Josh King’s viral slide-out MagSafe gamepad discovered a house at OhSnap and appears superb

It’s no taller or wider than an iPhone, so it ought to slide right into a pocket. It’s obtained a MagSafe sample of magnets to connect it to your magnetic ring machine. You don’t should take away it to make use of your cellphone like a cellphone, as a result of the entire gamepad retracts beneath, a bit of just like the slide-out keyboard telephones (or PlayStation Telephones) of outdated — and now, it’s mounted on a spring-loaded arm that pops out on the push of a button and in addition barely angles your machine in direction of your face.

OhSnap even discovered room for a pair of Nintendo Change-esque analog sticks, with drift-resistant Corridor impact sensors, and pair of fold-out grips so you possibly can (theoretically) maintain it extra like a full-size gamepad. The sticks are clickable buttons, and it’s obtained a full set of shoulder buttons and triggers as properly.

Two months in the past, Retro Recreation Corps got here away impressed with a prototype, and it appears King has been very busy since then. As he explains on YouTube, he initially tried to begin his personal firm across the gamepad, even attracted just a few traders, manufactured some boards and was working towards injection molding, earlier than he began operating out of cash and reached out to OhSnap a few partnership.

Talking of cash, we don’t have any concept how a lot it’ll price, notably at retail — OhSnap is planning to launch a Kickstarter on January 2nd to lift funds. It’s taking signups right here for now.

I ought to be getting my very own palms on a prototype subsequent month at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, and I’ll let you understand how it feels.