Pippin: Apple's Forgotten Game Console
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- In the mid 1990s, Apple and Bandai built a Mac OS-powered console that brought gaming and the Internet into the living room.
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5 megabytes upgradeable to 13 implies that they have 3 megabytes reserved for the OS.
there was no os
I don't understand your logic...
Well thats worst than I thought
A console to play Marathon is a pretty interesting prospect.
I do like the track ball concept on a controller.
Who said it was forgotten? It's been appearing on UA-cam for about 2 years now. Also nice find
+512 Pixels you should try installing mac os on it
The most interesting computer-based device was the CDTV, Commodore Dynamic Television. It was released in 1991 and was based on an Amiga 500 with an additional DMA chip and a weird single-speed-Caddy-CD-ROM. The design is great, you can put it right in your stereo system. It was delivered with an infrared controller, but could be upgraded to a full computer including hard drive. It has a video slot wich could even be used for an internal genlock. The CDTV also featured a new CD video streaming format, but the display was very small. The main problem was, the people didn't know what to do with a computer with CD-ROM in the living room. No floppy drive and keyboard supplied? Weird. Another problem was, that it was difficult to upgrade. So it mostly just had 1 MB RAM and the old Kickstart 1.3. Although it was very easy to modify Amiga software to CD-ROM, not many manufacturers did this. However, some CDTV titles are impressive for an 68000-based machine.
Commodore's next gaming console was the CD32, based on the Amiga 1200. Released in 1993, it featured most of the A1200's components and a special chip AKIKO, which was used for planar-to-chunky graphics format conversion. But it wasn't often used. The CD32 could be expanded to a full Amiga 1200 using the later appearing SX-1 and SX-32 kits. The CD32 was the first 32bit console, but Commodore couldn't deliver the ordered amounts until christmas.
So, for a game console which apperaded two years later, equipped with a 66 MHz RISC-CPU, the Pippin was a really bad device. Especcially if you know that the first Playstation from 1994 with a 33 MHz RISC CPU was much better.
It looks like you are trying to sell yours lol
marathon is much more enjoyable on a computer rather than a console. the textures and layout are much more seamless. not to mention you can map the sticks in a way that make sense for modern play.
It's a shame this thing failed to sell... I can't help but wonder if that's one of the reasons Apple missed so many landmark games through the PowerPC era. I'm still bitter that Worms Armageddon/World Party port got cancelled. :(
Interesting video about a strange device. I really like the art behind you toward the end. Is it part of a series or something just done for Memphis?
+Aaron S it’s a poster by Aaron Draplin
I will buy this from you!
I would have liked to see the controller in use
Have you heard the thing? Sounds like it was developed by Hoover, never mind Apple.
I had no idea this was a thing, thank you so much for showing it. That controller looks really bad, like first xbox controller bad
It reminds me of the boomerang controller originally planned for the PS3.
The controller is incredible, it’s the best part by far
@@moralesjourneymanthey whiffed on not copying this, because it’s awesome
I would never open that box.
8:45 There was a Power Rangers Zeo game for this thing?
Okay I'm still a bit confused. I thought the Pippin was only in white. Why's this one a different color? Is it because it's a review unit?
+Shiny El. Ghosteo Colors varied by location and features. Mine is a North American unit so it’s gray and the @World Edition.
From what I've seen online, it was only the ATMARK version in Japan that was white.
cool! i had no idea that apple made a game console. i think it'd be cool if they made another one in the future. i'm not sure if it would sell well, but it'd be a cool idea.
i think that if they did, they should go for something that would match most of their products names, like iconsole or apple console!
I got it! iPlay!
Pippin^2 would be a better name
Yo vi el startup in un crossover de el GameCube startup
Am I the only one that feels like this video plays in slow motion and I have to set it to 1.25x speed to make it sound normal?
This guys from the southern area of murica. They’re not very bright
Does 512 stand for the Austin area code?
It could stand for like 512 Megabytes
+superapple4ever 512 pixels is from the original Mac’s screen resolution
Oh ok, cool. Always wondered that.
512 Pixels Darn, I was considering going all superfan and locking you in my guest room, hobbling you, and making you make videos for me.
KIDDING
marathon is the best game ever
God I wish Apple made another console
Ask Tim cook
the black ones from north america 🙀
I’m still looking for super marathon on this console
It reminds me of the Commodore Amiga CD32, which I think was a similar gambit only built around the Amiga 1200 instead.
6:10 Why oh why would I want a device that blurts out "PI-PIN" whenever I turn it on?! 😅
That controller looks like the early PS3 mockup.
9:10 Impeach the President drum break!
Holy shit. I feel so bad for how much you had to have spent on that. This thing is NOT CHEAP. Oh... Nevermind.
It was meant to be the rival to Sega Saturn but failed
No. It was meant to rival the PSX, which was released months after it. Saturn debuted in 1994
i call dibs on the pippin... you gotta send it to me now.. thats the rules of dibs
Nooooooo
The most forgotten console...
Naw
So it's just a Mac in a console case? No wonder it failed
Nice video apple is way behind now in video games technology
God, it's horrible. And you cut out the booting process!
Yeah, I like seeing the consoles boot. It's half.. more than half the fun for me
Comes with an anonymous white label interactive encyclopedia because It’s 1996 And Of Course It Does.
1995 interactive multimedia boxes like are getting old hat. 3do is on its way out, CDI is dead, PS1 and Saturn are proper 32 bit game consoles
but somehow Apple had to release theirs years after the fact
you talk like tim cook
+Šon Koneri he’s from two states over!
Lol
TimCookinati confirmed
Where can I buy this today ?
the pipins the sibling is the psx
make a video installing mac os
A black one, now that's rare
How much did you pay the apple game console?
Lenin West 0 $
Always cut away from the body, not towards.
Worser than Google's gaming console Yeti
I've never seen a black one
um.. please stick to mobile devices and macbooks apple.. chill
They wanted to make a computer that is also a game console, for *599$* and compete with Nintendo, Sony and Sega, with this pile of crap? It's super expensive and the "games" run like shit. They are of the same quality as plug and play consoles. I think they forgot to add the game console part.
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Just wait for pit pin 2nd gen 2020 I see them going backwards
I hope ı get it soon:(Its so cool but my family never buy it:(
Who knew Apple made the worst video games and console ever.
7th lmao