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	== About ==		== About ==

	Click Wheel games were games you could play on your iPod. These games were unique in that they are not able to be played on devices other than iPods. There were pre-installed games, and then there were extra games that could be bought and installed from the ~~clickwheel~~ games store found within iTunes. The ~~clickwheel~~ games store was closed in 2011, thus preventing any new purchases of these games.		Click Wheel games were games you could play on your iPod. These games were unique in that they are not able to be played on devices other than iPods. There were pre-installed games, and then there were extra games that could be bought and installed from the Click Wheel games store found within iTunes. The Click Wheel games store was closed in 2011, thus preventing any new purchases of these games.Most of these extra (not pre-installed) game files have been lost to time, and this page serves to help give the current status of what is lost and what is found. It also list what games have been cracked. Back in (date required) a group of iPod Modders successfully cracked a portion of the available click wheel games that were able to be played with the use of a custom version 1.2 firmware for the 5th and 5.5 generation iPod Video.

	Most of these extra (not pre-installed) game files have been lost to time, and this page serves to help give the current status of what is lost and what is found. It also list what games have been cracked. Back in (date required) a group of iPod Modders successfully cracked a portion of the available clickwheel games that were able to be played with the use of a custom version 1.2 firmware for the 5th and 5.5 generation iPod Video.

	~~Today, there are~~ still ~~efforts being made~~ to ~~crack~~ any ~~uncracked copies still existent~~. ~~For example~~, ~~version 1~~.~~3 was successfully patched~~ for use with the ~~game hack by user~~ [~~https://github.com/Xlinka xLinka~~]. ~~This allows~~ the cracked ~~clickwheel games~~ to ~~run on~~ the ~~last~~ firmware ~~release for the iPod video (5/5~~.~~5). There are also individuals looking for people with their original~~ game files ~~and~~ the iTunes ~~accounts used to purchase them~~. ~~Anyone with those two things can continue~~ to ~~sync~~ games ~~for their iPods, but that~~ number ~~continues~~ to ~~dwindle. Most people do not check their iPods~~ to ~~see if there are game files left~~ on ~~them~~, and ~~thus many game files are deleted when people wipe and restore their iPods~~.		Any users who have the original email and copies for games they may have bought can still sign them within [[iTunes]] and sync them to any compatible iPods. Games can also be extracted from iPods using the restore purchases function when an iPod with the game files is plugged in. Unfortunately, only versions of iTunes 12 that are below 12.7 will still allow users to add new authorizations for game owning accounts as older versions no longer allow use of the iTunes store. Users can bypass the 5 machine authing limit with use of the [[ICrack\|iCrack Method]].

			It is currently not fully known how the original 20 games were cracked for the iPod Video and efforts are ongoing to replicate the cracked firmware's functionality. As of writing this Click Wheel games rely on having game files present along with the file named IC-Info.sidb which can be found inside the hidden folder iPod_Control/iTunes found in any iPod. When attempting to run the games the serial number of the iPod is checked (and sometimes a currently unknown second value). A full disc clone alongside a rom serial swap has been proven to allow games signed on one iPod to work on another, but rom editing is highly advised against due to the current unstable state of it and the ability to brick an iPod instead of writing data.

	At the end of this wiki entry are some resources for further reading and watching.		At the end of this wiki entry are some resources for further reading and watching.

	== ~~Cickwheel~~ Games ==		== Click Wheel Games List ==

	=== Default (Preinstalled) ===		=== Default (Preinstalled) ===
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	===iPod Modding===		===iPod Modding===
	Page for the publicly available modified firmware and still useable games: https://macjunkie.org/?p=705 </br>		Page for the publicly available modified firmware and still useable games: https://macjunkie.org/?p=705 </br>
	Page to xLinka's GitHub page on how the 1.3 Patch was made: https://github.com/Xlinka/iPodReverseEngineering </~~br>~~		Page to xLinka's GitHub page on how the 1.3 Patch was made: https://github.com/Xlinka/iPodReverseEngineering
			===Cracked Games===
			Guide written by [[User:Quix]] on how to add cracked games to the iPod Video: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AvcYxtNeRY9V6Upf8olc6h1_6Lujy7s2?usp=sharing

