iPod 7th Gen Games?

[narrow plover]

I'm just wondering if i can get more games on my 7th gen. any help works!

[regal trout]

if it’s a classic 7 (not a nano 7), @upbeat viper has offered in the past to add the games if you ship him your iPod

[narrow plover]

@upbeat viper how do you do it? im not willing to ship my iPod away

[upbeat viper]

👁️

[upbeat viper]

I have the auths for two different itunes accounts that have games on them, so I use my own machine with that auth to add games onto other people’s iPods as the accounts are not mine to share

[narrow plover]

do u do it for free

or do i have to pay for it

[upbeat viper]

I only ever really ask people to cover shipping at least since I’d otherwise loose money on it

[narrow plover]

idk

[upbeat viper]

Which assuming you are from the US it’s like $5-10 average

[narrow plover]

eh

idk

[upbeat viper]

I’m not going anywhere so up to you ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I’ve tried looking into remote usb applications but all of them are painfully slow and I usually leave the VM I have with the auths offline since iTunes likes to randomly remove them and doing the manual backup of the auth login file is annoying

I know some people are looking into cracks for them but idk if they’ll go anywhere, I only know at a surface level what ties the games to an iPod (serial and an extra auth file)

[narrow plover]

can i buy / download the games onto the iPod? the games are probobally conciderd abandonware by now

[upbeat viper]

The click wheel game store has been down since 2011 so unfortunately there’s no way to buy them anymore

You need to auth them as they are not currently cracked except for the 20 original ones that releases for the 5th Gen

[narrow plover]

what are those 20 original ones?

can i just use those?

[upbeat viper]

Assuming you are looking to auth a 5th Gen yeah

They only are cracked for 5/5.5

[narrow plover]

ih

oh

[upbeat viper]

Here’s a guide I wrote a while back

How to add the custom cracked game firmware and the cracked games onto a 5/5.5 gen iPod on Windows and Mac

Before starting you will need the following:

• iPod Wizard (for Windows users)
• iPodEditor (for Mac users)
• iTunes
• Modified iPod firmware bin for 1.2.1 (5 or 5.5 gen) (Note: some custom firmwares have this crack built in, but only the standard one will be attached in this guide)
• Cracked clickwheel Game files
• Stock firmware 1.2.1 for 5 or 5.5 gen (optional)

Find the downloads in the following drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AvcYxtNeRY9V6Upf8olc6h1_6Lujy7s2?usp=sharing

Note: This first step is optional but has reportedly caused the cracked firmware to exhibit less bugged features.

- Open iTunes and plug in your iPod. Navigate to the menu displaying info about your iPod and hold Shift (Windows) or Option (Mac) while pressing Restore iPod and select the ispw file for 1.2.1

For Windows Users:

1. Run iPodWizard as admin and switch it to "Firmware File" and click "Open Firmware". Select the cracked firmware bin from file explorer.
2. Click "Write to iPod" and it will write it to the iPod
3. Navigate to iTunes and make sure your iPod has "Enable Disk Usage" selected in the iPod menu.
4. Make sure to enable hidden folders in Windows and navigate to iPod_Control within your iPod in file explorer. Create a folder called Games_RO and paste all of the game files there
5. You can now eject your iPod from your computer and play all of the cracked games!

For Mac Users:
(Note: this only works on macOS Mojave and below due to 32-bit support)

1. You have to run iPodEditor as sudo. For instructions on running an app on mac as sudo, read here: https://www.wikihow.com/Open-Applications-With-Root-Privileges-on-a-Mac
2. Run iPodEditor. When the prompts come up to install ImageMagick say yes, but it will fail then let you proceed to the application.
3. Click "Open Firmware" and select the cracked games bin file within Finder. Then click Click "Write Firmware"
4. Once finished, go into iTunes and select "Enable Disk Usage" for your iPod.
5. Make sure your Mac has hidden folders enabled. Navigate to "iPod_Control" and create a folder called "Games_RO". Paste all of the game files there
6. You can now eject your iPod from your computer and play all of the cracked games!

[narrow plover]

i dont have a 5th gen

thanks for the help

[upbeat viper]

Ah damn

[narrow plover]

tho

[upbeat viper]

[narrow plover]

[fast trail]

hijacking this: yo I will pay more than just shipping haha please hook me up

would remote usb via remote desktop work? id be ok with being a guinea pig too, and id still pay

[regal trout]

he said he didn’t want to do that, since it’s not even his account

[fast trail]

ohhhh i see the message above. i’d love to still mail them tho

[upbeat viper]

I’ve been busy with a road trip rn but I’d be happy to help you out!

