Joypad turns your iPhone into wireless video game controller

Do you love playing classic games via emulators on your Mac but hate using the keyboard to control those 8-bit heroes? Joypad is just what you've been waiting for. The simple app lets you use your iPod touch or iPhone as a classic joystick controller for game emulators on your Mac.

To use it, just download the US$2 Joypad app from the App Store. Next, download the free Joypad Connect software for Mac OS X 10.5 and above. Then simply launch Joypad on your iPhone and Joypad Connect on your computer. From Joypad Connect, select your iPhone or iPod touch from the list and get ready to feel like it's 1987 all over again! You don't need to be in range of a Wi-Fi network for Joypad to work. The app will work just fine over an ad-hoc network between your iPhone and Mac.

Here's hoping we see an Xbox 360 controller version of Joypad for when Steam launches on the Mac later this month.

[via Cult of Mac]

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nik.cooper

I'm having a fair bit of trouble finding a decent emulator and rom for Mario. Can anyone help me?

April 16 2010 at 10:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Yves

Does anybody know the emulator SW in the video?

April 16 2010 at 7:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tuaw

Worst idea for an iPhone app I have recently seen.

What's next- use your iPhone as a wireless keyboard?

April 15 2010 at 6:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Steven Fowler

That's a joke, right? There are several apps that let you use the iPhone as a wireless keyboard.

April 15 2010 at 10:55 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

tekkenshihan

Whatever it is....he needs to hire an artist (preferably me) to NOT make this app look like ass....No attention to detail with the A and B buttons AT ALL

The D-Pad is passable....but the background behind it is lame

If you want my $2 bucks, you better make it look good! So far it looks "free" and it isn't free, so I won't be getting it.

April 15 2010 at 4:31 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Peter J

What about WifiPad? That's been out AGES! And it's free...

April 15 2010 at 4:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Nick

Why would you want to use an Xbox 360 controller when you can use a keyboard and mouse?

April 15 2010 at 3:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jay

Why on earth would anyone want to deliberately use the iPhone as a gamepad? The touchscreen pales in comparison to real buttons when it comes to games. If you have an Xbox 360 controller, plug it in and use these drivers

http://tattiebogle.net/index.php/ProjectRoot/Xbox360Controller/OsxDriver

And use this pref app

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/utilities/gamepadcompanion.html

If you want to go wireless, just get the xbox wireless controller receiver.

There you go, you're welcome.

April 15 2010 at 3:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Mark

Alternatively, if you've got a Dualshock 3 (Sixaxis controller), just plug it in.

No drivers needed.

April 15 2010 at 11:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Matthias Ringwald

The xbox wireless controller uses a custom RF protocol and not BT. It won't work neither with mac nor windows. The Sony PS3 Dual-Shock supports standard BT HID.

April 19 2010 at 6:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Greg

I'd rather be able to use a controller for my iPod...

April 15 2010 at 2:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

crazylegsmurphy

joy PAD? Rejected!

Oh wait...no, it's available because Apple is as consistent as playing "Plink-O" on The Price is Right during a 8.2 earthquake.

April 15 2010 at 2:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply