Green Throttle Games aims to bring a console-quality gaming ...

Guitar Hero co-creator Charles Huang sees smartphones a little bit differently from the rest of us.

Where many of us see our phones as a convenient way to play mobile games on the go, Huang sees them as a fully-fledged gaming console sitting unrealized in our pockets.

His new company, Green Throttle Games, will help mobile gamers turn their Android phones into traditional gaming consoles by providing an easy way to connect them to an HDTV and play via wireless controllers.

A new take on an Android console

The end result is a social gaming experience fit for a living room, similar to the Android console Ouya.

Unlike the Ouya, however, Green Throttle doesn't require interested gamers to purchase an entirely new console. All they need buy is a Multiplayer Bundle (available now for pre-order) which includes two controllers and a connector kit for $89.95.

Connecting a phone to a TV is relatively easy with Green Throttle, thanks to a simple plug-and-play cable interface.

Once a phone is plugged into a compatible HDTV, Green Throttle gamers will then navigate through the Green Throttle Arena App. This free app acts as a sort of central hub for Green Throttle, allowing players to download games and project the supported ones onto the TV's larger screen.

To play the games, players simply pair Green Throttle's proprietary Atlas controllers to their phone via Bluetooth. Once connected, they can sit back and enjoy a console-quality gaming experience with their phone in the comfort of their living room.

Developing the future?

What sets Green Throttle apart from other controller peripherals - and even the Ouya - is that it also aims to develop its own games exclusively for the system.

Additionally, Green Throttle has also released a free software developer kit to help entice third-party developers into supporting its new style of gaming.

Whether Green Throttle catches on or not remains to be seen, but for its price and power it's difficult to match what Green Throttle plans to deliver.

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i think it?s gonna be a great alternative to the Ouya, i think its better to buy the kit than a hold other device, the good thing is everyone is going to have a choice
for those of you who want it to be on iOS i really don think thats going to happend soon, or if happens its going to be a very expensive device, you know, been something with an apple logo on it :)

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"Unlike the Ouya, however, Green Throttle doesn't require interested gamers to purchase an entirely new console. All they need buy is a Multiplayer Bundle (available now for pre-order) which includes two controllers and a connector kit for $89.95."

But that's only $10 less than Ouya and it requires you to have an android phone that's compatible with the system. Its not a bad idea to be able to use your phone as a console but at that price its not really helping over having a dedicated device.

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brightside45 | 13:35 - 8 November 2012

these people are ripping my ideas off....I been saying this the minute snake was playable on Nokia phones...... >_>

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@pgbiz | 00:13 - 8 November 2012

Apple doesn't allow this... yet

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klouud | 22:44 - 7 November 2012

so we are looking at android only? it would be smart to support iOS as well.

Source: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Android/Green+Throttle+Games+news/news.asp?c=46413

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