Last year, the Aegis and Teddie machi-chara was preserved! Machi-charas were home screen avatars on DoCoMo keitai. They walk around the screen, offering assistance or playing cute animations. For instance, Aegis and Teddie would let you know if you got new mail!

Happy one year anniversary to the Rockman DASH 5 Islands English patch! Lost to time until 2024, this game nails the Mega Man Legends series' style and character writing. If you want to experience one more adventure with the Legends cast, I encourage you to check it out!

A partial copy of Tekken 2's i-mode port was preserved by @yuvi.app! Released in 2006, our copy appears to have been tailored to Sony Ericsson i-mode keitai. It relied on SD card data that we don't have, so only simple mode is playable.

The original i-mode release of Bomberman Kart Special was preserved by SJ2 and Cuebus! You can play as six characters and race on six tracks. This was released internationally in 2006, but the original keitai version was lost to time until today.

Keitai World Launcher has been updated to Ver. B0.8.4! ✅ Tons of code optimizations to make the program open faster and load more efficiently ✅ Adding custom apps doesn't require a restart ✅ Better memory management (less disk read/writes) ✅ Added option to edit appli information directly in KWL

I just created an OpenGL hardware renderer for STAR keitai emulator. No longer will heavy 3D games run badly. Minna no Golf Mobile 3 goes from like 4 FPS to a locked 30 FPS. All with proper 3D character rendering and texture loading. Plus internal resolution scaling.

I went on the Video Game History Hour podcast with @unabandonware.bsky.social! It's a great overview of keitai game preservation, from the games to preservation challenges. I hope you enjoy! Thank you to @philsalv.bsky.social for having us on. Listen here: gamehistory.org/episode-152-...

Today, @unabandonware.bsky.social and @robocami.bsky.social preserved some Toro Inoue i-mode media! These could be attached to emails or be used as wallpapers. A second image is below!

This is "Kirin: Let's Supporter" (キリンLet'sサポーター), a licensed i-mode game that was preserved last year. It appears to have been released to coincide with the 2006 Kirin Cup Soccer tournament. It's a rhythm game, where you try to match the spectators' moves! I clearly need to work on my moves...

Thanks to Leonierx, the second and third stages of Star Devastator are now playable! It turns out the trial contains the first half of the full game. For a 3D keitai game in 2003, this one pushed the limit. Hopefully we'll find the rest of the stages one day! I've posted a longer gameplay below.

Online features for "Pink Sweets Gaiden: Taisen! Rose Sisters" have been revived, thanks to @yuvi.app! This keitai-exclusive Pink Sweets spinoff let you upload ghost data and fight against other players in ranked VS battles. Earn points and upgrade your character!

Earlier this week, @yuvi.app preserved Mappy de Puzzle, as well as several other previously-lost #Namco i-mode ports from the early 2000s! Mappy de Puzzle was released exclusively for keitai in 2003. You guide a set of Meowkies through a maze. It's really charming!

Yesterday, Yuvi preserved a Klonoa chara-den! This is an avatar you could use for videophone calls on i-mode keitai. Each number on the keypad corresponds to a different emotion!

The trial version of Star Devastator (スターデバステーター), a keitai-exclusive #Konami game, was preserved by @yuvi.app! Released in 2003, this was an ambitious 3D rail shooter that was only released for i-mode devices. This may have been one of the earliest 3D keitai games.

Two previously-lost #Sonic keitai minigames and the original i-mode version of Sonic Jump were preserved by @yuvi.app! The minigames are Sonic 7 Narabe and Sonic Reversi Hyper. Sonic Jump was later released for Western phones, but the original keitai version was lost until today.

Thanks to Muttvil and Penguinstrain, Rockman Tennis now has an English patch! The game used many image files, so Muttvil did a great job with their English conversions. Partake in tournaments and buy upgrades in the shop! Can you unlock the secret character?

I have a positive update on this! Yuvi preserved the full version last year, but it had a network check. Today, Yuvi went through the effort of removing that network check, so now the full version of Metal Gear's i-mode port is preserved and playable!

