Existen emuladores como o Gnokii que replican el firmware del Nokia 1100. El más sencillo para el público general es J2ME Loader (disponible en Google Play).

A game often overlooked in modern retrospectives, Bantumi was a digital version of the ancient mancala board game. It was a strategy game played against the phone's AI. It required planning ahead and counting "seeds." For many, Bantumi was their first introduction to strategy gaming, teaching them that winning wasn't always about reflexes—it was about logic.

The Nokia 1100 usually came with a specific set of pre-installed games. Unlike modern phones that come bloatware-free or with a generic app store, the games on the 1100 were baked into the firmware.