Reddit mentions of Gametel - Portable Games Controller for Mobile Phones and Tablets

And for those with android, I recommend myboy! GBA Emulator.

The price of the premium version is worth it because it has cheat integration and trading capabilities for pokemon games between others with myboy!.

Link for the lazy

Edit: I also recommend getting a bluetooth game controller. These work for both ios and android. Which is awesome.

I have this gametel controller that I use on my android phone and my brother's iPhone.

> and that you had a ddrgame metal pad that you preferred over the tape pad.

No, I threw my ddrgame pads away because they were no longer repairable (without welding!) a year or two before I built the tape pad, so no I would not have said this. In several places I have explained that they needed constant repair when they did still work and I do not recommend anybody buy them.

It's true when I built the tape pad I could only play at a 7, but now I mostly play 9s now. But yeah it's a far cry from 17 and I don't think I'll ever get anywhere near that skill level so I'll never be able to test that out on anything.

BUT, the foam in my tape pad design is extremely thin and bouncy - not like the stuff used in soft pads which will stay depressed a bit after a hard press. There really is no ghosting, I wouldn't have continued with the design if there was. The top surface is very strong but also very locally flexible, if you slide off as soon as you are past the visual perimeter of the arrow the contact will stop. And as far as not being able to feel where the arrows are, that's precisely what I was saying was the similarity between your design and mine - flat top, no recessed arrows. I understand you added something to give some feel to it though there was a review on this sub a while back that said it wasn't very noticeable.

For the record, I'm not suggesting that anyone build a tape pad instead of just buying an Omega GX. The materials and hours of labor it takes to build a tape pad are really not a good deal when you can buy an existing robust product for $300. I just don't like you dissing my design!

As far as videos online, very few people have the Impact Arcade pads because they cost a ton and are actually very hard to learn about online if you don't know what to look for because they are not actually associated with DDR or ITG anywhere - the company that makes it and the software to go with it probably wants to stay far from that so they don't get sued. I actually found out about the Impact pads when searching for a used set of Cobalt Flux pads, the reference was from some discussion buried several pages deep in Google results, not easy to find at all.

If I were you, apparently a level 17 player who is basing a business on selling DDR pads, I would buy an Impact Arcade pad and do the same song twice, once on that and once on an Omega, and film pad+screen, and prove that the Impact pad will miss or ghost or in some way not work well as you are guessing - and to be fair you are guessing at this point.

I do applaud what you're doing, firstly because you are turning something you are clearly very passionate about into a business, and secondly because it certainly seems like your product is the best available in its price range - and it's a very good price range to be in. I'd like to caution you, however, that there are two patents (that I know of) which could pose a problem for you.

US7122751 This one is actually owned by Cobalt Flux and maintenance fees are paid up on it despite the company closing many years ago so that means the owner does intend to enforce their rights if there is any infringement. I'm not saying you are infringing, but you should probably look into it if you have not already. This one is scary because it seems very generic though I find it hard to read. Although you have said your switch design is nothing like the Cobalt Flux design, claim #1 of this patent is quite generically describing a set of pressure activated switches in a dance pad that it seems like any DDR pad would apply - including the original DDR arcade machines which would obviously be prior art so I'm not sure how this claim #1 of patent was approved. It's possible that Cobalt Flux continues to maintain the patent because they are being paid royalties from the company that makes the Impact pads.

Then there is this application which is still pending. This one is easier to read, they reference and add on to 7122751 with specific features so you won't infringe so long as you do not both taper the edges of the pad and add more than one handle to the outer perimeter.

By the way, the circuit board in this Bluetooth controller is extremely flat, compact, is usb rechargeable, and can be soldered to. And unlike anything else I have seen it supports the Bluetooth USB HID Keyboard, HID Gamepad, and the Serial Port profile for IOS/Android devices and the mode is software selectable. The on/off is also a soft switch. It makes a GREAT Bluetooth module for a DIY gamepad, the next cheapest I have seen is the $20 board at sparkfun + $20 HID Gamepad firmware license, and that doesn't have a battery or charging circuit built in. So you may want to consider that for making your pads wireless, you could probably build it into the pad without even increasing the thickness.

Pretty much any high-end Galaxy device is well supported, thanks to popularity in the market. Nexus devices perform well as well, I have a Nexus 4 and it runs most games just fine.

For controllers, I own both the Gametel (Bluetooth, universal) and the GameKlip (DualShock 3, semi-universal). They're both great solutions, reasonably priced, and the creator of the GameKlip is a redditor.

Just a suggestion. I travel a lot and take a controller with me and just use the phone as a screen, works well.

Anyway if you were to do this there are a shit-tonne of titles at your disposal.

Here's one on amazon - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gametel-Portable-Controller-Android-Phones/dp/B006L2HBXA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1324570868&sr=8-4

I just brought this as well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006L2HBXA/

As predicting where your fingers are on the phone screen while looking at the tv can be a bit tricky, its great also as Drastic accept most android game pads.

Here you go

Would something like this or this be compatible with RetroArch?

OP: Try using one of the following to help hold things together.

ipega - I use this one

Gameclip - This will attach your controller to your case.

Gametel Controller - Higher quality version of the iPega controller but no analog sticks.