iCade is Coming... Grab your iPads Now!!!

Some things are just too good to pass up.  The device pictured here is the iCade.  It's a gaming cabinet for the iPad that will feature old school video games.  And will be available through ThinkGeek.com  The iPad isn't permanently attached, so you can truly use the iPad that you are taking everywhere now.  Price?  $99  Availability?  Around April.  Here are the details from ThinkGeek:

Didn't think you needed an iPad? Think again!

When the iPad was announced, we all crammed into a conference room to watch live and drool over every shiny corner and reflecty icon. After the glow of the initial announcement wore off, many of us came to the conclusion that the iPad was actually pretty useless. "It's a giant iPhone!" some said. Others exclaimed, "WTF, no Flash!?". Still, we knew that most Apple fanbots (us included) would have to have one anyway.

Knowing that many of our loyal geeky customers would eventually get their retractable claws on an iPad at some point, we knew we needed to take it to the next level. What cool things could we do with the iPad that you, our lovely geek customers, would squee over? A few brainstorming sessions later, the idea of a MAME cabinet came up and we knew we'd struck gold. How cool would it be to slide your iPad into a desktop-sized arcade cabinet and rock it old school with some Pac-Man or Space Invaders?

Enter the iCADE iPad Arcade Cabinet! To use the iCade, gently slide the iPad into the cradle. The iCADE uses Bluetooth to connect to the iPad so there's nothing else you need to do. You're ready to "insert coin" and game on!

To bring the iCADE to life, ThinkGeek has partnered with ION. Atari, the first name in classic arcade games, also signed up to bring a huge suite of classic arcade titles including Asteroids® to market with iCADE support built right in. When released, a friendly API will be made available to developers to add iCADE support to almost any game.

Product Specifications

• Beautifully retro-styled tabletop arcade cabinet for your otherwise useless iPad
• iPad connects to the iCADE controls via Bluetooth
• Atari providing classic games ready to go with the iCADE, including Asteroids and other top games.
• API to be released allowing any iOS developer to create iCADE-compatible games.