The Classic iPod Clickwheel Games Have Been Preserved

"The iPod age of gaming came and went fairly quickly during the two-decade lifecycle of Apple's signature brand of music players. Apple released 54 games for the iPod clickwheel that could have been lost to time if not for the efforts of game preservationists. It took a lot of effort to bring all of the games back together, but the complete lineup of iPod clickwheel games has now been preserved."

"As reported by Ars Technica, iPod Clickwheel Games Preservation Project founder Olsro recently completed the collection by tracking down a copy of Real Soccer 2009. Preserving the titles meant finding people who still had the original games downloaded on their iPods and syncing them up to a Virtual Machine master library that lets other iPod owners access the games at their leisure. Olsro also expressed relief that the completed project "means this whole part from the early 2000s will remain with us forever.""

Founder Olsro completed the preservation by locating a missing copy of Real Soccer 2009 to finish the 54-game lineup. Preservation required finding people who still had original games on their iPods and syncing those files into a Virtual Machine master library. The Virtual Machine enables other iPod owners to access and play the preserved titles on compatible clickwheel iPod models. Detailed installation and access instructions have been published on GitHub. The preserved collection includes classic licensed and arcade titles such as Bomberman, Ms. Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and many others.

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