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#REDIRECT [[Apple Pippin#Apple Bandai Pippin]]
[[Image:Pippinfront.jpg|thumb|200px|Front of the Apple Pippin]]
[[Image:Pippinrear.jpg|thumb|200px|Rear of the Apple Pippin]]
The '''Apple Pippin''' was a technology for a multimedia title player marketed by [[Apple Computer]] in the mid [[1990s]]. It was based around a 66-[[Megahertz|MHz]] [[PowerPC]] 603e processor, a 14.4kbps modem and ran a cut-down version of the [[Mac OS]]. The goal was to create an inexpensive computer aimed mostly at playing [[compact disc|CD]]-based multimedia titles, especially games, but also functioning as a [[network computer]]. It featured a 4× [[CD-ROM]] drive and a video output that could connect to a standard [[television]] monitor.
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Apple never intended to release its own Pippin. Instead it intended to license the technology to third parties, a model similar to that of the ill-fated [[3DO Console|3DO]]; however, the only Pippin licensee to release a product to market was [[Bandai]].
By the time the Bandai Pippin was released ([[1995]] in [[Japan]]; [[1996]] in the [[United States]]), the market was already dominated by the [[Nintendo 64]], [[PlayStation|Sony PlayStation]], and [[Sega Saturn]], game machines that were much more powerful than the more general-purpose Pippin. In addition, there was little ready-to-go software for Pippin, the only major publisher being Bandai itself. Costing [[US dollar|US$]]599 on launch, and touted as a cheap computer, the system, in reality, was commonly identified as a [[Computer and video games|video-game]] console. As such, its price was considered too expensive in comparison to its contemporaries.
Ultimately, Pippin as a technology suffered because it was a late starter in the 3D generation of consoles, and was under-powered as a gaming machine and personal computer. Bandai's version died quickly, only ever having a relatively limited release in the United States and Japan.
In May 2006, the Pippin was voted one of the [http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,125772,pg,6,00.asp#pippin 25 Worst Tech Products of all Time] by ''[[PC World (magazine)|PC World Magazine]]''.
==See also==
*[[ITV (Apple product)|Apple iTV]]
*[[Macintosh TV]]
*[[Apple Interactive Television Box]]
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==External links==
*[http://www.gooddealgames.com/Release_Lists/RL_Pippin.html Complete List of Apple Pippin Titles Released in the US and Japan]
*[http://www.macgeek.org/museum/pippin/ Bandai Pippin Museum and Archive ]
*[http://assembler.roarvgm.com/Apple_Bandai_pippin/apple_bandai_pippin.html ASSEMbler's Bandai Pippin Page]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/19970129095612/http://www.pippin.apple.com/ Apple's Original Pippin Site ]
*[http://www.vintagemacworld.com/pip1.html Hacking the Pippin]
*[http://lowendmac.com/coventry/06/0922.html Apple's Pippin and Bandai's @World: Missing the Mark(et)]
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