= Introduction =

There are options to program old-fashioned 2D games rather easily.
[Pygames| http://www.pygame.org] is advertised as such but J2ME is actually relatively easy too and offers interesting deployment possibilities.

Some of the world's best video games have [helicopter sprites|SWD:HelicopterABC].

= J2ME =
http://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/gameapi/