ExEn
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| ExEn is a specific 3D Game API. In-Fusio presents the first 3D game for ExEn. | |
| Developer | In-Fusio |
|---|---|
| Type | Mobile Gaming Engine |
| Generation | 5th generation |
| Release date | 2000 |
| Discontinued | 2005 |
| Successor | ExEn V2 |
| Dumped | in-fusio.com |
| Emulated | ~ |
Execution Engine (also known as ExEn) was the very first software dedicated to mobile gaming developed by french company In-Fusio in early-2000s, with Sun Microsystems's mobile Java platform, J2ME. It was the first Java-based games engine entirely dedicated to mobile devices itself as an alternative to the limitations of J2ME's game development (offering missing feautures like sprite zooming, parallax scrolling, rotations). The company re-developed the ExEn V2 engine in 2002, which further improved the speed and expressiveness of mobile. In-Fusio, is also not demanding in terms of technical requirements, small and light, (less than 100kb of ROM and 32kb of the RAM in its initial version) the software's main function is to download and run games on mobile phones. The ExEn technology which is fully J2ME MIDP 2.0 game API compliant, has been designed for games containing animated graphics, sound, 3D and colour.
Contents
Overview
The In-Fusio SDK is a Java based GUI game development environment on ExEn. They have two kinds of engines on the client side mobile phone, basic and advanced. The basic features of the same are:
ExEn basic (v2.1): 256-color or black and white, 2D, client side game engine, with a memory footprint of 140k on the mobile device.
ExEn advanced (v2.2): 65k color, polyphonic sound, 3D, in-game Macromedia Flash, client side engine, with a memory footprint of 240k.
In-Fusio plans to launch its MIDP 2.0 (Mobile Information Device Profile of J2ME) compliant “ExEn Java Extensions” by the end of 2003. Most of the development platforms that we mention here are free unlike the restricted SDKs of console games. This platform is no different. The SDK and documentation can be downloaded from the in-fusio website by filling a simple form. The In-fusio SDK is available both as a command line version, as well as GUI.
The API is based on Java and is very similar to J2ME, but is optimized for game development and deployment instead. Even the programming style is almost the same. The ExEn API has various gaming specific classes that are absent from J2ME. ExEn was the first mass market downloadable game engine to be made available in Europe (The technology allows users to download games, new levels or characters over the air to play on their cellular phone. The games are then run locally without the need for a continuous connection). This was an important first step that allowed ExEn to achieve the current position of leader in this continent, making it the most used game engine (which also means that it's the one with a wider range of games.
ExEn is a compact game for mobile communication devices JAVA virtual machine. Once integrated with the terminal, It can download games and play native games. So as long as the built-in ExEn Cell phone with chip, You can start from ExEn The content supplier passes GSM or GPRS Network technology, Download to your mobile phone to play.
ExEn: for devices that supports ExEn V2 (ExEn embedded phone, press key 9 for 5 seconds. If an In-Fusio logo appears, It is ExEn mobile).
Features
Working as a virtual machine, ExEn is a safe engine for handsets preventing many security problems occurring when games are run locally (viruses, crashes…)
- Color
- 3D matrix calculations
- 3D rendering primitives (wireframe, flat or textured triangles)
- sprite zooming,
- sprite flipping / mirroring
- scrolling parallax (several playfields at the same time)
- Fully transparent or masked cells in playfields
- Raycasting
- Screen rotation (rotozoom) & various FXs
EGE (ExEn Gaming Extensions)
The start-up IN-FUSIO announces that the Orange Group has chosen ExEn Gaming Extensions (EGE) for its Java mobiles of the Signature range, for all of Europe.
ExEn Gaming Extensions is IN-FUSIO’s new gaming engine, created to run on all MIDP 2.0 handsets. It is designed for the end-user: improvement of the game play, user-friendly interface and innovative service offering. Enable game developers to focus on game play, rather than API integration (EGE works on Java MIDP2.0 handsets and integrates multi-player and 3D capabilities).
EGE leverages/ignites the capabilities of Java MIDP 2.0 game APIs by offering (providing) a number of enhanced functions, while focusing on providing player-friendly services.
