Bounce (video game series)

Bounce
Gameplay of original Bounce, Nokia 6820
Developer(s)	Nokia
Publisher(s)	Nokia
Platform(s)	J2ME
Release	2001
Genre(s)	Side-scrolling video game
Mode(s)	Single-player

In the original Bounce game the player controls a red ball through many levels in a 2D side-scrolling game world. It came pre-loaded on many Nokia mobile phones and is considered one of the most well-known Nokia mobile games along with Snake.

The player controls an orange ball with the requirements to go through all hoops. The ball can also become big, allowing it to float in water areas (which is coloured blue). The enemies come in the form of static obstacles as well as moving blue 'spiky' objects (commonly referred to as "spiders" by the game fanbase) and firm yellow 'candle' objects. Touching one of the enemies will result in a loss of life.

The Nokia 9210 Communicator (Series 80) from 2000 (released 2001) was the first device to feature the game.[1][2] Through updated versions it was also pre-loaded on entry-level Series 40 handsets such as Nokia 6610 (2002), and Nokia 2600 (2004).[3] The game had a total of 11 levels. 2 level packs (12-16, 17-21) were available to download for Series 60 and Series 80 (Symbian OS) Nokia handsets.[4]

Different handsets also had different versions of the game, like the 9210 and 7650, which had levels 3 and 4 swapped, moving platforms, and other general changes,[5] the 1280 which had a B&W version of the game, etc.

Later Rovio Entertainment teamed up with Nokia to develop new Bounce games:[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

• Bounce Back for J2ME
• Bounce Tales for J2ME (2008)
• Bounce Boing Voyage for S60 (via N-Gage 2.0, 2008)
• Bounce Touch for Symbian^1 (first on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, 2008)
• Bounce Evolution for Maemo (Nokia N900, 2009)
• Bounce Boing Battle for Symbian^1 (2010)

There have also been many mods of some of the Bounce games, mainly Bounce Tales. Many unofficial "remakes" of Bounce have been created and are available on the Google Play Store or App Store.[14] However, none of these remakes feature levels 12-21, or re there any remakes of the Bounce sequels.

An unofficial level creator called BouncEdit was created in 2003 which allowed a personalized level to be made.[15] This does not appear to be working in Windows 10.

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