# MiSTer Connect: FPGA Remote > Retro game launcher & remote gamepad for your MiSTer FPGA. Play from the couch. Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/it.devcells.misterwingman](https://chrome-stats.com/d/it.devcells.misterwingman) ## Overview - **ID:** `it.devcells.misterwingman` - **Platform:** Android - **Type:** Android app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Dev Cells - **Category:** TOOLS - **Downloads:** 265 - **Version:** 1.3.0 - **Last updated:** 2026-10-13 - **First published:** 2026-07-12 - **Publisher country:** IT - **Size:** 5.94 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-10-20 - **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.devcells.misterwingman) - **Website:** [https://devcells.it](https://devcells.it/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://devcells.it/apps/misterconnect/privacy.html](https://devcells.it/apps/misterconnect/privacy.html) ## Description Your MiSTer FPGA, in your pocket.

MiSTer Connect is a native remote control, retro game launcher and virtual gamepad for the MiSTer FPGA platform. Connect over your home Wi-Fi and take command of your retro console from the couch: browse your game library, launch arcade classics, navigate the menu - no keyboard required. It works with the open-source Remote service from the mrext project, the same one behind the Remote web app - nothing extra to install on your MiSTer.

THE REMOTE
• Full d-pad with real press-and-hold, like a proper controller
• OSD, back and escape keys - reach the save-state menu instantly
• Volume and media keys, full keyboard and number pad
• L and R to jump letters in the MiSTer menu, and a trackpad mode for Amiga, AO486 and Macintosh cores
• Save and load states with a hold, safe from stray taps
• Instant screenshots of whatever is on screen

YOUR COLLECTION
• Search every indexed game and launch it in seconds
• Filter by genre, decade, players, region or developer, across your whole library or a single system, and save any filter as a section of its own
• Tap a game for its page: cover, year, genre, developer, players and a short description
• Scroll your whole library: lists load as you go, with a letter strip to jump ahead
• Star your favorite games: they wait on the Games tab, next to Recently played and your saved filters
• Browse by system or by folder, the way your SD card is organised
• Launch any game with the core you choose, RetroAchievements builds included
• Create menu shortcuts for your favorites
• Manage wallpapers, background music and scripts
• Edit MiSTer.ini settings right from your phone

DISCOVER
• Surprise Me picks a random game from your own collection
• Shelves built from what is on your card: your top 10, couch multiplayer, party games, a year's releases, a decade of platformers, a developer's collection
• Shuffle for a fresh set whenever you like

PLAY STATS
With PlayLog from the mrext project running on your MiSTer:
• Time played, sessions, streaks, and your top games and systems
• A live play timer on Home, and every game's history on its page
• Filter and sort by what you have played, or never touched

RETRO SOUL
• CRT phosphor look: scanlines, glow and pixel fonts
• Per-system accent colors and haptics everywhere
• Optional 8-bit sound effects

CONNECT PRO (one-time purchase)
Everything the web app can do stays free, forever. A single tip unlocks the native extras:
• Box art from the MiSTer Artwork Pack, as 2D boxes, 3D boxes or box with screenshot, kept offline once seen
• A cover grid you can resize with a pinch
• All accent themes
• Multiple saved MiSTers

REQUIREMENTS
A MiSTer FPGA device running the open-source Remote service (part of the mrext project) on your local network.

MiSTer Connect is an unofficial companion app, not affiliated with the MiSTer or mrext projects. Thanks to wizzomafizzo for mrext, to chipster6502 for the MiSTer Artwork Pack, and to the libretro-thumbnails project for box art.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS (EULA) & PRIVACY TERMS:

Terms: https://devcells.it/apps/misterconnect/terms.html

Privacy: https://devcells.it/apps/misterconnect/privacy.html ## Rankings - #1,693,819 — Overall ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` - `android.permission.INTERNET` - `android.permission.VIBRATE` - `com.android.vending.BILLING` - `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE` - `it.devcells.misterwingman.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION` ## Similar extensions and apps - [MiSTer FPGA Remote](https://chrome-stats.com/d/net.mrext.remote) — 2,403 users, 4.69 / 5 - [Remote Play Retro Controller](https://chrome-stats.com/d/controller.remote.game.emulator) — 3,277,084 users, 4.21 / 5 - [RetroFrame Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.bluevolume.retroframe) — 75 users - [RetroTV: Classic Game Emulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.wkuwku.retrotv.ad) — 509 users - [Remote Gamepad Play Controller](https://chrome-stats.com/d/remote.gamepad.play.controller) — 13,397 users - [NostalgiaNes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nostalgiaemulators.neslite) — 5,972,073 users, 4.33 / 5 - [Retro Games (Arcade MAME)](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.arcadenix.arcagames) — 108,761 users, 4.44 / 5 - [RetroHrai! Launcher](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.retrohrai.launcher) — 20,438 users, 4.75 / 5 - [My Classic Game Emulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.gba.emulator.retrogames.gameboy) — 861 users - [Retro Game - Emulator Console](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.play.retro.game.emulator.console) — 24,947 users, 4.50 / 5 - [EmuTribe: Retro Emulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.emutribe) — 881 users - [RetroTV (NoAds): Game Emulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/org.wkuwku.retrotv) — 4 users --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/it.devcells.misterwingman)