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interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobil_oyun" title="Mobil oyun – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mobil oyun" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videojoc_per_a_tel%C3%A8fon_m%C3%B2bil" title="Videojoc per a telèfon mòbil – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Videojoc per a telèfon mòbil" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobiln%C3%AD_hra" title="Mobilní hra – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mobilní hra" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobilspil" title="Mobilspil – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Mobilspil" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handyspiel" title="Handyspiel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Handyspiel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videojuego_para_m%C3%B3viles" title="Videojuego para móviles – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Videojuego para móviles" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDaidimai_mobiliuosiuose_%C4%AFrenginiuose" title="Žaidimai mobiliuosiuose įrenginiuose – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Žaidimai mobiliuosiuose įrenginiuose" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permainan_mudah_alih" title="Permainan mudah alih – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Permainan mudah alih" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobiele_game" title="Mobiele game – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Video_games" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/WPVG_icon_2016.svg/60px-WPVG_icon_2016.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e0/WPVG_icon_2016.svg/120px-WPVG_icon_2016.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="249" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">Video games</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Video_game#Platform" title="Video game">Platforms</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcade_video_game" title="Arcade video game">Arcade video game</a></li> <li><a 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game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PC_game" title="PC game">PC game</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Linux_gaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Linux gaming">Linux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mac_gaming" title="Mac gaming">Mac</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_reality_game" title="Virtual reality game">Virtual reality game</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:transparent;border-top:1px solid #aaa;text-align:center;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Video_game_genre" title="Video game genre">Genres</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_game" title="Action game">Action</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shooter_game" title="Shooter game">Shooter</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action-adventure_game" title="Action-adventure game">Action-adventure</a></li> <li><a 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developer">Developer</a><br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Video_game_design#Game_designer" title="Video game design">Designer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_art_design#Video_game_artist" title="Game art design">Artist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_game_programmer" title="Video game programmer">Programmer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_game_design" title="Video game design">Design</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Level_(video_games)#Level_design" title="Level (video games)">Level design</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_game_programming" title="Video game programming">Programming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Game_engine" title="Game engine">Engine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games" title="Artificial intelligence in video games">AI</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_game_graphics" title="Video game graphics">Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_game_music" title="Video game music">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_testing" title="Game testing">Testing</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Video_games" title="Template:Video games"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Video_games" title="Template talk:Video games"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Video_games" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Video games"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <b>mobile game</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">video game</a> that is typically played on a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-defi_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term also refers to all games that are played on any <a href="/wiki/Mobile_device" title="Mobile device">portable device</a>, including from <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Feature_phone" title="Feature phone">feature phone</a> or <a href="/wiki/Smartphone" title="Smartphone">smartphone</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tablet_computer" title="Tablet computer">tablet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant" title="Personal digital assistant">PDA</a> to <a href="/wiki/Handheld_game_console" title="Handheld game console">handheld game console</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portable_media_player" title="Portable media player">portable media player</a> or <a href="/wiki/Graphing_calculator" title="Graphing calculator">graphing calculator</a>, with and without <a href="/wiki/Network_availability" class="mw-redirect" title="Network availability">network availability</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-defi_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-defi-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earliest known game on a mobile phone was a <a href="/wiki/Tetris" title="Tetris">Tetris</a> variant on the <a href="/wiki/Hagenuk_MT-2000" title="Hagenuk MT-2000">Hagenuk MT-2000</a> device from 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, <a