Introducing JGame. JGame is a small 2D Java game engine whose high-level framework—based on sprites with automatic animation and collision detection, and a tile-based background with easy sprite ...

Pro Pool is a multi-game of billiards for the Game Boy Color, offering many of the popular rendition of the parlor sport. You can play US or English 8-ball, Nine-ball, Straight, Six-ball, Three ...

I don't know of any books, but I wrote a 2d game in Java which I lifted from download from the Java Boutique website. At least in 2001 there were tons of games and you could download the source ...