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New iPod Games at Macworld San Francisco? [Fake]

In September, Apple released 9 new downloadable games for the Apple iPod. These games (Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini golf, Pac Man, Tetris, Texas Holdem, Vortex, and Zuma) were made available through the iTunes Store for $4.99/game.

Some Mac developers were critical of Apple's approach to the development of iPod games, which has prevented long time Mac developers from participating in iPod game development.

According to an anonymous report, Apple is planning on introducing 3 new iPod games at Macworld San Francisco 2007. The new games are said to include Jezzball, Snood, and Pinball.

At present, we have been unable to verify this list, and present it for discussion only. Macworld Expo San Francisco 2007 takes place from January 9-12th, 2007 in San Francisco, CA.

Meanwhile, here is one person's list of their top 10 requests for iPod games.
Update: Word of Mouse Games has confirmed that Snood is not in the works for the iPod, but not for lack of interest on their part.
Based on this information, it appears very unlikely that the other games (Jezzball and Pinball) will also be making it to the iPod in January.

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68 months ago
I don't know if it's real... Snood makes sense however.... pinball might be interesting... never played jezzball.

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68 months ago
Some new games would be a lot of fun. Now Namco's Galaga would be do-able. Also a gamepad accessory would be great, snap on in front of the iPod for use with games, more buttons and such. Now that would make the iPod a killer entertainment device :) :D

I think Apple has to open up game development to users (I guess like XCode) that would be so cool :)
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68 months ago
Maybe you can play iPod games on iTV? Apple's entry into the video game console market? :)
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68 months ago
OK, there's one game just crying out for being able to run on the iPod:

Space Invaders.
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68 months ago
I would like to see some retro Mac games on the iPod. Remember Number Munchers!! That would be awesome!!:D
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68 months ago
Remember this rumor?

http://www.macrumors.com/pages/2006/07/20060718164759.shtml

What's interesting here is that the source doesn't appear to be totally innacurate. Indeed, the 5.5 generation iPod did bring about iPod Games, just not from Nintendo, and also there isn't any accessory (yet).

Something to keep in the back of our minds as we approach MWSF...
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68 months ago
i think it'd be neat. the more games, the better.
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68 months ago
Let's just hope we see more than iPod games at MacWorld
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68 months ago
Just in time for the iPhone :)
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68 months ago
bomberman would be fantastic. i loved that game. don't know why though :rolleyes:

Let's just hope we see more than iPod games at MacWorld


see attached pic. :p
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