href="/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a> launched <i><a href="/wiki/Snake_(1998_video_game)" title="Snake (1998 video game)">Snake</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Snake</i>, which was <a href="/wiki/Pre-installed_software" title="Pre-installed software">pre-installed</a> in most mobile devices manufactured by Nokia for a couple of years, has since become one of the most played games, at one point found on more than 350 million devices worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mobile devices became more computationally advanced allowing for downloading of games, though these were initially limited to phone carriers' own stores. Mobile gaming grew greatly with the development of <a href="/wiki/App_store" title="App store">app stores</a> in 2008, such as the <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a> <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="App Store (iOS)">App Store</a> from <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Inc">Apple</a>. As the first mobile content marketplace operated directly by a <a href="/wiki/Mobile_operating_system" title="Mobile operating system">mobile</a>-<a href="/wiki/Platform_holder" class="mw-redirect" title="Platform holder">platform holder</a>, the App Store significantly changed the <a href="/wiki/Consumer_behaviour" title="Consumer behaviour">consumer behaviour</a> and quickly broadened the market for mobile games, as almost every smartphone owner started to download <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile apps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MGA_SoA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MGA_SoA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_mobile_games" title="History of mobile games">History of mobile games</a></div> <p>Towards the end of the 20th century, mobile phone ownership became ubiquitous in the industrialised world due to the establishment of industry standards, and the rapid fall in cost of handset ownership, and use driven by <a href="/wiki/Economies_of_scale" title="Economies of scale">economies of scale</a>. As a result of this explosion, technological advancement by handset manufacturers became rapid. With these technological advances, mobile phone games also became increasingly sophisticated, taking advantage of exponential improvements in <a href="/wiki/Display_device" title="Display device">display</a>, <a href="/wiki/Processing_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Processing power">processing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Storage_(memory)" title="Storage (memory)">storage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interfaces_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interfaces (computer science)">interfaces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Network_bandwidth" class="mw-redirect" title="Network bandwidth">network bandwidth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operating_system" title="Operating system">operating system</a> functionality. The first such game that demonstrated the desire for handset games was a version of <i><a href="/wiki/Snake_(video_game_genre)" title="Snake (video game genre)">Snake</a></i> that <a href="/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a> had included on its devices since 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-pg_history_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pg_history-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, <a href="/wiki/NTT_Docomo" title="NTT Docomo">NTT Docomo</a> launched the <a href="/wiki/I-mode" title="I-mode">i-mode</a> mobile platform in Japan, allowing mobile games to be downloaded onto <a href="/wiki/Smartphones" class="mw-redirect" title="Smartphones">smartphones</a>. Several <a href="/wiki/Japanese_video_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese video game">Japanese video game</a> developers announced games for the i-mode platform that year, such as <a href="/wiki/Konami" title="Konami">Konami</a> announcing its <a href="/wiki/Dating_simulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Dating simulation">dating simulation</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Tokimeki_Memorial" title="Tokimeki Memorial">Tokimeki Memorial</a></i>. The same year, <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bandai" title="Bandai">Bandai</a> were developing mobile phone adapters for their <a href="/wiki/Handheld_game_consoles" class="mw-redirect" title="Handheld game consoles">handheld game consoles</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Game_Boy_Color" title="Game Boy Color">Game Boy Color</a> and <a href="/wiki/WonderSwan" title="WonderSwan">WonderSwan</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2001, i-mode had <span class="nowrap">20 million</span> users in Japan, along with more advanced handsets with graphics comparable to <a href="/wiki/Third_generation_of_video_game_consoles" title="Third generation of video game consoles">8-bit consoles</a>. A wide variety of games were available for the i-mode service, along with announcements from established <a href="/wiki/Video_game_developers" class="mw-redirect" title="Video game developers">video game developers</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Taito" title="Taito">Taito</a>, Konami, <a href="/wiki/Namco" title="Namco">Namco</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Soft" title="Hudson Soft">Hudson Soft</a>, including ports of <a href="/wiki/Golden_age_of_arcade_video_games" title="Golden age of arcade video games">classic arcade games</a> and 8-bit <a href="/wiki/Console_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Console games">console games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Education_Mobile_Game_(5018723826)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Education_Mobile_Game_%285018723826%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/170px-Education_Mobile_Game_%285018723826%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Education_Mobile_Game_%285018723826%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/255px-Education_Mobile_Game_%285018723826%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Education_Mobile_Game_%285018723826%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/340px-Education_Mobile_Game_%285018723826%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="838" data-file-height="1067" /></a><figcaption>A