Spring ME provides an implementation of Spring to Java based platforms not supporting reflection. Think Java ME and GWT. It allows you to use a plain old Spring application context, and turn that into a BeanFactory you can use at runtime.
Pangaea will be a robust and feature filled game engine built using Allegro (http://alleg.sourceforge.net) It will be similar to Final Fantasy 1-3, etc., complete with map editor/world builder.