you don’t just need a computer or a console to play crappy old games, check these out!

emulators for symbian s60

nowadays, electronics are so small and powerful, even a simple mobile phone is many times faster than desktop computers were 10 years ago. for mobile phones with the symbian operating system (nokia n-gage, e70, n90, etc) there are a host of emulators out, so you can quickly bust out some old console goodness whilst on the go

• nes: vNes
• snes: vSun
• gameboy: vBoy

gp2x

the gp2x is a powerful little handheld, similar to playstation portable or nintendo ds, that runs linux and has a modest following of open source developers. these awesome little beasts can play mp3s and movies, as well as a slew of homebrew games, and best of all - open source emulators! just look at this list of supported platforms, with the best emulators listed for each

• SNES (SqudgeSNES with MMU Hack)
  MegaDrive/Genesis (DrMDx, all versions)
  NES (gpfce)
  SMS (DrMDx, Alex Kidd)
  Arcade (gpMAME)
  Neo Geo (GnGeo2X)
  NGPC (Race2X)
  GameBoy Color (GnuBoy2X)
  GameGear (DrMDx)
  PCEngine (HU6280)
• GP32x.com - good community site and board
• gp2x File Archive - all the software you’ll ever need is here

and so on…

there also exist emulators for plenty of other systems - msx, game gear, atari, commodore 64, to name a few - and on other platforms such as mac os, and devices such as handheld PDAs, playstation portable and nintendo ds. if you have something and are interested in playing old games on it, chances are someone else is too, get on google and have a look!