cricket game being played on a 2007 <a href="/wiki/Nokia_8600_Luna" title="Nokia 8600 Luna">Nokia 8600 Luna</a> phone</figcaption></figure> <p>By the mid-2000s there was a large market for mobile games, of which many were built on the <a href="/wiki/Java_ME" class="mw-redirect" title="Java ME">Java ME</a> platform that many devices at the time supported. Earlier they could be obtained using <a href="/wiki/SMS" title="SMS">SMS</a> short codes before manufacturers as well as <a href="/wiki/Mobile_network_operator" title="Mobile network operator">mobile network operators</a> started offering them for download both on the <a href="/wiki/Website" title="Website">Web</a> (on a PC to be transferred to the device) or directly via the air (using <a href="/wiki/GPRS" title="GPRS">GPRS</a>, <a href="/wiki/3G" title="3G">3G</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The launch of Apple's <a href="/wiki/IPhone" title="IPhone">iPhone</a> in 2007 and the <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="App Store (iOS)">App Store</a> in 2008 radically changed the market. The iPhone's focus on larger memory, <a href="/wiki/Multitasking_(iOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multitasking (iOS)">multitasks</a>, and additional <a href="/wiki/Sensing_element" class="mw-redirect" title="Sensing element">sensing devices</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Touchscreen" title="Touchscreen">touchscreen</a> in later model, made it ideal for <a href="/wiki/Casual_game" title="Casual game">casual games</a>, while the App Store, which is also independent from <a href="/wiki/Mobile_carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile carriers">mobile carriers</a>, made it easy for developers to create and post apps to publish, and for users to search for and obtain new games.<sup id="cite_ref-MGA_SoA_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MGA_SoA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further, the App Store added the ability to support <a href="/wiki/Microtransaction" title="Microtransaction">in-app purchases</a> in October 2009. This allowed games like <i><a href="/wiki/Angry_Birds" title="Angry Birds">Angry Birds</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cut_the_Rope" title="Cut the Rope">Cut the Rope</a></i> to find new <a href="/wiki/Monetization_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Monetization model">monetization models</a> away from the traditional <a href="/wiki/Premium_(marketing)" title="Premium (marketing)">premium</a> "pay once" model. Meanwhile, Apple's disruption caused the market to stabilized around iPhone devices and <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google's</a> <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>-based phones which offered a similar app store through <a href="/wiki/Google_Play" title="Google Play">Google Play</a>. </p><p>A further major shift game with 2012's <i><a href="/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" title="Candy Crush Saga">Candy Crush Saga</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Puzzle_%26_Dragons" title="Puzzle & Dragons">Puzzle & Dragons</a></i>, games that used a stamina-like gameplay feature found in <a href="/wiki/Social-network_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Social-network game">social-network games</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/FarmVille" title="FarmVille">FarmVille</a></i> to limit the number of times one could play it in a single period, but allowed optional <a href="/wiki/In-app_purchases" class="mw-redirect" title="In-app purchases">in-app purchases</a> to restore that stamina immediately and continue playing. This new monetization brought in millions of players to both games and millions of <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">dollars</a> in revenue, establishing the "<a href="/wiki/Freemium" title="Freemium">freemium</a>" model that would be a common approach for many mobile games going forward. Mobile gaming grew rapidly over the next several years, buoyed by rapid expansion in <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>. By 2016, top mobile games were earning over <span style="white-space: nowrap">US$100 million</span> a year, and the total revenue for the mobile games sector had surpassed that of other video game areas.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other major trends in mobile games have include the <a href="/wiki/Hyper-casual_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyper-casual game">hyper-casual game</a> such as <i><a href="/wiki/Flappy_Bird" title="Flappy Bird">Flappy Bird</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Crossy_Road" title="Crossy Road">Crossy Road</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Location-based_game" title="Location-based game">location-based games</a> like <i><a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go" title="Pokémon Go">Pokémon Go</a></i>. </p><p>Mobile gaming has impacted the larger video game market by drawing demand away from <a href="/wiki/Handheld_video_game_console" class="mw-redirect" title="Handheld video game console">handheld video game consoles</a>; both <a href="/wiki/Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> had seen major drops in sales of their 2011 handhelds compared to their 2004 predecessors as a result of mobile gaming.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, mobile gaming introduced the concept of <a href="/wiki/Microconsole" title="Microconsole">microconsoles</a>, low-cost, low-powered <a href="/wiki/Home_video_game_console" title="Home video game console">home video game consoles</a> that used mobile operating systems to take advantage of the wide variety of games available on these platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Calculator_games">Calculator games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Calculator games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TI83tris.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/TI83tris.JPG/220px-TI83tris.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/TI83tris.JPG/330px-TI83tris.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/TI83tris.JPG/440px-TI83tris.