Downloading Free Games To An iPod

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When you are on the move it is always practical to have a gaming device at hand. You never know when you’re going to end up stuck in traffic, stuck in a line, or stuck in an elevator for days on end. However getting some decent games on a pre historic cellphone is pretty much impossible unless you happen to have a PSP strung around your neck. That doesn’t make you very popular with the ladies. However there are free games that you can download for your ipod.
These games were mainly designed to be downloaded from the iTunes store could help you kill that some time and although gaming sounds highly impractical with a scroll click wheel and a center button, they’re great fun.
However, paying for these games gets old quick. Especially because you’re paying 5 bucks (or 5 Euros). for games you’ve played in your browser a few years ago, like Tetris and music quizzes.
The problem with the iPod’s freeware games market is Apple’s over protectiveness. It’s not easy to put games on your iPod that weren’t bought in iTunes. But today, it is possible.

Please note that the ipods that the games are going to be download to the iPod Video 5G and 5.5G . Trying this with iPod Nano’s, iPod Classics, or any of the newer models will be bound to result in failure .
Either way, everything described in this tutorial, you do on your own risk. No one is responsible for any potential problems, or damage to your iPod except you.
The first step is to prep your iPod for free games. The process consists of three parts. First, make sure iTunes won’t undo all the hard work with the next synchronisation. Then, copy the necessary files and folders to our iPod, and finally, patch in the firmware.
Configuring iTunes means disabling a few options. In Devices – iPod – Options in the Summary tab, make sure that Enable disk use is checked. Also, go to the Games tab and disable the Sync games box. Now, close up iTunes and make sure the iPod is mounted. If not, remove it and plug it in again.
To Move the files, configure Windows Explorer to display hidden files and folders. If you’re using XP, go to Tools – Folder Options. On Vista, this option can be found in Organize – Folder and Search Options. In the View tab, make sure Show hidden files and folders is enabled.
Open the mounted iPod in Windows Explorer and navigate to iPod_ControlGames_RO and extract the hex folder of your downloaded games.
To Patch to the iPod, download ipod Wizard (v1.3) and open the right firmware file labeled 5G or 5.5G The 5.5G iPod is the one with search function. Load the iPodWizard and make sure the edit mode is set to Firmware File. Then, browse to the correct firmware. Finally, press Write to iPod and follow the directions on the screen. Now the games to be downloaded can be found on the iPod under extras.
To download free iPod games do a quick Google search, and a few sites will come up where you can find free games for your iPod that you can download, one of those sites is Emobilez This site offers a wide variety of free portable/mobile software, and has a large variety of games as well.

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