2006 Relic Entertainment
Platform: Mobile J2ME
A short entry for a Java Platform mobile conversion of a classic real-time strategy game that many of us have lost hours to over the years – including myself on PC over multiplayer. It seems that even mobile gamers were going to experience something of the game – albeit in a vastly cut down form.
Being developed in J2ME, unfortunately the conversion would disappear quickly without a trace and never surfaced for reasons currently unknown. Fast forward to 2024, and ex-Ocean Software artist Bill Harbison would provide Games That Weren’t with a series of mock-up screens that were produced to show how the game could look on the platform.
As you can see from the screenshots, a 2.5D approach was taken, and it looks like something that could have worked reasonably well. Though with mobile controls back then, would have no doubt been a challenge to get the controls working well.
It isn’t yet known if development of the game itself was ever started and progressed beyond these mock-ups. We hope to learn more from Bill soon and if there might be something playable out there to some day recover. If you know anything more about the game, then please do get in touch.
With thanks to Bill Harbison for providing the mock-up graphics to include on the site.
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