New iPod Game 'iQuiz' Coming

[MacRumors]

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Electronista notes that some eagle-eyed French iTunes users have spotted the brief appearance of a new iPod game dubbed "iQuiz" (http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/04/18/iquiz.ipod.game.surfaces/) on the iTunes Store.

http://images.macrumors.com/article/2007/04/18/iQuiz_300.jpg

"Test your entertainment knowledge with iQuiz, a timed question-and-answer game for your iPod," it reads. "Test your knowledge of the songs, artists and albums present on your iPod and take on the challenges of questions about movies, music and television. Create your own personalized Trivia Packs and play those created by others."

Apple currently includes a more basic quiz game with its iPod and iPod Nanos.

[Squonk]

That could be really fun.

[brooker]

ooooh... pretty pictures for the game we all already have! I pay! I pay!


...


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... NOT!

[Thataboy]

Cute. But this makes me think that an ideal game for the iPod would be You Don't Know Jack.

[darwen]

yeah, I hope this is not just a rehash of the game already on the iPod.

[mikeinternet]

this should be free

[viperguy]

Sounds like the same game that comes with my ipod...
not appealing to me at all :cool:

[mainstreetmark]

Insert my standard argument for 'open up the development platform to everyone'

[FreeState]

Now if I could get this for my AppleTV I'd have a great casual party game! :apple: :p

[applemax]

Is it on the ipod already? do you mean the music quiz?

[Mgkwho]

Yes, he means music quiz.

-=|Mgkwho

[twoodcc]

this should be free

yeah, that would be nice.

the game sounds ok i guess.

[hob]

games.

how about an operating system, please? :p

[nagromme]

"Create your own personalized Trivia Packs and play those created by others."

People will go NUTS over that. Play/make/share trivia quizzes on technology, TV shows, music, movies... people love that kind of thing.

[Flowbee]

Awesome. I love when people catch little leaks like this. Looks like fun.

[pederg]

Now if I could get this for my AppleTV I'd have a great casual party game! :apple: :p

that would be awesome.. so the trivia game that can be shared would be like iMixes just with questions on the itunes music store i guess.. :cool:

[guzhogi]

games.

how about an operating system, please? :p

You can get Linux for iPod. Just Google iPod and linux

[Sonofhaig]

I'd love to see a real time version that can be played through itunes, and apple TV.

edit: okay, so others think this would be a great idea too...... lets get on it apple.

[uaaerospace]

You can get Linux for iPod. Just Google iPod and linux

Somehow I don't think that's what he meant. ahem...Tiger.

[mrgreen4242]

I don't understand why people seem to think this is Music Quiz with graphics... it seems fairly obvious it's a quiz game with questions and answers, not "name that tune".

Sounds like fun, especially if the create your own question packs thing is done well - I can see a pack for every little internet niche out there being posted within days...

[iamcrazyed]

Somehow I don't think that's what he meant. ahem...Tiger.

No, that's not it either. ahem... Leopard?

*sob*


I'm gonna go cry in the corner. Come get me when October rolls around.

[furious]

I can not believe a new iPod game is front page news. Are we that staved for news that we will settle for this as news? It is great news. Just not front page news. ;)

[glennyboiwpg]

You can get Linux for iPod. Just Google iPod and linux

I think he meant "I don't want no stinking ipod games, give me leopard"

lol

[Counter]

Apple is giving us a game to keep us occupied while we wait for an operating system and a phone.

This is good people! Very thoughtful. I hope they charge us a lot for it.

[Clive At Five]

*applause*....?

NOT.

While it's nice that Apple's iPod division is thinking of ways to enhance our user-experience, there are other things they could be doing... like developing a multi-touch-wide-screen iPod.

Please.

There I asked nicely, now give it. My iPod died on Sunday and I need a new one.

R.I.P., ClivePod... :( :( :(

-Clive

[ortuno2k]

Doesn't appeal.
Gimme Leopard, please.:cool:

[wmmk]

Oh, come on. I'm sure they took all of the leopard and iPhone developers and had them work on iQuiz.

Concurrently, if you don't want to spend the $1.99, that is just too bad for you. You are obligated to buy iQuiz or the Mighty Steve will condemn you.:rolleyes:


Me? I have a feeling it will be more than 'What is this song?' questions, but more likely something along the lines of 'What animal was Domenico Dragonetti, composer of the currently play concerto, infamous for keeping under his stool during recitals?'

Sorry fore the weird classical music reference.

[inkswamp]

Question 1: Why was Leopard's release date pushed back to October?

A. It wasn't. April Fools!

B. iQuiz was so important, they needed to use Leopard engineers.

C. The new top secret feature where an animated Eminem pops up to assist you when you need help is hitting some legal snags.

D. Apple is switching all Macs to Windows and they just want to acclimate Mac users to the way Microsoft does things.

:D

[Cult Follower]

I think games are one of their best ideas for the ipod, it adds so much.

[chasemac]

Not anything to get excited about. However, I don't think any game on the iPod could be that exciting.

[caccamolle]

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Electronista notes that some eagle-eyed French iTunes users have spotted the brief appearance of a new iPod game dubbed "iQuiz" (http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/04/18/iquiz.ipod.game.surfaces/) on the iTunes Store.

http://images.macrumors.com/article/2007/04/18/iQuiz_300.jpg



Apple currently includes a more basic quiz game with its iPod and iPod Nanos.


huhuhuh..ok.

[Konradx]

Anyone actually buy any of the iPod games? If so more than one?

[RedDragon870503]

Anyone want to petition this headline as the worst headline in MacRumors history?

