Apple as soon as designed a Tetris clone that has been discovered on a prototype model of the third-generation iPod, indicating the corporate was experimenting with releasing the sport on the music participant. It’s known as Stacker and, clearly, is managed by way of the iPod’s scroll wheel. The software program was noticed by , who is thought for locating uncommon prototype units.
The prototype iPod is a “DVT” gadget, which means it was a mid-stage gadget that was nonetheless in “Design Validation Testing.” It has a mannequin variety of A1023, which isn’t a recognized mannequin variety of any iPod model.
The gadget runs a prototype model of iPodOS 2.0, which is the place Stacker comes from. The items are moved from left to proper utilizing the scroll wheel and so they fall when the center button is pressed. The aim is to clear traces and rating factors. You already know the deal. It’s Tetris.
It’s not the one recreation discovered on the prototype iPod. There’s one thing known as Block0, which is probably going an early model of Brick. The gadget additionally encompasses a recreation known as Klondike, which is probably going an early model of Solitaire. The music participant did ultimately get some video games, together with the aforementioned Solitaire and Brick. AppleDemoYT requested former Apple VP Tony Fadell why Stacker was by no means launched and he stated it was as a result of video games didn’t present up till a “later software program launch.”
Later variations of the iPod received an official model of Tetris, along with video games like Bejeweled, Mini Golf, Mahjong, Zuma, Cubis 2, and Pac-Man. All of those releases predate the App Retailer. The iPod Traditional was discontinued in 2014 and the iPod Contact in 2022, ending the period of the standalone music participant.
