Sega Mobile
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Sega Mobile was Sega's mobile phone game service in the United States and Europe. Unlike its sister service in Japan, Sonic Cafe, there was no monthly subscription fee; instead, games were bought on a one-by-one basis, usually from the network carrier such as AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Vodafone, or from an app store. As such, it is available on the majority of phones that support J2ME on the carrier, as well as on phones and tablets with an operating system like iOS or Android. The service was launched in August 2002[1] for Sprint customers. On April of 2003 they started to make Sonic and other games for Palm OS Devices. On 1 February 2004, SEGA released many games for Verizon customers. Later that year, the first Sonic games for cell phones that support J2ME were released. In Summer 2008, AT&T had a campaign promoting their GoPhone featuring Sonic and Tails; AT&T was seemingly the official wireless provider of the Sonic franchise.
Sometime in 2012, a new network to support their mobile games was developed, leaving Sega Mobile without any platforms to support. Because of this, it is likely the service folded back into Sega of America.
Sonic games[edit | edit source]
Over fifty games were available through Sega Mobile, with the largest variety compatible with J2ME devices. The game list includes a large number of ports of classic games along with several new ones. The list below contains only the Sonic-related games that have been released.
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Press release: 2002-04-18: Sega.com Enters Wireless Gaming Market With the Launch of Sega Mobile. Business Wire (18 April 2002).
External links[edit | edit source]
- Official website (archived)
Sega | Home consoles | Sega Master System · Sega Mega Drive (Toshokan, Sega CD, Sega 32X, Mini, Mini 2) · Sega Saturn · Dreamcast |
Handheld consoles | Sega Game Gear · Sega Mega Jet · Sega Nomad · Sega Pico · Coleco Sonic · Game Gear Micro | |
Mobile | Sonic Cafe · Sega Mobile · Puyo Puyo! Sega | |
Browser | PlaySega | |
Nintendo | Home consoles | Nintendo GameCube · Wii · Wii U |
Handheld consoles | Game Boy Advance · Nintendo DS · Nintendo 3DS | |
Hybrids | Nintendo Switch | |
Microsoft | Xbox · Xbox 360 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X and Series S | |
Sony | Home consoles | PlayStation 2 · PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 |
Handheld consoles | PlayStation Portable · PlayStation Vita | |
Mobile systems | iOS/iPad OS (Apple Arcade) · Android · Windows Phone | |
Other | Arcade · Ouya · PC (Steam, Epic Games) |