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Games
iPod classic and iPod nano include free games; you can download
more, and with iPod touch and iPhone, access web-based games, too.
iPod nano + iPod classic Pack-Ins
iPod classics and third-generation iPod nanos each
come with three built-in games, two of which were
formerly sold via iTunes for the fifth-generation iPod:
the trivia game iQuiz, and the block-breaking action
game Vortex. iQuiz scans your iPod’s music database,
then asks you questions based on the contents; it also
has movie and TV show questions built-in. Vortex is a
visually cool, multi-stage game that lets you bounce
balls to remove bricks that line a 3-D well. Finally,
Klondike is a much-improved version of the Solitaire
card game that Apple gave away with old iPods.
iPhone or iPod touch owners mightn’t have packin
games, but they do have the Safari web browser.
Apple’s list of web-based games at apple.com/
webapps/games/, includes the Asteroids clone Gravity
Swarm (underclouds.com/iphone/gravityswarm/),
PopCap’s gem-matching Bejeweled (static.popcap.
com/iphone/), and 3-D Rubik’s Cube (vagvolgyi.com/
rubikscube/rubikscube.html), plus many others. Note:
these decent free games can disappear at any time, and
if you don’t have web access, you’re out of luck.
iPhone + iPod touch: Web
iPhone + iPod touch: App Store
Starting in late June, Apple promises to have the
App Store online as a venue to sell or give away
downloadable games that fully use the iPhone
+ iPod touch’s graphics, sound, and interface
capabilities. Sega’s 3-D maze game Super Monkey
Ball and Electronic Arts’ create-and-evolve-acreature
game Spore are two titles known to be in
development, while an Apple space shooter called
Touch Fighter was shown as a demonstration, and
other titles from Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Freeverse
are coming, as well. Freeverse has announced Flick
Sports Golf, Bowling, Soccer, and Baseball, and the
motorcycle racing game Wingnuts MotoRacer.
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