The iPad Arcade Stick

For the iPad kids at heart.
Edited by Dominic Mattero and Scott Wozniak
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[@AlexTheCatGirlQueen]

15:55 Scott's cat putting its paw on Scott's hand is so goddamn cute ☺️

[@starlightviga]

The cat wanted a turn at the controls. ^_^

[@robotortoise]

I live for Scott's cat content. We need a Scott's Stash episode about his cats

[@mattdoesntknowwhattodowith5760]

RIGHT??

[@patricklauer4452]

Kibby

[@squireturnbolt]

​@robotortoise how about just a regular Scott the Woz episode about his cats?

[@SEMIA123]

Recent Scotts stash videos have a very "cool librarian that lets students install games on that one computer in the back of the lab" vibe

[@guineapiggames8208]

Oddly specific

[@TacoDiceCosas]

The cat is like "Scott, it's time to stop playing Atari. You're hurting yourself" 15:55

[@PhoticsTV]

I don't know. Looked like if that cat had a quarter, that little paw would have placed the coin on the arcade as a way to say, “Next!” 😸 Heh, seriously, cat looked super friendly. 😻

[@RevolutionFalls]

iPad Kid is something I thought Scott would never say. But iPad Man? Oh yeah, it’s probably his favorite slur.

[@captaincomet9963]

He is one so he's allowed to say it

[@TheSchleg]

10:22 Cat spotted! Looks like they're just as confused about Atari games as Scott

[@Wierie_]

Wow i totally missed that cat, great find

[@CaptainJZH]

They are amazed by the arcade style controls

[@BugsyFoga]

Dang, Scott showing his face on a stash vid for the second week in a row, hope he isn’t abandoning the iconic carpet completely.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

👀

[@Okami_HD]

Rumour has it he left his door open and someone stole all his carpet

[@minecrafter3448]

@@Okami_HD”Oh come on, I was supposed to get robbed TOMORROW”

[@micabryant4513]

My money is on him eating it! Eating carpets awesome! 🩷🤍💛

[@bens5859]

@@minecrafter3448 r/tomorrow

[@dialga236]

i cant wait for scott to evolve into an ipad elder

[@carlosemilio5180]

"Back in my day the birds were fuckin' pissed!"

[@ImShinypokemon]

I would die for that cat, that even cares about the iCade as much as Scott

[@UnculturedSwineStudios]

I'm really nostalgic for the Great Recession era of video games

[@aturchomicz821]

So tru💀💀

[@Darc1972]

I miss the carpet cam it feels like it was about 2 videos ago.

[@SuperM789]

i'm nostalgic for the carpet era of scott's stash

[@JoshTheWoz]

IT WAS 4

[@RonaldMcJuicy]

I, too, was an early adopter of the initial iPad releases. I was among the first generation of iPad kids. My mother got one for free as a work incentive thing. We were meant to share it among my siblings, but I was the only one that ever had any desire to use it. And use it, I did. Whenever I was at home, my trusty Pad was within my grasp. Many a PopularMMOs video was watched on that screen. Many a crappy mobile game was played. I kept the original Flappy Bird on that thing until it finally broke after well over half a decade of use. They don't make 'em like they used to. We had a lot more grit back then, I think.

[@emmawagner8915]

I don’t personally find 5 years to be very long for the life of a device

[@RonaldMcJuicy]

@@emmawagner8915 it was over 5. Which may as well be ancient for an Apple product.

[@emmawagner8915]

@@RonaldMcJuicy still doesn’t seem very long to me. Yeah for an Apple product but that’s kind of my point is that Apple products in general have a short shelf life. And I say this with an iPhone lol so I’m a bit of a hipocrite but I know they can do better and choose not to which has always bothered me

[@RonaldMcJuicy]

@@emmawagner8915 Real.

[@Silverhazey_]

@@emmawagner8915Apple products have insanely long lives. They are and have been one of the few companies that provide software updates LONG after the device was released. The newest iOS version JUST NOW stopped supporting the base iPhone X. The XR and above are still supported. That’s why Apple products hold their value so much better than Android devices, which sometimes lose software support and I’m not even kidding, like 2 or maybe 3 years after release unless you choose the most popular ones.

