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iPod Games, also referred to as iPod Click Wheel Games in iTunes, is a feature added with an iPod firmware 1.2 enhancement for the 5th-generation iPod on September 12, 2006. It was announced at Apple Computer's "It's Showtime" event by CEO Steve Jobs. Games were made available for US$4.99 from the iTunes Store and designed specifically to be used with the iPod's controls. The games are stored as .ipg files.[1][2] These were replaced in functionality by iOS apps from the Apple App Store.
Certain games, such as PAC-MAN and Tetris have been criticized for awkward controls through the Click Wheel as an input device.[3]
List of Click Wheel games[]
Vortex for the iPod classic and 3rd-generation nano.
iPods that supported Click Wheel games from the iTunes Store came pre-installed with iQuiz, Klondike, and Vortex.
Launch titles[]
The launch lineup of games on the iTunes Store included:
- Bejeweled - A puzzle game where you have to match gems.
- Cubis 2 - A puzzle game which is played by sliding blocks.
- Mahjong - A game based on the popular Chinese board game.
- Mini Golf - A mini golf game played from a top down view.
- PAC-MAN - A remake of the arcade classic which involves the PAC-MAN character eating pellets while avoiding ghosts.
- Tetris - A remake of the classic game where the objective is to get lines of blocks.
- Texas Hold'em - A shared-card poker game.
- Zuma - A game where the objective is to create lines of coloured balls by elimating others.
Additional titles[]
- Asphalt 4: Elite Racing
- Backgammon
- Block Breaker Deluxe
- Bomberman
- Brain Challenge
- Bubble Bash
- Cake Mania 3
- Chalkboard Sports Baseball
- Chess
- Chinese Checkers
- Crystal Defenders
- CSI: Miami
- Lode Runner
- Lost: The Game
- Monopoly
- Ms. PAC-MAN
- Musika
- Mystery Mansion Pinball
- Naval Battle
- Peggle
- Phase
- Pirates: Aegir’s Fire
- Pole Position: Remix
- Real Soccer 2009
- Reversi
- Royal Solitaire
- Scrabble
- The Sims Bowling
- The Sims DJ
- The Sims Pool
- Slyder Adventures
- Song Summoner
- Sonic the Hedgehog
- SPORE Origins
- Star Trigon
- Sudoku
- Tamagotchi: ‘Round the World
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour
- Trivial Pursuit
- UNO
- Wonder Blocks
- Yahtzee[4]
Discontinuation[]
The rise in popularity of the iOS-based iPod touch and iPhone caused older iPod models to decline in sales. By the end of September 2011, sales of all Click Wheel-based iPod games were discontinued by Apple.[5]
References[]
- ↑ Apple Announces iTunes 7 with Amazing New Features, Apple Computer. 2006-09-12.
- ↑ How To Download Discontinued iPod Click Wheel Games by Jay Frank Wilson, MethodShop. 2012-01-28.
- ↑ Review: Pac-Man for iPod, Peter Cohen, Macworld, 2006-09-26
- ↑ Complete List Of iPod Click Wheel Games by Jay Frank Wilson, MethodShop. 2009-04-15.
- ↑ Apple removes click-wheel games from iTunes as iPod classic lives its last days by Neil Hughes, AppleInsider. 2011-09-30.
External links[]
- iPod classic - Features: Games at Apple (archived 2007-11-03)
- iPod nano - Features: Games (archived 2007-12-05)
- iPod games at Brad Cook
- iPod Games available from iTunes (reviews) at Coolgorilla (archived 2011-09-26, 2008-04-09)
- iPod Games at IGN
- iPod Click Wheel games at Mac Junkie
- iPod game at Wikipedia
Articles[]
- iPod Game Review Central by Levi Buchanan at IGN (2006-09-15, archived 2013-03-24)
- Looking Back At The History of iPod Click Wheel Games by Khee Hoon Chan at TheGamer (2022-05-11)
