Amaya Toman In today's part of our regular column on important historical events from the world of technology, we will remember one single event this time. There will be a presentation of the Bandai Pippin game console, which was developed in collaboration with Apple. Unfortunately, this console ultimately did not meet with the success that was originally expected and had a very short stay on store shelves before being discontinued.
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Bandai Pippin Comes (1996)
On February 9, 1996, the Apple Bandai Pippin game console was introduced. It was a multimedia device designed by Apple. Bandai Pippin was supposed to represent representatives of affordable systems that could serve users for all possible types of entertainment, from playing various games to playing multimedia content. The console ran a specially modified version of the System 7.5.2 operating system, the Bandai Pippin was equipped with a 66 MHz Power PC 603 processor and equipped with a 14,4 kb/s modem. Other features of this console included a four-speed CD-ROM drive and a video output for connecting a standard television. The Bandai Pippin game console was sold between 1996 and 1997, priced at $599. In the United States and most of Europe, the console was sold under the Bandai Pippin @WORLD brand and ran an English version of the operating system.
Approximately one hundred thousand Bandai Pippins saw the light of day, but according to available data, only 42 thousand were sold. At the time of its release in the United States, only eighteen games and applications were available for the Bandai Pippin console, with six software CDs included with the console itself. The console was discontinued relatively quickly, and in May 2006 Bandai Pippin was named one of the twenty-five worst technology products of all time.
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