Popular games built on game engine J2ME
Bounce is a game by Nokia that came pre-installed in many Nokia mobile phones running J2ME. It is one of the earlier famous Nokia mobile games, alongside Snake.
Once in the game, using the arrow keys you can move the 'Scanner' ship around the 'Shield Line' at the parameter of the playing area. While moving around this edge the ship is protected from the aliens by a shield indicated by a glowing circle around the ship. This shield is not infinite and care should be taken to complete each level as quickly as possible. A counter indicates the level of shield that you have: when it reaches zero then any contact with an alien is deadly whether you are on the 'Shield Line' or not. The idea of the game is to cut areas out of the screen without touching any of the aliens. This is done by pressing the SPACE key which initiates the 'Laser Cutter' and moving off the 'Shield Line' and rejoining it somewhere else. While you are in the process of drawing a line, your shield is inactive and touching an alien is fatal. Similarly, if one of the aliens touches the line then it will send a charge down the line towards you and you must quickly return to the safety of the edge before it reaches you. When you rejoin the 'Shield Line' the area that does not contain the 'Boss' alien will be filled (points are gained by trapping the other aliens) and the 'Shield Line' will be adjusted to surround the area that is left. The level is completed when a certain percentage of the total area has been filled in. This percentage starts at 80% but may increase in the later levels.
Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive. The game is military-themed and based on shooting action but with a strategy game-style control system. The player directs troops through numerous missions, battling enemy infantry, vehicles and installations. Cannon Fodder has a darkly humorous tone which commentators variously praised and condemned. Its creators intended it to convey an anti-war message, which some reviewers recognised, but the Daily Star and a number of public figures derided the game. In other respects, reviewers highly praised the game, which widely achieved scores of over 90% in Amiga magazines. Amiga Action awarded it an unprecedented score, calling it the best game of the year.
Intelligent Qube is a puzzle game for the PlayStation. In the game, the player controls a character who must run around a platform made of cubes, clearing certain cubes as they approach. Cubes are "cleared" by marking a spot on the stage, waiting for the cube to roll on top of it, and then deactivating the marked spot.
Sally's Salon asks players to help Sally fulfill her dream of opening the most fabulous hair and beauty salon in the world.
An enhanced version, called Zuma Deluxe, was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X as well as an Xbox Live Arcade download for the Xbox 360 and a PlayStation Network download for the PlayStation 3. It is also included with the PlayStation 3 retail version of Bejeweled 3, along with Feeding Frenzy 2. Survive the ancient temples of Zuma, the critically acclaimed action-puzzler from PopCap! Deep in the jungle lie hidden temples bursting with traps and trickery, and it's up to you to uncover their treasures. Fire magical balls from your stone frog idol to make matches of three or more and clear the deadly chain before it reaches the golden skull. Think fast and aim smart, or you'll be history in this action-packed puzzle challenge!
In Astrosmash you control a laser canon at the bottom of the screen; your goal is to earn as many points as possible by destroying the various incoming meteors, bombs, and other objects. Points are earned for destroying objects, while points are lost for letting them get past you. Meteors are the most common item you need to defend yourself against. They come in various sizes and colors, and some even split into two smaller meteors when shot. Mixed in with the meteors are white spinning bombs. While letting a meteor get past you will only lower your score, you have to shoot the spinners. If one gets past, you will lose a life. On the more difficult levels, ufo's and guided missiles will also appear occasionally and attempt to destroy your canon.
Welcome to Galaxy on Fire 2, our hotly anticipated sequel of our multi award-winning and unique space action game for your mobile phone. Experience an even more fascinating universe with heavily improved 3D graphics and many new features.
Military Madness (released as Nectaris in Japan) is a futuristic turn-based strategy war game. The year is 2089 and the setting is Earth’s moon, which yields many important resources. While the governments of Earth bicker over their staked claims on the moon, the evil Axis Empire launches a lunar military campaign and takes over the moon, using its factories to produce advanced weaponry, the most devastating of which is the SAM (Supreme Atomic Missile). As commander of the Allied forces, it is the player’s responsibility to lead what’s left of the Allied armies in a desperate offensive against the Axis Empire on the lunar surface before they can use the SAM to destroy Earth.
Soldiers of Fortune (Chaos Engine in the EU) is a run-and-gun overhead shooter. Sixteen levels (in four groups of four) await the players in the game. The basic gameplay is in an open air setting, with bridges across rivers and other features in the maps. The visuals are in a 'metallic and blue' style. There are six characters available in the game, each with different strengths and weaknesses, and different starting prices.
