Hi, I am currently working on a networked game. I want to know if with good socket programming and game design it is possible to make a real time game in Java, or is there the need of another tool? Thanks,
elioncho
Assume you mean mostly real time rather than hard or soft realtime 
The answer is yes.
Cas 
yup, have a look to Jake2 wich is a very nice java multiplayer FPS