Beyond The Nokia 3310

[@lit2021]

1:15 Not 35%, it's 55% more pixels (6240 px / 4032 px = 1.547)

[@JanusCycle]

Even better! Thank you for the correction.

[@KVzism]

Watching you doing something that I dreamed of in my childhood is so surreal and cool! Absolutely loved it

[@JanusCycle]

Great stuff, thank you for letting me know.

[@manik_abdallah]

I agree.

[@neoqueto]

Your channel is so underrated, fascinating retro phone tinkering and high quality, informative narration... what's not to love

[@JanusCycle]

Thank you very much

[@ken_guler]

hi buddy i have 64 piece rare nokia collection actually what you doing is really crazy cool

[@DM01710]

yep with you there just found this channel its awesome!

[@Matt.Willoughby]

@@ken_guler have you got a 5140?

[@DrSoda.]

Agreed. Cool channel. God bless. Jesus loves you!

[@anidfan2]

I used to work in a Nokia repair centre back in the late 90s early 2000s and used to fix about 30 of these a day, they were so simple to fix and Nokia used to allow a full refurbishment for all warranty repairs , phones used to come in looking like they were through a tour in Afghanistan and left looking brand new 😅

[@gm6293]

Please stop lying - Nokia 3310 and word “fix” do not exist in the same universe! :)

[@JGPawlick171]

As i see, "fix" just mean cleaning, not a real fix...

[@jimmybenyoucef4416]

​@G M Same a tank could run the Nokia 3310 over and it would run still

[@van0tot100]

I had a 3310 that died and so had my mum

[@kentonli7]

I did the same workimg for Vodafone’s Commumications Repair Centre in Nottingham. Like you said, we could foash 10phones in one second all at once (used to love that) change voltage meters etc, swap parts and leave the factory that same day. Nokia’s are like Lego. Miss that job ………

[@GlennBroadway]

Great video. Our studio made Munkiki’s Castles for Nokia back in those heady, J2ME days. And you tried Super Bloc Bloc, which was also a game from our studio (the designer and coder of Super Bloc Bloc now runs Bitmap Bureau). Munkiki’s Castles was a strange venture for sure - Nokia aimed so high and so few people ever got to play it.

[@EmilyKimMartin]

Wait, Bitmap Bureau? You mean the studio behind Xeno Crisis?? Wow!

[@GlennBroadway]

@@EmilyKimMartin That’s right! Super Bloc bloc was one of Mike’s first games and now he’s making ground breaking games for Mega Drive, Neo Geo and countless other platforms.

[@VforVirtual]

I randomly stumbled across this video and comment. I loved Munkiki's Castles as a child, so it was kind of refreshing to hear that people have searched for ways to play it for years.

[@activemotionpictures]

Wow, @GlennBroadway that is amazing! Did you guys ever used Monster Capsule 3D game engine?

[@LightTheUnicorn]

Oh my! I remember playing Munkiki's Castle on my 3410 back when it was new! Woah, that's a throwback. Absolutely fantastic and in-depth video.

[@JanusCycle]

It's amazing what you find out when exploring old tech. Thank you for watching.

[@АртёмСабадырь]

I've even patched FreeJ2ME emulator to properly run this game. I couldn't beat Munkiki's Castles back than on my 3410 because it "saved" me on level 0. Which doesn't exist and is generated from garbage. Most of the time you drown instantly.

[@genoamito94]

Me too! The 3410 was my dad’s phone!

[@dueeek]

Just a few days ago I randomly remembered playing Munkiki's castle on my sister's 3410, and now I stumbled upon this... such a trip, love it!

[@JanusCycle]

If you enjoy these more in depth videos then let me know. These take lots of time to make and I like hearing your thoughts. This one was a fun one to make. I learned heaps more about the 33xx series models. And I've been able to play some great games in the process. Here is the link to PMM Manager by Jeep. I spent a good couple of hours searching for this software after reading about it in forums. Finding this was the key to this entire story. The Internet Archive really is an amazing resource. web.archive.org/web/20080417092036/www.knopas.neostrada.pl/download.htm I'm going to try making some less involved videos that are faster to produce. Though, I keep saying that and then find myself going down endless rabbit holes. Whatever happens, I hope you keep enjoying these videos as much as I enjoy making them.

