{"id":121328,"date":"2024-11-02T20:17:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121328"},"modified":"2024-11-02T20:17:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:17:45","slug":"ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121328","title":{"rendered":"iPod fans evade Apple\u2019s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Even the bad clickwheel iPod games\u2014like Sega&#8217;s nearly impossible-to-control <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em> port\u2014might find their own quirky audience among gaming subcommunities, Olsro argued. &#8220;One [person] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4HdWWhZ0hDM\">beat <em>Dark Souls<\/em> using DK bongos<\/a>, so I would not be surprised if the speedrun community could try speedrunning some of those odd games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than entertainment, though, Olsro said there&#8217;s a lot of historical interest to be mined from this odd pre-iPhone period in Apple&#8217;s gaming history. &#8220;The clickwheel games were a reflect[ion] of that gaming period of premium games,&#8221; Olsro said. &#8220;Without ads, bullshit, and micro-transactions and playable fully offline from start to end&#8230; Then the market evolved [on iOS] with cheaper premium games like <em>Angry Birds<\/em> before being invaded with ads everywhere and aggressive monetizations&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-img-shortcode id-2059290 align-center\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox\">\n<div class=\"ars-lightbox-item\">\n              <a data-pswp-width=\"1440\" data-pswp-height=\"1800\" data-pswp-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-300x375.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-640x800.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-980x1225.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1440x1800.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-scaled.jpg 2048w\" data-cropped=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1440x1800.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"cursor-zoom-in\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-300x375.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-640x800.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-980x1225.jpg 980w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/ipodsonic-1440x1800.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\"\/><br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pswp-caption-content\" id=\"caption-2059290\">\n                The iPod might not be the ideal device for playing <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>, but you can do it!<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"caption font-impact mb-4 mt-2 inline-flex flex-row items-stretch gap-1 text-base leading-tight text-gray-300\">\n<div class=\"caption-content\">\n      The iPod might not be the ideal device for playing <em>Sonic the Hedgehog<\/em>, but you can do it!<\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"caption-credit mt-2 whitespace-nowrap text-xs\"><br \/>\n          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>                      <a class=\"caption-credit-link text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/ipod\/comments\/19fjmv6\/the_pegglepod_2\/\"><\/p>\n<p>          Reddit \/ ajgogo<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Olsro said he&#8217;s happy with the 42 games he&#8217;s preserved (and especially happy to play <em>Asphalt 4<\/em> again), he won&#8217;t be fully satisfied until his iTunes Virtual Machine has all 54 clickwheel titles backed up for posterity. He compared the effort to complete sets of classic game console ROMs &#8220;that you can archive somewhere to be sure to be able to play any game you want in the future (or research on it)&#8230; Getting the full set is also addictive in terms of collection, like any other kind of collectible things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Olsro&#8217;s preservation effort might have a built-in time limit. If Apple ever turns off the iTunes re-authorization servers for clickwheel iPods, he will no longer be able to add new games to his master clickwheel iPod library. &#8220;Apple is now notoriously known to not care about announcing closing servers for old things,&#8221; Olsro said. &#8220;If that version of iTunes dies tomorrow, this preservation project will be stopped. No new games will be ever added.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not know how much time we still have to accomplish this, so there is no time to lose,&#8221; Olsro <a href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/ipod\/comments\/1fydso6\/preservation_of_ipod_clickwheel_games_read_this\/\">wrote on Reddit<\/a>. iPod gamers who want to help can contact him through his Discord account, inurayama.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/2024\/11\/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even the bad clickwheel iPod games\u2014like Sega&#8217;s nearly impossible-to-control Sonic the Hedgehog port\u2014might find their own quirky audience among gaming subcommunities, Olsro argued. &#8220;One [person] beat Dark Souls using DK &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121328\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}