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All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨who@feddit.org⁩ to ⁨patientgamers@sh.itjust.works⁩

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/09/all-54-lost-clickwheel-ipod-games-have-now-been-preserved-for-posterity/

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  • TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Awesome. I loved those games.

    I also loved playing Doom on the thing when I installed Linux on it briefly. 🤣

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    • squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      These ran linux? Crazy

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      • TheRealKuni@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Indeed!

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    • Damage@feddit.it ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Mine ran Rockbox, which had Room, Quake, etc plugins

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  • Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Always happy to hear about things getting preserved like this.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I can’t believe so many were made. I can’t believe your average person could find them and purchased them and sync them.

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  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Anyone else still use their old clickwheel iPod or just me?

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    • manmachine@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Had mine flashmodded and battery upgraded, continue to happily use on walks.

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      • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I’ll have to look into that!

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    • makyo@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I had mine going until the battery went spicy pillow about a year and a half ago and I haven’t had time to replace it yet.

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      • Coelacanth@feddit.nu ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        That reminds me I need to refresh my backups and prepare for the day the HDD gives out.

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  • ObsidianZed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I do actually remember having the Sonic games, or at least the first one pictured in the thumbnail.

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    • LuigiMaoFrance@lemmy.ml ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’ve been complaining about no longer having access to the original Sonic game for iPod for years! There wasn’t even a way to pirate it up until now. I’m excited to finally replay it with the controls I first learned Sonic on.

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  • LodeMike@lemmy.today ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Finnish date? Wrong. New Zeland.

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  • jankforlife@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Oh mannnnn does that take me back lmbo

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