Last year, Xyz preserved the trial version of Metal Gear's i-mode port! Released in 2004, this keitai port has an easy mode and a different script than the MSX2 version. It also served as the basis for the game's rerelease in Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence!

Last year, Yuvi preserved the trial version of Dragon Ball Battle Heroes! Originally released for i-mode keitai in 2009, this is a fighting game with three CPU opponents. The trial version includes Point Battle, where you compete to get the most KOs within a time limit.

Earlier this year, Yuvi preserved a chara-den of Reid from Tales of Eternia! Chara-den were avatars you could use for videophone calls on i-mode keitai. Each number on the keypad corresponds to a different emotion! Most chara-den are 2D, but some use 3D models, like this one.

A keitai game that's a port of... a Casio LCD calculator game?! Preserved last year by Yuvi, "Boxing Game" was developed by G-MODE and originally released for i-mode devices in 2001. Our preserved version, which has better graphics, dates to 2004.

Pink Sweets Gaiden: Taisen! Rose Sisters (ピンクスゥイーツ外伝 対戦！ローズシスターズ) was preserved by @yuvi.app last year! Previously lost to time, this was CAVE's keitai-exclusive prequel spinoff to its Pink Sweets schmup. The game also let you fight other players via online rankings.

Today, the #Sega Alarm Clock Sound Sample was preserved! This app is dated to 2004, and it let you download Sega alarm melodies. There was even an online ranking of the most popular melodies! Unfortunately, our copy doesn't have any saved melodies, but you can browse the app.

Last year, LNRC partially preserved CROWS x WORST, a beat-'em-up keitai game based on the eponymous manga series. Today, @yuvi.app created a server, which made it playable for the first time! The game heavily relied on server data, so our copy is a small portion of the full game.

Gundam VS Fighting Spirits Plus, which was preserved last year, is finally playable thanks to @yuvi.app! The game needed a server to function properly. This may be the best keitai fighting game we've preserved so far. It runs incredibly smoothly for a keitai game.

Keitai World Launcher has been updated to Ver. B0.8.1! ✅ Added privacy policy acceptance ✅ Added M7 audio for KEmulator ✅ Added rotated dialpad option for landscape appli ✅ Packaged emus updated ✅ Updated default emulators ✅ Code optimizations

Keitai World Launcher has been updated to Ver. B0.8! ✅ New home screen with five random featured games and a list of recent additions ✅ Redirection of SIMPLE100 URLs

I finally beat #Rockman: The Puzzle Battle! This was preserved last year. The Wily bosses are brutally difficult, but the music remixes are nice. I'm playing on the English patch created by Penguinstrain, Yuvi, and Muttvil. Full video footage can be found in the replies!

Dokodemo Chocobo 1 and 2 are now playable! Released in 2002, these are standby keitai apps and dungeon crawlers! Cuebus preserved them last year. They utilize Mitsubishi's proprietary Z3D graphics engine. The original Z3D plugin is lost, but Irdkwia recreated it with Mesa 3D!

#MAGFest: I've spent 2.5 years preserving games from Japanese feature phones with a small online group, mostly isolated, trying to convince people that these games are important. It feels like, finally, people understand. Words cannot describe how great it feels. Thank you for the opportunity ❤️

Are you at MAGFest? Want to try some preserved keitai games? You're in luck! Come to the Museum/LAN Room and look for @unabandonware.bsky.social's table with 20+ Japanese feature phones! Unabandonware is one of the foremost keitai game preservationists, and she'd love to tell you all about them!

2025 has been an incredible year for keitai game preservation! Your continued support for this small part of gaming history has meant the world to me, so thank you! Here are some year-end preservation statistics from Keitai World Launcher. Here's to an amazing 2026!

Keitai World Launcher now includes the Free-J2MEPlus emulator, which supports EZplus Java games! You can play preserved EZweb games like #Tetris Outdoor, which features Linda from Stretch Panic... an unexpected crossover! KWL will have more EZweb game integrations in the future.

After some SD card bruteforcing, the downloaded i-mode trial of Professor Layton and the Curious Village was preserved by @unabandonware.bsky.social and @yuvi.app ! Unlike the preloaded i-mode trial, this contains all of chapter 1 and is closer to the original DS game (voice acting, cutscenes).