[@joshuakelly6668]

Scott looks like the most successful Ipad kid

[@ItsNerfOrNathan]

*scott looks like tim cook

[@shaneklippert2942]

Yay scotts cat cameo

[@xkrylo8002]

Cameow

[@micabryant4513]

Thats a fun poor man's toe

[@Octav2000]

The cat is purrfect

[@PendragonDaGreat]

I can tell you who in fact does care about iPads in this day and age: Pilots. Foreflight is a super powerful "Electronic Flight Bag" including flight planning, electronic charts, and logbook stuff. It's only available for iOS and iPadOS, and thus makes iPad minis super common among pilots because it's the perfect size between the full size iPad and an iPhone.

[@machinegunlament]

How much you paying per month for your fore flight subscription? (←she failed her medical and had to abandon her dreams 😢)

[@tyryanart]

The iCade came out before Apple really had official controller support. So as a workaround, its essentially read as a keyboard. Which is why it works with specific apps from that time that were designed for it but not Sonic. Im guessing the stick is essentially a Direction Key, which would explain Temple Run+. I believe it works with the Mame app, if you can get that on there. Also love that it has legit arcade controls. I replaced the restrictor plate on mine at some point with a 4 way one from my local barcade.

[@bland9876]

If you replace the circuit board inside you can just use it as a regular arcade controller on PC via USB.

[@DougMcArthurMusic]

@@bland9876 I'm kinda bummed that I sold mine cuz I didn't know you could mod it like that until after it was already sold.

[@bland9876]

@@DougMcArthurMusic I bought one at the yard sale just so that I could do that and then I probably used it for like a week never touched it again lol The buttons are way too big and so it hurts trying to reach them all versus other Arcade sticks like the one for the PS1.

[@patxs]

fun fact: for some reason on ios back then, the OS provided no viable way for games to detect whether keyboard keys were held or released. so as a workaround, each action on the icade maps to two keys: one for the initial press, and one for the release it's a pretty cool hack but definitely meant that devs had to go out of their way to support this device, making it even less likely to work on modern games. this thing was ahead of its time for sure in terms of being a controller for ios

[@Buchstabenkrahn]

@@patxsunder 10$ for a usb platine on Aliexpress, without any soldering and it works perfect with modern IPads (with USB-C Adapter).

[@jacobserperior]

I think the biggest audience the ipad has is artist. We actually get a benefit out of the larger screen. As far as portable drawing devices go there isn't something as easy to use and versatile as ipads.

[@staringcorgi6475]

I think the 12.9 inch ipads are too big and unwieldy to be portable from personal experience but it all depends on the bag

[@TheSuper200]

It (sorta) works in Temple Run+ because Apple Arcade games are mostly designed to work on both mobile with touch and TV with controller.

[@SmoothTrooper22]

Of all things, Hearing Scott say “IPad Kid” was definitely not on my top 10 “gen z phrases Scott will never say” list.

[@rowboat10]

Does that mean you were expecting him to say it?

[@SmoothTrooper22]

@@rowboat10 it was so unexpected that I expected it

[@JoSephGD]

I mean... Scott is Gen Z. Just... really early Gen Z.

[@gamagama69]

hes a zillenial tho

[@Chlocean]

I'm Scott's age and I'm Gen Z lol

[@crazynaut223]

Yeah I miss this era, there was a certain magic back then to having this big portable slab to watch KZbin on and play a unique set of games with. Not to mention all the funny things people were making for it like custom wallpapers and novelty apps and, yes, something like a giant arcade cabinet called the iCade.

[@CommanderdynoS]

Can we get a new Scott the woz channel that's just short videos of your cats

[@bobcat1727]

pleaseeee

[@hayden7525]

I would watch every video

[@captaincomet9963]

Okay, tell me if I get this right. So Scott's Stash is slowly becoming "less effort Scott the Woz" (less effort being some effort but not max effort), mixed with Scott and friends, just doing whatever, with some bloopers every now and then. Meanwhile the main Scott the Woz channel is slowly getting more and more effort put in until it eventually gets so similar to the production value of an actual TV show that it gets nominated for an Emmy, which it has a 60% chance of winning. Scott's Snippets also exists as an official clip channel. On top of ALL OF THIS, Scott apologizes constantly to US for not uploading frequently. HOW DOES THIS MAN EXIST AND WHY IS HE NOT BEING STUDIED FOR A CURE TO LAZINESS?!

[@captaincomet9963]

Actually wait. It just occurred to me that the way the set/shot is set up looks like a talk and/or late night show. Somebody make Sunday Night with Scott Wozniak a thing.

