March 1996 · Computer or hardware
Apple Bandai Pippin (1996)
A Mac OS-based console that Apple licensed to Bandai, a quick failure. Japan launch March 1996 at 64,800 yen; US launch June 1996 at $599.
Bandai Atmark launched in Japan in March 1996 at 64,800 yen; Bandai @World hit the US in June 1996 at $599. A 66 MHz PowerPC 603 and 4x CD drive ran System 7.5.2. It had no big publishers and Steve Jobs ended it in 1997.
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Facts
- Date
- March 1996
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home console
- Maker or publisher
- Bandai / Apple
- CPU
- PowerPC 603 @ 66 MHz
- Media
- 4x CD-ROM
- Units sold
- about 42,000
- Generation
- 5th
- First sold in
- Japan
- Notable games
- Racing Days; Pippin Gold Games
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