Java, and its many forms

[Eddy Willson]

(Beware, I am not a Java coder, and this will most likely sound ridiculous)

I read recently that once you have written something in Java, it can work on any platform which supports it.

Now I recently bought a Java game for my mobile which I'm currently addicted to, and I was wondering if I bought a transfer cable for my phone complete with file tranfer software, would I be able to download the game and get it running on PC and maybe fiddle about with it a bit?

If it affects it, its a Motorola V220 http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Phait]

I don't know much about this but I believe you just need a Java Runtime Environment on your OS. This is what I get from recently checking out a syntax editor, and on the download page it said OS independent - just required Java installed.

So my answer is maybe.

[AlienAssKicker]

Step aside everyone, the Java master has arrived.

Ahem, yes it is possible. That Java game should be using Java Midlet technology for mobiles:
http://www.midlet.org/

But you will first need to download and install the J2ME Wireless Toolkit (http://java.sun.com/products/j2mewtoolkit/download-2_2.html).

Before you go ahead and buy all the needed equipment to transfer from your cellphone to your pc, I suggest you test it out first with Java mobile games (.jad files) that are available on the web. Such as these:

http://www.mulliner.org/wj/

EDIT: You might find this link interesting:
http://www.mobilegd.com/

[TerminX]

Eddy Willson said:
Java, and its many forms


..are evil and slow. http://forums.3drealms.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif