$2 Joypad App Turns Your iPhone Into A Wireless Video Game Controller

Utterly fantastic. Joypad is an iPhone app that operates as a virtual, touch-controlled gaming pad for emulators on your Mac. All you do is run a free helper program under OS X, launch the iPhone app and you’re ready to crush some Koopas. It seems to work pretty well, and at $2, is cheaper than even the most remedial USB pad you can find. You may not be able to play emulated games on your iPhone, but that’s not to say you can’t control them.

[via Gadget Lab]

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  • Shane

    Downloaded it, have yet to get it to work.

  • Shane

    Pretty cool, although without the feel of the buttons I’ll have to figure out something for the D pad. Maybe trimming up a sticker to the shape of the D pad and placing it on the screen would help.

  • M0RT

    Love it! Bought it and had it running in moments. Mario on my macbook without any plug in peripherals is awesome.

    Great for NES games but an update with more buttons for other games would be great though.