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1274" data-file-height="955" /></a><figcaption>Clone of <i><a href="/wiki/Tetris" title="Tetris">Tetris</a></i> being played on a modified <a href="/wiki/TI-83_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="TI-83 Plus">TI-83 Plus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TI-84_Portal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/TI-84_Portal.jpg/250px-TI-84_Portal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/TI-84_Portal.jpg/330px-TI-84_Portal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/TI-84_Portal.jpg/500px-TI-84_Portal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1799" data-file-height="1282" /></a><figcaption>A fan-made game similar to the game <i><a href="/wiki/Portal_(game)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal (game)">Portal</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Calculator gaming is a form of gaming in which <a href="/wiki/Video_game" title="Video game">games</a> are played on <a href="/wiki/Programmable_calculator" title="Programmable calculator">programmable calculators</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Graphing_calculator" title="Graphing calculator">graphing calculators</a>. </p><p>In 1980, <a href="/wiki/Casio" title="Casio">Casio</a>'s MG-880 <a href="/wiki/Pocket_calculator" class="mw-redirect" title="Pocket calculator">pocket calculator</a> had a built-in "Invaders" game (essentially a downscaled <i><a href="/wiki/Space_Invaders" title="Space Invaders">Space Invaders</a></i> clone),<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> released in the Summer that year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another early example is the <a href="/wiki/Type-in_program" title="Type-in program">type-in program</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Darth_Vader" title="Darth Vader">Darth Vader's</a> Force Battle</i> for the <a href="/wiki/TI-59" class="mw-redirect" title="TI-59">TI-59</a>, published in <i><a href="/wiki/BYTE" class="mw-redirect" title="BYTE">BYTE</a></i> in October 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-jackson198010_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jackson198010-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The magazine also published a version of <i><a href="/wiki/Hunt_the_Wumpus" title="Hunt the Wumpus">Hunt the Wumpus</a></i> for the <a href="/wiki/HP-41C" title="HP-41C">HP-41C</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-librach198102_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-librach198102-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Few other games exist for the earliest of programmable calculators (including the <a href="/wiki/Hewlett-Packard_9100A" title="Hewlett-Packard 9100A">Hewlett-Packard 9100A</a>, one of the first scientific calculators), such as the long-popular <i><a href="/wiki/Lunar_Lander_(video_game_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar Lander (video game series)">Lunar Lander</a></i> game often used as an early programming exercise. However, limited program address space and lack of easy program storage made calculator gaming a rarity even as programmables became cheap and relatively easy to obtain. It was not until the early 1990s when <a href="/wiki/Graphing_calculator" title="Graphing calculator">graphing calculators</a> became more powerful and cheap enough to be common among <a href="/wiki/High_school" class="mw-redirect" title="High school">high school</a> students for use in mathematics. The new graphing calculators, with their ability to transfer files to one another and from a <a href="/wiki/Computer" title="Computer">computer</a> for backup, could double as game consoles. </p><p>Calculators such as <a href="/wiki/HP-48" class="mw-redirect" title="HP-48">HP-48</a> and <a href="/wiki/TI-82" title="TI-82">TI-82</a> could be programmed in proprietary <a href="/wiki/Programming_language" title="Programming language">programming languages</a> such as <a href="/wiki/RPL_programming_language" class="mw-redirect" title="RPL programming language">RPL programming language</a> or <a href="/wiki/TI-BASIC_(calculators)" class="mw-redirect" title="TI-BASIC (calculators)">TI-BASIC</a> directly on the calculator; programs could also be written in <a href="/wiki/Assembly_language" title="Assembly language">assembly language</a> or (less often) <a href="/wiki/C_(programming_language)" title="C (programming language)">C</a> on a desktop computer and transferred to the calculator. As calculators became more powerful and memory sizes increased, games increased in complexity. </p><p>By the 1990s, programmable calculators were able to run implementations by hobbyists of games such as <i><a href="/wiki/Lemmings_(video_game)" title="Lemmings (video game)">Lemmings</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)" title="Doom (1993 video game)">Doom</a></i> (Lemmings for <a href="/wiki/HP_48_series" title="HP 48 series">HP-48</a> was released in 1993;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Doom for HP-48 was created in 1995<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). Some games such as <a href="/wiki/Dope_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Dope Wars">Dope Wars</a> caused controversy when students played them in school. </p><p>The look and feel of these games on an HP-48 class calculator, due to the lack of dedicated audio and video circuitry providing hardware acceleration, can at most be compared to the one offered by 8-bit handheld consoles such as the early <a href="/wiki/Game_Boy_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Game Boy line">Game Boy</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Gameking" class="mw-redirect" title="Gameking">Gameking</a> (<a href="/wiki/Low_resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Low resolution">low resolution</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monochrome" title="Monochrome">monochrome</a> or <a href="/wiki/Grayscale" title="Grayscale">grayscale</a> graphics), or to the built-in games of non-<a href="/wiki/Java_virtual_machine" title="Java virtual machine">Java</a> or <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm_Brew" class="mw-redirect" title="Qualcomm Brew">BREW</a> enabled <a href="/wiki/Cell_phone" class="mw-redirect" title="Cell phone">cell phones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Games continue to be programmed on