[@Tylerm05]

Not even 5 seconds in and Scott is already spitting facts.

[@freeuploads4290]

I remember getting a LeapPad from my grandparents, and I called it an iPad when got it from them. I still had my fun with it though.

[@Milliardo__Peacecraft]

Steve Job: Everyone has a pencil it's called the finger and it's free. Apple in 2024: Buy our $130 pencil you peasant

[@cloudycolacorp]

I just went the lifehack money saving method of buying one off ebay with a dead child’s name on it

[@machinegunlament]

​@@cloudycolacorp💀💀💀 I mean a pencil is a pencil

[@dankinmcspankin3123]

the kitty is the best part

[@goofygal27]

emulation is where something like this would shine.

[@JoSephGD]

well... now we can see for sure!

[@Markimark151]

I used to play that iCade stick at Apple Store and Target demo unit! I remember I almost bought it, until it didn’t work with fighting games, which kind of defeats the purpose of the peripheral having six buttons, and you can’t even play Street Fighter nor Mega Man!

[@jakemartlockfilms1134]

Resident evil 4 for the iphone took advantage of scott and many others

[@dragonick2947]

I actually really like seeing you sit at a desk and talk, I feel that it helps your delivery and it's cool to see you emote and stuff :3

[@1337fox2]

Hey man I understand being nostalgic for 2011. That was the year I graduated high school!

[@GreekDoctorWho]

That's the year I started high school!

[@dominicaccardo8050]

i was an ipad kid, the first of its kind. grew up on the original ipad and it changed me into who i am tofay

[@wesleyfilips7052]

I remember playing Galaxy on fire 2 on my iPod touch it's an amazing 3-D space shooter and legitimately one of my top 10 games

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Scott started the episode and declared war

[@MadBrax]

Thinking back on the og ipad era of mobile games is so fond. Anyone remember the iOS port of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite? An ACTUAL true mobile GAME in a time where most ports were terrible.

[@Laz3rCat95]

The timing of the ad though lol "I recognize this" *Wix ad plays*

[@anonyme7024]

I have a lot of nostalgia for the early Ipad era: Ipad 1 was interesting, we didn't get one, but my friend had one with tons of cool games!(like Angry birds, kick the buddy, etc.) But we DID get an Ipad 2, well my mom got one for her 40th in 2012 (Holy moly 12 years ago!) And we kept that same Ipad for around 8 YEARS. I have tons of good memories of playing Minecraft LITE with my cousin and my friends. I also played a lot of Terraria and Clash of Clans!

[@bland9876]

I loved that Atari app as a kid and I wish it still worked on my modern phone.

[@2Scribble]

10:17 - I come to help 15:55 - AH COM TEW HALP!!!!

[@coolioam8137]

I remember my mom buying an iPad 2 at release, she ended up not really using it so I kinda took it over. For Christmas one year I actually got the ICade for Christmas, and my mind was blown. It was the closest thing a kid could have to an arcade machine at home at the time, and it was the way I beat Sonic 2 and CD. Recently I went back to it however and damn are those buttons wayyyy to tight.

[@minecrafter3448]

10:15 This Is Adorable

[@legacytag]

The Scott's Stash videos are starting to feel more like normal episodes, in a good way!

[@DrKoneko]

This takes me wayyyy back. My mom had an iPad 2 and the Atari app had an arcade stick stand that you could buy for it. My dad bought it for her for her birthday and we played that thing so much.

[@The_Sonkles]

I actually had the handheld version of this device that made your ipod a more PSP like device when I was a kid, the coolest thing about it was that you could rotate the phones slot to swap between landscape and portrait games

[@DougMcArthurMusic]

I had one of these and what I learned when looking into compatibility is that the controller was a complete hack. It’s actually a keyboard with the buttons mapped to certain keys. That’s why games have such spotty compatibility, because they’d have to hard code the bindings just for this one accessory. This was before Apple built official controller support into iOS.

[@TheOneNamedMrLife]

Cobbler's cameo made this video even better then it already was.

[@AdamMontgomery1]

The sad thing is that I own three of these... bought them for $10 each on clearance at Macy's way back when. I put a PC in one, a Rasperry Pi in one (found a perfect monitor for both), and kept one just to use with an iPad as originally intended. I use them pretty much never-- gotta love the iCade!

