Bounce (video game series)


Bounce is a mobile game series that was published by Nokia.

''Bounce'' (2000)

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. The enemies come in the form of static obstacles as well as moving blue 'spiky' objects and firm yellow 'candle' objects. Touching one of the enemies will result in a loss of life.
The Nokia 9210 Communicator from 2000 was the first device to feature the game. Through updated versions it was also pre-loaded on entry-level Series 40 handsets such as Nokia 6610, and Nokia 2600. The game had a total of 11 levels. 2 level packs were available to download for Series 60 and Series 80 Nokia handsets.
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, the 1280 which had a B&W version of the game, etc.

Series

Later Rovio Entertainment teamed up with Nokia to develop new Bounce games:
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. However, none of these remakes feature levels 12-21, or re there any remakes of the Bounce sequels.

Level editor

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

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