I've been going through a load of Java games on my new phone this week.

The phone codes to access and install the games works fine, with the only other hassle being JAD files which are needed with the game JAR files for the phone to install them, but many games I have didn't contain any JAD files so I've had to use a utility called JADMaker to create them which has worked perfectly.

I managed to download some nice mobile phone Java game torrents I found. Some games won't install, with the phone giving a Java error, which I assume means those games are not compatible with the E900, but many others install and run perfectly which is great.

The only other annoying thing is limited Java memory which is restricted to 4MB on the E900 so I can only install about 30 games at any one time. Not much memory allocated to Java when you consider the phone has 80MB of total built in memory, plus an SD Micro slot. So why do they only allocate 4MB for Java apps? It is still better than my old Samsung E700 that only had 1.5MB of Java memory.

I even managed to get a couple of my favourite games I had on my old phone installed and working, but not all of them. I was hoping Baldur's Gate would work because that ran too slowly to be playable on my old phone, and the new one would have been much faster to make the game fun to play.

The only game I can't find is Lemmings. The phone came with a trial version of the game and it's a nice port, looking and playing just like the Amiga version, but smaller. But I'm not paying £4.50 for it!

Among the games I've so far liked are:

Dr Frankenstein - An isometric puzzle game much like Cadaver or Knight Lore. Very nice graphics and good controls.
Dungeon Storm - A 3D hack and slash style action RPG. The 3D graphics rotate and move smoothly.
Crash Nitro - Based on the Crash Nitro Boost PSX game. More in common with sprite racers like Lotus it plays well.
Call of Duty 2 - A very nice port of this game. Intead of FPS, this mobile version using a third person above view and it works well on the small screen.
Empire Earth - A full 3D isometric version of this PC game.
Elkware's Backgammon - Nice version of backgammon, and the AI is fast so you are not waiting for it to think.
Othello - Good version of this classic board game
Worms - This is a very nice port of Worms. Works well and can be played between phones via bluetooth.
The Chaos Engine - Great port of the Amiga game, with the levels being very similar to the original.
Super Bomberman - Great port to the small screen.
Puzzle Bobble - Again a nice port of this game. One of my favourite puzzle games so great I got this one to work.
Tetris - You can't beat the classics.
Arkanoid - This plays just like the original, although the phone controls make it quite hard to control.
Alpha Wing - Very nice shoot 'em up
Tempest - Good version of this shooter. Very hard to control using the mobile controls.
Time Rider II - Nice Shoot 'em up
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