IPod Games

iPod games were an addition made to the iPod 5G on 12th of September 2006 when it was announced at Apple's "It's Showtime" event by CEO Steve Jobs. They were made available for $4.99 from the iTunes Store and designed specifically to be used with the iPods controls although games like PAC-MAN and Tetris have been criticised for awkward controls. Currently iPod Games are only available for use with 5G iPods, they are the only items that can be downloaded from the iTunes store which cannot be used from within iTunes.



Games
The Launch line-up consisted of 9 games which are:

Vortex - A circular 3D breakout type game.

Tetris - A remake of the classic game where the objective is to get lines of blocks.

PAC-MAN - A remake of the arcade classic which involes the character "PAC-MAN" eating pellets while avioding ghosts.

Cubis 2 - A puzzle game which is played by sliding blocks.

Zuma - A game where the objective is to create lines of coloured balls by elimating others.

Texas Hold'em - A shared-card poker game.

Mini Golf - A mini golf game played from a top down view.

Mahjong - A game based on the popular Chinese board game.

Bejeweled - A puzzle game where you have to match gems.

It is assumed that more games will be released in the future.