Developers who use Sun's next release of the Java Development Kit (JDK 1.2) can add powerful imaging capabilities to applications, using technology contributed by Eastman Kodak Company. Kodak and Sun ...

The EF RPG API is a powerful tool to facilitate 2D RPG Game Development in Java. The API hinges off the LibGDX framework, allowing it to work harmoniously with all of LibGDX's features. On top of that ...

Sun Microsystems announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open-source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2).

Sun announced Tuesday it has finished the process of making the bulk of its core Java technology available as open source software under the GNU general public license version 2 (GPLv2). The vendor ...

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 code.