graphing calculators with increasing complexity. A wave of games appeared after the release of the <a href="/wiki/TI-83_plus" class="mw-redirect" title="TI-83 plus">TI-83 Plus</a>/<a href="/wiki/TI-84_Plus_series" title="TI-84 Plus series">TI-84 Plus series</a>, among TI's first graphing calculators to natively support assembly. <a href="/wiki/TI-BASIC" title="TI-BASIC">TI-BASIC</a> programming also rose in popularity after the release of third-party libraries. <a href="/wiki/Assembly_language" title="Assembly language">Assembly</a> remained the language of choice for these calculators, which run on a <a href="/wiki/Zilog_Z80" title="Zilog Z80">Zilog Z80</a> processor, although some assembly implements have been created to ease the difficulty of learning assembly language. For those running on a <a href="/wiki/Motorola_68000" title="Motorola 68000">Motorola 68000</a> processor (like the <a href="/wiki/TI-89_series" title="TI-89 series">TI-89</a>), C programming (possible using TIGCC) has begun to displace assembly. </p><p>Because they are easy to program without outside tools, calculator games have survived despite the proliferation of <a href="/wiki/Handheld_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Handheld device">mobile devices</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Mobile_phone" title="Mobile phone">mobile phones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant" title="Personal digital assistant">PDAs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industry_structure">Industry structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Industry structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Total global <a href="/wiki/Total_revenue" title="Total revenue">revenue</a> from mobile games was estimated at $2.6 billion in 2005 by <a href="/wiki/Informa_Telecoms_%26_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="Informa Telecoms & Media"><i>Informa Telecoms</i> and <i>Media</i></a>. Total revenue in 2008 was $5.8 billion. The largest mobile gaming markets were in the <a href="/wiki/Asia-Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Asia-Pacific">Asia-Pacific</a> nations <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, the market had already reached $7.8 billion<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new report was released in November 2015 showing that 1887 app developers would make more than one million dollars on the Google and iOS app stores in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-Salz-4-November-2015_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salz-4-November-2015-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mobile gaming revenue reached $50.4 billion in 2017, occupying 43% of the entire global gaming market and poised for further growth.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is expected to surpass the combined revenues from both <a href="/wiki/PC_gaming" class="mw-redirect" title="PC gaming">PC gaming</a> and <a href="/wiki/Console_gaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Console gaming">console gaming</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Different_platforms">Different platforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Different platforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mobile_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile software">Mobile software</a></div> <p>Mobile games have been developed to run on a wide variety of platforms and technologies. These include the (today largely defunct) <a href="/wiki/Palm_OS" title="Palm OS">Palm OS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Symbian" title="Symbian">Symbian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Flash_Lite" title="Adobe Flash Lite">Adobe Flash Lite</a>, <a href="/wiki/NTT_DoCoMo" class="mw-redirect" title="NTT DoCoMo">NTT DoCoMo</a>'s <a href="/wiki/DoJa" title="DoJa">DoJa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm" title="Qualcomm">Qualcomm</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Qualcomm_Brew" class="mw-redirect" title="Qualcomm Brew">BREW</a>, <a href="/wiki/WIPI_(platform)" title="WIPI (platform)">WIPI</a>, <a href="/wiki/BlackBerry" title="BlackBerry">BlackBerry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nook" class="mw-redirect" title="Nook">Nook</a> and early incarnations of <a href="/wiki/Windows_Mobile" title="Windows Mobile">Windows Mobile</a>. Today, the most widely supported platforms are <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a>'s <a href="/wiki/IOS_(Apple)" class="mw-redirect" title="IOS (Apple)">iOS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Google" title="Google">Google</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>. The mobile version of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a> (formerly <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a>) is also actively supported, although in terms of market share remains marginal compared to iOS and Android. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Java_(programming_language)" title="Java (programming language)">Java</a> was at one time the most common platform for mobile games, however its performance limits led to the adoption of various native binary formats for more sophisticated games. </p><p>Due to its ease of porting between mobile operating systems and extensive developer community, <a href="/wiki/Unity_(game_engine)" title="Unity (game engine)">Unity</a> is one of the most widely used engines used by modern mobile games. Apple provides a number of proprietary technologies (such as <a href="/wiki/Metal_(API)" title="Metal (API)">Metal</a>) intended to allow developers to make more effective use of their hardware in iOS-native games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monetization">Monetization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Monetization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Video_game_monetization" title="Video game monetization">Video game monetization</a></div> <p>With the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/IOS_App_Store" class="mw-redirect" title="IOS App Store">iOS App Store</a> and support for in-app purchases by October 2009, the methods through which mobile games earn revenue have diverged significantly away from traditional game models on consoles or computers. Since 2009, a number of models have developed, and a mobile game developer/publisher may use one or a combination of these models to make revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Premium</dt> <dd>The premium model is akin to the traditional model where the user pays for the full game upfront. Additional <a href="/wiki/Downloadable_content" title="Downloadable content">downloadable content</a> may be available which can be purchased separately. Initial games released to the App Store before in-app purchases were available used this approach, and still common for many types of games.