Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming

Chapter 2. Mobile Java Game Development Basics

Arcade Archive

Released in 1976 by Midway, Sea Wolf is a submarine game where you look through a periscope and fire torpedoes at ships cruising across the top of the screen. Sea Wolf had a very discernable “ping” sound that simulated the sound of a submarine. Sea Wolf was based on a large mechanical submarine game by Sega called Periscope, which dates back to the mid 1960s. Interestingly enough, Periscope was the first game (mechanical, not video) to charge a quarter for each play; this pricing standard eventually carried over into arcade video games.

With an understanding of why Java is the mobile game ...