Left to right: Nokia N-Gage, Nokia N-Gage QD

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.

Games

There are 65[a] 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]
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[b] 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
Stuntcar Extreme[17] Racing Fathammer / QueenMeka Fathammer / QueenMeka Unreleased 20 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

Cancelled games

A number of games were either announced or already in development before ultimately being cancelled.

Title[18][19] Genre Developer(s) Publisher(s) Planned Release Date/Last Year Developed or Mentioned[18][19] Notes/Reasons
8-Kings Turn-based tactics Argonaut Games Nokia 2003 Artwork exists and screenshots exists. Several prototypes leaked in 2023.[20]
Alien Front Action Sega Sega 9 February 2004 Beta prototype exists.
Aquababe: Freaky Gardening Action Byte Defenders Living Mobile — No prototype has surfaced.[21]
Bounce Adventure Rovio Entertainment Nokia — No prototype has surfaced.
Brothers in Arms Shooter Gameloft 30 November 2006 Pictures of Gameplay exist.[22]
Dawn Shooter Nokia Nokia 11 May 2004 The game has been released as Ashen. [23][24]
DRIV3R Racing, Shooter Reflections Interactive, V3D Production Atari SA 2005 No prototype has surfaced.[25]
Fussball Manager Pro Sportsimulation Bigben Interactive Bigben Interactive — No prototype has surfaced.[26]
Gekido Beat 'em up NAPS team DSI Games 26 September 2003 Screenshots exists.[27][28] No prototype has surfaced.
Habbo Islands Life simulation Sulake Corporation Nokia 2009 A prototype ROM image was leaked online in 2014.[29][30]
Hinter Wars: The Aterian Invasion MMORPG Activate Interactive Nokia Q1 2006 Also planned for PC.[31] Received a closed beta test.[32] Prototype sufaced in 2022.[33] Screenshots and trailer exists.[34][35][36]
Joe Action Humansoft — 10 February 2010 Also planned for PSP and only promotional images exists.[37][38]
Kart Racing Racing — Nokia Q1 2004 No prototype has surfaced.[39]
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.[40] Also alive Alpha prototype was spotted at ObscureGamers forum in February 2021.[41]
Lex Ferrum Action YDreams/Blueshark Studio YDreams 3 March 2006 Artwork exists.[42]
Pit Runner Combat-Kart Racer Tantalus Nokia Fall 2005 No prototype has surfaced[43]
Shade: Wrath of Angels Role-playing game Cenega Publishing Cenega Publishing, Nokia 9 June 2004 No prototype has surfaced.[44][45]
Shadow-Born MMORPG Backbone Entertainment Nokia 2009 No prototype has surfaced.[46]
Spirits Board game, Collectible card game, MMORPG Jadestone Jadestone 2009 No prototype has surfaced.[47], Demo was playable at E3 2005.[48]
Taito Memories Compilation Nokia Taito 31 December 2015 Artwork, screenshots and prototype exists.[49][50]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 Sports Electronic Arts Electronic Arts 1 October 2004 Screenshots exists.[51] 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.[52]
Virtually Board Snowboarding II Sports Fathammer Nokia — No prototype has surfaced.[53]
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.[54]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This number is always up to date by this script.
  2. ^ Exclusively released in China in 2004.

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