As both Europe 'n North America count down the (still unknown) days until the launch a Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play smart phone, PSOne games compatible with the "PlayStation Phone" have started popping up on the Android Market. Five games, in fact, including Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, Jumping Flash, MediEvil 2 'n Syphon Filter. that be right -- the Play be ready t', er, play like it be circa 1995-97.

All a the games be selling for £3.99 ($6) -- the same going price as on PSN. MediEvil 2 'n Syphon Filter be available in five languages (English, French, German, Italian 'n Spanish) while the rest be English-only releases. they be also all (predictably) platform-locked t' the Xperia Play (Sony Ericsson R800i). All this one day after Google removed the PSOne emulator, PSX4Droid, attributing the action t' a Content Policy violation.