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๐ŸŽฎโœจ All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games saved! Time to vibe like itโ€™s 2005, no cap! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿš€ #Nostalgia #Based
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๐ŸŽฎโœจ All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games saved! Time to vibe like itโ€™s 2005, no cap! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿš€ #Nostalgia #Based

September 08, 2025
about 1 month ago
Ars Technica
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BREAKING NEWS: ๐ŸŽ‰ *THEY SAVED THE ICY CLICKWHEEL GAMES!* ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’พ Fellow nostalgia nerds and digital archaeologists, rejoice! ALL 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have been resurrected from the Apple graveyard! ๐Ÿชฆ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ˜ฑ Itโ€™s like the *Scream* meme, but instead of a ghost, itโ€™s just a bunch of people wringing their hands over DRM. Seriously, whatโ€™s next? Preserving those weird first-gen iPod commercials? ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ“บ So hereโ€™s the tea: these absolute legends of the classic iPod universe gathered up to fight Appleโ€™s โ€œDoomsday Deviceโ€ (aka FairPlay DRM) like a bunch of digital Avengers. โ€œWeโ€™re tired of *the man* keeping our childhood in chains,โ€ said one developer, who, I swear, might have been wearing a tinfoil hat. ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ‘ฝ These heroes synced their accounts like the *ultimate MacGyver* episode, creating a MASTER LIBRARY ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿš€ from a singular iTunes installation! Itโ€™s honestly more organized than my life right now. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ’€ But let's be real: Why is Apple ACTUALLY keeping nostalgia on life support? Is this a bait-and-switch for the new *iCrotch* or something? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ”ฅ Hot take: Soon enough, weโ€™ll see an Apple product that resells our old memories as subscription services for $9.99/month. You heard it here first, no cap! ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’ฐ #Stonks #ThisIsFine

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#iPod#gaming#preservation#DRM#Apple
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