[@oggyosbourne]

Thanks for the link. Time for me to look though my stuff for the my cables. But the firmwares and software i had back then are long gone. Only backup i really have is the firmware that is on my hacked Nokia 3350.

[@ozzelot3349]

Thank you for the link! After hours of looking, I found the program pretty much by accident in a folder of Nokia related programs I got from chomikuj, in a rar archive that was called "zmiana zawartosci emproma 3410"... and it's also been here the whole time. Oh well, archaeology happens. Edit: also, the one I found does run on Win98, though it's less comfortable to use on the 800x600 screen of my Armada

[@danurrahmajati3268]

play doom on nokia 3310

[@numbazZify]

I have everything that I was able to find for 3310-3410 on my Google Drive, if someone needs some firmware or software let me know. I don't know if I can post a link with such an archive here

[@activemotionpictures]

Definitively yes! If you can do one about the Sony Ericsson w550, that would be a blast! like: how do they flash, the flash menues?

[@leonzlasu4299]

I played munkiki castle on my grandmas phone really long time ago, but then one day it dissapeared from her phone. I couldnt find any info about 3d platformer monkey game for nokia 3310 (I assumed that was my grandmas phone). For many years (until now) I thought I dreamt up this game and it couldnt be real, altough I remembered the minecraft style maps and 2d monkey very vividly. What a chance that I found this obscure title through your nokias early java exploration!

[@angeltzepesh1]

I remember being like 9 or 10 and i downloaded Munkiki's Castle on my uncle's 3410, making him additional cost to the phone bill, which was expensive in Romania back then. I got punished pretty hard for it, if i remember correctly, but at least i was allowed to play the game when i was at my uncle's home 😂. Thank you for reminding me of it, i think i didn't see this game since 2004-2005

[@niko1u426]

Amazing that all the parts are so compatible, really cool to see

[@alexkei4009]

holy crap! 3d on this platform is crazy, Back in the days it was unheard of in my city.

[@numbazZify]

because of these three videos with Nokia DCT 3 phones I ended up buying a couple of lots with good and bad Nokia 3310, 5110 and their modifications, service cables, JAF flasher, and everything. Now I have five 3310 in good condition, I modified one of them with white LEDs, one Korean 3315, one good 3330, three 3410, one with limited edition Space Impact cover, and second is silver in mint condition still with factory screen protector on (got this one for 10$), two 5110 in great condition with 6 batteries for them, and a whole box with covers, parts, motherboards, screens that you can put together and make another ten 3310 ones. I just can't stop now😂 Many sellers sell these devices very cheap in broken, not a working condition, but after cleaning some contacts on the motherboard and power button itself the motherboard works great again

[@JanusCycle]

That is amazing. Thank you for letting me know.

[@activemotionpictures]

I loved Space Impact in the 3330. Is that the one you're referring to as "special edition"?

[@michaelwalker8250]

Absolutely amazing video. Made my day.

[@JanusCycle]

Awesome, thanks for letting me know.

[@pootpoint]

love those nokia 3310/3410 videos, very popular phones here back then so I'm extremely familiar with the content. please make more!

[@Jack_Krauzers]

You're technically preserving a lost ancient treasure with the 3410 games that might be the first 3D mobile games. This could be a new discovery. You have a new sub. Please keep stufff like this coming

[@JanusCycle]

Yes, this could be the first mobile 3D game! Many other people have also worked to preserve this game. I'm just pleased to have been able to show how it can be added to original hardware.

[@juliankasuk47]

You just brought back memories. Nice video.

[@term0s]

MORE old nokia phones mods PLEASE!!! You are the man!

[@arunavamalo]

Amazed by the presentation and time put to discover the true potential of a Nokia "brick" from ancient time. Both Nokia and you deserve applauds. Subbed!

[@JanusCycle]

Thank you!

[@kagameen]

great video, a joy to watch, thanks

[@rodak_]

Thank you for unlocking a memory, and a realisation, that probably Munkiki's Castle was the first 3D game I ever player. My brother used to have a 3410. Great content and hardware modding skills 👌

[@Dadniel1st]

Thanks

[@JanusCycle]

You rock, thank you!

