The N-Gage is a PDA that combined features of a cell phone and a handheld game console developed and designed by Nokia, released on October 7, 2003. [1] The following lists contains all of the known games released for the N-Gage, as well as unreleased games.
Originally announced on November 4, 2002, [1] the N-Gage competed against its rival, the Game Boy Advance, by integrating mobile phone functionalities but it was unsuccessful due to the button layout that was primarily designed for a phone not being suitable for gaming and its resemblance to a taco when used for phone calls, leading to the origin of its mocking "Taco phone" nickname. [2] [3] [4] On May 26, 2004, [5] Nokia introduced the N-Gage QD as a redesign that fixed widely criticized issues and design problems of the original model, however, it was unable to make an impact. Both models were commercial failures, [6] approximately selling only 3 million units combined and the platform was discontinued on November 26, 2005. [2] [7]
Only 58 of the games developed for the system received a North American retail release, with two retail releases being exclusive for PAL territories. However, a few titles only saw release through either digital distribution or bundles that came inside a MMC movie card. [8] [9] [10] In addition, one more game came with the system on CD-ROM that was later made available for Symbian S60v2 cell phones.
There are 64 [lower-alpha 1] officially released N-Gage games on this list.
Regions released | Region description | Released |
---|---|---|
NA (North America) | North America and other NTSC territories. | 58 |
PAL | PAL/SECAM territories: much of Europe, China, Brazil and Australia. | 64 |
Title [11] [12] [13] [14] | Genre(s) [14] [15] [16] | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Release date(s) [12] | |
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NA | PAL | ||||
Ashen | First-person shooter | Torus Games | Nokia | 25 May 2004 | 17 June 2004 |
Asphalt Urban GT | Racing | Gameloft | Nokia | 15 November 2004 | 15 November 2004 |
Asphalt: Urban GT 2 | Racing | Gameloft | Gameloft | 6 December 2005 | 6 December 2005 |
Atari Masterpieces Vol. I | Compilation | Digital Eclipse | Atari Interactive | 13 October 2005 | 13 October 2005 |
Atari Masterpieces Vol. II | Compilation | Digital Eclipse | Atari Interactive | 30 March 2006 | 30 March 2006 |
Barakel: The Fallen Angel | Hack and slash | StormBASIC Games | Nokia, Technobubble Entertainment | Unreleased | 2004 |
Bomberman | Arcade, Maze, Strategy | Hudson Soft | Hudson Soft | 4 August 2004 | 4 July 2004 |
Call of Duty | First-person shooter | OmegaSoft | Activision | 23 November 2004 | 10 November 2004 |
Catan | Board game, Strategy | thinkArts | Capcom | 10 October 2005 | 10 October 2005 |
Civilization | Turn-based strategy | Gryphondale Studios | Atari Interactive | 2 March 2006 | 24 February 2006 |
Colin McRae Rally 2005 | Racing | Ideaworks3D | Codemasters | 5 November 2004 | 29 November 2004 |
Crash Nitro Kart | Racing | Vicarious Visions | Vivendi Universal Games | 30 June 2004 | 28 July 2004 |
FIFA Football 2004 | Sports | Electronic Arts Canada, Exient Entertainment | Electronic Arts | 14 January 2004 | 24 December 2003 |
FIFA Football 2005 | Sports | Electronic Arts Canada, Exient Entertainment | Electronic Arts | 10 November 2004 | 27 October 2004 |
Flo-Boarding | Sports | Housemarque | Nokia | Unreleased | 7 October 2003 |
Glimmerati | Racing | Bugbear Entertainment | Nokia | 16 August 2005 | 7 July 2005 |
High Seize | Turn-based tactics | RedLynx | Nokia | 28 October 2005 | 13 October 2005 |
Marcel Desailly Pro Soccer | Sports | G Artist | Gameloft | 28 April 2004 | 10 May 2004 |
Mile High Pinball | Pinball | Bonus.com, Ideaworks3D | Nokia | 1 October 2005 | 14 November 2005 |
MLB Slam! | Sports | Hexacto Games | Jack of All Games, THQ Wireless | 31 October 2003 | 10 December 2003 |
MotoGP | Racing | THQ Wireless | Nokia | 14 November 2003 | 18 November 2003 |
NCAA Football 2004 | Sports | Exient Entertainment | Jack Of All Games, Electronic Arts | 10 December 2003 | 16 December 2003 |
N-Gage Freestyle | Extreme sports | StormBASIC Games | Nokia, Technobubble Entertainment | Unreleased | 2005 |
ONE | Fighting | Digital Legends Entertainment | Nokia | 13 October 2005 | 14 October 2005 |
Operation Shadow | Action-adventure | Torus Games | Nokia | 29 September 2004 | 30 September 2004 |
