Board Games

• Traditional board games are one of the most popular types of video game downloads for the iPod. Games such as Yahtzee, Trivia Pursuit, Monopoly and Scrabble are all available in mobile versions that can be purchased for your iPod. The mobile versions of these games typically offer you the option of playing against others if you have friends nearby, or competing against the computer if you're all by your lonesome.
  
  

Traditional Video Games

• Video games that have gained popularity for PC or on consoles such as the Xbox and Playstation will often make their way to the iPod as well. Games such as The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog and Tiger Woods PGA Tour all have versions that are compatible with the iPod.
  
  

Television and Movie-Based Games

• Often when a movie is being released or a new season of a television show is starting, the company associated with the movie will also release a video game featuring the main characters or storyline from the film. The iTunes store has games featuring the characters from "Pirates of the Caribbean" as well as "CSI" and other movies and TV shows.