Giving the Nokia 3310 a New Lease on Life
The Nokia 3310 was one of the most popular mobile phones of its time, but its gaming capabilities were quite limited. Its monochrome display had a resolution of just 84×48 pixels, and audio came from a simple buzzer. Those limitations didn't stop developers from creating games for the phone, and they're still inspiring new projects more than two decades later. Developer Hoani Bryson recently built a custom game engine and replacement circuit board that make it possible to run new games on old Nokia 3310 phones.
Bryson designed a game called Trick Shot II using the engine for the eighth Nokia 3310 Jam, a game development competition that challenges participants to create games within the limitations of the original phone. Entries must use an 84×48 monochrome display, a single buzzer for audio, and no more than 12 buttons for gameplay. Bryson's entry took first place out of 51 submissions.
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