[@Nuclear_Nachoz]

i got this thing like 10 years ago, had fun playing atari games on the app. Now it justs sits on our basement for all eternity

[@StarWolf5298]

It's a shame we don't have a Switch version of this that doubles as a dock. Would've been so perfect with all of those arcade archive releases.

[@AlfredFJones1776]

I like the new face showing with Desk format. Keep it up Scott.

[@gpoop23]

Props to Scott's parents for actually expecting him to pay for the stuff he buys with their credit cards. I think parents putting their CCs on their kids' devices and then just not paying attention to how they're actually spending is a big part of how we ended up in the microtransaction hellhole that we're in.

[@lowpolyzoe]

I've always wanted to sit across from Scott the Woz while he explains early iPad games

[@koolaid33]

Next you GOTTA cover the Blackberry PlayBook. When I was younger I actually had one of those before getting my first iPad sometime around 2014, and I remember playing so much damn Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja and Temple Run on that thing. Like literally for hours I would play these mobile games, I don't know how my underdeveloped brain didn't get bored. That monstrosity of a tablet needs a video, Scott!

[@vonBelfry]

You have a smart and adorable cat.

[@mskirby6442]

The way Scott presents this is like this is his Kickstarter project that he's pitching to...varying degrees of effectiveness. Its so surreal

[@SirDubstep]

2011 was honestly the best time to be alive for gaming and tech related stuff

[@robotortoise]

Can we have a Scott's Stash episode on your cats? They're so cute!!

[@KrispyBread]

Got one of these from my godfather as a birthday gift back around when they released and take it out every 4 or so years when I remember it exists again lol

[@Elazam]

I love the fact that Scott obsessed about the same wierd stuff as I did as a kid. I also loved these mobile games based on real video games.

[@marcusmarano]

The icade can actually work with android tablets too because it is a bluetooth controller which allows you to use it with arcade emulators like mame. It's interesting that you could have better support for it using android instead of ipads which is what it's made for.

[@enzo-personalchannel]

Scott please make a video on early 2010s late 2000s apple!! It would be awesome seeing scott talking about the great innovative iPhones from that era, the (sorta awkward and not really) rise of the iPad, and peak intel macs. (almost forgot the ipod nano's and touches and the death of the classic)

[@Lumix_Corrupt]

Thanks Scott, been using this on my iPad Pro with retroarch since I saw this video and it’s unironically really playable

[@PatSmashYT]

Ipad 1 is surprisingly good for offline media. On the 64gb version you basically get 60gb of usable storage. Compression doesn't matter too much due to the display and you can fit a surprising amount of stuff on there. Also the battery life is surprisingly good considering its a 14 year old tablet

[@myriadmediamusings]

Scott's not an iPad man! He's a Spider-Man!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

But he is not an RPG guy...

[@rowboat10]

@@TommyDeonauthsArchives he's an RPG man!

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

@@rowboat10 Oh, right... I forgot he played FE Engage...

[@toadboy7493]

Love seeing Cobbler show up in videos. Gives me motivation.

[@bearianna]

I actually have the icade in my bedroom too! I’m just happy someone else has finally recognized the joy of this amazing, esoteric piece of junk that I absolutely love 🥰 there was also a midway arcade classics that worked with it, and that was the first time I played both rampage and gauntlet. It was because of the icade that I got into old school gaming in the first place 🎮

[@cvcubes8578]

Most Apple arcade games support any form of controller so it makes sense it would work with the icade because it's just a Bluetooth controller

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

Apparently it’s not. It’s a keyboard to the iPod. This was just a little early for Bluetooth standard controller support

[@BoJangles42]

I have an iCade in my man cave, I rarely use it but I’m never letting go of it. It served as my poor-man’s bartop arcade cabinet back in the iPad 3 era and still just looks cool and arcadey just as part of the decor.

[@SolitaryWolf]

I had one of these. Loved it so much.

[@AltimaNEO]

Nothing wrong with feeling nostalgic for an ipad from 2011... however, It makes me feel quite old. Im over here still nostalgic over the late 80s and 90s. Anything 2000 and newer still seems like the high tech future. There was just such a colossal leap in technology in that time that its hard for someone of my age group to ignore. Cell phones became prevalent, CRTs were traded for LCDs, went from stone age to having internet, 2D games were thrown out in favor of 3D, etc. You get the gist.

[@famitronic9870]

I remember seeing this and really wanting one when we first got an iPad. Completely forgot about it till this video came out. Leave it to Scott to remind me of these little obscure items!