The complete i-mode port of Mushihimesama Futari was preserved earlier this year by @YuviApp! Like the rest of CAVE's i-mode games, it runs surprisingly well on the limited hardware. My longer gameplay video can be found in the replies.

The 2005 i-mode port of IQ Intelligent Cube was preserved by NaoyaShinota! The game was originally released by Sony for the first PlayStation. This is a pretty faithful port to the original game, minus the orchestral soundtrack.

Gameplay of Moba UFO, a 3D racing i-mode game that's now playable thanks to Yuvi's Mobage server revival! It tries (and fails) to save ghost data after a race. This and other online functionality will be revived later. It's amazing to see how far we've come with preserving server-based i-mode games.

Gameplay of Ayane-chan Panic, an i-mode freeware game from 2003! Preserved by Cuebus last week, it has some impressive platforming and wall climbing mechanics! It's always fun to highlight these smaller, more overlooked pieces of keitai gaming history.

Dozens of i-mode games with Mobage and GREE server functionality have been revived, thanks to @yuvi.app! Many are score attack variants of games like Galaga and Taiko no Tatsujin. In the near future, Mobage/GREE leaderboards will be viewable on the Keitai Archive website.

Earlier this year, WN3DL and Kraze preserved Chokkan ☆ Shutokō Battle (C1 Loop)! Released in 2007, the game originally required you to tilt the phone to steer the car, but MemoryHunter was able to hack the game to use keypad controls. The game runs surprisingly well!

Earlier this year, LNRC preserved #Rockman 4's i-mode port! Similar to Rockman X's i-mode port, it contains a ranking mode where users compete for high scores in each stage. We haven't gotten around to reviving Rockman 4's ranking mode yet, but we have for Rockman X.

Several previously-lost Capcom i-mode minigames were preserved by @yuvi.app! Some highlights: - Breath of Daifugo (based on Breath of Fire IV) - Rival Schools: Table Tennis Club - Glory of Athens (three minigames made for the 2004 Athens Olympics)

I-mode leaderboards are now on the Keitai Archive website! Now you can easily check leaderboards for FFVII Snowboarding, Rockman X, and future i-mode games with revived leaderboards. To join in, go to "Get Network UID" in Keitai World Launcher and follow the instructions.

Thanks to @aid1043.bsky.social and Penguinstrain, Columns Jewel has an English patch! This was a #Columns keitai game that was preserved last year. It has a story mode, where Sana travels back in time after wearing a mysterious bracelet. There's also a puzzle mode with 40 puzzles!

We've found plenty of keitai freeware games, but "Super Merio" has shown up on multiple devices. As the name suggests, it's a Mario clone. Released in 2001, it's one of the earliest pieces of keitai freeware that we've preserved. It has two sequels (?) and even a spinoff called "Dr. Merio."

Gameplay of THE Skydiving, a keitai game released in 2009. This was preserved by LNRC earlier this month. You try to skydive to the ground as fast as possible, dodging missiles and passing through fellow skydivers in the process!

Cuebus preserved DoDonPuchi Zero (ドドンプチ零) and a trial version of DoDonPuchi (ドドンプチ)! Released in 2003, DoDonPuchi Zero was CAVE's first original shooter for keitai. Both were lost to time until now! DoDonPuchi Zero's soundtrack was composed by Namiki Manabu.

Biohazard: The Episodes was preserved by @yuvi.app! Lost to time until today, this mission-based game was based on Biohazard 3. It appears to be the full game, minus extra characters. We have now preserved at least partial copies of all three keitai-exclusive 3D #Biohazard games!

ICYMI, after 7 months of work, @aid1043.bsky.social finished their English translation patch for all eight Kingdom Hearts Mobile keitai minigames! Preserved last year, this patch even contains recreations of cut content, like bonus puzzles and downloadable cards! (Video credit to Aid)

After 7 months of work, my latest project: a full English patch of Kingdom Hearts Mobile! You can play all 8 of these previously-lost mini-games, in English for the first time. There's puzzle games, card games, rhythm games, and more, and even canon lore! More info: youtu.be/dWJEfN3W6Iw