[fast trail]

omg for real 😭✨ thank you so much, hope you’re enjoying your trip

would it be too early to ship it to you and can you sync to any compatible iPod (i may send more than one if that’s ok??)

i’ll send you some cute stuff too haha if you’re into stationary etc

[fast trail]

would you also happen to be able to do solitaire? what games do you have and also can i cashapp/venmo you some monies 😅 (when you get back)

[fast trail]

omg im gonna have a stroke, you can sign all those??? im the biggest tamagotchi fan and made matching cases for my tama and my nano in high school

also 1337 is a truly cultured number lmao i referenced it the other day at work and someone was born too recently and didnt get it...

im gonna send a nano and a classic and i see youve done it for so many people just for return shipping u are a fuckin legend

[regal trout]

i don’t believe he does nanos but i could be wrong

[fast trail]

in another message they said any compatible ipod and that it includes 3-5 nanos

[regal trout]

ah i misremembered then!

[quartz thicket]

Thank you, I downloaded my favourite game, SAT Reading Prep questions 2008👍

[fast trail]

@upbeat viper are you back from vacation? 🙂

[upbeat viper]

Not yet :(

In a week or two I’ll be back

[fast trail]

ok just checking lol

would it be to early to send something to your address

lol probably

[upbeat viper]

I’m back at my apartment now 👁️

I’m happy to sync whatever to your iPod now

[fast trail]

Yay!!!!!

Please dm me your addy

welcome back

[fast trail]

@upbeat viper did you get to do it? 🙂

[upbeat viper]

Not yet, tonight I’ll be able to though!

[fast trail]

yay!!

[fast trail]

@upbeat viper are you able to send it back soon? 😄

[fast trail]

@upbeat viper did you have the tracking

[fast trail]

hell yea i got it back lmao im complete

[wispy mortar]

Is there any way to re-download previously purchased clickwheel games?

[upbeat viper]

Oh hey sorry I missed your DM, there isn’t as far as I’m aware of

[wispy mortar]

no worries lol

[upbeat viper]

Once the store went down any way to redownload them went too

[wispy mortar]

I was talking with apple support a week ago and they said there might be a way. but I'd need to have my ipod connected.
The ipod I ordered at the time was still in transit.
I have my ipod now though, so I might give them a call again to follow up on the case number and see if there actually is some black magic wizardry that can work.
If so, I'll update on here as well.

[upbeat viper]

If there is a way that would be insanely helpful

Very interested to see how that goes 😳

[wispy mortar]

It helps that I was able to find the purchase order number from my account

[wispy mortar]

Update per my talk with Apple support: to their knowledge, iPod clickwheel games are no longer hosted on apples servers, so they unfortunately can't be re-downloaded/installed by official means even if previously purchased. 🙃

[upbeat viper]

Yup sounds about right

💔

[wispy mortar]

My next avenues, for which I have minimal expectation:

• Contact the developers directly (e.g. Harmonix for Phase) to see if they could somehow help in any way
• See if there's a way to re-authorize the existing dumps of the game from the original dumper [e-mail] to associate with the purchase from my Apple ID

I also managed to track down the iTunes link for Phase.
However, this link now (unsurprisingly) only results in an error.
http://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewGame?id=267719580&s=143441&ign-mscache=1

[wispy mortar]

I've created a post on the Apple Discussion forums detailing my efforts thus far.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255664479

[tidal jacinth]

I just sent you a DM to see if you are willing to help out!

[tidal jacinth]

@upbeat viper got my ipod ready to send! Just DM me a mailing address whenever you are able to help out. Thanks again!

[indigo marlin]

eyy, another tamagotchi fan 🤝

[fast trail]

hell yeah!!!!

good taste. also your pfp is impeccable

[rocky lark]

did you buy the games on your AppleID

I have an idea you can test for this

1. Turn ipg file to zip
2. open zip u should see a iTunesMetaData file, open with notepad++
3. replace the email in it with yours or just blank it out, make sure to copy paste it
4. turn zip back to ipg
5. drag and drop modified ipg to iTunes
6. ??? see if u can sign in that way

[wispy mortar]

I feel like there works be some issue with cipher keys being mismatched or something, but I'll try giving it a shot.

[rocky lark]

lemme know if it works id be suprised if it does

[indigo marlin]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ipod/comments/1g3ajfy/guys_the_ipod_clickwheel_preservation_project_is/

@upbeat viper have you seen this? someone started preserving the ipod games

[rocky lark]

Yeah he has