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Show HN: iOS games that work on iPads that can not be upgraded past iOS v9

4 pointsby cjstewart88over 1 year ago
The other night as I sat on the couch, I wanted an iPad to play puzzle games, to help wind down. Then I thought about how expensive they are and how it would likely get used a few times and then sit idle for months... or years. Like the two iPads I purchased over a decade ago. So instead I decided to grab one of the old iPads and see if it&#x27;d scratch the itch. Turns out the majority of the apps you attempt to download have minimum iOS version requirement much higher than my iPad that won&#x27;t upgrade past 9.2. So instead of mindlessly tapping download and canceling out of the &quot;This game is not compatible with your device&quot;, I built a scraper that logs games that fit my criteria:<p>- iOS v9 support<p>- 4+ rating<p>- over 20 reviews<p>- no in app purchases<p>- no game center<p>A few thoughts as I wind down:<p>- The scraper is slow, like 34 hours slow. It needs to be parallelized.<p>- You can modify the scraper to search other app categories.<p>- I&#x27;m inspecting every game, instead of throwing out games that don&#x27;t match the min iOS version... I should store the iOS version requirement and add that as a UI filter.<p>Browse the games: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;cjstewart88.github.io&#x2F;vintage&#x2F;<p>Source Code: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;cjstewart88&#x2F;vintage

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