Mobile game

A mobile game is a video game that is typically played on a mobile phone.^[1] The term also refers to all games that are played on any portable device, including from mobile phone (feature phone or smartphone), tablet, PDA to handheld game console, portable media player or graphing calculator, with and without network availability.^[1] The earliest known game on a mobile phone was a Tetris variant on the Hagenuk MT-2000 device from 1994.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 1997, Nokia launched Snake.^[5] Snake, which was pre-installed in most mobile devices manufactured by Nokia, has since become one of the most played games and is found on more than 350 million devices worldwide.^[6] 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 app stores in 2008, such as the iOS App Store from Apple. As the first mobile content marketplace operated directly by a mobile-platform holder, the App Store significantly changed the consumer behaviour and quickly broadened the market for mobile games, as almost every smartphone owner started to download mobile apps.^[7]

^ ^a ^b Dal, Yong Jin (27 July 2016). Mobile Gaming in Asia: Politics, Culture and Emerging Technologies. Springer. pp. 6–7. ISBN 9789402408263. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
^ "This was the world's first cell phone with a game loaded". Phone Arena. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
^ Blog, Microsoft Devices (2013-01-16). "10 things you didn't know about mobile gaming". Microsoft Devices Blog. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
^ Andreas Elmenthaler (Elmi). "Hagenuk MT-2000 with Tetris". Handy-sammler.de. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
^ "Snake is born:a mobile gaming" (in Dutch). Nokia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "7 Nokia World Records That Will Blow Your Mind". Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Behrmann M, Noyons M, Johnstone B, MacQueen D, Robertson E, Palm T, Point J (2012). "State of the Art of the European Mobile Games Industry" (PDF). Mobile GameArch Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

[defi-1] Dal, Yong Jin (27 July 2016). Mobile Gaming in Asia: Politics, Culture and Emerging Technologies. Springer. pp. 6–7. ISBN 9789402408263. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[2] "This was the world's first cell phone with a game loaded". Phone Arena. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

[3] Blog, Microsoft Devices (2013-01-16). "10 things you didn't know about mobile gaming". Microsoft Devices Blog. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

[4] Andreas Elmenthaler (Elmi). "Hagenuk MT-2000 with Tetris". Handy-sammler.de. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

[5] "Snake is born:a mobile gaming" (in Dutch). Nokia. Archived from the original on February 9, 2009. Retrieved 2013-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] "7 Nokia World Records That Will Blow Your Mind". Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved 2013-08-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[MGA_SoA-7] Behrmann M, Noyons M, Johnstone B, MacQueen D, Robertson E, Palm T, Point J (2012). "State of the Art of the European Mobile Games Industry" (PDF). Mobile GameArch Project. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-05. Retrieved 2013-08-12.

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