Features
- "Real-time" multiplayer functionality (not available on initial handsets)
- Enhanced (Improved) 3D game play (not available on initial handsets)
- 'Recommend the game' function...to a friend, relative...
- Try and buy
- Simplified user interface for easy game play: direct access through a dedicated key (different according to handsets), dedicated game menu, etc., (fast and simple access in particular).
EnEn vs J2ME
ExEn and J2ME are not so different and ExEn paves the way to a Java language based standard.
- The main difference is that ExEn has been optimised for advanced game features.
- Every non-ExEn phone manufacturer has its own specific Gaming API (even on top of MIDP 1.0, the mobile phone profile of J2ME) which induces developers to produce specific code and intensive tests for every manufacturer J2ME implementation.
- The future MIDP 2.0 standard defines a minimum set of game functions to be available in future phones. Even with MIDP 2.0, advanced and rich games will require new Game APIs that ExEn can provide.
- Consistent with its strategy of moving towards J2ME standards, standard classes of ExEn V2 are set in conformity with MIDP/CLDC, which addresses issues such as user interface, persistence storage, networking, and application model.
- The ExEn roadmap will feature new advanced game capabilities and future MIDP 2.0 Game API compatibility.
Emulators
| Name | Platform(s) | Version | Accuracy | FLOSS | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExEn SDK | 
|
2.2 | Mid | ✗ | TBD |
| EXEN-V2 Generic Simulator (Part of SDK) |
|
0.1 | Low | ✗ | ~ |
- EXEN-V2 Generic Simulator
- A very old dead emulator for ExEn software. While many games will go in-game, they'll crash at various points and fps drop.
Download
| Title | Note(s) |
|---|---|
| ExEn games | A collection of half of all games (possibly including demos) |
Screenshots
List of ExEn supported devices
| Devices | Models |
| SAGEM | SL01 / MyX3 [2.0, B&W] / MyX4 / MyX5 [2.0, C] / MyX6 [2.1, C] / MyG5 [2.0, C] / MW3020 [1.0 / 2.0, B&W] |
| PHILLIPS | Xenium 9@9 [1.0, B&W] / Fisio 311 [1.0, B&W] / Fisio 330 [2.0, B&W] / Fisio 350 / 355 / Fisio 530 [2.0] / Fisio 535 / Fision 620 [1.0, B&W] / 630 / 636 / Fisio 639 / 655 / 755 / 759 / 760 / Fisio 820 [2.0] / Fisio 825 [2.0, C] / Fisio 882 / 855 / 859 / Azalys 288 [1.0, B&W] |
| ALCATEL | OT535 [2.1, C] / OT531 [2.0, C] / OT735 [2.1, C] / OT332 / OT526 [2.0, B&W] / BH4 |
| VITELCOM | TSM5 [2.0, C] / TSM4 [2.0, B&W] |
| CENTEL | Lotus / Rocket |
| PANASONIC | G60 [2.0, C] / GD87 [2.0, C] / X70 [2.0, C] / X88 / X86 / GD67 [2.0, C] |
| MITSUBISHI | M7 / M7.2 / M7.5 / M341 [2.1, C] / TRIUM M320 [2.0, C] / TRIUM MGB / TRIUM Eclipse [2.0, C] / TRIUM Mars [1.0, B&W] / TRIUM Neptune [1.0, B&W] / TRIUM 110 [2.0, B&W] |
| Ningbo Bird | SC-03 [2.0, C] / SC-04 [2.0, C] |
| Soyea | D1 [2.0, C] |
| CECT | Q88 M341 [2.0, C] |
| Kejian | K336 [2.0, C] |
| Siemens | SL42 [1.0, B&W] / S35i / M50 [1.0, B&W] |
- ExEn devices Colors and Black and White versions
- Panasonic's first ExEn-enabled colour handset, the GD67, version 2.0 of the ExEn.
- In-Fusio's "ExEn" game engine is now also working in Siemens mobile phones. The "SL 24" is the first Siemens cell phone to be equipped with the games machine. Siemens is the sixth cell phone manufacturer to integrate In-Fusio's "ExEn" download game engine into cell phones. This was announced by In-Fusio, a leading publisher of mobile games based in Bordeaux. Initially, the Siemens "SL 42" mobile phone is to be equipped with the "D2 Load-A-Game" games platform from D2 Vodafone, which is based on "ExEn". The game engine allows users to load video games onto their cell phones.