			===ROM Editing (Serial Swap Method)===
			Tool used to change the data found on an iPod's ROM chip, can be helpful for experimenting with serial swapping to run games (WARNING: this is prototype software and there are cases of it unintentionally bricking iPods): https://github.com/DavidBuchanan314/classic-ipod-tools/blob/main/ipod_flasher/ipodflasher.c

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== About ==

Click Wheel games were games you could play on your iPod. These games were unique in that they are not able to be played on devices other than iPods. There were pre-installed games, and then there were extra games that could be bought and installed from the clickwheel games store found within iTunes. The clickwheel games store was closed in 2011, thus preventing any new purchases of these games.

Most of these extra (not pre-installed) game files have been lost to time, and this page serves to help give the current status of what is lost and what is found. It also list what games have been cracked. Back in (date required) a group of iPod Modders successfully cracked a portion of the available clickwheel games that were able to be played with the use of a custom version 1.2 firmware for the 5th and 5.5 generation iPod Video.

Today, there are still efforts being made to crack any uncracked copies still existent. For example, version 1.3 was successfully patched for use with the game hack by user [https://github.com/Xlinka xLinka]. This allows the cracked clickwheel games to run on the last firmware release for the iPod video (5/5.5). There are also individuals looking for people with their original game files and the iTunes accounts used to purchase them. Anyone with those two things can continue to sync games for their iPods, but that number continues to dwindle. Most people do not check their iPods to see if there are game files left on them, and thus many game files are deleted when people wipe and restore their iPods.

At the end of this wiki entry are some resources for further reading and watching.

== Cickwheel Games ==

=== Default (Preinstalled) ===

* [[Brick]]
* [[Music Quiz]]
* [[Parachute]]
* [[Solitaire]]

=== Available on [[iPod video]] w/ cracked firmware ===
[[Bejeweled]] 
[[Cubis 2]] 
[[iQuiz]] 
[[Lost]] 
[[Mahjong]] 
[[Mini Golf]] 
[[Ms. Pac-Man]] 
[[Musika]] 
[[Pac-Man]] 
[[Royal Solitaire]] 
[[SAT Prep 2008 (Math)]] 
[[SAT Prep 2008 (Reading)]] 
[[SAT Prep 2008 (Writing)]] 
[[Sudoku]] 
[[Tetris]] 
[[Texas Hold'Em]] 
[[The Sims Bowling]] 
[[The Sims Pool]] 
[[Vortex]] 
[[Zuma]]

=== Archived (Uncracked) ===
[[Asphalt 4: Elite Racing]] 
[[Bomberman]] 
[[Brain Challenge]] 
[[Bubble Bash]] 
[[Cake Mania 3]] 
[[Chalkboard Sports Baseball]] 
[[Chess & Backgammon]] 
[[Chinese Checkers]] 
[[Crystal Defenders]] 
[[CSI: Miami]] 
[[Lode Runner]] 
[[Monopoly]] 
[[Mystery Mansion Pinball]] 
[[Naval Battle]] 
[[Peggle]] 
[[Phase]] 
[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Aegir's Fire]] 
[[Pole Position Remix]] 
[[Real Soccer '09]] 
[[Reversi]] 
[[Scrabble]] 
[[Slyder Adventures]] 
[[Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes]] 
[[Sonic the Hedgehog]] 
[[Spore Origins]] 
[[Star Trigon]] 
[[Tamagotchi: 'Round the World]] 
[[The Sims DJ]] 
[[Tiger Woods PGA Tour]] 
[[Trivial Pursuit]] 
[[Uno]] 
[[Wonder Blocks]] 
[[Yahtzee]]

=== Misc Software ===
[[iQuiz Maker]] (Official Software for making custom iQuiz Quizzes and adding iQuiz Themes)

==Resources==

===Game Archive===
Archive.org link to all of the ipg files available: https://archive.org/details/ipod-click-wheel-games-archive

===iPod Modding===
Page for the publicly available modified firmware and still useable games: https://macjunkie.org/?p=705 
Page to xLinka's GitHub page on how the 1.3 Patch was made: https://github.com/Xlinka/iPodReverseEngineering