THE CONTROLLER LOOKS LIKE THE ORIGINAL PS3 PROTOTYPE CONTROLLER REMEMBER?

I remember seeing one of these on display at the Boston MacWorld convention. It had an external keyboard attached, and the keyboard had a key marked "retrun".

The CPU was comparable to a PS1 but without a dedicated 3D engine, this thing was dead on arrival.

I remember reading about Jobs' return to Apple in 1997. He was probably one of the only CEO's who could actually get an entire company to willingly resign. He went through the Apple product line like a razor. Roughly 70% of the company's product line was done away with completely. It was hilarious when the other company executives tried to explain the Mac lineup to him. He couldn't understand the differences between all the different machines. He finally got fed up and went to a whiteboard and drew four squares, specifying that the company would focus on four products which were desktops and laptops, each with a consumer model and a pro model. Within a few minutes, he figured out something that took the company and several CEO's years to figure out.

Fun little mini fact Jobs and another persin made Breakout well the guy programmed it while Jobs did the art for it and they did it within a very short time frame

Growing up I knew a kid that had one of these, but he never let me play it, as though he was embarrassed by it or something. Watching this...yeah, maybe he had a good reason.

How did you stand the controller up are you a wizard?

Steve Jobs was only ever a spokesman for the Apple machine, Steve Woznack was the true creator of the Apple Machine.

Goddd, that thing was really released?!?! I remember hearing or reading about this thing coming out, but I didn't know it actually came out. Nice job on getting one. Awesome

That short intro you have is so relaxing

Theres another really cool Pippin game out there called Super Marathon. It was developed by Bungie and is considered the precursor to Halo. Only console it was released on was the Pippin. (For... some reason?)

That music CD menu looks like a less-cool version of the Sega Saturn music CD menu.

The Real "unicorn" of game consoles would be the black, european version, though. Not the american. The black version from europe was never sold to the public and only shipped a few hundred before steve jobs killed it. There is an apple museum in europe now and even they dont own the black version (yet), because its so crazy rare and expensive.

They should have ported slam city with Scotty "pippen" to the Apple Pippin..🤣🤣

I don’t think Adam has pants on when recording these videos

I love learning the history behind these strange consoles. As always thanks for the great and entertaining content.

"What defines a console of being good" I think is an awesome subject! It would be very interesting to see you show the great aspects of different consoles. Hopefully it'll highlight the beauty and greatness of all types of consoles regardless of their success or failures.

Steve Jobs was an Atari employee before he and Woz started apple, he's the reason Woz created Breakout for Atari. Jobs was fired from Apple in 85 or 86, he went on to found NeXT(weird capitalization was popular back then).

Apple Pippin: Mythological Sega Dreamcast: Legendary

I met Jason Frank at Comic Con a few years ago. It was real honor. You can tell he loves doing that kind of stuff.

Hey Adam! I love your console generation recaps! I have learned a lot from you. I have read a lot of video game history but you really bring the history to life and talk about things I have not read/heard anywhere else. Keep up the good work!

"Steve Jobs never had any interest in video games"... The same Steve Jobs that worked for Atari?..

I'm really glad you made a video for this, out of all the weird rare consoles I think this one interests me the most because I grew up in a Mac household until about 2005. I had (and still have) the "pizzabox" style PowerMac 6100 that came out in 91 or 92 I think. It's really interesting they went with a desktop style point and click interface, and that it does seem like the system has a significant amount of "weight" to it, whether that's in its gameplay benefit that certainly isn't obvious. If you can find the ROM for Marathon, which I saw a couple other people mention, definitely burn that and try it out. I played the Mac version of Marathon and it is quite fun, it's most comparable to Doom, and even if the controls suck it's still probably one of the better games for the system, as I know it was good on the Mac. Apple went out of the way to port it to the Pippin, as it was known as one of the desirable exclusives on Macintosh for the time. Thanks again for the video!

Thank you, Adam, for all these videogame generation recaps.

I think it's funny how much Steve Jobs avoided games later in his career when he and Steve Wozniak programmed such an iconic game as Atari's Breakout. Great video Adam.

definitely interested in the topic you proposed. I've been keeping up the console based videos for a while now. thanks for the good videos and please keep this channel going

Hey Adam, love your videos! I learn a lot about consoles, and see consoles I've never even heard of! Keep up the good work, Adam.

Love these generation recaps, always interesting videos Adam. Good Stuff!

Finding all kinds of new things to get. Thanks for the videos. Love the history of tech.

definitely interested in the topic you proposed. watched a Fair amount of your content and have come to enjoy the stuff that's posted. I favor the console based videos though haven't had a bad reaction for time I've been watching. thanks for the good videos and please keep this channel going

Hey man, good job on the video, I watched your older videos, and they're really interesting. Good luck for 2016, and you just earned a new subscriber!