- The Siemens SL42 features a special version of ExEn using JAR files instead of the custom .exn format.
List of ExEn Games
| Title | Release date | Developer | Publisher | Genre(s) | Note(s) |
Ref. |
Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 007 Ice Racer | 1 November 2002 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio Vodafone |
Racing | [1] | ✓ | |
| Abalone | ✓ | ||||||
| Age of Empires II Mobile (Golden Edition) | 1 June 2005 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Strategy | [2] | ✓ | |
| Alfred Hitchcook Psycho | Kaolink SAS | Kaolink SAS | ✗ | ||||
| Arthur & Les: Pirates | ✓ | ||||||
| Banjo-Kazooie: Gruntys Revenge Mobile (Based on GBA game) | 14 June 2005 | Rare | In-Fusio | Action | [3] | ✓ | |
| Biocide | ✗ | ||||||
| Bomb Jack | 1 December 2003 | In-Fusio | Action | [4] | ✓ | ||
| Bomb Squad | 1 April 2006 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Puzzle | [5] | ✓ | |
| Casino Nights | ✗ | ||||||
| Celebrity Chic | 1 October 2003 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Simulation | [6] | ✗ | |
| Charmed™ | 1 April 2003 | DC Studios, Inc. | In-Fusio | Action, Platformer | [7] | ✓ | |
| Chicago Guns | 1 September 2001 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Shooter | [8] | ✗ | |
| Christmas Tales | 1 December 2006 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Platformer | [9] | ✗ | |
| Crash Bandicoot™ | 25 April 2005 | Kaolink SAS | In-Fusio | Action, Platformer | [10]/[11] | ✓ | |
| Crazy Cobra | Otaboo | In-Fusio | Action, Arcade | ✓ | |||
| Crazy Cobra 2 | 1 September 2004 | Otaboo | In-Fusio | Action, Arcade | [12] | ✓ | |
| Crazy Pet II | 1 July 2001 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action | [13] | ✗ | |
| Deca Challenge | ✗ | ||||||
| DJ Bubble Multiplayer | ✗ | ||||||
| Dream Quest | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | ✗ | ||||
| Eagle Squadron | 1 September 2004 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Shooter | [14] | ✓ | |
| Ferrari Racing | ✗ | ||||||
| Fighter Pilot Evolved | 1 May 2006 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Shooter | [15] | ✓ | |
| Flynn's Adventures (Nightmare Busters) | 1 April 2004 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Platformer | [16] | ✓ | |
| Fruit Factory | 1 February 2004 | Infraworlds | In-Fusio | Puzzle | [17] | ✗ | |
| Football Challenge | ✗ | ||||||
| Football Fan 2005 | 1 July 2005 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Sports | ✓ | ||
| Ghost Hunter | 1 July 2004 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Shooter | [18] | ✓ | |
| InFusio Ski Jumping | 1 December 2005 | Devalley Entertainment | In-Fusio | Sports | [19] | ✓ | |
| InFusio Extreme Ski | 10 January 2006 | Devalley Entertainment | In-Fusio | Sports | [20] | ✓ | |
| InFusio Ping Pong | 1 September 2006 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Sports | [21] | ✓ | |
| InFusio Racing | 1 March 2002 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Racing | [22] | ✓ | |
| InFusio Racing 2 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Racing | ✓ | |||
| InFusio Racing 3 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Racing | ✗ | |||
| InFusio Reversi | 1 October 2006 | NessProd | In-Fusio | Strategy, Puzzle | [23] | ✓ | |
| InFusio Sudoku (Based on GBA game) | ✓ | ||||||
| It's Mr Pants | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | ✗ | ||||
| Jungle Run | 1 November 2004 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action | [24] | ✓ | |
| Jurassic Park lll™ | 2002 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Adventure | ✓ | ||
