Gamers of the 80s and 90s are sure to be having flashbacks of their time spent playing Nintendo and Atari thanks to a new gaming controller for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.

Gamers of the 80s and 90s are sure to be having flashbacks of their time spent playing Nintendo and Atari thanks to a new gaming controller for iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.

The iCade 8-Bitty, unveiled this week by ThinkGeek at Toy Fair 2012 in New York City, looks similar to the classic Nintendo controller, featuring eight buttons. It has a cross-shaped directional pad for movement on the left, select and start buttons in the middle, four red face buttons on the right, and two shoulder buttons along the edges. It also features fake wood veneer along the sides.

The controller works with iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch devices, as well as Android smartphones and tablets, Think Geek said. It can be used to control hundreds of iOS and Android games, including Atari Classics collection, Pac Man and Super Mega Worm, among others. The controller uses an open development platform, meaning any app developer can add game support. It is battery operated and connects to devices wirelessly using Bluetooth.

The iCade 8-Bitty will be available later this year for $24.

The controller is a miniature version of ThinkGeek's larger iCade arcade-style game cabinet for iPad devices. The retro-looking iCade, which actually began as an April Fools joke, retails for $99.99 and can be used to turn iPads into desktop-style arcades.

"We're excited to extend on the success of the original iCADE," Ty Liotta, head of ThinkGeek's GeekLabs, said in a statement. "And with millions of iOS and Android devices in circulation it only makes sense to widen the field and bring the fun of iCADE to every possible device."

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