iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games

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iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games - Ars Technica

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Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine.

By 2011, though, the rise of iOS gaming made these clickwheel iPod titles such an afterthought that Apple completely removed them from the iTunes store, years before the classic iPod line was discontinued for good in 2014.

While those clickwheel-controlled titles didn't exactly set the gaming world on fire, they represent an important historical stepping stone in Apple's long journey through the game industry.