Apple once designed a Tetris clone game called "Stacker", which is available on the prototype of the third generation iPod. Apple DemoYT is famous for collecting rare prototype devices, and it shares pictures and videos of unpublished iPods.
This iPod is a "DVT" device, which means that it is a medium-term prototype still undergoing "design verification test". Its model is A1023, which is not a known model of any version of iPod Classic, and its serial interface was designed by an engineer of Apple.
The third-generation iPod was produced in the 14th week of 2003 (more than a month before the release of the third-generation iPod), and was purchased from an electronic product recycler in China, who sold it as a part. The device cannot be used when purchasing, but it can be started after replacing the hard disk cable.
This iPod is running the prototype version of iPod OS 2.0, and one of the games is "Stacker". Stacker plays like Tetris. Tetris pieces move from left to right through rollers. Press the button in the middle, the pieces will fall down, and the goal of the game is to clear more lines at a time, so as to get more scores.
There are other games on the iPod that have unpublished placeholder names, including Block0, Chopper, and Klondike. There is also a battery test playlist on the device, which contains classic songs that play in cycles, indicating that Apple tested its battery life with this iPod before the release of the third-generation iPod.
AppleDemoYT said that he once asked Tony Fadell, the "godfather of iPod", why he did not release the Stacker game. Fadell said that this was because the game was added "in the future software version".
Over time, Apple has indeed added several games to the third generation of iPod, including Brick, Solitaire, Paracute and Music Quiz. In 2006, Apple released some games through the iTunes Store. People can buy these games for subsequent versions of the iPod, including the official version of Tetris.
Other games offered through the iTunes Store include Bejeweled, Mini Golf, Mahjong, Zuma, Cubis 2 and Pac Man, all of which predate the App Store.
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