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

Collection of SimpleJava War Games Currently at the beta stage: Flyer 0.2.6 - top view airplane shooter Fighter 0.1.3- side view airplane shooter and bomber Marine 0.3.5 - side view beat them all Tank 0.2.4- top view tank shooter Gunner 0.1.2 - perspective view gun shooter Warship 0.1.3 - top view sail ship shooter Civil war 1861 2.1.0 - strategic game Enigma 0.0.4 - Decoding game with Enigma Machine Fighter3D 0.0.2 - 3D airplane shooter Star Battles 0.0.2 - 3D spaceship shooter

Simple single and multiplayer 2D snake game If you like it please drop a Like! :D

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

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

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

This is a Stepmania game dedicated for mobile devices for example Mobile Phones, IPods etc. Tha game can use files and packs from original Stepmania game

Just another Snake clone

JIsoMan is an isometric game engine written in java. It has line-of-sight, entity & terrain objects, and a tilemap and wallmap. It also has a design mode to graphically design isometric maps.

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!

Real time puzzle videogame, with like arcade games gameplay and isometric perspective. Use random pieces of terrain to expand the ants territory allowing them to reach the food.

A clone of the old DOS game Commander Keen. It's written in C++ and uses the SDL library so it's mostly platform independent. A map-editor (Java 1.5) is also included.

A Java game based off the version on YoYoGames.com: http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=279075 The only controls are the arrow keys: Left and Right to steer, Up key to go faster.

JMario is a side-scroll game, built in Java, based on Nintendo's Super Mario World. It's been developed by David Buzatto as part of his course conclusion work entitled "Utilization of Java Platform for 2D Game Development".

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.

A collection of simple, small and funny games. Most of them are java. Graphic is not the best u ever seen and they don't have system integration stuffs like a setup. Try them and rate in the forum!

This is an arcade style game based on the classical Asteroids. Two things differ from the original: energy control and multiplayer mode. Its 100% pure Java, proving that the language is becoming more suitable for game developing.

VideoToons is an Arcade Multiplayer Game entirely written in Java. It is a tribute to old video games such as Mario, Sonic, Pc Kid....

XSwing Plus is a free remake of the arcade game Swing Plus -Total Mind Control. It's written in Java an will run on Windows, Linux & Mac. When it's done, the easy, fast, clever and addictive game play will be back in single & multi player mode. The Project is moved to 👉 https://github.com/TobseF/XSwing-Plus

Action Arcade 2D j2me Engine Basic engine for j2me action arcade games, basic API for developing games. It will be a light engine. Methods and functions for load and paint graphics, background maps, basic sprites animations.

A Day in the Bay is educational software designed to teach ecology to late elementary schoolers. The child plays as an organism in the Chesapeake Bay and learns and explores the interconnectedness of different species in the largest estuary in the world

Fully playable Java game demo illustrating basic game programming technics, such as sprite animation, pixmap fonts, time or frame related game loop, affine transformations, convolution filters, sound generation and playback...