[@FifthOfNovember_Original]

This is amazing. Great video! And yeah, there is just something so magical about these simple 1-bit screens!

[@JanusCycle]

Yep, I agree, these simple LCDs are awesome.

[@FifthOfNovember_Original]

@@JanusCycle Have you ever done any projects on Arduino? There are code libraries for Nokia 5110 screens (which I think it's specwise the same as the 3110?) which you can use to create cool low-spec devices/apps.

[@randt0l123]

my dad did this kind of stuff when i was young. he owned one of these and my mom had one. he used to be big on working on tech stuff but got out of it later in life. love these phone videos feels like time traveling back to watch my dad show me all the things he knew, used to do much he remembers when i jog his memory be mostly forgot. gotta watch this with him one of these days :D

[@JanusCycle]

I hope he enjoys this if he gets a chance to see it. This was an amazing time in phone tech.

[@MrFTDj]

This video is actually answering a lot of questions I didn't know I wish I knew. It's bringing up a lot of memories in my head. Thanks algorithm.

[@youtubemember01]

Wow I love this 3310 series. From 3310 to 3315, 3350, 3410.. love to see 3510.. So it means all our upgrades from 3310. Nokia is sooo ahead of its time. The Splinter Cell game was so nostalgic. I always play it every 4am just to finish it. Wow. Thanks for the video. I love it. I wanna see more upgrades on your next videos hopefully

[@JanusCycle]

I'm pleased you enjoyed these Nokia videos. I would like to do more with these phones. But I need to learn more about programming first.

[@Stabby666]

I used to write games for this, along with the other J2ME phones - mostly sold them into China and Finland. Made versions of Pacman (screen scrolled up/down to follow action), Pengo, Donkey Kong and some other platformers. I think we were limited to about 30Kb for everything - code, graphics and audio at the time :) There is no "3D engine" in the phone - the game itself just draws directly to the display.

[@samfkt]

Do you work for Gameloft or any other "modern" companies these days?

[@failedstateupdate]

Nokia designed a 3D engine that was provided to their licensed second party game designers. It's documented in depth on one of the phone forum he mentions it's never been leaked but we have the full documentation for it. It only worked on the 3410.

[@Stabby666]

@@failedstateupdate that would be a software based engine though. Those phones had no GPU or API for 3D. They just had a small frame buffer of pixels.

[@failedstateupdate]

@@Stabby666 it's a long time since I read up on this, so my knowledge isn't as sharp as it was, but I know Nokia developed a 3410 3D engine of some kind, that only worked on the 3410 using built in "hooks" as Nokia described them that they'd left in that specific model

[@palashsharma7674]

What a find! It's incredible to see such modification on older technology.

[@JanusCycle]

I had a great time doing this. Thank you for watching.

[@palashsharma7674]

@@JanusCycle If you were able to modify slightly more recent models, like the Nokia 1600 with the colour screen, that would be fantastic.

[@mrtomas621]

Interesting stuff. I remember playing Munkikis castle long time ago.

[@theera-thek10unlimited77]

Wow! This is the kind of content I am looking for. Classic old Nokia phone flashing, custom, and gaming. Can't really fathom how such small device with very limited resource hardware can pull this feat.

[@hitmiccs]

Back when I got my 3310 I got the flash-cables as well and it sparked an interest in phone modding that holds up until today ^^ Getting those devices to do things they were originally not intended to do was so fun and satisfying (when it worked) and the 3310 was a whole playground, which you are showing in this and the last video so well. I just wish those devices would be usable forever, but with the end of analog cell services in 2028, that will no longer be possible (in germany). Great videos - keep it up! :)

[@JanusCycle]

I had a lot of fun doing this. Looking forward to doing some more Nokia modding.

[@tarikkaragoz]

Really good content highly appreciated. 3310 had a powerful popularity in my country (Turkey). It was cheap and almost indestructible object. There were lots of memories and memes about its toughness. :)

[@JanusCycle]

I'm glad you enjoyed :) And hello to everyone watching in Türkiye.

[@arpcpro]

Impressive video. It is amazing how some games run so well on the phone. I wish I had them, when I had my 5510.

[@prla5400]

Thanks for the upload, Janus!

[@arkanullahsaad4639]

This is my most favorite in depth old hardware tinkering channel so far. I am glad that I found your channel and it is hella underrated. Keep it up and wishing you luck!

