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

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

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.

A Java Persistent Universe based on Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time. For now it's more an online virtual community than a MUD.

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

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

This project is a proof of concept for the use of video games as an alternative to traditional methods of music teaching, particularly for boys. It is the basis for the "Million Musician Challenge"- to engage 1,000,000 in music making.

JGame is a small multiplatform 2D game engine. It runs on the Java JRE 1.3+ platform, the J2ME (MIDP2.0/CLDC1.1) mobile platform, and the Android (2.1+) platform. It provides a very high-level framework for "classic" type arcade games.

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!

A Java clone of the classic ASCII based arcade game that is similar to Donkey Kong and was played on Kaypro and other CP/M computers.

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

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

A Java framework for writing sprite based games (turn-based, card, and arcade games.) Provides: Sprite management, rendering (Java2d or OpenGL), Collision Detection, Sprite widgets (buttons etc...), visual editor for layout of game widgets.

Just another Snake clone

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

Arcade shooter fully customizable from text files: now you can build your own arcade shooter easily! Project was created and compiled in Java 5.0, using Golden T Game Engine (http://goldenstudios.or.id).

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

Jeu arcade shoot'em'up, oû on fait "pew pew !"

The game tells us the story of Ik, a mayan young man. As we know, the entire Mayan Civilization disappears in some point back in time, but actually they went to another place, a better one (Something like " In a galaxy far far away"). The problem? Well, Ik didn't make it, he was left behind. So, abandoned in this world, he found Ok, the stone dog (I know, the names are little confused because they are based on Mayan Language). So, Ok tells our hero that he has to climb the Tower of Challenge to reach the other wolrd, where his people is. That's when the game begins.

"Neotroids" is a sidescroller made in Java and designed to run in as many platforms as possible, based in Nintendo's Metroid series with similar environments and items/powerups. The story revolves around events after Metroid Fusion, with an all-new ch

LWNoid is a simple breakout game, written in Java & OpenGL, using lwjgl library.

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

A Java port of "powermanga", which is an arcade 2D shoot-em-up game with 42 levels, 14 guardians and more than 200 sprites. It runs in 320x200 or 640x400 pixels. It runs on J2SE and some J2ME (MIDP 2.0/CLDP 1.1) enabled systems, SWT is also supported.