The game on the iPod never appeared before the iPhone came out in 2007, but fans launched a project to ensure that they can still play these games in the future.An iPod enthusiast named QUIX found a small loophole in the companys digital copyright management protection (DRM) of the company: they can be on the second iTunes copy on different machinesManually back up your own iPod game.They then backup their 19 iPod Click-Wheel games with this method.
In the iPod enthusiast group on Discord, OLSRO discussed his discovery with a French user named Olsro, and then two followed by two.The person launched the iPod Click-Wheel game preservation project.OLSRO uses the QEMU emulator to create a "public virtual machine, and anyone can use it to synchronize the authorized clicks to their iPod".
The virtual machine allows anyone who has an iPod Click-Wheel game "authorized" it uploads game files from its own level-wheel iPod.Because it is impossible to download the game from Apple, user backup is the only way to save the game.
In fact, if the user did not back up the game on the MAC or PC before, then any users who still have a .ipg (iPod game) file can protect these files, So as not to fail the ipod.The new project website does not include playing any game in the absence of the user without its own Click-Wheel iPod, but you can share the game on these devices.
Use USB to directly synchronize the game to the virtual machine.Image source: github / olsro < / p>
Apple has developed a total of 54 iPod Click-Wheel games, which were originally sold at the price of $ 7.49 per model at the iTunes Store.A number of suppliers, including Electronic Arts, Sega, and Square Enix, cooperated with Apple to develop a popular game version specially customized for the Click-Wheel game.
The released games include hedgehog Sonic, Pokemon, Betting Ball Simulator multi -ball game, ASPHALT 4: Elite Racing, Miss Dourian, live football 2009.At present, the preservation project has won 42 of the original 54 games.
Apple stopped selling these games in 2011 and deleted it from iTunes.However, it still allows users to re -authorize existing games to their iPod.
The ability to re-authorize games is the key to whether the project can share these games with users using Click-Wheel iPod.Apple can turn off the reconnected server-Olsro at any time, saying that this will lead to stagnation of protection projects.
Olslrow left a message on Reddit, "We dont know how much time can be completed [save all 54 games of games], so there is no time to waste."
Those who want to contribute to the preservation project can contribute to the preservation project and contact OLSRO through the discord account "Inurayama".
