Apple Pippin - A game console designed by Apple Computer in the mid -1990s . It was based on a 66 MHz PowerPC 603e processor and was running a stripped-down version of Mac OS . Apple wanted to create an inexpensive computer designed to play multimedia on a CD , and mainly games, but also functioning as a network computer. Pippin contained a 4-speed CD-ROM drive and video output, allowing you to connect the console to a standard TV .
| Apple pippin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Developer | |
| Manufacturer | Bandai |
| Type of | Game console |
| Generation | Fifth generation |
| release date | 1995 |
| Support discontinued | 1997 [1] |
| Pieces sold | 42,000 [1] |
| Carrier | CD-ROM |
| CPU | PowerPC 603e |
| Previous | |
Apple never intended to release Pippin at its facilities. The corporation intended to sell the production license to third parties, following the failed 3DO model. However, the only company to release its Pippin under license is Bandai .
When Bandai Pippin was released in ( 1995 in Japan ; 1996 in the USA ), the console market was long occupied by PlayStation and Sega Saturn , which were much more powerful than Pippin. In addition, there was very little software for Pippin, and its only manufacturer was Bandai . Costing $ 599 at launch and touted as a cheap computer, the system was more positioned as a game console, but was very expensive compared to other consoles.
Finally, Pippin was technologically weak, as it was the last player in the 3D generation of gaming systems. The Bandai version died quickly, with an extremely limited edition in the US and Japan .
In May 2006, Pippin was named PC World Magazine as one of the 25 worst tech products of all time. [2]
See also
- Apple Products
- Macintosh TV
- Apple Interactive Television Box
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Snow, Blake The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time GamePro .com (May 4, 2007). Date of treatment November 25, 2007. Archived on May 8, 2007.
- ↑ The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time . Date of treatment May 20, 2015. Archived on February 14, 2012. (eng.)
Links
- Bandai Pippin Museum and Archive
- ASSEMbler's Bandai Pippin Page
- Apple's Original Pippin Site
- Hacking the pippin
- [1] - a detailed video review of Apple Pippin in Russian.