Mobile devices like Android smartphones and tablets have sparked a new era in retro gaming. While top-of-the-line smartphones can handle HD games, the slower processors and graphics chips on lower-end models can only handle lower-powered games ... and not just games that were originally made for Android, but games made 10 or more years ago for consoles like the Sega CD and the PSOne.
Some of these games are available unofficially through emulator apps (those that haven't been pulled from the Market), but others have seen official re-releases. Here's a look at some classic console games that have been re-released for Android smartphones and tablets:
Sonic CD
It's not quite as well known as some of the blue hedgehog's other adventures, but Sonic's Sega CD debut was notable for having CD-quality audio, as well as animated cutscenes. The Android re-release features leaderboards, achievements, and 16:9 widescreen instead of the original 4:3 aspect ratio, as well as both the Japanese and North American versions of the soundtrack.
Another Sega title available in the Android Market: ChuChu Rocket, a puzzle game originally developed by Sonic Team for the Sega Dreamcast. Sort of a cross between Lemmings and Pipe Dream, the object is to get space mice past hungry cats and into their rocketship.
Grand Theft Auto 3
Like it or hate it, Rockstar Games' controversial "sandbox" title is now available on Android in a 10th anniversary edition, which features updated graphics with HD resolution. It also features "Gamepad Support for select USB controllers," although its Android Market listing doesn't say which.
GTA's gameplay involves carjacking, shooting people, and running them over, and is not recommended for children.
Original Sony PSOne Games
PSOne games like Xperia Play. Its slide-out game controller, with dual analog touchpads and shoulder buttons, features all the controls needed to play the games without having to cover the screen with your thumbs.
Each game costs $5.99. Other PSOne games, like Crash Bandicoot, are available from Sony's separate store on the Xperia Play.
Crystal Defenders
Square-Enix's Crystal Defenders isn't strictly a console remake, since it was originally made for the iPhone (although it's since appeared on the PlayStation Portable). It's the only official title on the Android Market that's set in a Final Fantasy world, though; specifically, Ivalice, the world of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
Crystal Defenders' gameplay is straightforward tower defense, featuring character art and units from the original Game Boy Advance title. Actual Final Fantasy games are available for Android smartphones in Japan through Square-Enix's own market, but it's unclear when or if they'll be brought to Google's Android Market (or to North America).
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