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04/08/2008, 10:05am, EDT

Tuesday, April 8th

Apple updates iTunes games catalog, pulls old titles

Apple has made several changes to its catalog of iPod games on the iTunes Store (link). Zuma, a well-known puzzle title by PopCap, has been added to the list of games compatible with Nanos and Classics; several other games have had their section removed however, including Bejeweled, iQuiz, Lost, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Musika, Royal Solitaire and Vortex. iQuiz and Vortex are already installed by default on modern-generation Nanos and Classics.

The remaining games, however, are effectively hidden from the public, only available for download through search or backdoor links on various website. They also remain without updates, limiting them to fifth-generation video iPods. The games may soon be removed on a permanent basis.


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Why remove them?
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04/08, 10:17am, EDT
How much server space could they possibly take up?
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seeing as how...
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04/08, 10:29am, EDT
Vortex and iQuiz both came w/ the Classic [that's what I bought] - why wouldn't they add the compatible versions to the iTMS instead of getting rid of them altogether?

Also - what really sucks is that I was waiting/hoping for a version of Bejeweled and mahjongg to hit the Classic_
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so MacNN??
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04/08, 10:30am, EDT
since you know about these "backdoor" links why don't you share with the rest of us? Instead of just telling us about them and then with-holding information?
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04/08, 10:42am, EDT
I don't understand, Vortex and iQuiz come with current iPods so why would they put them on the store - there's no customers for them.

and monstermind, they removed them from browsing because they take up limited screen real estate and probably cause confusion for new iPod owners. I'm sure many have bought 5G games thinking they'd work on their classic. Many people don't read the text and just click on the game.

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04/08, 10:47am, EDT
just do a search for the game's title like you would for a song or band.

I was going to get Bejeweled but the commenters largely agreed that the controls suck so I didn't buy it.
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re:climacs
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04/08, 11:13am, EDT
Bejeweled works fine for me (had it since it came out), I haven't had any "issues" with using it (controller wise). It works WAY better than Sonic (which I play anyway).....If you love Bejeweled, get it. It's worth it.
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maybe...
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04/08, 12:33pm, EDT
Just maybe... they are getting ready to FINALLY add some iPod touch games. One can only hope.
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re: maybe...
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04/08, 12:46pm, EDT
Man I hope so!
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So Nobody...
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04/08, 3:46pm, EDT
...thinks that they may simply be preparing to migrate these apps to the new AppStore? Once that is up and running this summer, why have two places to have to go to find an application?
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