▁i Pod ▁Classic ▁and ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁and ▁ 4 th ▁generation ▁i Pod ▁N ano . ▁ ▁With ▁third ▁parties ▁like ▁Nam co , ▁Square ▁En ix , ▁Electron ic ▁Arts , ▁S ega , ▁and ▁Hudson ▁So ft ▁all ▁making ▁games ▁for ▁the ▁i Pod , ▁Apple ' s ▁MP 3 ▁player ▁has ▁taken ▁steps ▁towards ▁entering ▁the ▁video ▁game ▁hand h eld ▁console ▁market . ▁Even ▁video ▁game ▁mag az ines ▁like ▁Game Pro ▁and ▁E GM ▁have ▁review ed ▁and ▁r ated ▁most ▁of ▁their ▁games ▁as ▁of ▁late . ▁ ▁The ▁games ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁. ip g ▁files , ▁which ▁are ▁actually ▁. zip ▁arch ives ▁in ▁dis gu ise . ▁When ▁un zi pped , ▁they ▁reve al ▁executable ▁files ▁along ▁with ▁common ▁audio ▁and ▁image ▁files , ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁third ▁party ▁games . ▁Apple ▁has ▁not ▁public ly ▁released ▁a ▁software ▁development ▁k it ▁( SDK ) ▁for ▁i Pod - specific ▁development . ▁App s ▁produced ▁with ▁the ▁iPhone ▁SDK ▁are ▁compatible ▁only ▁with ▁the ▁iOS ▁on ▁the ▁i Pod ▁Touch ▁and ▁iPhone , ▁which ▁cannot ▁run ▁click ▁wheel - based ▁games . ▁ ▁File ▁storage ▁and ▁transfer ▁All ▁i P ods ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁i Pod ▁Touch ▁can ▁function ▁in ▁" disk ▁mode " ▁as ▁mass ▁storage ▁devices ▁to ▁store ▁data ▁files ▁but ▁this ▁may ▁not ▁be ▁the ▁default ▁behavior . ▁ ▁If ▁an ▁i Pod ▁is ▁formatted ▁on ▁a ▁Mac ▁OS ▁computer , ▁it ▁uses ▁the