Backbone One IPhone Mobile Gaming Controller 2022 REVIEW — MacSources

Backbone One controller helps bridge the gap between console and mobile gaming.

When I was a teenager, my parents had a deal with my brother and me regarding our grades. We got paid for good grades on our report cards. A lot of kids have this kind of deal with their parents, but one of the cool things about this deal was that if we got straight A’s, we got a lump sum of $150. I don’t know if they didn’t expect one of us to do that, but I had my heart set on getting a Super Nintendo Entertainment System. So, I got straight A’s and they had to pay up.

Fast-forward several years and you would have found me playing Lego Star Wars in my apartment on my Xbox 360. I specifically bought that gaming system to play Lego Star Wars just like I wanted the SNES to play Super Mario World. I played it for hours on end. That Xbox 360 was my last gaming console for a while. I switched to playing mobile games like Angry Birds on my iPhone for many years.

Not too long ago, I stumbled across Lego Star Wars in the App Store. I remembered how much I loved playing it on the Xbox so I downloaded it and tried to lumber through a few levels. It was not the same gaming experience without a true controller. Fortunately for me, mobile gaming controllers…