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Smarsh I have moved the contents here to a dedicated games page
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==N900 Gaming==
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The N900 makes a great gaming device.  There is a range of options to get games on your device.
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http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Games
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===Native Games===
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The N900 supports hardware accelerated 3D OpenGL ES. Expect a full range of games like
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Bounce Evolution
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===Flash Games===
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As the N900 supports Flash 9 and has a hardware keyboard, many flash games should just work
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Great thread discussing the options here.
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===Games Emulators===
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* SNES Nintendo Emulation. nice video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0wbLaMXeu4 here]
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Here is a list of emulators and their status on the N900
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=====Available=====
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Download from these links
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[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/vgb/ Game boy colour - Vgb -]
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[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/vgba/ Game boy advance - Vgba -  ]
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[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/ines/ Nintendo Entertainment System - iNES - ]
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[http://maemo.org/packages/view/dosbox/ Windows - DOSBox -]
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=====Not Officially Available At The Moment - Being made=====
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SNES - DrNokSnes - Not 100% ported yet, but it works on n900 [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/drnoksnes/ click Here]
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Sega Master System - mastergear emulator  [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/mg/ Click Here]
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ScummVM - Needs porting from n8xx to n900  [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/scummvm/ Click Here]
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GemRB - Needs porting from n8xx to n900  [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=32986 Click Here]
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Frodo C64 - Needs porting from n7xx to n900  [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ighlight=Frodo Click Here]
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=====Possible in the future=====
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Neogeo - gngeo - doesn't work but someone could fix it  [http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/xgngeo/ Click Here]
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Xmame - Dead file needs fixing [ http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/xmame/ Click Here]
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Hatari - Atari ST(e)/TT/Falcon emu - Needs porting  [ http://koti.mbnet.fi/tammat/hatari/index.shtml Click Here]
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Sega Genisis - Sega Saturn - Both need an emu
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Dreamcast - Needs new emu, don't thinks theres one for the n8xx
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Playstation - Rumours have been floating on a possible psxemu, i personally believe that we will have one in the future
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Nintendo 64 - I think there is one available for n8xx, can't find any links though
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Nintendo DS - unlikely but not impossible.
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=====Never will be available=====
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Playstation 2 - Your dreaming if you think this
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PSP - Haven't you woken up?
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Xbox - Head in the clouds!
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PS3 - Yup defo coming to n900
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===Other Game Related Apps===
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WiiControl - Use your wiimote to play these games! [http://maemo.org/packages/view/wiicontrol/ Click Here]
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===Will n900 play games from big companies?===
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===What if I want a game not yet available?===
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See above (where do I get software from)
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===All my previous phones have run java games: why can’t I play them on n900?===
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Java is not currently available for the N900. You can follow the discussion [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31678  here]

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