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Do you have an old Apple iPod? You’re not alone. Although the iPhone and the iPad get all the attention these days with all their fancy apps, millions of iPods were sold over the last decade that could run “click-wheel” games, a precursor to the App. Before the App Store, Apple used to sell a limited selection of click-wheel games that users could play on their iPod using just a circular wheel (here’s a full list).
Unfortunately, Apple removed the iPod Click Wheel section in the iTunes Store in September 2011 when they discontinued support for the iPod classic and iPod shuffle. This wasn’t a huge surprise. The last time a new click wheel game appeared in the iTunes Store was February 2009.
However, what’s really puzzling is that Apple still promotes the availability of the Click Wheel games on the iPod Classic page on their website (pictured right).
So are iPod owners looking for discontinued games for their click-wheel iPods screwed? Not exactly. Diehard iPod fans have archived the click-wheel games and are sharing them on the Internet using file-sharing services like BitTorrent. Is it illegal to download these games? We’re not sure. Technically they are abandonware because Apple discontinued them. But Apple’s lawyers are very aggressive. Basically what we’re saying here is, download at your own risk.
Here’s how to find and download discontinued iPod Click Wheel Games:
01) Get a BitTorrent Client
You’ll need to download and install a BitTorrent client application on your computer. Don’t worry, they’re free. We suggest BitTorrent (Mac, PC, Linux) or Transmission (Mac).
02) Find a Click Wheel Torrent
There are tons of sites that allow you to easily find torrents. We suggest Pirate Bay. You can do a search on Pirate Bay for “ipod click wheel games” or try downloading this torrent: “Ipod Click Wheel Games”
03) Download & Share
BitTorrent works like this: someone with data shares it with others across the Internet. Downloaders are called “leechers” and “sharers are called “seeders.” After you successfully download a file, it’s polite to share it to help others download it too.
That’s it! we have a more in-depth BitTorrent tutorial here that might help you in your downloading efforts. Otherwise we wish you luck and encourage you to seed the iPod Click Wheel game torrent after you download. Happy Click Wheel gaming!
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how do you install it tho?
Found some leads. Won’t work on a classic, though. Try these links, and, you’ll need to do a search for ipodwizard or rockbox to download them from sourceforge or another source. It also looks like they are all PC based, so, you’ll need windows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDQ00O7Pe1I
and
https://www.instructables.com/id/Install-RockBox-on-an-iPod-easy-steps/
Your a retard. Go into apps in your itunes. Then up at the left corner go to file the add file. Find the file you want to add and click add. THERE YOU ALL GO. SUCH RETARDS
Wow, you really are bad
Oh YEAH then Gift Me Asphalt 4 click wheel
I am having success with this link right now! almost complete. took about 5 minz.
Lol, you will never hear them mention anything about getting the games on your device. They know it is impossible. In this way, they cannot be accused of lying: it says “how to download” and of course that’s easy, it is just impossible to put it on your device…
I’ve been trying to load the games on my kid’s 3g nano. I have the auth issue going, but if you plug-in the device you want to load the games on, open it up in iTunes, then open the .ipg file from the Finder, a “Games” tab magically appears for the device (or at least it did for me). Then, assuming your authorization is up to snuff, you should be able to sync. Good luck!
I will give you one better than that, j-beda. I thought I had lost all of my original click wheel games, but discovered that I still have about 5 of them within my Itunes folder. I am the owner of them all, but cannot get them to load on my Ipod classic.
Any ideas?
You cannot install them. They are encrypted with Apple’s system so that only the purchaser can use them. They’ve been shared, but the DRM has not been stripped and without the original purchaser’s credentials, they cannot be installed.
I agree Bosozoku! Downloading the torrents is straightforward. Trying to put the games in the correct place is not. Apple has stopped updating their manuals for the classic, and it has changed the iTunes interface. I have put the folders/files in several places without success.
try this one: http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3532302/All_8_Ipod_games_from_Apple
try this torrent. it works: http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3532302/All_8_Ipod_games_from_Apple
In BitTorrent, Everyone is stuck on 76.9%. What is going on?
Everyone wants to talk shit but nobody wants to explain how to get these games onto the ipod… Typical.
It get stuck on 76.9%…. any alternate link you have?
76.9% got stuck… no seeds….!!!!
Torrent is completely dead unfortunately.
please let’s be nice here Mr. Duffy! hi casey! the torrent in question is actually very easy to find and download. the link Mr. Duffy posted is correct. please try it, and everyone please try to be nice to each other. thanks!
hi Assassin104! this is not true. try uTorrent or BitTorrent. neither app will put a “virus” on your computer. however, if you try to download weird p0rn torrents or sketchy content, then you will probably end up with malware or viruses. just avoid questionable Torrent downloads and you should be fine. here’s a Torrent 101 tutorial to get you started: https://methodshop.com/bittorrent-tutorial
hi everyone. just to be clear: it is very, very, easy to find and download a torrent of these games. we just tested it again because of some of the feedback below. a full download of the Torrent took less than 5 minutes to download and seed. here’s a screenshot (see attached). so bottom line, if you know how to do a search on the Internet and use a Torrent client, then you are good to go! have fun!
LOL! Casey it helps if you have eyes that work. i found the torrent on TPB in like 30 seconds: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6123135/Ipod_Click_Wheel_Games
i also found it on several other Torrent sites. are you a n00b? it’s ok if you are. i can post some torrent 101 tutorials if you need them.
nobody know how to do shit anymore. fuck them is what i say lolol
I am a regular user of Thepiratebay and i searched these games and there wasnt shit on there about clickwheel fucking games.
omg you pussys who have never torrented before shut the fuck up.
But once you have them, how do you install them??
your a dumb shit. put a virus on your computer are you also a pussy
How about no
Dude this is bull shit it wont work they just want to put a virus on ur computer. It doesnt work.
Can anyone help me load the games onto my ipod once I have downloaded them? I’m using the latest 160GB ipod classic and all the methods I can find are for older classics. Cheers