[skinnylegs]

A "quiz" game? Sounds like work to me. :rolleyes:

[swingerofbirch]

Apple Statement
iQuiz has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iQuiz contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones. [Apr 12, 2007]

[wmmk]

Question 1: Why was Leopard's release date pushed back to October?

A. It wasn't. April Fools!

B. iQuiz was so important, they needed to use Leopard engineers.

C. The new top secret feature where an animated Eminem pops up to assist you when you need help is hitting some legal snags.

D. Apple is switching all Macs to Windows and they just want to acclimate Mac users to the way Microsoft does things.

:D
Haha, very clever. Isn't MR fun?:p
I think games are one of their best ideas for the ipod, it adds so much.
I agree. An iPod is a nice device to use when one has small free blocks of time.
Anyone actually buy any of the iPod games? If so more than one?
Yep. Mini Golf and Vortex. Love 'em!

@Those saying iPod games are insignificant and boring: First off, I doubt you'd want to be playing WoW or CoD2 on a 3.5" LCD on the subway. Or is that just me?
Furthermore, the features of this game seem as though they may incorporate something like core animation. If this is true and an iPod Games SDK is released, I can assure you that a lot of devs will think of this sort of thing as quite significant.

[Mac-Mariachi]

No, that's not it either. ahem... Leopard?

*sob*


I'm gonna go cry in the corner. Come get me when October rolls around.

I´m with you iamcrzyed. And Green Day said it better with "Wake me up when September ends"

[Konradx]

Apple Statement
iQuiz has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iQuiz contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones. [Apr 12, 2007]

hahah wicked. I wonder if they'll come out with another solitaire game aswell, but with realistic hand moving your cards for you..

[FreeState]

Anyone actually buy any of the iPod games? If so more than one?

Yep got 3 of them. Sudoku, Vortex and Pac-Man. I love Sudoku for plane rides. I have spent a lot of hours playing all three. The are a must for long trips:) Worth every penny if you ask me...

[uaaerospace]

No, that's not it either. ahem... Leopard?

*sob*


I'm gonna go cry in the corner. Come get me when October rolls around.


That's what only 2 hours of sleep will do for you....I'm behind a few years :D

[robPOD]

Apple Statement
iQuiz has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iQuiz contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones. [Apr 12, 2007]
Screw the iPhone I want leopard.

[bobber205]

Insert my standard argument for 'open up the development platform to everyone'

Yeah. No freakin' kidding!

I would love to make a study tool for it..... :mad:

[booksacool1]

Geeze it seems apple's creativity has been mashed up and turned into a pulp. Honestly iQuiz? Its the lamest apple plug ever.

Apple, get a grip and open up your platform...

[Loco]

When I look at the image of the french site that first mention that game, I see something strange. In the screen capture it seems like the game is already downloaded in the user games! Like if that game was already bought. The source of the screen capture don't come from the ITS. Is this real..?
http://www.igeneration.fr/dataimg//ZZ3D14DBA7.jpg

[guzhogi]

Apple Statement
iQuiz has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iQuiz contains the most sophisticated software ever shipped on a mobile device, and finishing it on time has not come without a price — we had to borrow some key software engineering and QA resources from our Mac OS X team, and as a result we will not be able to release Leopard at our Worldwide Developers Conference in early June as planned. While Leopard's features will be complete by then, we cannot deliver the quality release that we and our customers expect from us. We now plan to show our developers a near final version of Leopard at the conference, give them a beta copy to take home so they can do their final testing, and ship Leopard in October. We think it will be well worth the wait. Life often presents tradeoffs, and in this case we're sure we've made the right ones. [Apr 12, 2007]

That's funny.

The whole pulling guys from Leopard to work on the iPhone reminds me of the school district I work for. The district techs have so many projects going, none of them get done in a reasonable amount of time. We just finished 2.5 weeks of testing where the kids had to take a reading test, language arts test and math test on the computer (usually one a day). So the district techs had to upload the results when done for the day. Plus, the district bought a new iMac for each teacher (or Macbbok for travelling teachers). Actually, we didn't have the money to get every teacher one so some teachers will have to wait until the new fiscal year. But anyways, my particular school has had 9 iMacs in the lab since I think December and they're still in the boxes! I don't see why the district keeps all the computers in one central location, do whatever needs to be done to them and then ship them off to the schools. When I ask when the iMacs will be ready to go, the district techs always have the same answer: they're really busy right now so they don't know.

[Maccus Aurelius]

I love how people piss n' moan about the addition of a game, despite being given little to no real spotlight by Apple itself, and only being a headline on a rumor site. Seriously, it's not important, but nothing to gripe about. Silly whiners and their "Where's Leopard?" We all know it's delayed for the OS X lite + iPhone project, but unless little Timmy in Idaho will die unless his computer is given a fresh Leopard implant, there's little spilled milk to cry over.

[mrat93]

Apparently, some French guy downloaded it when he had the chance and took a video. Enjoy. http://www.igeneration.fr/fr/actu/4519/

[bobber205]

Apparently, some French guy downloaded it when he had the chance and took a video. Enjoy. http://www.igeneration.fr/fr/actu/4519/


:eek:

Cool. But sssh. I bet some person on youtube will claim "copyright" and they'll take it down.

[caccamolle]

Anyone want to petition this headline as the worst headline in MacRumors history?

I am with you, well, there's quite a few to choose from, but recently at least this is pretty low ...

[cbrain]

iQuiz has now been released in the UK iTunes store and is 79p!!!