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DS Misc > JRE on DS possible?

#118935 - Dox-999 - Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:29 am

Hi, I was wondering if it is somhow possible to get the Java Runtime Environment onto the nintendo DS? I don't developing games in java, I mean just being able to run java based games like the ones on the phones, because I think that could come in usefull :)

#118936 - Firon - Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:59 am

J2ME is probably possible. Cellphones have quite limited resources.

#118949 - OOPMan - Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:10 pm

This question has been asked before. If you do a forum search for Java in the DS section you'll probably find the relevant threads.

The short answer: Yes. A couple of OSS J2ME VMs for embedded platforms exist and porting one is possible.

I looked into porting one of them (Can't remember which one now) and it seemed quite do-able, just a fair bit of work :-)
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