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The History of Cell Phone Gaming

Posted by Zonk on from the tiny-pixelated-fun dept.

Next Generation has a piece on the short history of cell-phone based gaming. From the article: "The first-ever mobile phone game was the black-and-white Snake embedded in the Nokia 6110 model in 1997. The gameplay was simple, as you led led the 'snake' (really just a thick line) around the screen to collect dots. Mobile gamers would remain color blind until 2001, when Nokia introduced the first color screens; a major step in the presentation of mobile games."

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  1. MIDP Sucks by LBt1st · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Cell games will continue to suck untill MIDP is thrown out the window. There's a million different phone models out there and half of them don't follow the standards. It's a nightmare for developers. Oh and here's a fun fact. MIDP allows for One button to be pressed at a time. Go ahead and read that last sentence again. You can forget playing anything but puzzle games. When every phone is running Windows Mobile (or whatever OS is crowned king), then we might start seeing better games.