The player controls a small, circular spaceship which must travel around the screen collecting crystals. This task is made more difficult by the aliens which constantly swarm out from the portals on both sides of the screen. These can be shot down by the ship's gun (which has unlimited ammo) or eliminated by activating one of the player's limited supply of "smart bombs", which will clear the screen of all current enemies.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Shredder Reborn is a 2009 mobile phone game by 4mobile, based on The Lost Episodes. It is the sequel to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ninja Tribunal.
Bobby Carrot is back with an all new winter mission! And this time it seems just impossible to complete. “Coco Nut” the lovely red squirrel has been kidnapped by an evil snow-princess! Help Bobby to pass through 30 freezing cold puzzle levels and save his best friend, who is captured in a magic cage. To achieve this, Bobby has to collect all energy stars in each level, which will keep the heart and body warm. This is necessary to survive in the cold “Winterland”, and to open the magic cage. Will you make it?
Live the most thrilling and magical adventure in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, the final and ultimate mobile game of the saga. Embody one of the three iconic characters of the saga and engage in the final battle against Lord Voldemort. Experience an astounding battle mode that includes the use of magic and an auto-lock system and confront enemies and bosses from the novel. Gain XP points to increase your level up to 20 and learn new skills, including impressive magic spells!
Play as Harry and work together with Hermione and Ron to search for Horcruxes while battling Death Eaters and Dementors using 20 different spells learned along the way. Progression involves puzzle solving and collecting magical artifacts. Main objective is to find and destroy Horcruxes and ultimately defeat Voldemort.
Crash Bandicoot: Mutant Island is an 2D action platform game for mobile phones based on the better known 3D action platform game. The game starts with Crash's sister Coco being kidnaped by Cortex. Crash hurries to save his sister and confronts cortex and his giant robot. In the battle that follows, Coco manages to escape but upon return they realise it was all a distraction to kidnap and hypnotize the other Bandicoots.
Munkiki's Castles is one of the first 3D games on mobile phones, and it's a puzzle game published on Nokia 3410 in 2002 for the service called Nokia Club. In the game a little monkey must pass through several levels destroying blocks and collecting coins, trying not to fall down while moving with a grid-based system. The game was almost unplayable due to emulation reasons, but the most recent version of J2ME Loader seems to run the jar file without significant problems.
Unrelated to the 1999 game and it's sequel, released 8 years later for Java compatible mobile phones.
In War of the Worlds, the film based on the H.G. Wells novel of the same name, the focus is on mankind in a struggle against a strange alien invasion. In this take on it, however, the events are turned around as you command a tripod in its quest to exterminate all humans. In the thirteen levels, set in Osaka, London, New Jersey and apocalyptic wastelands, you guide the alien through side-scrolling levels, destroying anything in sight. You can move the tripod, as well as the main turret to target waves of enemies. Each level ends with a boss attack where you take on a giant tank, submarine or a flying bomber, or prevent a ferry from escaping with human passengers. Many events follow the movie, and the order of the locations is also kept intact. Although you will spend a lot of time fending off enemies, time is the most important factor. You are much stronger than your enemies, so they will often charge with kamikaze attacks to slow you down. Buildings will also prevent you from moving steadily, and these need to be removed as well.
While taking the story, gameplay and setting from The Good, The Egg And The Ugly, this game features twelve levels with unique level designs.
Devil May Cry is a mobile game based on Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. This version of the game is a side-scroller action game with 2D graphics.
A demake and port of the original Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei by Atlus, released in 2004 for J2ME flip phones by BBMF and Atlus. This port has a lot of simplified mechanics and only 3 of the original dungeons.
Tomb Raider: The Osiris Codex is the first episode of a mobile phone trilogy using the Tomb Raider license. Lara will have to go through fifteen levels of gameplay full of traps, puzzles, objects and enemies.
Scooby-Doo!: Castle Capers is a puzzle adventure game starring Scooby and Shaggy from the cartoon series. The gang's car broke down and they had to stop at a mansion that turned out to be haunted. It's now their job to investigate the mansion and find out what is really going on. The mansion acts as a level select area and the place where most of the conversation between the gang and the characters in the mansion occurs. After clearing a level, the next door is unlocked and players can go there. Players can't replay the levels they've already cleared. In the levels, players have a time limit to find a clue and leave the level through the entrance. Players can switch between Scooby and Shaggy at any time and will need to use both characters to open paths for each other and solve the puzzles of the levels. Although the game has hearts in the top left corner of the screen, both Scooby and Shaggy lose one heart if the enemy touches them and have to start the level from the beginning.