![]() The developers of Splashtop have attempted to remedy this issue by offering the Splashtop Remote Touchpad app which you can run on your iPhone or iPod touch, but we’ve had much better luck using Joypad which we’ve already reviewed and liked quite a bit for playing emulated games. Anything more complex than that really requires a controller. Puzzle games seem to work great, as they’re mostly mouse controlled which translates well with how Splashtop interprets your touches as mouse movements and clicks. Also the menus are very controller friendly, and these days OnLive not only has a great selection of games, but has tons of free trials. OnLive allows fullscreen play and automatically sets the resolution to your iPad or iPhone’s screen. I’ve found that using the OnLive service is by far the best way to game with using this setup. Windowed games work OK, but for Splashtop to really shine, you need to be playing something fullscreen. The onscreen arrow keys are nice, but most games require more than just 4 buttons to play. There is an onscreen keyboard but it obscures too much of the screen to be usable. Unsurprisingly, the biggest limitation while using Splashtop is the somewhat inevitable control issue as you’re playing games meant for a controller, keyboard, and/or mouse using an odd touchscreen setup. However, on the same network, Splashtop is basically a 1:1 representation of what is happening on your PC, and is totally enjoyable to game on. Keep in mind, using Splashtop outside of your local network will require fiddling with port forwarding, and unless you’ve got an insane internet connection, will bring the response time down to be almost unplayable. All you do is install the desktop software and download the app and you’re up and running. Installation and setup couldn’t be easier. Splashtop is a remote desktop client that streams your PC or Mac screen directly to your iPad, iPod touch, or iPhone with amazingly fast response times, and full streaming audio. Some apps had no audio, others were nowhere near responsive enough, and some of them just flat out didn’t work– Then came Splashtop Remote Desktop. ![]() Initially, this resulted in countless hours (and dollars) wasted, only to be disappointed time and time again. ![]() Recently I embarked on a quest to see if there was a way I could stream my PC games to my iPad using the various remote desktop apps available on the App Store. ![]()
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