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More on iPod Games?

Monday February 21, 2005 1:40 pm PST by Arnold Kim
A job listing posted on Gamasutra which reveals that Apple is seeking out a programmer for the development consumer entertainment software with "experience working with embedded systems", "ARM7 RISC processor experience", and 2D and 3D graphics programming skills.

The job listing was posted on Feb 17, 2005. ThinkSecret suspects that this would indicates that Apple is interested in creating upcoming iPod games.

This is not the first time that future iPod games have been rumored. Previous rumors had reported that a 3rd party company (Digital River) would be creating downloadable games for upcoming iPods.

Apple's iPod presently ships with 4 simple games - Music Quiz, Solitaire, Brick and Parachute.
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jestershinra
91 months ago
Sounds cool- I wonder if they'll really take advantage of the color on high end iPods...
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dcollierp
91 months ago
Good news for iPod owners.
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MacsRgr8
91 months ago
Ha ha ha...

Games on an iPod more important than on a G5 ;) :eek: :D
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aricher
91 months ago
Maybe with the move to all iPods having color screens these games would be worthwhile. It would be nice to have something other than that crappy breakout to play on my daily bus ride.
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Chaszmyr
91 months ago
As addictive as Parachute can be, I'd love to see some cool games on the next-gen, color-screen iPods... Maybe some side scrollers, like an R-Typeish game, or a Super Marioish game.
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MOFS
91 months ago

Ha ha ha...

Games on an iPod more important than on a G5 ;) :eek: :D


exactly. I reckon Apple should spend less time (and money) on Swiss graph companies and instead splash out on a major games developer for their desktops. id software and Blizzard spring to mind. Leave games developing for the iPod for licenced 3rd party developers.
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BigDogg
91 months ago
Look out Nintendo/Sony!
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Macaddicttt
91 months ago
I'm not so sure this is a good idea. I can't really think that the click-wheel lends itself well to games. How exactly would these games work? I thought the included games were far from good in the controls department.
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Chimera
91 months ago
License Pac-Man Apple!

It'll be interesting to see if these games for the iPod will come free or whether you have to pay a small price to download from the iTunes Music Store, and how graphically detailed these games can be....
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Mitthrawnuruodo
91 months ago
Can't wait for a game of Tetris on the iPod Shuffle... :p

Seriously, does anybody ever play the games on the iPods...? Except for Solitare I don't even know which games are on my mini... :confused:


Okey, Music quiz was fun, for about two minutes...
Paracute and Bricks totally lame...
Solitare I already knew was extremely dull...

Why put games on it at all... iPods arent made for hard core gaming, get a PSP for crying out loud... :p
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