[@you2ber252]

That phone was a killer. Greatly engineered, small, light, with a long battery time, yet cheap to build. The keypad was also great. I replaced the standard MiMH battery with a Litium-ion one, original from Nokia, and was very happy with it. I bet if I check, I'll find the battery still holds the charge.

[@NickEter]

Wow thank you for this. I have a later model Nokia phone with the ability to upload apps from a PC, gonna have fun trying all those games you recommended!

What a wonderful video! I just recently found Nokia 3510i in the attic and I've already bought a data cable. Can't wait to start modding it. :) Thank you for the inspiration! :)

[@JanusCycle]

Be aware the 3510i has DCT4 chipset which doesn't support these mods. It can certainly run those old Java games though.

@@JanusCycle, thank you for pointing that out. Since you are the only expert in this topic I know, I'm asking whether you know of or can recommend any good repository/web page where I can find mods and Java games for my 3510i? Would greatly appreciate any feedback. 🙂

[@JanusCycle]

@ There are game packs on archive.org such as archive.org/details/Over5000MobileGames Finding the good games can take time. I also search for top lists to find recommended game to try out first from the game packs.

@@JanusCyclewonderful! Thank you for jump-starting this new hobby/project of mine. Keep up the good work. 😊

[@TysyTube]

awesome 🔥

[@sonyericssoner]

So thats why the algorithms have send me here.

[@14yogeshkumar99]

am glad that i got this channel suggestion in my recommendation love to see modification specially on vintage devices

[@JanusCycle]

I'm glad you are finding these videos interesting. Thank you.

[@CH11LER.]

I had both the 3310 and the 3450. I also used pmm manager back in the day with a serial cable. My dad's old Nokia 3310 has his face when you turn it on and off, extra games and other stuff which I installed for him and myself. I remember people used to pay me to add new games and custom logos to their phones.

[@TheHoinoel]

I'm astonished at the animation in munkiki's castle.

[@JoCaTen]

unbelievable... i never thought these phones were THAT powerful. i'm in awe i got a 3310, 3330 and a 3410 just lying around. just gotta get me a flash thing and get experimenting

[@CalCoffeeCat]

I was sat here expecting a fun little Nokia video from a channel I just discovered, and then you throw a childhood memory at me, Munkiki's Castle. I played it once or twice on my Nan's phone as I'm pretty sure now she had the 3410 whilst my Granddad kept running with the Nokia 3310 or a later version of it. (He was a bit of a tech enthuesiast.)

[@PakiDude]

I love your channel. I love re using old hardware.

[@JanusCycle]

Thank you. It's amazing what you find exploring old tech.

[@hardchaps]

What you're doing is like a time travel. Love how these phones used to work during those good old days.

[@Angel_I2]

These videos about old mobile phones are mind-blowing.

[@leonardothomax]

This is the most incredible content I ever seen on internet.

[@vincerabbit]

What a brilliant vid! The games you found are so cool

[@JanusCycle]

Thank you!

[@gswella3294]

Munkiki's Castles looks fantastic, yes it runs a bit slow but wow! impressive what this old thing can do! Loved the 3310 back in the day such an iconic phone!

[@weltvonoben]

I played munkikis Castle as a kid! So awesome to hear the music again! Thanks for uploading!

[@TheNostalgicFuture]

Ive been looking for a channel like this for a long time, LOVED the video. I used to love soft modding and playing around with apps and games on my s60 devices

[@JanusCycle]

Glad you enjoyed. I'm also curious about s60 modding.

[@TheNostalgicFuture]

@@JanusCycle I had so much fun with those devices. s60 through s60v3 was just amazing to me at the time. emulators for retro game systems, its own gaming platform that can be patched onto any of the unofficial devices, expandable memory, plenty of models with more advanced stuff like tv out and controller support. they could emulate the gba which was still on sale at the time and play it on a tv. just so much fun tinkering.

[@rafael01ification]

Level Master ! 😊 Incredible skills! Congratulations 😁

[@TheNostalgicFuture]

I wanted to come back and say i would love to see this concept made into a series by you, phone after phone. Flashing all the classic fun nokias for example would be wild to see

[@JanusCycle]

Great suggestion. I would like to do some more detailed phone videos.

