The iPod is capable of playing many fun games. The original iPod had the game Brick (originally invented by Apple Computer cofounder Steve Wozniak) included as an easter egg, or a hidden extra feature, and later firmware versions added it as a menu option. Later revisions of the iPod added three more games in addition to Brick: Parachute, Solitaire and Music Quiz. An old brick wall in English bond laid with alternating courses of headers and A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction and sized to be layed with one hand using mortar. ... Apple Inc. ... Stephan Gary Woz Wozniak (born August 11, 1950 in San Jose, California) is an American computer engineer and the co-founder of Apple Computer (now Apple Inc. ... A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. ... In computing, firmware is software that is embedded in a hardware device. ... iPod (fifth generation) in Apple Universal Dock, iPod nano (second generation) and iPod shuffle (second generation) iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. ... Parachute is an iPod game that comes with any iPod. ... The Klondike Solitaire game that comes with GNOME. This article is about the solitaire family of card games. ...

On September 12, 2006, the iTunes Store began to offer nine additional games for purchase with the launch of iTunes 7, compatible with the 5th generation iPod with iPod software 1.2 or later. Those games included: Bejeweled, Cubis, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Pac-Man, Tetris, Texas Hold 'Em, Vortex, and Zuma. These games were made available for purchase from the iTunes Store for US$4.99 each. On December 19, 2006, two more games were released at the same price: Royal Solitaire and Sudoku, bringing the total to eleven games. Then, on February 27, 2007, Ms. Pac-Man was released raising the total number of games available to twelve. On April 24, 2007, iQuiz was released to bring the total to thirteen. All thirteen games may be purchased together for US$60.87. On May 22, 2007 Apple released the game "Lost" based on the television show, which is made by Gameloft Gamestudios. September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... The iTunes Store is an online business run by Apple Inc. ... iTunes is a digital media player application, introduced by Apple Computer on January 10, 2001 at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco,[1] for playing and organizing digital music and video files. ... The iPod 5G is the fifth generation of Apple Inc. ... Bejeweled (or Diamond Mine) is a popular puzzle game first developed as a browser game by PopCap Games in 2001. ... Mahjong (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Cantonese: Màhjeung; or Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Cantonese: Màhjeuk; other common English spellings include mahjongg, majiang, and hyphenated forms such as mah-jong or mah-jongg) is a game for four players that originated in China. ... Miniature golf, also known as mini-golf, crazy golf or Putt-Putt, is a game modelled after the sport of golf. ... Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution by Midway Games in 1979. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Texas hold em Texas hold em (also holdem, holdem) is the most popular of the community card poker games. ... Vortex is a game created by Apple Computer for the iPod System. ... Zuma screenshot Zuma is a fast-paced puzzle game developed by PopCap Games. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... A sudoku puzzle. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Ms. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... iQuiz is a game created by Apple Inc. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year (143rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

The games are in the form of an .ipg file (iPod Game), which is a .zip archive in disguise. When unzipped, it reveals executable files along with common audio and image files, leading to the possibility of third party games. Currently Apple has no publicly available SDK for iPod development.^[1] In the video game industry, a third-party developer is a developer that is not directly tied to the primary product the consumer is using. ... A software development kit (SDK or devkit) is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar. ...

There are also other ways to play games on your iPod without purchasing them. See iPod Linux and Rockbox for more information. Third-generation iPod running iPod Linux iPodLinux is a µCLinux-based Linux distribution which is specifically being developed to run on Apples iPods. ... Rockbox is a free software replacement firmware for digital audio players (DAPs). ...

Criticism

iTunes has come under much criticism due to the UK price of iPod games, GB£3.99 (about US$7.40). Many people from the UK have given the games 1* ratings, stating that Apple is "ripping off" Britain. ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies Inflation 2. ...

Developers have criticized Apple for not creating a Software Development Kit (SDK) for software developers to create new iPod games. This is likely to keep the DRM scheme of iPod games closed. A software development kit (SDK or devkit) is typically a set of development tools that allows a software engineer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar. ... Digital Rights Management (generally abbreviated to DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to any of several technologies used by publishers or copyright owners to control access to and usage of digital data or hardware, and to restrictions associated with a specific instance of a digital work or device. ...

See also

• Rip-Off Britain

Rip-Off Britain is an expression coined in the late 1990s to describe dissatisfaction with certain products costing more in the United Kingdom than in the some other countries, especially certain members of the EU and the United States. ...

References

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External links

• Official iTunes Site
• Pocket Gamer: reviews of every iPod game
• iPod Linux Official Site
• Rockbox Official Site