Hey there, I've been searching for the old Java phone port of the original Cotton game. I know it may not seem as good as the TG-16 or X68000 version, but I'm a massive fan of the Cotton series and would love to try it out. Since shmups aren't that popular and this is a lesser version of the game, I'll put the thread here.
I've scoured through dozens of Java Phone game archives and other websites that host similar content, unfortunately I haven't uncovered it yet.
Here's some gameplay footage of the port, you'll want to turn your volume down since there's some obnoxious hissing in the background.
I've tried asking the uploader if he could provide anymore footage he had, he responded back saying he couldn't and that he can't access the game due to the current condition of the phone. I don't want to pester him on the topic so I'm trying to lay off asking him anything else (what type of phone he has, if he can access the data without turning the phone on, etc.)
Another lead I had was the full OST upload by TremiRodomi.
Since he did the rip of the OST I decided to ask him on Twitter if he had the game archived somewhere, unfortunately he doesn't.
Again, I don't want to be a nuisance about the subject so I won't ask him anything else currently, granted he seems pretty open to preserving content so I could give it another try, he uploaded Tenkomori after all.
If you have anything that could help me please share.
Post by extremewreck2000 on Oct 10, 2023 18:20:41 GMT
Hearing this makes me feel joy because I love the Cotton series! Hope you are able to find it somehow & perhaps I could get into looking for it(although I have other things that I'm doing, such as this).
Hearing this makes me feel joy because I love the Cotton series! Hope you are able to find it somehow & perhaps I could get into looking for it(although I have other things that I'm doing, such as this).
Thanks, I'm glad to hear your support! I'll also like to clarify that the OST rip was taken from the COTTON Original Soundtrack album, a collection of music from the Cotton series, it also has most of the alternate versions of the FND OST, which just so happens to include the Java version!
This is where TremiRodomi got the OST from, I apologize for any confusion!
As for any other leads, it's likely it could be in JP oriented Java Phone archives, you should try out Japanese keywords like "コットン" and other relevant words with their Japanese equivalent to see if anything new comes up. Old Nokia phones could potentially have the app installed, checking if any of these devices are for sale would be helpful, maybe sending out a request for a used phone with the game installed could garner some attention.
I know this sounds like a long shot but SUCCESS could potentially have the game in their database somewhere, if there's enough interest they could potentially team up with G-Mode and rerelease it.