuppy Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:52:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309855 It's a really terrible looking concept at this stage. I guess a digital D-pad is fine if you just want to play 8 & 16bit type 2D games, but for anything 3D it's useless. I much prefer the design concept put forward by these guys: http://www.iphoneopengaming.com/iOGA_hardware.html It's a really terrible looking concept at this stage. I guess a digital D-pad is fine if you just want to play 8 & 16bit type 2D games, but for anything 3D it's useless. I much prefer the design concept put forward by these guys:
http://www.iphoneopengaming.com/iOGA_hardware.html

]]> By: Carl http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27106 Carl Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:00:29 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27106 I disagree, some games like the fighting platform require a D-pad and the likes. The screen as it is, is simple to small to effectively play fighting games like Street Fighter without covering the whole screen or being annoying. I disagree, some games like the fighting platform require a D-pad and the likes. The screen as it is, is simple to small to effectively play fighting games like Street Fighter without covering the whole screen or being annoying.

]]> By: Carl http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309854 Carl Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309854 I disagree, some games like the fighting platform require a D-pad and the likes. The screen as it is, is simple to small to effectively play fighting games like Street Fighter without covering the whole screen or being annoying. I disagree, some games like the fighting platform require a D-pad and the likes. The screen as it is, is simple to small to effectively play fighting games like Street Fighter without covering the whole screen or being annoying.

]]> By: Josh Rosen http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27069 Josh Rosen Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:19:18 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27069 This is true to an extent. I'm developing SciFly 2, so I'll speak about that. There are a lot of features I would love to add to SciFly 2 that I am not because of limited control input. For example, I'd like to have the player be able to switch between weapons. I decided there wasn't enough screen space to have a button for this, so the feature was removed. If I was designing with a standard controller as my target device, I could have added this feature. However, having a fraction of my audience have the accessory does not mean I can enable the feature for them and not for others. Enabling the feature means restructuring the game to allow for multiple weapons. So, I'm not saying I couldn't make SciFly 2 work with the controller, but it might not be as cool as you would think. Games will still have to be designed to the common denominator. This is true to an extent.
I'm developing SciFly 2, so I'll speak about that. There are a lot of features I would love to add to SciFly 2 that I am not because of limited control input. For example, I'd like to have the player be able to switch between weapons. I decided there wasn't enough screen space to have a button for this, so the feature was removed.
If I was designing with a standard controller as my target device, I could have added this feature. However, having a fraction of my audience have the accessory does not mean I can enable the feature for them and not for others. Enabling the feature means restructuring the game to allow for multiple weapons.

So, I'm not saying I couldn't make SciFly 2 work with the controller, but it might not be as cool as you would think. Games will still have to be designed to the common denominator.

]]> By: Josh Rosen http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309853 Josh Rosen Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:19:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309853 This is true to an extent. I'm developing SciFly 2, so I'll speak about that. There are a lot of features I would love to add to SciFly 2 that I am not because of limited control input. For example, I'd like to have the player be able to switch between weapons. I decided there wasn't enough screen space to have a button for this, so the feature was removed. If I was designing with a standard controller as my target device, I could have added this feature. However, having a fraction of my audience have the accessory does not mean I can enable the feature for them and not for others. Enabling the feature means restructuring the game to allow for multiple weapons. So, I'm not saying I couldn't make SciFly 2 work with the controller, but it might not be as cool as you would think. Games will still have to be designed to the common denominator. This is true to an extent.
I'm developing SciFly 2, so I'll speak about that. There are a lot of features I would love to add to SciFly 2 that I am not because of limited control input. For example, I'd like to have the player be able to switch between weapons. I decided there wasn't enough screen space to have a button for this, so the feature was removed.
If I was designing with a standard controller as my target device, I could have added this feature. However, having a fraction of my audience have the accessory does not mean I can enable the feature for them and not for others. Enabling the feature means restructuring the game to allow for multiple weapons.

So, I'm not saying I couldn't make SciFly 2 work with the controller, but it might not be as cool as you would think. Games will still have to be designed to the common denominator.

]]> By: Jovy1 http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27065 Jovy1 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:18:12 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27065 The GameBone Pro? Make Sure you dont play with this thing is front of a mean dog. Its not just any remote, you could also play fetch with it with your dog and have even more fun. The GameBone Pro? Make Sure you dont play with this thing is front of a mean dog. Its not just any remote, you could also play fetch with it with your dog and have even more fun.

]]> By: Jovy1 http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309852 Jovy1 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:18:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309852 The GameBone Pro? Make Sure you dont play with this thing is front of a mean dog. Its not just any remote, you could also play fetch with it with your dog and have even more fun. The GameBone Pro? Make Sure you dont play with this thing is front of a mean dog. Its not just any remote, you could also play fetch with it with your dog and have even more fun.

]]> By: AIM-R8 http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27014 AIM-R8 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:57:06 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27014 It may entice more of the bigger game studios to first port existing versions of their games to the iphone as a way to test the market, before coming out with iPhone exclusive titles. I wouldn't mind Street Fighter 4 or Tekken 6 on the iPhone myself, both which would be impossible with touchscreen. It may entice more of the bigger game studios to first port existing versions of their games to the iphone as a way to test the market, before coming out with iPhone exclusive titles. I wouldn't mind Street Fighter 4 or Tekken 6 on the iPhone myself, both which would be impossible with touchscreen.

]]> By: AIM-R8 http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-309851 AIM-R8 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:57:00 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-309851 It may entice more of the bigger game studios to first port existing versions of their games to the iphone as a way to test the market, before coming out with iPhone exclusive titles. I wouldn't mind Street Fighter 4 or Tekken 6 on the iPhone myself, both which would be impossible with touchscreen. It may entice more of the bigger game studios to first port existing versions of their games to the iphone as a way to test the market, before coming out with iPhone exclusive titles. I wouldn't mind Street Fighter 4 or Tekken 6 on the iPhone myself, both which would be impossible with touchscreen.

]]> By: JVK http://toucharcade.com/2009/06/23/gamebone-pro-the-first-iphone-30-gaming-accessory/#comment-27012 JVK Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:40:55 +0000 http://toucharcade.com/?p=11304#comment-27012 well, how much do they expect us to pay for this? psp will run me $189... well, how much do they expect us to pay for this?
psp will run me $189...

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