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Freemium</dt> <dd>The <a href="/wiki/Freemium" title="Freemium">freemium</a> or "free to try" model offers a small portion of the game for free, comparable to a <a href="/wiki/Game_demo" title="Game demo">game demo</a>. After completing this, the player is given the option to make a one-time in-app purchase to unlock the rest of the game. Early games shortly after the introduction of the in-app purchase feature used this approach such as <i><a href="/wiki/Cut_the_Rope" title="Cut the Rope">Cut the Rope</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Fruit_Ninja" title="Fruit Ninja">Fruit Ninja</a></i>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Free-to-play</dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Free-to-play" title="Free-to-play">free-to-play</a> game requires no cost at all to play, and generally is designed to be playable from start to finish without having to spend any money into the game. However, the game will include gameplay mechanics which may slow progress towards completing the game. Commonly in mobile games, this is some form of energy or stamina that limits how many turns or actions a player can take each day. By using in-app purchases, the player can immediately restore their energy or stamina and continue on. In-app purchases can also be used to buy power-ups and other items to give the player a limited-time advantage to help complete the game. While free-to-play games had been common on computers prior to mobile, the method was popularized in mobile gaming with <i><a href="/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga" title="Candy Crush Saga">Candy Crush Saga</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Puzzle_%26_Dragons" title="Puzzle & Dragons">Puzzle & Dragons</a></i>.</dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png/220px-AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png/330px-AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png/440px-AppfloodFullScreenInterstitial.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="730" /></a><figcaption>A mobile game displaying a full-screen interstitial ad for a different game</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Advertising-supported</dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Ad-supported_software" class="mw-redirect" title="Ad-supported software">ad-supported</a> game will be free to download and play, but periodically or persistently, the game will show an advertisement to the user which they will have to watch through before they can continue with the game. The <a href="/wiki/Developer_(software)" class="mw-redirect" title="Developer (software)">developer</a> earns revenue from the advertising network. In some cases, an in-app purchase allows the player to fully disable ads in these games.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Subscription model</dt> <dd>A <a href="/wiki/Subscription_business_model" title="Subscription business model">subscription-based game</a> will offer a base version with limited features that can be played for free, but additional premium features can be obtained if the user pays a monthly subscription fee. If they terminate their subscription, they lose access to those features, though typically not any game progression related to those features, and can pick up those features later by restarting their subscription.</dd></dl> <p>Many game apps are free to play through a combination of these models. Over time, mobile developers of these types of apps have observed that the bulk of their players do not spend any funds on their game, but instead revenues are generated from a small fraction, typically under 10% of their total players. Further, most of the revenue is generated by a very small fraction, about 2%, of the total players, who routinely spend large amounts of money on the game. A similar split on revenue had been seen in <a href="/wiki/Social-network_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Social-network game">social-network games</a> played in <a href="/wiki/Internet_Browser" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Browser">browsers</a>. These players are known as "whales", inspired by <a href="/wiki/High_roller" title="High roller">same term used for high rolling gamblers</a>. The social nature of a mobile game has also been found to affect its revenue, as games that encourage players to work in teams or clans will lead to increased spending from engaged players.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_limits_of_mobile_games">Common limits of mobile games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Common limits of mobile games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mobile games tend to be small in scope (in relation to mainstream PC and console games). Storage and memory limitations (sometimes dictated at the platform level) place constraints on file size that presently rule out the direct migration of many modern PC and console games to mobile. One major problem for developers and publishers of mobile games is describing a game in such detail that it gives the customer enough information to make a purchasing decision. