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robot_jesus • yesterday at 8:35 PM • 6 replies • view on HN

I can't believe no one I've seen has called out the secret game! Go to Settings>About and then hold the center button for 5 seconds. I used to play so much of this bricks game in college when procrastinating from studying in the library.


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oniony • yesterday at 9:04 PM

It's a Breakout clone. I mean that's what they're generally called in case you did not already know this.

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mckenzba • yesterday at 11:36 PM

I remember loading this game on my video iPod back in 2005. It’s a tragedy that I never knew I could just play this through an Easter egg!

nunez • yesterday at 9:35 PM

HOW DID I NEVER KNOW ABOUT THIS!!!!!!

marcelo-earth • today at 3:54 AM

Amazingg! I never owned an iPod, so this is my first chance to experience it, I had forgotten that I'd seen all those videos where you navigate using the wheel instead of the buttons

gxs • today at 6:39 AM

It’s called out in the macrumors article linked in the submission fyi

russellbeattie • yesterday at 10:14 PM

Also, holding down the menu key for a second turns on the "backlight", like the real iPod (for those that don't know).

Though it's cute that it's the 404 page, you can get to the page directly via https://music.apple.com/us/ipod.