"Mobile and online have become significant markets in their own right and we expect all forms of networked games exploitation to account for 20% of the total Western world market by 2008, " said Ben Keen, Screen Digest analyst.

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Networked games will drive Java (adoption).

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In 1995, the company networked the games through phone lines to enable players in different locations to compete.

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You'll even be able to post 'notes' within games for your Nintendo-networked friends to see.

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