Open Source Java Side-Scrolling Games

------- 6th Feb 2026 ---------- gamepad support added = Mario_NES_Gamepad_Supported.zip require minimum java 1.8 after starting game with java.exe -jar "Mario.jar" in the main screen you can press z and x to chagen levels -------- settings if u check "skip this next time" and if u want to bring it back simply delete the file "Settings.txt" ( the file is create when u launch game and start game ) -------- controlls : z = run / fire x = jump arrows : left = go left down : duck right = go right i = show controlls menu g = show gamepad buttons -------- this is not for android game , its for windows , mac os and linux

Simple single and multiplayer 2D snake game If you like it please drop a Like! :D

Real time puzzle videogame, with like arcade games gameplay and isometric perspective. Use random pieces of terrain to expand the ants territory allowing them to reach the food.

Pacman Game for J2ME enabled cellular phones. A CS 329 - Software Engineering II project for the University of Illinois.

A Flappy Bird clone with nice pixel art. A custom library is used to manage graphics and controls.

Переделка игры "Как достать соседа"

A clone of the old DOS game Commander Keen. It's written in C++ and uses the SDL library so it's mostly platform independent. A map-editor (Java 1.5) is also included.

Java remake of the old classic game Scorched Earth. Applet with multiplayer over the Internet.

The very basic of a java 3D car driving game, freely expandable including a built-in basic 3D object editor and a more complex road+objects editor. Source code available, no OpenGL.

Bomber is a j2me MIDP 2.0 game based on a Spectrum 48k classic original game. It was developed using Sun Java Wireless Toolkit and is tested on Nokia 6234 mobile phone.

Motherload Unlimited (MLU) is a remake of the action-adventure game originally designed by XgenStudios, Motherload. We've been working on it for a couple of years using various game engines. Current version is a Java applet.

A collection of simple, small and funny games. Most of them are java. Graphic is not the best u ever seen and they don't have system integration stuffs like a setup. Try them and rate in the forum!

Stick Figure Karate (SFKarate) is a 2D Karate fighting game written in Java. The inspiration for the game comes from the famous animated stick figure fights.

Browser based 2D scrolling shooter written in Java. The player controls an airplane in a top-down view and shoots down enemy planes, helicopters and tanks. Play right at the homepage: http://btrgame.com

This is a free implementation in Java of the X-Blast project. It is a multi-player network game.

This game is a nice remake of the traditional brick breaker game, which rules are the following. Bounce the little ball with the bar to destroy all the bricks. Try to survive all the levels to get a nice score or go as fast as you can to make the best chronos and be in the high-scores. Good luck ! If the game does not launch correctly, you probably have to install a more recent version of Java. I uploaded a light version of the game (without the soundtrack). Feel free to leave a review !

This game is a clone of "Breakout", a game in which the player controls a paddle that is used to bounce a ball that breaks blocks. Items are occasionally dropped from the blocks. The game tracks the player's name, lives, level, and score as well. If the player scores high enough, they are placed on the high score board, which is displayed at the end of every game. There are an unlimited amount of levels, and the user can also select to have background music played throughout the game. Catch the green items to make your paddle larger, and avoid the red ones!

CarWars is a 2D top-view car game such as SuperCars, Death Rally, GTA.

Remake of the legendary 1980's PC game Digger for MIDP 1.0 devices such as mobile phones and PDAs.

MOAGG is a 2D gravity game, combining the idea and fun of several existing games, such as Space Taxi (C64) and Gravity Force (Amiga).

PPlanes is a implementation of the arcarde game BiPlanes. Two players - each controlling one plane - are fighting each other in a 2D-world. NO LONGER ACTIVE

Remake of old game Secret Agent. The idea is much better AI (opponents will run, jump, dodge), different weapons and more. Planned features: - Turrets and traps - Robot enemies - Much improved AI - Dynamic difficulty (based on episode progress, causes more spawned enemies with better AI) - Weapons shop when entering a building - Results screen when finished a building - Inventory items (defuse kit, mines, grenades, medkit) - Cutscenes - Menu (settings, save, load, select episode) - Sounds - Better effects - At the end included Crystal Caves episodes

An multi-map layered editor for tile based games. Compound brush editing enables quick painting of large maps. This project has been deprecated in favour of Yatey++. It needed wholesale usability changes and Java was not a good choice of language.

A project related to developement of a generic, consistent, game engine with network facilities, graph teory applied, and other nice stuff under java (and finally, a game that uses this engine based on a strange science-fiction history).

Action Arcade 2D j2me Engine Basic engine for j2me action arcade games, basic API for developing games. It will be a light engine. Methods and functions for load and paint graphics, background maps, basic sprites animations.