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Old June 6th, 2005, 01:23 PM
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Default [OT] 4X Java games for my mobile phone

OK, so I got me a new mobile phone (Motorola V980) and the first thing I do is plug it into my PC with a data cable and start hacking the cr4p out of it, trying to enable all the diabled features, remove all the useless branding etc etc etc.

Anyway, after much frustration I've finally got the java game uploader working, which means I can download .jar files off the web for free (as opposed to paying for a direct-to-phone download) and transfer them to my phone. I used to have this function on my old v300, but it wasn't up to much more than simple puzzlers & arcade games. like Tetris and Puzzlebobble (which are truly essential.)

My new phone has a slightly better hardware behind it (32meg storage, and the processor is probably >486), and I think it's probably capable of handling some simple strategy games- maybe even some kind of 4X game. I've found a chess game, which is a good start, and monopoly, which can be a bit of a laugh, but what I'd really like is something like se4 or Wesnoth. Obviously it won't be able to handle anything as sophisticated as either of those titles, but there are plenty of older 4X and strategy games that are less complex, but plenty of fun, and would probably fit in my new toy.

So, my question is, does anyone else indulge in .jar games for their phones? If so, do you know of any decent strategy titles in .jar format that I might be able to acquire? Finally, if not, does anyone know where I might learn about programming .jar files? I doubt I'll be able to program the game I'm looking for, but it will be fun trying.
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