| Kung Fu Legend | ✓ | ||||||
| Malibu Ride 2 | 1 August 2006 | Otaboo | In-Fusio | Sports | [25] | ✓ | |
| Midtown Madness 3 Mobile 3D | 1 October 2004 | BeTomorrow | In-Fusio | Racing | An ‘alpha’ version and, including 3D and multiplayer. | [26] | ✓ |
| Mission 3D | ✓ | ||||||
| Monkey Business | 1 November 2006 | Devalley Entertainment | In-Fusio | Arcade, Puzzle | [27] | ✓ | |
| MotoGP | 1 October 2005 | Cybiko, Inc. | THQ Wireless Inc. | Racing | [28] | ✓ | |
| Mutant Alert 3D | 1 May 2003 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action, Shooter | [29] | ✓ | |
| Panko | 1 November 2001 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Puzzle | [30] | ✓ | |
| Pile Up | ✗ | ||||||
| Pikubi | 1 July 2004 | Devalley Entertainment | In-Fusio | Action, Fight, Platformer | [31] | ✓ | |
| Pikubi 2: Rainbow Attack! | 1 March 2006 | Devalley Entertainment | In-Fusio | Action, Fight, Platformer | [32] | ✓ | |
| Psycho | ✗ | ||||||
| Rambo / Rambo on Fire | 1 May 2005 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Adventure | ✗ | ||
| Roller Blade | ✗ | ||||||
| Roller Kid | ✓ | ||||||
| Sabre Wulf | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | ✗ | ||||
| Sexy Video Poker | 1 July 2006 | NessProd | In-Fusio | Strategy | [33] | ✓ | |
| Sexy Breaker Bikini | 1 October 2005 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action | ✓ | ||
| Sexy Breaker Manga | 1 October 2005 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | [34] | ✓ | ||
| Shado Fighter | 1 July 2004 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action | [35] | ✓ | |
| Skate Kid | ✓ | ||||||
| Snow Kid | ✗ | ||||||
| Solitaire Gold | ✗ | ||||||
| South Park | 1 September 2003 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Action | [36] | ✓ | |
| Space War | ✗ | ||||||
| Sphere Madness | 1 February 2004 | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | In-Fusio | Action, Puzzle | [37] | ✓ | |
| Sphere Madness 2 | 1 January 2006 | Asobo Studio S.A.R.L. | In-Fusio | Action, Puzzle, Arcade | [38] | ✓ | |
| Splat Boy | ✓ | ||||||
| Spyro™: A Fairy Party | 27 May 2003 | Infraworlds | In-Fusio | Action | [39] | ✓ | |
| Star Wars™: Revenge of the Sith | 11 May 2005 | In-Fusio | THQ Wireless Inc. | Action | [40] | ✓ | |
| Super Dino Skate | ✗ | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ✗ | ||||||
| The Terminator™: I'm Back | 1 February 2003 | In-Fusio Cybiko, Inc. |
In-Fusio | Action, Shooter | [41] | ✓ | |
| Tinies Farter | 1 July 2001 | Kalisto Entertainment S.A. | In-Fusio | Action, Arcade | [42] | ✗ | |
| Tomb Raider: Elixir of Life | 1 June 2005 | IOMO | Eidos Interactive Limited | Action, Platformer | EN, IT, DE, ES, FR, CN | [43] | ✓ |
| Tomb Raider: Quest for Cinnabar | 1 February 2005 | IOMO BeTomorrow |
Eidos Interactive Limited | Action, Platformer | EN, IT, DE, ES, FR, CN | [44] | ✓ |
| Tomb Raider: The Osiris Codex | 1 November 2004 | IOMO | Eidos Interactive Limited | Action, Platformer | EN, IT, DE, ES, FR, CN | [45] | ✓ |
| Tony Hawk’s Underground | ✗ | ||||||
| Tour De France | 1 August 2005 | Living Mobile GmbH | In-Fusio | Sports | [46] | ✓ | |
| Wall Breaker | ✓ | ||||||
| Winter Sports | 1 February 2002 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Sports | [47] | ✗ | |
| Worms | 1 September 2005 | Kiloo ApS | THQ Wireless Inc. | Strategy, Arcade | [48] | ✓ | |
| X-Mas: Tales | ✓ | ||||||
| Yu: A Warrior Tale | 1 June 2005 | The Mighty Troglodytes | The Mighty Troglodytes | Action, Platformer | [49] | ✗ | |
| Zoo Tycoon 2 Mobile | 1 June 2005 | In-Fusio | In-Fusio | Strategy | [50] | ✓ |
