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![]() The Bandai Pippin and Wireless Controller | |
Developer | Apple Computer |
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Manufacturer | Bandai |
Type | Multimedia player platform for video game console, Internet appliance and interactive kiosk development |
Generation | Fifth generation |
Release date | 1996 |
Lifespan | 1996 | –1997
Introductory price | US$599 (equivalent to $1,030 in 2023) |
Discontinued | 1997 |
Units sold | 42,000 |
Predecessor | Playdia |
Related articles | Apple Interactive Television Box |
The Apple Pippin is a defunct open multimedia technology platform,[1] designed by Apple Computer, and marketed as PiPP!N. According to Apple, Pippin was directed at the home market as "an integral part of the consumer audiovisual, stereo, and television environment."[1]
Pippin is based on the Apple Macintosh platform, including the classic Mac OS architecture. Apple built a demonstration device based on Pippin called "Pippin Power Player," and used it to demonstrate the platform at trade shows and to the media, in order to attract potential software developers and hardware manufacturers.[2] Apple licensed the Pippin technology to third-party companies. Bandai Company Ltd. developed the ATMARK and @WORLD models, and focused them on the gaming and entertainment business in Japan, Canada, and the United States. Katz Media developed the KMP 2000, and focused it on vertical markets throughout Europe and Canada.
External links[]

- Apple's original Pippin site
- Bandai Pippin Museum & Archive, including PDF Technical Notes
- Overview
- Pippin screenshots
- The Computer Chronicles' coverage of CES 1996, including Apple's demonstration of the Pippin
- Gil Amelio's gold-finish Pippin at the Computer History Museum
- Apple Pippin X-PCI/PCI pin-outs (Japanese)
Bandai Namco Holdings | |
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Parent companies | Bandai • Namco |
Video game development | Bandai Namco Entertainment (B.B. Studio) • Bandai Namco Partners • Cellius • D3 Publisher • Dimps |
Animation | Bandai Channel • Bandai Visual (Actas) • Daisuki • Sunrise (Bandai Namco Pictures) |
Other industries | Bandai Museum • Banpresto • Hanayashiki • Lantis • Namco Namja Town • Sotsu • Tsuburaya Productions |
Former subsidiaries | Italian Tomato • Monolith Soft |
Key people | Masaya Nakamura • Katsuhiro Harada |
Defunct | Bandai Entertainment Company • Namco Networks • Namco Tales Studio • ShiftyLook • Sunrise Interactive • Wonder Eggs |
Video game consoles (Fifth generation | |
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Home | 3DO Interactive Multiplayer • Amiga CD32 • Atari Jaguar • Casio Loopy • FM Towns Marty • Nintendo 64 • NEC PC-FX • Pippin • Playdia • PlayStation • Sega Saturn |
Handheld | Design Master Senshi • Game Boy Color • Game.com • Neo Geo Pocket • R-Zone • Genesis Nomad • Virtual Boy • WonderSwan |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Apple Pippin FAQ". Apple Computer, Inc. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
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: - ↑ "Software Development Page". Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
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