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10 great, older games that you can still play on iOS 11

With iOS 11 comes a raft of new features and enhancements to iPhones and iPads, but the update also does something a bit less pleasant: it makes older, 32-bit apps and games incompatible. Developers have had plenty of time to plan for the firm shift to 64-bit, but loads of older games haven’t been updated and will no longer be playable on iOS 11 devices.

That’s a shame—but thankfully, not every older game has been abandoned. Many have been updated over the past few months to shift the code to 64-bit and ensure they continue to have a long lifespan on Apple devices. Here are 10 of the best older iOS games you can still play, whether they’re new to you or you’re tempted to reinstall a former favorite.

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