"GitHub user Olsro, the originator of the iPod Clickwheel Games Preservation Project, tells Ars that he lucked into contact with three people who had large iPod game libraries in the first month or so after the project's launch last October. That includes one YouTuber who had purchased and maintained copies of 39 distinct games, even repurchasing some of the upgraded versions Apple sold separately for later iPod models."
"But that's when the project stalled, Olsro said, with months wasted on false leads and technical issues that hampered the effort to get a complete library. "I've put a lot of time into coaching people that [had problems] transferring the files and authorizing the account once with me on the [Virtual Machine]," Olsro told Ars. "But I kept motivation to continue coaching anyone else coming to me (by mail/Discord) and making regular posts to increase awareness until I could fin"
Classic iPod fans created a preservation project to salvage downloadable clickwheel games by bypassing Apple's FairPlay DRM. Owners with original purchases synchronized accounts to a single iTunes installation on a coordinated virtual machine to form a 'master library' capable of providing playable copies to any number of iPods. The final missing title, Real Soccer 2009, was added, bringing all 54 official iPod clickwheel games into an accessible collection. The project's originator connected with several owners—one YouTuber maintained 39 distinct games—and invested substantial time coaching contributors, though progress stalled at times due to false leads and technical transfer issues.
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