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. From a report: It is referred to as Stacker and, clearly, is managed by way of the iPod’s scroll wheel. The software program was noticed by X person AppleDemoYT, who is understood for locating uncommon prototype units. The prototype iPod is a “DVT” gadget, that 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 is Tetris. It is not the one recreation discovered on the prototype iPod. There’s one thing referred to as Block0, which is probably going an early model of Brick. The gadget additionally incorporates a recreation referred to 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 mentioned it was as a result of video games did not present up till a “later software program launch.”
