Game cannot be played

I have Royal Solitare listed on my Ipod & in my library. When I try to select it, I am getting "game cannot be played. Go to iTunes and reinstall." How do I do this?

Hey there,
One or more files with the game may have become corrupt over time or through the transfer process.
Hook your iPod up to your computer and remove the game from it altogether and then resync it back to the iPod again and see if that helps. You will have to do this under the games Tab once again to remove it and add it back. Give it a
shot. Hope this helps.
Syncing and troubleshooting games for the iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1563
B-rock

Similar Messages

"This game cannot be played" message??

I have a 5th Gen ipod and I bought 2 games about 6-10 moths ago. I went to play one yesterday and the ipod gave me the message "this game cannot be played" and tells me to connect the ipod to itunes and reinstall the games. How do you reinstall the games and more so, why is it giving me this message? have some things changed within itunes via a new update or something that won't allow game to be played? help please - thanks!

First, what kind of iPod you got because games only work for certain iPods. I know they work for iPod Video. Don't know about the others. Also, the only way you can play them is on an iPod so if they're incompatible with your iPod, then you've just wasted like $30 on games you have no use for.

Possible Fix for Frequent "This game cannot be played" Errors

I was seeing the error, "This game cannot be played," almost every time I tried to start a game on my 30GB iPod. The game would always eventually start fine on the second or third try, though.
I was just living with the error and figured it was a bug Apple would eventually work out. Then it occured to me one day that I'd neglected the fact that the iPod is, in part, a glorified hard disk. Maybe it needed some TLC.
So, I used DiskWarrior 4 to rebuild/repair it and the error has not appeared once since. It's been about four or five days.
Just thought others out there might have been having the same problem...

I also had this problem, and since I don't want to shell out $100 for DiskWarrior nor do I wish to do a restore (I manually manage my songs, photos, videos, etc.), I found that resyncing the games from within iTunes (on a Mac) is viable as well.
1. Select your iPod to bring up the overview/management window.
2. Select the games tab.
3. Enable the "Sync games" checkbox.
4. Select "Sync [Your iPod]" from the "File" menu OR right click on your iPod in the iTunes Devices list and select "Sync."
iMac DV 500Mhz, 12" PB G4 867Mhz, Dual 2.3Ghz PM, 20" 2Ghz Core Duo 2 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Error: "This game cannot be played."

I get this error when I try to play any game I purchased from the iTunes Music Store:
This game cannot be played.
Connect your iPod to iTunes and reinstall the game.
The only way I know of reinstalling is turning off syncing for games and applying, then turning it back on again and applying so it installs again. Why isn't this working for me?
This is not the same as the failed to authorize message.

I cannot load the game I purchased onto my iPod. I get the following error message:
The game Mahjong was not copied to the iPod "Rich's iPod" because you are not authorized to play it on this computer.
I am using the PC version of iTunes. My generation 5 video iPod is running ver 1.2 of the iPod software. I shut down and restarted the PC but still have the problem.

HT201303 why my download games cannot be play

why my download games cannot be play

Meaning what? They will not launch? What happens when you try to play the game or games?

Texas Hold 'em...This game cannot be played?

I have an early 2006 30GB Ipod with video and it won't let me play Texas Hold 'em. It says that i cannot play the game and I need to reinstall the game. How do I reinstall the game so I can play it?

I have the same problem with poker, and also with tetris, and pacman!
Have contacted apple, then re-sent me the games to download and still no luck, have restored the ipod several times just to make sure that its clean and that the games will re-install.
Cant get anything to work.
In a way I am glad that someone else has this problem, maybe apple will send out a fix quicker now.
a

This game cannot be played?????

That is the statement my iPod gives me when I try to play any of the three games I've purchased. I used to play them all, until I downloaded the new 1.2.1 version onto my iPod. Now it's telling me to reinstall the games, but I have sync'd them 5 times now to no avail. Can anyone help me? Am I doing something wrong?

I've figured it out myself, after e-mailing Apple for no help. You have to 'unsync' the games to remove them from the iPod, and then 'sync' them to put them back in. Then the games will work.

"This game cannot be played" Texas Hold'Em

I have found a lot of questions on this - but no responses.
I've even tried deleting it and re-purchasing it, which also gave the same error.
I've played this before on my iPod, but I think one of the newer games has corrupted something.
I have a model MA146ZP (ipod video 30Gb) version 1.3.
Has anyone found a solution to this ?

I found the solution - for all iPods (I had it working before and it stopped working).
Navigate via Explorer on your PC and find the directory which has it in (I looked for music files which were in the game - you can also look for the instructions image file).
Delete the root folder for the game and install again.
Not sure why it broke - but this fixes it (but you lose any saved games...)

Cannot connect in Game Center to play a game using IPhone 5 and iPhone 4 (both running ios 7) when we try, we just get the message "waiting"

My wife and I cannot connect in Game Center to play a game using IPhone 5 and iPhone 4 (both running ios 7) when we try, we just get the message "waiting"

Hello, TheHelper1964.
Thank you for the question. There could be multiple causes to the errors that you are receiving. I have included a couple articles that will help you troubleshoot this issue.
iTunes for Windows: "Unable to load data class" or "Unable to load provider data" sync services alert
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2690
iOS: Troubleshooting backup issues in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529
If you are uncomfortable processing some of these steps, you can also reach out to us at http://expresslane.apple.com.
Hope this helps,
Jason H.