[@iasad12]

I am stunned by your technowizardry!

[@madbull2360]

Impressive knowledge!! I was a kid of the same era but didn’t know you could mod the Nokia of the early era that much

[@Neyghene]

Munkiki! I played on my moms 3410 back when, I was sooo impressed

[@Jose-ue3bu]

One of the rare videos that amazes me

[@zhesya]

Sheeeeesh, I remember playing a 3d cube game on an old Nokia when I was like 5 y.o. I couldn't remember what it was.... Thanks Janus, I'll be enjoying it this fine evening, you get a sub and a like from me!

[@JanusCycle]

Really enjoyed being able to bring this game back to original hardware again. Glad you enjoyed this, thanks.

[@yusufaras9066]

Wow. Mind blowing afford. instant subscription!

[@monkeyman767]

My god i remember Munkiki's Castles I used to love that game! Cant believe it was almost completley lost

[@rachelocampo5914]

hearing munkiki's castle tone is so nostalgic 💚💚💚💚 👍👍

[@gazara88]

nothink can change that feel loking on green light and that 1 color black lcd that old year was awesome

[@grahamkelly8662]

3210 has a special place in my heart. First phone I bought from wages of first job.

[@1ksan1997]

unbelieveable work i don't even imagine this classic phone can run this game, even 3d game as well very nice work sir🙏🙏🙏 you deserve to have million subs now i want to buy nokia 3310 just to play space impact cuz this game bring me so nostalgic moment in the past, play this game when i was kid😅

[@parranoic]

Dude I've been searching for that monkey game for years now. Thank you so much

[@gandalfwiz20007]

In 2004, I got my first phone, Nokia 3410 and it had Munkiki's Castle, a game I played alot of. It was 3D and had frame drops when there were to many things on the screen. I want to mention it was the EU version 3410

[@TheSurogate]

All that fancy graphics are wonders... if i could get just that one spinning NOKIA graphic, i will be very contended....❤

[@kurtiunlisted8589]

I love this SO much, thanks for the great video ❤️

[@Sharkie1717]

This is awesome! Well done.

[@belstar1128]

Wow very nostalgic a lot of people had these phones i remember some of the games you showed i had forgotten about them.

[@JanusCycle]

I'm so glad I've been able to bring some back. It's been real fun playing them.

[@BilaL-us2yv]

Bro keep going , great content

[@JanusCycle]

Thanks man, I appreciate hearing that.

[@sigmawarrior.fokeryou]

Great job! Thank you for sharing!

[@mr.g-sez]

omg i remember munkikis castles. and i still have it on one of my 3410 phones that i put aside because i didnt want to scrap them. didnt knew that i was lost media 😂

[@benlovemusicuk]

On my 3510i which had a colour screen, I used to play a ten pin bowling game, downloaded from the Nokia game servers. Also this mine cart game on my 3315 before I had the 3510i, where you guide this cart though different mine tracks trying not to full off. RAIL RIDER thats it thanks dude, finally after all these years I can remember the name again. Just subbed by the way, you tube recommended you based on my love of retro tech. PS your voice is really soothing.

[@barunespadhy]

This dude’s voice is what I would like to here on a cozy rainy night by the fireplace while he just sits there tinkering stuff.

[@yrammepalomo1457]

Ohh. Munkiki's Castle was the name of that game. I played that game in the past when it suddenly appeared on my nokia back then. But that was when I can only play the game and not the other games.

[@yugidavin]

The man itself becomes a legend! Just like the phones.

[@nocturnalforsaken4519]

this great channel hope u relesase more video often

[@JanusCycle]

thank you, I will do my best.

[@jackkraken3888]

This was a really fun video. I think I have vague memories of playing munkikincatsle game.

[@casultaser]

I love the interfaces and aesthetics of these old nuggets of the 90s and 00s, especially the LG and Samsung ones from 2002 - 2010ish. I wish that someone would make MAME / RetroArch cores that would preserve these old phones. I would love to see something like the Samsung SCH-A630 and the LG VX4400 as a computer program, these old phones can't be any more challenging to emulate or be more powerful than a DS.

