BlueStacks - The Gaming Platform That Allows Users To Play Mobile Games On PC

[EpicEnergy 23,153]

There is a gaming platform that I recently discovered called BlueStacks, and it allows you to play mobile games on a PC. It is free software, so I would recommend downloading it. Here is the link - https://www.bluestacks.com/

[The Kaeya Simp 13,988]

16 minutes ago, ElectricEnergy⚡ said:

There is a gaming platform that I recently discovered called BlueStacks, and it allows you to play mobile games on a PC. It is free software, so I would recommend downloading it. Here is the link - https://www.bluestacks.com/

yeah, I've not ever had it work, I might try using remix os on a vm,

android is great for films and tv shows too

[EpicEnergy 23,153]

3 minutes ago, Sherbie-kun said:

yeah, I've not ever had it work, I might try using remix os on a vm,

android is great for films and tv shows too

It works fine for me, but I use Windows 10.

[The Kaeya Simp 13,988]

1 minute ago, ElectricEnergy⚡ said:

It works fine for me, but I use Windows 10.

so do I (since 2019), though my laptop is an AMD one

[Phosphor 11,528]

I used BlueStacks a couple years ago when my pc still had Windows 7. It was quite glitchy and slow at the time but it's probably better by now.

I think the only game I was able to play was Sonic Dash 

[CypherHoof 26,482]

more of a mobile emulator than a game platform though, and can be glitchy. May install it though - been planning on using my new machine for some dev, and I bought some mobile dev stuff on humble bundle a while back, so why not?

[Cash In 22,211]

Huh, interesting. I wouldn't mind being able to play the remastered versions of Sonic 1 and 2 on PC. I might give it a look.

[Splashee 28,563]

14 hours ago, Phosphor said:

I think the only game I was able to play was Sonic Dash  

Definitely worth it

 

7 hours ago, Cash In said:

Huh, interesting. I wouldn't mind being able to play the remastered versions of Sonic 1 and 2 on PC. I might give it a look.

Don't they have those on Steam?

[Cash In 22,211]

6 hours ago, Super Splashee said:

Don't they have those on Steam?

The versions on Steam are pretty much just a port of the Mega Drive/Genesis versions. The remasters of Sonic 1 and 2 were only released on mobile. Only the Sonic CD remaster got a PC and console release.

[Stardust 641]

On 5/16/2020 at 2:44 AM, Phosphor said:

I used BlueStacks a couple years ago when my pc still had Windows 7. It was quite glitchy and slow at the time but it's probably better by now.

I think the only game I was able to play was Sonic Dash 

Yeah I used it years back too it didnt work too well. I accessed amino stuff with it but meh it worked enough to use thats all really. I have a decent phone tho so I dun need to play mobile on pc lol 

By now I hope it improved.

What I am more interested is playing pc games on mobile which steam allows :3

[Rikifive 24,119]

Though one could call it like this, it's not an actual gaming platform, it's just an Android emulator. This software simulates a mobile device, allowing you to run applications designed for mobile. It doesn't have its own library of games, it just allows you to browse and install mobile apps, just like you'd be using an actual mobile device.

Anyway, I used it years ago for a while back on Win7 and it indeed tended to be glitchy, as mentioned by other users.

Also be warned, unless something has changed, it's not a 100% free software. To be able to use it, you either have to pay monthly fee or allow it to install random applications it throws at you once in a while. Imagine these ridiculous ads in mobile games, except here it goes that step ahead and actually installs these applications on your device. Just keep that in mind, to not be surprised.

[Jeric 46,850]

I’m very familiar with this software over the years as it was a favorite among games who liked to modify save files to hack games and such.

Many YouTubers that focus on mobile gaming use BlueStacks as their emulator if choice to do recordings. I don’t have any use for the software since I have an active development account and Android Studio allows emulation on modern devices and games (YMMV depending on your laptop or desktop since it’s a resource hog  )