[@audoodle9963]

I owned this as a kid! I wanted it soooo bad. there was some boring ass games I mostly just used it to play a snake game on my mother's iPad. it ended up in the shed which... says a lot about how much I used it.

[@leonliptak]

I like this format more than the carpet, as iconic as it was

[@leonesquel6761]

I swear to god, every time i watch one of your videos i completly forget what the video is about, and then you show off the product, this guy is really a wizard

[@bealorboy2181]

The pure glee I felt seeing Zathura at the end!

[@KeziaTv]

Lmfao that resident evil 4 joke got me. Never change Scott

[@mukiex4413]

I still have one of those at my parents' place. If there was a SINGLE fighting game worth a damn on iPad, I would convert that thing to a brook wireless board TODAY.

[@aprofondir]

Well, install MAME on it and play actual fighting games

[@masonasaro2118]

mame4droie

[@willdoesediting]

crazy how when scott does low effort content it's higher effort than 99% of anything on the platform

[@JamesR624]

I think the nostalgia scott is describing is back when passionate devs were making new experiences for iPhone and iPad.... whereas now, it's only giant businesses making money sucking minimal-effort pieces of garbage loosely disguised as games.

[@PhoticsTV]

So much to unpack here… • The Vectrex is older than he is, but is more excited about it than I am. • I couldn't get Mega Man to climb down ladders on the iOS version of the game. • I wanted to get the iCade. But after seeing this video, perhaps it's best that I didn't. • 11:32 - Someone with an active Apple Arcade subscription?! Surprising! • Cute cat 😻

[@NickyG02]

My heat transfer professor got me hooked on the game with the king. It’s called royal match. It’s pretty much candy crush with no ads and more variety. It’s actually pretty fun

[@Sigin]

I still use mine. I changed all the buttons with sanwa buttons and use with the mame emulator on an old ipad. My son loves it.

[@J-Pow]

There was a brief period in which I was serious about gaming on iPad, until I realized how little developers support them as new iOS/iPadOS updates rolled along.

[@Mobik_]

I ALWAYS wanted the iCade and I KEEP looking for a new version of it.

[@dottekip2908]

I'ma start advocating for a cat vlog

[@CheeseStix29]

Happy Birthday Scott!

[@dankinmcspankin3123]

i love this thing, im never gonna use it but i love this thing. this is the mentality of all collectors. i will buy anything with anime on it but i will never play them

[@sqsh]

i love this format

[@MateusDrake]

They were designed with touch screens in mind, they took full advantage of the hardware. Whereas Resident Evil 4 on the iPhone took advantage of *_ME_* And thus I learned to not listen to Scott while shaving, I laughed and cut myself.

[@selfloathinggameing]

My absolute favorite mobile game was “Dual” which had you and an opponent physically put your phones up against each other and the action goes across both screens

[@bland9876]

Mario party on Switch?

[@stefanspelt3578]

Adorable cat.

[@joil6649]

That cat has great graphics.

[@OfficialDarkSoulMusic]

RIP Tiny Wings. Played that shit during a class in college.

[@YouVSMeTV]

It's ironic that Ipad is the most successful apple has been at creating a gaming device after trying so hard for so long.

[@breadone_]

3:55 “apologies for rambling” Scott, that’s why we’re here

[@trollfacepow]

Not the ouya on full display on his shelf 😭

[@Funem]

Used to love the Vectrex, you can easy emulate it on Android, all the games and manuals (I believe) were made free for personal use only, so you should be able to download them. I always wanted an original console but they cost a fortune for one in really good condition. Uses vector graphics, like the arcade machines Asteroids and Battle Zone, not raster, so straight lines are straight lines, no stepping, the console could even produce speech. The followup color version never made it to maarket and the handheld version idea was scrapped when the GameBoy came to market.

[@TheCakesCup26]

I had one of these that I got at a garage sale and sold it years ago Never expected to see it again tbh this is kinda cool

[@ToastyMozart]

It really sucks that, despite Apple Arcade being a thing now, they don't seem to have built an equivalent to Steam Input to make the myriad controllers configurable and compatible with different games.

[@chimeron260]

I had an ipad mini a while back. It was nice for reading digital comic books. Only reason I’f get one now is to draw on it with the apple pencil on the go, but I can’t justify the cost when I have paper, and a pen display for my PC. There’s a few artists I work with that use them though.