Java games for PS3 + PS4 + XB1
Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2019 7:44 am
Did you know you can code a game with Java, and run it on PlayStation 3 + PlayStation 4 + Xbox One from the very same disc?
This is because all those consoles feature a blu-ray drive, and all blu-ray players run Java as part of the blu-ray specification.
It is obviously a limited platform, in several aspects. Don't expect to be able to code fullblown 3D shooters with it. But it will do fine for the average retro-styled game that we see on so many other platforms already.
See https://www.blu-play.com/games for two homebrew examples.
Blu-ray Java games are also used on commercial movies sometimes.
The movie "Bolt" has "Bolt's Be-Awesome Mission" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ4QUlbM6_c
The movie "Ratatouille" has "Gusteau's Gormet Game" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatH8C2mjHc
The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" has "Liar's Game"
Even some standalone Blu-ray Java games has been released.
And who doesn't know "Dragon's Lair"? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB7m0mJ47TQ
And "Space Ace" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEg69wMq3Y
I also used Blu-ray Java to create a diskmag-like eBook about the good old 8-bit days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg33a0wk3Mk
This is because all those consoles feature a blu-ray drive, and all blu-ray players run Java as part of the blu-ray specification.
It is obviously a limited platform, in several aspects. Don't expect to be able to code fullblown 3D shooters with it. But it will do fine for the average retro-styled game that we see on so many other platforms already.
See https://www.blu-play.com/games for two homebrew examples.
Blu-ray Java games are also used on commercial movies sometimes.
The movie "Bolt" has "Bolt's Be-Awesome Mission" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ4QUlbM6_c
The movie "Ratatouille" has "Gusteau's Gormet Game" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatH8C2mjHc
The movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" has "Liar's Game"
Even some standalone Blu-ray Java games has been released.
And who doesn't know "Dragon's Lair"? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB7m0mJ47TQ
And "Space Ace" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZEg69wMq3Y
I also used Blu-ray Java to create a diskmag-like eBook about the good old 8-bit days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg33a0wk3Mk