Editing Mobile game (section)

{{short description|Video game played on a mobile device}}
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[[File:Playing with smartphone.jpg|thumb|A game being played on a [[smartphone]]]]
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A '''mobile game''' is a [[video game]] that is typically played on a [[mobile phone]].<ref name=defi>{{cite book |last1=Dal |first1=Yong Jin |title=Mobile Gaming in Asia: Politics, Culture and Emerging Technologies |date=27 July 2016 |publisher=Springer |pages=6–7 |isbn=9789402408263 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o6rCDAAAQBAJ&q=definition+of+mobile+game&pg=PA6 |access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>  The term also refers to all games that are played on any [[Mobile device|portable device]], including from [[mobile phone]] ([[feature phone]] or [[smartphone]]), [[tablet computer|tablet]], [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]] to [[handheld game console]], [[portable media player]] or [[graphing calculator]], with and without [[network availability]].<ref name=defi />
The earliest known game on a mobile phone was a [[Tetris]] variant on the [[Hagenuk MT-2000]] device from 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=This was the world's first cell phone with a game loaded |url=https://www.phonearena.com/news/This-was-the-worlds-first-cell-phone-with-a-game-loaded-on-it_id62920 |website=Phone Arena |date=16 November 2014 |access-date=16 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522004814/https://www.phonearena.com/news/This-was-the-worlds-first-cell-phone-with-a-game-loaded-on-it_id62920 |archive-date=22 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Blog|first=Microsoft Devices|date=2013-01-16|title=10 things you didn't know about mobile gaming|url=https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2013/01/16/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-mobile-gaming-2/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=Microsoft Devices Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Andreas Elmenthaler (Elmi) |url=http://www.handy-sammler.de/Handys/Hagenuk_MT-2000.htm |title=Hagenuk MT-2000 with Tetris |publisher=Handy-sammler.de |access-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617124048/http://www.handy-sammler.de/Handys/Hagenuk_MT-2000.htm |archive-date=June 17, 2013 }}</ref>

In 1997, [[Nokia]] launched ''[[Snake (1998 video game)|Snake]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nokia.com/A4303014 |title=Snake is born:a mobile gaming |language=nl |publisher=Nokia |access-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209232201/http://www.nokia.com/A4303014 |archive-date=February 9, 2009 }}</ref> ''Snake'', which was [[Pre-installed software|pre-installed]] in most mobile devices manufactured by Nokia for a couple of years, has since become one of the most played games, at one point found on more than 350 million devices worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nokiaconnects.com/2011/02/15/7-nokia-world-records-that-will-blow-your-mind/ |title=7 Nokia World Records That Will Blow Your Mind |access-date=2013-08-12 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330201321/http://nokiaconnects.com/2011/02/15/7-nokia-world-records-that-will-blow-your-mind/ |archive-date=March 30, 2012 }}</ref> Mobile devices became more computationally advanced allowing for downloading of games, though these were initially limited to phone carriers' own stores. Mobile gaming grew greatly with the development of [[app store]]s in 2008, such as the [[iOS]] [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]] from [[Apple Inc|Apple]]. As the first mobile content marketplace operated directly by a [[Mobile operating system|mobile]]-[[platform holder]], the App Store significantly changed the [[consumer behaviour]] and quickly broadened the market for mobile games, as almost every smartphone owner started to download [[Mobile app|mobile apps]].<ref name="MGA_SoA">{{cite web|vauthors=Behrmann M, Noyons M, Johnstone B, MacQueen D, Robertson E, Palm T, Point J |url=http://www.mobilegamearch.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Mobile-Game-Arch_D3.1_06122012_PU.pdf |title=State of the Art of the European Mobile Games Industry |publisher= Mobile GameArch Project |year=2012 |access-date=2013-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505184626/http://www.mobilegamearch.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Mobile-Game-Arch_D3.1_06122012_PU.pdf |archive-date=2017-05-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref>