In a press conference to announce the new range of iPod hardware held yesterday in San Fransisco, company CEO Steve Jobs outlined a new gaming service for the best-selling portable audio range to be delivered by iTunes.
Costing $4.99 a pop in the US, Apple will convert a trial roster of games for iPod, all of which will be playable using the device's jog wheel. Games announced to date (complete with n00b outlines courtesy of Apple!) are:
Bejeweled — Match jewels to clear the board
Tetris — Rotate falling bricks to clear rows
PAC-MAN — Get the ghosts
Vortex — Shoot on through to the other side
Zuma — Slide balls of the same color together
Texas Hold ‘Em — Practice your poker face
Mini Golf — Make a hole in one (or five)
Mahjong — Arrange tiles just so
Cubis 2 — Match cubes in colorful arrays
Tetris and Pac-Man (the game that's actually about getting the dots and avoiding the ghosts, unless you eat a power pill - then you may choose to get the ghosts. Stupid marketing people...) stand out as not just a good distraction when your portable console has died, but as games that would actually work very well on the iPod.
Costing $4.99 a pop in the US, Apple will convert a trial roster of games for iPod, all of which will be playable using the device's jog wheel. Games announced to date (complete with n00b outlines courtesy of Apple!) are:
Bejeweled — Match jewels to clear the board
Tetris — Rotate falling bricks to clear rows
PAC-MAN — Get the ghosts
Vortex — Shoot on through to the other side
Zuma — Slide balls of the same color together
Texas Hold ‘Em — Practice your poker face
Mini Golf — Make a hole in one (or five)
Mahjong — Arrange tiles just so
Cubis 2 — Match cubes in colorful arrays
Tetris and Pac-Man (the game that's actually about getting the dots and avoiding the ghosts, unless you eat a power pill - then you may choose to get the ghosts. Stupid marketing people...) stand out as not just a good distraction when your portable console has died, but as games that would actually work very well on the iPod.
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DoctorDee 13 Sep 2006 14:41
1/9
Erm, "Pay-to-play"?????? Like all commercial video games then?
You pay... you take home/download... you own!
You pay... you take home/download... you own!
RiseFromYourGrave 13 Sep 2006 15:19
2/9
yeah, pay-to-play makes it sound like a pay-as-you-go type deal
either way, for me that games list is gash
either way, for me that games list is gash
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DoctorDee 13 Sep 2006 15:22
3/9
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
either way, for me that games list is gash
Well yeah, mobile phones gammes are crap. Mobile phone games on a iPod - still crap.
Joji 13 Sep 2006 17:32
4/9
Why bother I say. It appears fans are falling out of love with iPod anyway. Jeez, took em long enough to realise its not that hot and other better players exist if you look around.
These games won't change anything.
These games won't change anything.
DoctorDee 13 Sep 2006 22:57
5/9
Joji wrote:
other better players exist if you look around.
Name one.
RiseFromYourGrave 13 Sep 2006 23:33
6/9
i wouldnt know about better, but creative do some mean products. ive never owned an ipod or read a direct comparison but i wouldnt be suprised if creative had some better gadgets
vault 13 14 Sep 2006 02:30
7/9
It is true, the iPod reigns supreme. The only close and arguably better (in terms of functionality is the Creative Zen series. And ONLY the latest models I'm talking about. The current models, the 8 gig and above have video playback in more formats as well as audio playback (in more formats). Also a build-in FM tuner. Althought I always thought FM tuners on massive storage playback drives is just plain idiotic. There's a reason it says 20+ gigs on the side!
vault 13 14 Sep 2006 02:37
8/9
vault 13 wrote:
It is true, the iPod reigns supreme. The only close and arguably better (in terms of functionality is the Creative Zen series. And ONLY the latest models I'm talking about. The current models, the 8 gig and above have video playback in more formats as well as audio playback (in more formats). Also a build-in FM tuner. Althought I always thought FM tuners on massive storage playback drives is just plain idiotic. There's a reason it says 20+ gigs on the side!
Also, Tetris on an iPod would never work and I think the even mention of the idea that it would even be feasable offensive and just plain stupid (sorry for the harshness). I consider myself a connesieur of all squares that come in groups of fours. The click wheel would only serve to either rotate OR shift left or right. Although mine is quite old and the newer ones seem to have buttons on the click wheel. Even still, I perceive sloppy control and incorrect button presses abound.
Also, Tetris on an iPod would never work and I think the even mention of the idea that it would even be feasable offensive and just plain stupid (sorry for the harshness). I consider myself a connesieur of all squares that come in groups of fours. The click wheel would only serve to either rotate OR shift left or right. Although mine is quite old and the newer ones seem to have buttons on the click wheel. Even still, I perceive sloppy control and incorrect button presses abound.
DoctorDee 14 Sep 2006 08:57
9/9
RiseFromYourGrave wrote:
i wouldnt know about better, but creative do some mean products. ive never owned an ipod or read a direct comparison but i wouldnt be suprised if creative had some better gadgets
Creative invented the portable digital music player. But Apple perfected it. Every iPod product - up until the iPod with Video - was almost perfect. And Creative now imitate Pod's on a product by product basis. The Creative products are good, but the iPod defined the market and for my money (and I own a few of them) reigns supreme. I'll be buying a Shuffle Clip as soon as they are available - World's Smallest digital music player - and with a built in clip - perfect for my lifestyle.
It works both ways, Apple invented the PDA but they got completely blown out of the water.