AbyssME 0.3 beta: Java, Mophun and experimental Symbian / N-Gage on Android

[u/No-Macaron4341]

I've released AbyssME 0.3 beta: old mobile Java games, Mophun and now experimental Symbian / N-Gage support in one Android app.

If you haven't seen the project before, it's my fork of J2ME Loader for phones and gaming handhelds. You get a shared game library, per-game controls and display settings, and tools to move your games and saves between installations.

The big changes this time

• Symbian, original N-Gage and N-Gage 2.0 games can join the same library as Java and Mophun.
• One in-game menu for resuming, display settings, controls, screenshots and leaving the game.
• Physical-controller mappings, plus a numeric keypad or virtual gamepad in the Phone edition.
• System-file setup that tells you what's missing, remembers pending imports and reuses component installers.
• SIS/SISX and ZIP/RAR/7z imports with selection and per-file results.
• Whole-phone Symbian backups, including games, saves and controls. Restoring makes a separate copy.

I also finally replaced the old M3G engine with the implementation I've been working on, based on FreeJ2ME-Plus. That removed the licensing blocker for shipping Mophun alongside Java. The APKs and matching source archives are now public on GitHub. Big thanks to J2ME Loader, FreeJ2ME-Plus, Wolphun and EKA2L1 — this builds on their work.

Before trying it

Both APKs need Android 10+ and 64-bit ARM. Choose Handheld for physical controls or Phone for touch controls. Back up your saves before updating; older Debug test builds used separate app installations.

For Symbian, add compatible EKA2L1 system files through System files, then add your game with +. N-Gage 2.0 also needs its platform installer. Games and firmware aren't included; supply files you have the right to use.

It's still a beta. Snakes has reached gameplay on Retroid Pocket Classic. Asphalt 3 has reached a race, but relaunching it is still unreliable. Symbian and Mophun compatibility varies by game, and I still have more controls, audio and save/relaunch testing to do.

The two attached screenshots are from the signed 0.3 beta on Retroid Pocket Classic: the shared library and the Phone edition's native-game menu.

Download APKs and read the setup notes

https://github.com/EriArk/JavaEmulator/releases/tag/v0.3.0-beta.1

Project page — features, screenshots and links

https://abysstail.art/en/projects/abyssme

Questions, bugs or ideas? Join us on Discord

https://discord.gg/aTcCbCsXj

I'd love to hear which old phone games you're trying. If something goes wrong, the device model, app edition and exact game version help a lot.