this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
140 points (96.7% liked)

RetroGaming

27980 readers
121 users here now

Vintage gaming community.

Rules:

  1. Be kind.
  2. No spam, AI slop, or soliciting for money.
  3. No racism or other bigotry allowed.
  4. Obviously nothing illegal.

If you see these please report them.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Or do we need another decade before we can call IPod games retro?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Lighttrails@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

My mother in law found this one and was going to donate it when I snatched it away. I didn’t have any 30 pin adapters but luckily a friend of mine is a cable hoarder and gave me three brand new ones. I’ve got iPod classic as well with a burned out hard drive that I plan on installing an SD drive and rockbox on.

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

"Cable hoarder"? You mean "reasonable person," right? Maybe "good decision maker"?

[–] djdarren@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I modded my 4th gen, and replaced the battery while I was in there. The trouble with mine is that it won't charge with USB, so I had to spend out on a FireWire charger. Also, the HDD in 4G is IDE, where the 5G+ are SATA, so if you do decide to mod a newer one you'll need a new adapter.

It is pretty though. And very easy to mod.