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location-based_mobile_games">Location-based mobile games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Location-based mobile games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Games played on a mobile device using localization technology like <a href="/wiki/Global_Positioning_System" title="Global Positioning System">GPS</a> are called <a href="/wiki/Location-based_game" title="Location-based game">location-based games</a> or <a href="/wiki/Location-based_mobile_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Location-based mobile game">location-based mobile games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-spacetimeplay_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spacetimeplay-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These are not only played on mobile hardware but also integrate the player's position into the game concept. In other words, while it does not matter for a normal mobile game where exactly the player is (play them anywhere at any time), the player's <a href="/wiki/Coordinates" class="mw-redirect" title="Coordinates">coordinate</a> and movement are the main elements in a location-based mobile game. </p><p>A well known example is the outdoor recreational activity of <a href="/wiki/Geocaching" title="Geocaching">geocaching</a>, which can be played on any mobile device with integrated or external GPS receiver.<sup id="cite_ref-spacetimeplay_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-spacetimeplay-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> External GPS receivers are usually connected via <a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several other location-based mobile games, such as the 2001 game <i><a href="/wiki/BotFighters" title="BotFighters">BotFighters</a></i>, were closer to research <a href="/wiki/Prototype" title="Prototype">prototypes</a> rather than being commercial successes. </p><p>Location-based mobile games sometimes have <a href="/wiki/Augmented_reality" title="Augmented reality">augmented reality</a> functionality, such as in the case of the 2016 game <i><a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go" title="Pokémon Go">Pokémon Go</a></i>. Usually in these cases the augmented reality functionality is not at the center of the experience. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Augmented_reality_games">Augmented reality games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Augmented reality games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Augmented_reality" title="Augmented reality">Augmented reality</a></div> <p>Mobile devices have been used as a platform for Augmented reality (AR in short) games, using the device's camera(s) to as an input for the game. While playing the game, the player aims the device's camera at a location and through the device's screen, sees the area captured by the camera plus <a href="/wiki/Computer-generated_graphics" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer-generated graphics">computer-generated graphics</a> atop it, augmenting the display and then allowing the player to <a href="/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction" title="Human–computer interaction">interact</a> that way.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The graphics are generally drawn as to make the generated image appear to be part of the captured background, and will be rendered app memorizing as the player moves the device around.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The most successful and notable example for a mobile game that has an augmented reality feature is <i><a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go" title="Pokémon Go">Pokémon Go</a></i> (2016), where the player travels to locations marked on their GPS map and then can enable the augmented reality mode to find <a href="/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon" title="Pokémon">Pokémon creatures</a> to capture.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, as of January 2022 there has been a lack of significant AR mobile games success since, with several AR mobile game projects being shut down, such as <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Minecraft_Earth" title="Minecraft Earth">Minecraft Earth</a> and Niantic's <a href="/wiki/Catan:_World_Explorers" title="Catan: World Explorers">Catan: World Explorers</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multipurpose_games">Multipurpose games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Multipurpose games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since mobile devices have become present in the majority of households (at least in the <a href="/wiki/Developed_countries" class="mw-redirect" title="Developed countries">developed countries</a>), there are more and more games created with <a href="/wiki/Educational_technology" title="Educational technology">educational</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lifestyle_(sociology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifestyle (sociology)">lifestyle</a> and, <a href="/wiki/Health" title="Health">health</a> improvement purposes. For example, mobile games can be used in <a href="/wiki/Speech-language_pathology" class="mw-redirect" title="Speech-language pathology">speech-language pathology</a>, children's <a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_(penology)" title="Rehabilitation (penology)">rehabilitation</a> in hospitals (Finnish startup Rehaboo!), acquiring new useful or healthy habits (<a href="/wiki/Habitica" title="Habitica">Habitica</a>), memorizing things and learning languages (<a href="/wiki/Memrise" title="Memrise">Memrise</a>). </p><p>There are also apps with similar purposes which are not games per se, in this case, they are called <i>gamified apps</i>. Sometimes it is difficult to draw a line between multipurpose games and gamified apps. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Multiplayer_mobile_games">Multiplayer mobile games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Multiplayer mobile games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many mobile games support multiple players, either remotely over a network or locally via <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a>, Bluetooth or similar technology. </p><p>There are several options for playing multiplayer games on mobile phones: live <a href="/wiki/Synchronous" class="mw-redirect" title="Synchronous">synchronous</a> <a href="/wiki/Tournament" title="Tournament">tournaments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turn_based" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn based">turn-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Asynchrony_(game_theory)" title="Asynchrony (game theory)">asynchronous</a> tournaments. In live tournaments random players from around the world are matched together to compete. This is done using different networks such as <a href="/wiki/Game_Center" title="Game