ION Audio iCade with Atari's Greatest Hits

By Wally Bahny // October 31, 2011, 1:31 AM PST

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iCade arcade cabinet unboxing

The iCade from ION Audio brings classic Atari arcade console games back with the iPad and Atari's Greatest Hits app.

Here are all of the pieces that come with the iCade. As you can imagine, it's easy to assemble.

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iCade assembled

Here is the iCade fully assembled. It stands about 18" high, so it's great for a tabletop.

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iCade: Open top shows the instructions

The top of the cabinet opens so the iPad can be inserted. On the inside of the top are the instructions on how to get the iCade connected to the iPad and download the Atari's Greatest Hits app. The iCade functions as a Bluetooth keyboard as far as the iPad is concerned.

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iCade: iPad mounted

This is what the iCade looks like with the iPad inside.

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iCade: Game on

Atari's Greatest Hits is loaded on the iPad.

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iCade: Game instructions manual

The iCade comes with instructions for all current Arcade games contained in the Atari's Greatest Hits app.

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iCade: Missile Command instructions

The game included with the free version of Atari's Greatest Hits is Missile Command. All other games must be purchased through the App Store. This is a closeup shot of the instructions for Missile Command.

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iCade: Playing Missile Command

When connected to the iCade, Atari's Greatest Hits hides the control buttons on the iPad screen, just showing the game itself. You'll see the on-screen controls in some games later in the gallery.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Arcade Game Select

The iCade is nothing without Atari's Greatest Hits and a list of other apps. The rest of this gallery looks at the Atari's Greatest Hits app. This screen is where you select the arcade game you want to play.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Atari Game Select

While there are only 18 arcade games, the app is rounded out by another 82 games from the Atari 2600 console, some of which are basically duplicates of the arcade version.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Game List

You can also select a game from a list. The lists either show all games or groups them by genre.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Options menu

You can adjust the volume and whether button labels are shown (in non-iCade mode) from the Options screen.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Missile Command setup

Each game has a setup screen where you can adjust the game's settings and controls, as well as view some images of that game's classic arcade cabinets (in Arcade games) or view the game's manual (in Atari console games) and view the OpenFeint Leaderboard.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Missile Command

Missle Command is shown here with the on-screen controls for non-iCade mode. This image and the next one in the gallery show how various arcade games look on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Asteroids

Here's how Asteroids looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Battlezone

Here's how Battlezone looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Centipede

Here's how Centipede looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Lunar Lander

Here's how Lunar Lander looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Pong

Here's how Pong looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Super Breakout

Here's how Super Breakout looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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Atari's Greatest Hits app: Warlords

Here's how Warlords looks on the iPad in Atari's Greatest Hits.

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For more details, read my TechRepublic Geek Gifts 2011 review of the iCade.

iCade arcade cabinet unboxing

The iCade from ION Audio brings classic Atari arcade console games back with the iPad and Atari's Greatest Hits app.

Here are all of the pieces that come with the iCade. As you can imagine, it's easy to assemble.

Photo credit: Wally Bahny for TechRepublic

For more details, read my TechRepublic Geek Gifts 2011 review of the iCade.

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