Pandemonium! | Platform | Ideaworks3D | Eidos Interactive | 6 October 2003 | 7 October 2003 |
Pathway to Glory | Turn-based tactics | RedLynx | Nokia | 24 November 2004 | 26 November 2004 |
Pathway to Glory: Ikusa Islands | Turn-based tactics | RedLynx | Nokia | 8 November 2005 | 8 November 2005 |
Payload | Action, Vehicular combat | Tantalus Interactive | Nokia | 14 November 2005 | 16 May 2006 |
Pocket Kingdom: Own the World | MMORPG | Sega | Nokia | 24 November 2004 | 29 November 2004 |
Pool Friction | Sports | StormBASIC Games | Nokia, Technobubble Entertainment | Unreleased | 2005 |
Puyo Pop | Puzzle | Lavastorm Engineering | Sega | 6 October 2003 | 7 October 2003 |
Puzzle Bobble VS | Puzzle | Taito | Jack Of All Games, Nokia | 10 October 2003 | 10 October 2003 |
Rayman 3 | Platform | Gameloft | Gameloft | 11 December 2003 | 26 November 2004 |
Red Faction | First-person shooter | Monkeystone Games | THQ Wireless | 10 December 2003 | 12 December 2003 |
Requiem of Hell | Role-playing game | Digital-Red Mobile Software | Nokia | 22 November 2004 | 22 November 2004 |
Rifts: Promise of Power | Tactical role-playing game | Backbone Entertainment | Nokia | 31 October 2005 | 1 October 2005 |
Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Hero Occurrence [lower-alpha 2] | Fighting | Digital-Red Mobile Software | Nokia | Unreleased | Unreleased |
Sega Rally Championship | Racing | Hitmaker | Sega | 1 January 2004 | 1 January 2004 |
Snakes | Arcade, Maze | IOMO | Nokia | 25 January 2005 | 25 January 2005 |
SonicN | Platform | Dimps | Sega | 7 October 2003 | 7 October 2003 |
Space Impact Evolution X | Shoot 'em up | Nokia | Nokia | 1 October 2003 | 1 October 2003 |
Spider-Man 2 | Action-adventure | Activision, Digital Eclipse | Activision | 2 July 2004 | 6 July 2004 |
SSX Out of Bounds | Snowboarding | Exient Entertainment | Electronic Arts | 24 January 2005 | 19 January 2005 |
Super Monkey Ball | Platform | Sega, Realism | Sega | 6 October 2003 | 7 October 2003 |
System Rush | Racing | Ideaworks3D | Nokia | 20 September 2005 | 22 September 2005 |
TechWars | Action | StormBASIC Games | Nokia, Technobubble Entertainment | Unreleased | 2005 |
The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey | Role-playing game | TKO Software, Vir2L Studios | Bethesda Softworks, Vir2L Studios | 11 November 2004 | 24 November 2004 |
The King of Fighters Extreme | Fighting | Hudson Soft | SNK Playmore | 31 January 2005 | 12 January 2005 |
The Roots: Gates of Chaos | Action, Role-playing game | P.S. ASSA - Tannhasuer Gate Sp. z o.o. | Cenega Publishing, Nokia | 15 August 2005 | 31 August 2005 |
The Sims Bustin' Out | God game, Life simulation | Ideaworks3D | Electronic Arts | 10 May 2004 | 12 May 2004 |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 | Sports | Digital Eclipse | Electronic Arts | 24 June 2004 | 24 June 2004 |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Jungle Storm | Tactical shooter | Gameloft | Gameloft | 11 August 2004 | 10 August 2004 |
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory | Stealth | Gameloft | Gameloft | 23 March 2005 | 29 March 2005 |
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Team Stealth Action | Stealth | Gameloft | Gameloft | 5 December 2003 | 10 December 2003 |
Tomb Raider | Action-adventure, Puzzle-platform | Ideaworks3D | Eidos Interactive | 6 October 2003 | 7 October 2003 |
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater | Extreme sports | Ideaworks3D | Activision | 10 October 2003 | 13 October 2003 |
Virtua Tennis | Sports | Hitmaker | Sega | 14 December 2003 | 14 December 2003 |
Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death | Turn-based strategy | Razorback Developments | THQ Wireless | 6 April 2006 | 6 April 2006 |
Worms World Party | Artillery, Strategy | Paragon 5, Team17 | THQ Wireless | 19 April 2005 | 15 April 2005 |
WWE Aftershock | Fighting, Sports | Exient Entertainment | THQ Wireless | 15 August 2005 | 11 July 2005 |
X-Men Legends | Action role-playing game | Barking Lizards Technologies | Activision | 7 February 2005 | 1 January 2005 |
X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse | Action role-playing game | Barking Lizards Technologies | Activision | 31 October 2005 | 27 October 2005 |
Xanadu Next | Action role-playing game | Nihon Falcom, ScriptArts | Nokia | 20 June 2005 | 20 June 2005 |
A number of games were either announced or already in development before ultimately being cancelled.
