wraggster
March 31st, 2011, 23:11
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If there was one thing that bothered us most about the Xperia Play (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/28/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-review/), it was the dearth of original PlayStation games we could, you know, play on it. That's getting a shot in the arm tonight with the introduction of five PS One titles to the Android Market: Syphon Filter, MediEvil, Cool Boarders 2,Destruction Derby, and Jumping Flash. Each is priced at £3.99 in the UK, with the first two games on the list also being available in five languages. That pricing translates to $6.38 when the games are accessed from the US, but we imagine the final pricing may differ once the Xperia Play lands stateside (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-for-verizon-hands-on-video/). And yes, the Xperia Play will be your only way to access these for now (R800i (http://www.engadget.com/tag/r800i) is its codename), leaving the rest of us Android PS One lovers with a bunch of games to envy and one less emulator (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/android-playstation-emulator-psx4droid-pulled-from-market-finge/) to enjoy. The Android giveth, and the Android taketh away.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/playstation-one-games-appear-in-android-market-predictably-rest/
If there was one thing that bothered us most about the Xperia Play (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/28/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-review/), it was the dearth of original PlayStation games we could, you know, play on it. That's getting a shot in the arm tonight with the introduction of five PS One titles to the Android Market: Syphon Filter, MediEvil, Cool Boarders 2,Destruction Derby, and Jumping Flash. Each is priced at £3.99 in the UK, with the first two games on the list also being available in five languages. That pricing translates to $6.38 when the games are accessed from the US, but we imagine the final pricing may differ once the Xperia Play lands stateside (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/21/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-for-verizon-hands-on-video/). And yes, the Xperia Play will be your only way to access these for now (R800i (http://www.engadget.com/tag/r800i) is its codename), leaving the rest of us Android PS One lovers with a bunch of games to envy and one less emulator (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/30/android-playstation-emulator-psx4droid-pulled-from-market-finge/) to enjoy. The Android giveth, and the Android taketh away.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/31/playstation-one-games-appear-in-android-market-predictably-rest/