John SiracusaJul 10, 2023
My first App Store downloads.
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@siracusa did you know that Super Monkey Ball game was originally supposed to come out for iPod? Apple got them early access to the SDK to bring it to the iPhone instead.

Also I’m kinda amused that the NYT homepage was such a big Safari demo at the announcement and then everyone downloaded their app rofl

Jul 10, 2023 at 11:19pmWeb
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@siracusa https://youtu.be/OF36SAm-S7o source on the iPod origins, based on an interview with the dev. 6:28 for the beginning of that part of the story.
iOS Games Emulation Finally Cracked Thanks to Super Monkey Ball | DELISTED | SSFF

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