Obscure Super Monkey Ball Games (Part 3) | Java/J2ME Games (Feat. @Kardino)

Hello and welcome back to my series on the Obscure Super Monkey Ball Games! You join me in part 3 of this ongoing retrospective where we're taking a look at all of the Java (otherwise known as J2ME) games released on old mobile devices.

As to be expected there's a few games here that aren't so great, but it was a pleasant surprise to find that there's actually some stuff here that might be worth your time! So without further delay, let's get going!

00:00 - Intro
00:48 - What is Java?
01:50 - SEGA Monkey Ball (2002)
04:23 - AiAi's Funhouse (2003)
07:08 - Monkey Ball Mini Golf (2003)
09:42 - Monkey Ball Bowling (2003)
11:26 - Monkey Ball J-Phone (aka Monkey Ball 3D) (2003)
13:19 - Kardino Tells us How These Games Were Re-discovered
23:22 - Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt (2007)
27:16 - Super Monkey Ball: Tip 'n Tilt 2 (2008)
29:35 - Super Monkey Ball Mobile (2008)
32:36 - Artwork, Renders and Assets on the SMB Socials
34:34 - Outro

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[PikaPal]

Crazy to see the level of dedication that Kardino and his pals have for the franchise and the level they went to get some of these mobile games. Also I don't know why but the Aiai face when you do something wrong in Aiai's Funhouse makes me laugh.

[RiiViiMedia]

Collaborations done right: When the host little about the process, where it is better to have someone else explain it. Also...




25:51 Obligatory dance scene. :)

[Kardino]

AiAi’s Funhouse was truly where the series peaked!

Thanks again for having me on!

[BlackWerewolf]

Yes, that high-quality image of GonGon does give me joy : D
Great video!!

[amerigocosta]

In the early to mid 90s Java was considered a very neat technology because it eliminated the need to make multiple ports of your software (X86, PowerPC, MC68000, etc..) as the same code would run on every architecture that had a JVM (virtual machine) made for it. It was instrumental in establishing interoperability in computing and Internet at the time. On the other hand, for an environment like Java, performance was always an issue with the limited computing power of old. In facts I do think that even running simple games on early 2000s mobile phones CPUs was a bit of a stretch as far as how Java should have been used. Your emulator (which I presume is yet an other implementation of a JVM) renders J2ME games much better than any old flip phone from 2003 could have hoped to.

[PrimeRetroGamer]

This video surely has a few hundread thousand views... *checks views*

Top tier video, thank you! Love Monkey Ball games and J2ME games, perfect video. <3

[AshBob]

Oh snap! I’ve been waiting for this entry for so long thank you so so much!

[TheEclipsedLock]

What an amazing video :D I'm proud of the work we have accomplished to preserve the games, and I'm very glad that more people can learn more about these obscure games and hopefully can give them a try; a taste of the early 2000s long gone

[agamaz]

Very interesting video! That first game looks so good for 2002

[jamessartstudio]

I was just wondering when you were going to post this and then I was like oh wow it's already up I guess I forgot to watch it

[Kamil-wl]

java games were released in different versions for different phones to adjust the their screen size
the version of Tip 'n Tilt 2 that you included in the video is for a phone with a smaller screen, that's why it looks kinda bad
there are versions for a bigger screen with better resolution

the first game still looks better imo

[pawlogates]

I've never heard of SMB Mobile but I love Neverball and they seem similar in concept :v

[ericvilmer]

Is it possible to upload those old java games if I purchased a nokia that could run j2me on it?

[agamaz]

I guess I have 30 minutes to waste on this when it comes to Rob

[NinjastarCompass]

algorithm comment until i watch this later 😶‍🌫️