Although the idea of playing PSX games in black and white defeats the purposes, it’s nice to see that even the lowest specced of devices is able to play titles that back in 1995 were the bomb. I’m talking about the Barnes & Noble Nook Simple touch eReader, that’s now able to run PlayStation games via a hack.
The device features a 6 inch E Ink screen and doesn’t have a high resolution. The advantage of the E Ink screen is that it doesn’t use too much power, almost none at all and it’s also easy to watch/read in bright rooms and outdoors, not having glare problems. It’s important to know that under the hood and under the software customization Nook Simple Touch runs Android, so it’s highly hackable. The guy who did these demos is StarDroid, from the OpenPandora Forums.
The eReader seems to handle PlayStation games such as the first Wipeout with ease. The only problem is the B & W and pixelation. The funny thing is that I wasn’t even sure what the second game was, till I realized it was actually Spyro, the Dragon, when I saw the little guy flying in there. I’m used to seeing him purple…