Title [17] [18] | Genre | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Planned Release Date/Last Year Developed or Mentioned [17] [18] | Notes/Reasons |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8-Kings | Turn-based tactics | Argonaut Games | Nokia | 2003 | Artwork exists and screenshots exists. Several prototypes leaked in 2023. [19] |
Alien Front | Action | Sega | Sega | 9 February 2004 | Beta prototype exists. |
Aquababe: Freaky Gardening | Action | Byte Defenders | Living Mobile | — | No prototype has surfaced. [20] |
Bounce | Adventure | Rovio Entertainment | Nokia | — | No prototype has surfaced. |
Brothers in Arms | Shooter | Gameloft | 30 November 2006 | Pictures of Gameplay exist. [21] | |
Dawn | Shooter | Nokia | Nokia | 11 May 2004 | The game has been released as Ashen. [22] [23] |
DRIV3R | Racing, Shooter | Reflections Interactive, V3D Production | Atari SA | 2005 | No prototype has surfaced. [24] |
Fussball Manager Pro | Sportsimulation | Bigben Interactive | Bigben Interactive | — | No prototype has surfaced. [25] |
Gekido | Beat 'em up | NAPS team | DSI Games | 26 September 2003 | Screenshots exists. [26] [27] No prototype has surfaced. |
Habbo Islands | Life simulation | Sulake Corporation | Nokia | 2009 | A prototype ROM image was leaked online in 2014. [28] [29] |
Hinter Wars: The Aterian Invasion | MMORPG | Activate Interactive | Nokia | Q1 2006 | Also planned for PC. [30] Received a closed beta test. [31] Prototype surfaced in 2022. [32] Screenshots and trailer exists. [33] [34] [35] |
Joe | Action | Humansoft | — | 10 February 2010 | Also planned for PSP and only promotional images exists. [36] [37] |
Kart Racing | Racing | — | Nokia | Q1 2004 | No prototype has surfaced. [38] |
Leisure Suit Larry: Pocket Party | Adventure | TKO Software | Nokia, Vivendi Universal Games | Q1 2005 | Concept art and design document are in hands of Jody Hicks, one of the game's developers. [39] Also alive Alpha prototype was spotted at ObscureGamers forum in February 2021. [40] |
Lex Ferrum | Action | YDreams/Blueshark Studio | YDreams | 3 March 2006 | Artwork exists. [41] |
Pit Runner | Combat-Kart Racer | Tantalus | Nokia | Fall 2005 | No prototype has surfaced [42] |
Shade: Wrath of Angels | Role-playing game | Cenega Publishing | Cenega Publishing, Nokia | 9 June 2004 | No prototype has surfaced. [43] [44] |
Shadow-Born | MMORPG | Backbone Entertainment | Nokia | 2009 | No prototype has surfaced. [45] |
Spirits | Board game, Collectible card game, MMORPG | Jadestone | Jadestone | 2009 | No prototype has surfaced. [46] , Demo was playable at E3 2005. [47] |
Taito Memories | Compilation | Nokia | Taito | 31 December 2015 | Artwork, screenshots and prototype exists. [48] [49] |
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 | Sports | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts | 1 October 2004 | Screenshots exists. [50] No prototype has surfaced. |
The Urbz: Sims in the City | God game, Life simulation | Griptonite Games | Electronic Arts | — | No prototype has surfaced. |
Virtua Cop | Rail shooter | Sega | Sega | 26 July 2004 | Beta prototype exists. [51] |
Virtually Board Snowboarding II | Sports | Fathammer | Nokia | — | No prototype has surfaced. [52] |
Xyanide | Shoot 'em up | Overloaded Pocket Media | Playlogic | 21 May 2004 | A demo version 1.2 exists. Originally entering any item would only shows highscores. Only arcade mode is available for playing after applying a fan patch. [53] |
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