New to Java, how powerful is it?

Hi, I am going to school for Game Design and I chose to do a reserch project for one my my classes on java. I know C++ very well, along with DirectX, openGL, and renderware. I have to do a small demo of that I have learned about java. I am just not sure how much I am able to do with java. I was thinking of doing a Galaga clone. I have 2 months to do this and have some good sites that talk about learning it. If anyone has any info like books or site that would be great, thank you.

[491 byte] By [evilpaula] at [2007-10-1 7:08:17]