HT1430 IPAD IS FROZEN. GAME I WAS PLAYING SHOWS SMALL IN CENTER OF SCREEN. DOES NOT TURN OFF. SIRI SAYS NOT CONNECTED TO INTERNET BUT I CANNOT GET IPAD TO DO ANYTHING SO THAT I CAN CORRECT.

ipad is frozen. game i was playing shows small in center of screen. does not turn off. siri says not connected to internet, but i cannot get ipad to do anything...frozen.

Try reset iPad
Hold down the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears
Note: Data will not be affected.

"The Game Cannot Be Launched"

This error message has occured about 3 times in the three months that I've own my ipod classic. It only occurs when I click to play Klondike the solitare game. The message states: "This game cannot be launched. This may be the result of a full iPod. For more information, please visit http://apple.com/support/ipod" When this message happens, my screen freezes and I'm unable to click anything and usually the current song that is playing continues until the song ends and then no more music plays. This is a frustrating and annoying occurance. I'm just not sure if there is something more I can do. I've resetted the entire ipod back to factory settings once and I'm not sure if I should just go back to the apple store and see if they can fix it or exchange it.

Hi sassypalm,
I would suggest going through this iPod classic troubleshooting assistant:
iPod classic Troubleshooting Assistant
http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/five_rs/classic/
Cheers!
- Ari

"This game cannot be launched"

I just got my new 120 GB iPod Classic 3 days ago. I was listening to it all day and when I sat down and tried to play solitaire, the iPod froze up and gave me an error that said "This game cannot be launched. This may be the result of a full iPod."
The iPod is NOT full. It won't turn off or go back to the menu. I tried holding down the center button and toggling the hold button but nothing has changed. Help?

Reset the iPod by holding down Menu+Select for about 6 seconds. Like rebooting your computer this should clear out the iPod's working memory and allow it enough room to launch the game. I while ago I found that a large(ish) number of complex smart playlists seemed to trigger similar problems which ceased when I reduced & simplified the playlists that I put on the iPod.
tt2

"iPod game cannot be launched"

Alright, so today I went to open the game "Klondike" and got a screen that says "This game cannot be launched. This may be the result of a full iPod." then directed me to the support page (which, STRANGELY, was of little to no help...). The screen hasn't changed for 6 hours, it hasn't even indicated any loss of battery power. I can't turn it off or go back to the menu. Nothing happened when I plugged it into the computer, and when I finally managed to get iTunes to open it displayed a message saying "iTunes detects a problem with the device" or something and won't recognize iPod. iPod was working fine all day until I decided to play that dumb game! It just doesn't make sense.... sigh
Any ideas or info or whatever would be appreciated.

The duct tape solution here is just to manually reset your iPod. If it has a scroll wheel, just hold down the menu and select buttons simultaneously for 5-10 secs. and you should reboot the thing. If nothign happnes, hold it for longer. If there still isn't any result, you'll have to wait until the battery dies, and then reconnect it to your machine.
I'm surprised that iTunes wouldn't stop you from loading too much stuff onto the unit. It usually reserve enough space under the "other" category to take care of virtual memory space.
Good luck.

"This game cannot be launched... Please Reinstall..." -Help. Please.

Alright. So I just recently got some games off the internet for my 4th generation iPod Nano and i installed it and it synced just fine to my ipod. Everything seemed to work up until i actually tried to play the game.
When I clicked it an error message came up saying:
+"Error. This game cannot be launched.+
+Connect you iPod to iTunes and reinstall the game.+
+For more info, please vist: http://apple.com/support/ipod/"+
I went there, it obviously didn't work.
I've researched this problem everywhere and trying different methods such as restarting the ipod (center+menu), unsynching and syncing back in, going onto another account and installing there. Nothing seems to work and i have no idea what to do. I really want these games. :\

I am having the same trouble. Games work fine after I sync at my home computer. But after I have plugged it into my computer at work, i get the same message - "game cannot be launched". Then I have to plug it in at home, uninstall the games, and reinstall them. Then everything works fine. This has happened four times now, and plugging it in at work, where I obviously do not have the games on my computer, seems to be the problem. I think Apple needs to come up with a patch for this.

"This game cannot be launched error" iPod Classic 160 Gb

I have an iPod Classic, 160 Gb. I purchased Sudoku from the iTunes store.
The game downloaded to my computer; and it shows in the iPod Games tab.
It appears to sync to the iPod, but in the iPod's games menu there is no icon for the game (just the black and white dice). When I try to play the game, I get the "This game cannot be launched error" with the prompt to reinstall the game.
Are there any fixes for this? I've tried all the troubleshooting in the support docs, and nothing seems to work.

Thanks for your suggestions; however none of them worked.
I contacted technical support, and the only suggestion they had for me was to request a refund - because for some reason, unknown to them, the game doesn't work on my iPod.
I'm not generally a ranter - I try to be polite to people, in person, on the phone, online - wherever, but I have to say that in my experience, Apple seems to have the worst support of any company with which I have ever dealt.
After being told no less than eight times, by five different representatives from iTunes support, I was referred to technical support, who told me in essence, "tough cookies" (although the representative certainly didn't say that, he was quite polite).
I had to double check that I was talking to "technical" support.
I've been a faithful iPod user for many years; but this experience has certainly soured me. I will have to think long and hard before buying another Apple product if the support I have experienced is indicative of a typical support instance.
Thanks again for your suggestions.

Game cannot be played

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for