[@LovSven2011]

I had Nokia 3410 15-20 years ago. What an amazing CPU! and sow much tinkering is possible - I never knew. (LIKE, FAVORITE, BOOKMARK) Thanks.

[@silvon4r]

I had a 3310 with the flashing cable. I was able to upgrade to the 3315 flash. Then I modded with custom ringtones like 150 or so, all the ringtones were made by me using a midi editor. I also made some pictures that got publish in some magazines and were they sold them by sms. Later I bought 3510 which had polyphonic ringtones and Java on a monochromatic screen, the same as the 3350, after that one I got I 3510i which was basically the same phone but with 256 color display. I loved those phones.

[@odeejahsalmon7388]

I love your content it’s amazing 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@JanusCycle]

Thank you!

[@adamreid5901]

You should check out the 5510 which basically has a 3330 stuck inside it with FM radio and MP3 player

[@JanusCycle]

Very interesting phone, I would really like to find one.

[@shaunclarke94]

I had one of those! QWERTY keyboard too!

[@adamreid5901]

@@shaunclarke94 I got one in late high school from dick smith it was cheaper than an MP3 player alone. Cool phone for the time.

[@blakegriplingph]

Interestingly enough, the MP3 files were supposedly encrypted hence why you needed a special program to sideload them to the 5510.

[@adamreid5901]

@@blakegriplingph yeah it transcoded them to aac or something from memory

[@samo133]

I recently bought a Nokia 3410 on a flea market, and it has the munkikis castle installed!

[@JanusCycle]

Nice!

[@ChrisBigBad]

woooow. In my youth, I had seen some enhanced and hacked Nokias, but I had no idea what was possible!

[@the_dan]

13:52 Wow, I remember playing Munkiki's Castles on my father's 3410 a lot, circa 2004-2005, after getting bored of Snake. At the time I didn't realize that it so ahead of it's time, but later when I got my first java phone, the first thing I did was to find games on wap sites.

[@johnalevirasenjo6673]

wow this is additional knowledge to me ..... more of this content

[@williama29]

i like the indepth videos you make and i have seen these phones back in 1999 rarely i have a family member who had a nokia 3310 or some nokia model similar like that in 1999 and my mom had a nokia candy bar phone in 2003 or 2004

[@RedNoise-hz5nh]

good stuff! love your videos

[@parkerlreed]

3585i is my absolute favorite. Has the 96x65 screen, Snake II, and 4 way d-pad. What more could you want.

[@JanusCycle]

Nice model, great for Java games!

[@parkerlreed]

@@JanusCycle I've actually been meaning to figure out that little five pin connector on the inside of the battery compartment. I've wanted to do the same kind of experiments you've done as I've amassed about four or five 3585i motherboards. Is there a good resource in starting out in this?

[@JanusCycle]

@@parkerlreed The pinout is similar to the 3310, but you might have to build a custom connector to go under the battery. With a serial or USB cable you should be able to upload games and graphics.

[@andrewedis9907]

I vividly remember playing Munkikis Castle for hours. Many hours of wasted borderline fun/frustration..

[@prla5400]

I had these games as a toddler. Good times.

[@musicismyfirstlove]

Loved the 33 series and later getting the 5510 what a nostalgic time looking back. Exciting times different phones and styles not all the same looking as of today.

[@TMracer73]

Bring so many memories. N3410 was my forst phone and I bought it becouse if JAVA and wap addition over N3310

[@Geratian]

I would have lost my mind if I had that screen and games when I was younger :D

[@dejanzabaljac6950]

If John Wick had a phone...

[@intel386DX]

This is so cool I have the NOKIA 1100 and it comes with fucked up version of Space Impact + with some very hard annoying levels with hovercraft instead the space ship . I hope that I could change the firmware of it as well

[@JanusCycle]

Nokia 1100 is DCT4 and can't be modified in the same way. You need a DCT3 Nokia model for firmware modding. Or a Java compatible DC4 model for loading Java games.

[@intel386DX]

@@JanusCycle it have a similar exposed contacts 6 not 4, is there any schematics for the parallel or USB cable and can I flash some of those great shmups games you showed :) ?

[@ArifAkmal]

There's a Space Impact 3???? Whaaatttt???

[@OrinSorinson]

Some of these games are absolutely amazing. Impressive optimization.