Center">Game Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Google_Play_Games" title="Google Play Games">Google Play Games</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. </p><p>In asynchronous tournaments, there are two methods used by game developers centered around the idea that players matches are recorded and then <a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">broadcast</a> at a later time to other players in the same tournament. Asynchronous gameplay resolves the issue of needing players to have a continuous live connection. This gameplay is different since players take individual turns in the game, therefore allowing players to continue playing against human opponents. </p><p>This is done using different networks including <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>. Some companies use a regular turn-based system where the end results are posted so all the players can see who won the tournament. Other companies take <a href="/wiki/Screencast" title="Screencast">screen recordings</a> of live players and broadcast them to other players at a later point in time to allow players to feel that they are always interacting with another human opponent. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution">Distribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mobile games can be distributed in one of four ways: </p> <ul><li>Over the Air (OTA): a game <a href="/wiki/Binary_file" title="Binary file">binary file</a> is delivered to the mobile device via wireless carrier networks.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sideloading" title="Sideloading">Sideloaded</a>: a game binary file is loaded onto the phone while connected to a PC, either via <a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a> cable or <a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a>.</li> <li>Pre-installed: a game binary file is preloaded onto the device by the <a href="/wiki/Original_equipment_manufacturer" title="Original equipment manufacturer">original equipment manufacturer</a> (OEM).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_browser" title="Mobile browser">Mobile browser</a> download: a game file is downloaded directly from a mobile website.</li></ul> <p>Until the launch of Apple App Store, in the US, the majority of mobile games were sold by wireless carriers, such as <a href="/wiki/AT%26T_Mobility" title="AT&T Mobility">AT&T Mobility</a>, <a href="/wiki/Verizon_Wireless" class="mw-redirect" title="Verizon Wireless">Verizon Wireless</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sprint_Corporation" title="Sprint Corporation">Sprint Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/T-Mobile_US" title="T-Mobile US">T-Mobile US</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, games were distributed equally between carriers and off-deck, third-party stores. </p><p>After the launch of Apple App Store, the mobile OS platforms like Apple <a href="/wiki/IOS" title="IOS">iOS</a>, Google <a href="/wiki/Android_(operating_system)" title="Android (operating system)">Android</a>, and Microsoft <a href="/wiki/Windows_Phone" title="Windows Phone">Windows Phone</a>, the mobile OS developers themselves have launched digital download storefronts that can be run on the devices using the OS or from software used on PCs. These storefronts (like Apple's iOS <a href="/wiki/App_Store_(iOS)" class="mw-redirect" title="App Store (iOS)">App Store</a>) act as centralized digital download services from which a variety of entertainment media and software can be downloaded, including games and nowadays majority of games are distributed through them. </p><p>The popularity of mobile games has increased in the 2000s, as over US$3 billion worth of games were sold in 2007 internationally, and projected annual growth of over 40%. Ownership of a smartphone alone increases the likelihood that a consumer will play mobile games. Over 90% of smartphone users play a mobile game at least once a week.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many mobile games are distributed free to the end user, but carry paid advertising: examples are <i><a href="/wiki/Flappy_Bird" title="Flappy Bird">Flappy Bird</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Doodle_Jump" title="Doodle Jump">Doodle Jump</a></i>. The latter follows the "freemium" model, in which the base game is free but additional items for the game can be purchased separately. Some of the most popular mobile game developers and publishers include <a href="/wiki/Gameloft" title="Gameloft">Gameloft</a> and <a href="/wiki/King_(company)" title="King (company)">King</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_zombie" title="Digital zombie">Digital zombie</a> – Person overengaged with digital technology</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPod_game" title="IPod game">iPod game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handheld_electronic_game" title="Handheld electronic game">Handheld electronic game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handheld_game_console" title="Handheld game console">Handheld game console</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Handheld_video_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Handheld video game">Handheld video game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_most-played_mobile_games_by_player_count" title="List of most-played mobile games by player count">List of most-played mobile games by player count</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">Mobile app</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_gambling" title="Mobile gambling">Mobile gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_development" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile development">Mobile development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N-Gage_(device)" class="mw-redirect" title="N-Gage (device)">N-Gage (device)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalable_Network_Application_Package" title="Scalable Network Application Package">Scalable Network Application Package</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transreality_gaming" class="mw-redirect" title="Transreality gaming">Transreality gaming</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mobile_game&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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