It’s hard to deny that since its inception, mobile gaming has become one of the fastest-growing platforms in the video game industry. Despite the various controversies about the monetization structure employed by most of the publishers, the mobile game industry continues to evolve and explore other methods to keep the platform better and more accessible to anyone. That and the fast-evolving world of the smartphone industry makes mobile games a great portable alternative to PC and console gaming. 

This is where the trusty PC gaming comes into play. You see, playing mobile games on PC removes some of the most of the hindrance preventing you from enjoying a decent mobile game on your smartphone. These include battery and performance issues depending on the method you use to play the game on your PC. With that said, let us check out some of the ways on how you can play mobile games on your PC. 

Emulators

One of the most commonly used programs used in playing mobile games on PC. For those new to the term, an emulator is a hardware or software that allows a computer to behave like another computer system. In other words, emulators allow electronic devices to imitate other programs of devices. That said, for you to play mobile games on PC, you will need to acquire or get your hand on an emulator like Bluestacks to play mobile games on PC. 

However, there is one problem with some of the emulators like Bluestacks, you see, in order to run mobile games on your PC, emulators will have to install and unload multiple resources onto your PC. This why you sometimes get alerts from your antivirus about threats which is pretty normal when installing emulators. The reason for this is that most emulators have been a target of scams designed to mimic or copy legitimate emulators. Emulators are still safe, however, you must make sure that you are getting your emulator on the right sites. 

The main problem, however, is that most of these emulators can slow down your system. The reason for this is that this type of software when running consumes most of the RAM on your PC.

An emulator, for the most part, comes with or is divided into various modules. Some of the basic modules packed into these emulators are the ones below: 

• a CPU emulator or CPU simulators (these are two terms that are mostly interchangeable in this case), unless the target is being emulated has the same Central Processing Unit structure as the host, in this cases, a virtual machine layer is to be used instead
• memory subsystem module
• various input and output or device emulators

Virtual peripherals that communicate directly with the Central Processing Unit or the memory subsystem. Which brings us to the topic of the memory subsystem. A memory subsystem according to experts can sometimes fail as quickly as soon as any location in the computer’s logical memory does not match the physical memory. This explains why low or mid-range computers fail to run emulators and if ever they can, will produce performance issues. 

Another important part of an emulator is the CPU simulator, which, according to experts is the most complicated part of an emulator. This is because most emulators are developed using “pre-packaged” CPU simulators. The main structure or purpose of the CPU simulator is explained in the paragraph below. 

The most modest form of a CPU simulator is an interpreter, which in this case, is a computer program that follows the execution flow of the emulated program code. And for the most part, every machine code instruction encountered, executes operations on the host processor that is semantically equivalent to the original instructions. This process is made possible by assigning a variable to each register and flag of the simulated CPU. The logic of the simulated CPU can then more or less be directly translated into software algorithms, creating a software re-implementation that basically mirrors the original hardware implementation. – Wikipedia

What this means is that most emulators greatly affect the performance of the system it’s currently installed in. If, for example, you are running these emulators on a budget PC, you cannot have any other programs running on the background to prevent lag. 

For example, if you are to say play a game like PUBG mobile on your PC using an emulator like Bluestacks, you might experience lag or other performance issues if your PC is not up to par. This is due to the fact that in addition to the processes executed by the emulator is the real-time gameplay process by PUBG mobile.  

As disappointing as that may sound, using Bluestacks on a high-end PC is a great experience, to say the least. With that said, in using these emulators, all you need to do is go to the official website, download, and install the emulator. This will allow you to play most of the mobile games on your PC after the installation. This process, for the most part, is common among third-party emulators. Meaning that all you need to do is follow a three-step procedure.  

Other Methods

Now In case you are wondering, there are new methods to play mobile games on a PC. This new method employs the use of the same mechanics used in-browser games, which is awesome, to say the least. This new way or method of playing mobile games allow you to download the game directly on your PC. Although it does still require a bit of space or still unloads resources to your PC, it is not as much as third-party emulators do. 

In other words, if you are going to play PUBG Mobile on your PC, all you need to do is click on the link, follow the instructions and you are good to go. The same method is can be done when playing a game like Animal Jam. Another unique feature of this method is that all mobile games are optimized for the PC. Meaning that you will have automatic control mapping in addition to customization. 

You will still get the same prompt from your antivirus, which is normal. Nevertheless, once you get through this process, you will experience a faster, seamless, and lag-free gameplay experience compared to third-party emulators. 

To that end, this new way of playing mobile games on PC is proven to be much faster and more stable compared to the emulators of today. Even better is that this method performs brilliantly even in mid-range or budget PCs. 

Playing Mobile Games on PC

Mobile games are designed for gaming on the go or portable gaming; this is why most of the mobile game titles available fall under the casual gaming genre. Nevertheless, the evolution of mobile games goes hand in hand with the development of smartphones. This means that the more advance the smartphones the more intricate the games become. As much as we want to experience these intricate free-to-play mobile games on our mobile devices, not all of us can afford the latest mobile phone models. As with great performance comes an even greater price tag. 

This is where emulation comes into play. Although emulating a mobile game on PC may not make sense to some, the convenience it brings in accessing new mobile game titles is definitely worth it. Especially if your phone is out of juice or is an older model. 

Not to mention, that playing mobile games on the PC allows you to fully appreciate the minute details of each character and environments as you will be playing on a larger screen. On top of that, you will not be able to experience the same issues on your phone like heating, lag, etc. in other words, you will free your phone from the stress most high-end mobile games bring thus prolonging its life. 

In a nutshell, if you like most of the people on planet earth want to use your smartphone for what it’s designed to do and not just gaming, then, playing a mobile game on PC is one of the best alternatives you can check out. Similar to the emulators, the majority of the titles offered on mobile are free-to-play. Do take into consideration that playing these free-to-play games or getting these emulators may be free of charge but they employ the use of ads for monetization. This allows the developers of both games and emulators to acquire the much-needed funds for future developments and updates. Once you get over that you can take advantage of each title and play to your heart’s content. 

Author’s Bio

Jonathan J Kingston is a video game enthusiast, gamer, and a veteran video game news writer for Game LOL. He spends his free time hunting for free video game sites and testing their reliability.