A video on the subject of what makes a console a console is sure to be an awesome discussion. It's similar to the argument for the IAU's planet definition. I'd love to see it. Great video as always, Adam.

I missed this. I have been super interested in it for a while so Im glad you made this video

definitely interested in the topic you proposed. thanks for the good videos and please keep this channel going

i mentioned this console on my stream and my friend was shocked apple even made a system had to send him this video 💯🔥 !

Woo! Thanks for adding this one Adam. I love your console recap videos! :)

Adam, you totally need to try and play Marathon on it. As you might already know Marathon is kind of like a proto Halo. Bungie made that before they made the Halo games, and it is actually a really good game. Interested to hear how well the controller is for a FPS game lol.

Awesome video! Love the retrospective series a lot! Also, I got my Dreamcast to work again. Recalibrated the laser a bit and works like a charm! Thanks for your help!

i like the detailed zoom shots like the on the controler vary awesome way

+ Adam Koralik Thank you again for another great video , I hope you and Mrs Claus had a great Christmas !!!

This is why I watch your videos: they're just awesome.

Nice vid. Interesting how it's all come full circle for Apple and gaming. They made iOS and now they are one of the most dominant videogame platform holders out there...

21:06 i love how they try to put a question mark on the gold ranger but we can clear as day see who it is what’s back there a giraffe

hey Adam I think too much about setting up my own KZfaq channel but what is fun is sharing all the weekly video game shows on Facebook. love your kick ass show and will try to remember to share your show every episode. burn more games for pipin or just for viewers to send them to you I suppose.

I really love this series, and this video too! Would you be willing to do a series on handheld consoles?

Woah. I can't believe you got your hands on this! I was a previous Apple fan. But I've since made the switch to Samsung and Microsoft ..

Adam, just thought you should know this game is on PC as well, I had it as a kid. I'm glad you showed footage since I've been trying to figure out which one it was for a long time. I'm willing to bet the PC version has better controls than the pippin port.

I always enjoy watching your videos! I also live in Chicago. (NW Suburbs)

Hey Adam. I haven't commented in a while, but this intrigued me. I'm from Europe (Scotland in fact), and I've NEVER heard of this system. I was probably in my mid to late teens at this age, and owned a PlayStation and N64, but this one totally went over my head. Thanks for covering this curiosity. I'm going to have to read up on this thing now!

The NA version was also released by Bandai with the moniker "Pippin @World". Katz Media released the European version as the "Katz Media Player". No models were manufactured nor termed the 'Apple Pippin' as a console. Let me know if you need any additional information (www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg90-pippin.htm). Thanks for the effort in touching upon this rare bird.

Katz Media also made a Pippin model named the kmp-2000 which is extremely rare

Awesome that you made a whole video about it

i heard from a good source that a pallet of pippins were in a warehouse for fifteen years in the customs facility in portsmouth uk, they went back to apple in the states to be liquidated, so there are some pal units over there somewhere.

Great video adam!! make more videos about pippin! More games!!! please!!

Beautiful looking console.

The ball mouse in the center of the pippin controller reminds me of a primative version of the dualshock 4's center touch pad.

Man! I’ve wanted one for a long time. I have a dozen Macs from that era. System Software 7- Mac OS 8.x

The Pippin is part of gaming history. But thanks to videos like this it will not be forgotten.

Awesome video Adam. It's so odd. makes me want to learn more

Adam, I loved your Console Retrospective. Is there any chance of you doing a series were you select one game from each console from each generation and give the story behind them? Mario and Sonic alone would give you enough scope. Goldeneye, Megaman etc.

Damn you finally got one of these things. Nice vid.

I live in Japan like your friend and I see Pippins sometimes too. They are definitely reasonable and I'm sure I'll pick one up eventually.

Wow nice vid adam! I just cant believe this thing! That what makes a console great vid idea sounds nice!

Very interesting console. Thanks for sharing man!

@AdamKoralik Yep. It's funny you mentioned that because I happened to be looking up the Bandai-Namco brand, which at a time of course both corporations used to be separate. Point and case I happened to find out that at wikipedia they play large role to this computer/console at least overseas anyway.

The first console to use the PowerPC architecture, beating the Gamecube by 5 years or so. It's interesting that PowerPC got so popular in the console industry that all 3 major players used it in the 7th generation.

I remember looking at one of these things at KB Toys in a mall when I was very little

I have a love hate relationship with my pippin. I love owning one but i really hate it.

Great video! I would get a Japanese Pippin on eBay, if I could find some games, like Super Marathon, for it.

Id say yes, id like to see a series about what makes a console good or bad, if nothing else for the extra content.

If the right trigger is A it sort of makes sense, it's mapped to your index finger like the (left) mouse button on most computers, plus it has a dedicated finger for "confirm", rather than having to share the thumb.

I actually played a Gundam game once at a local game store I worked at in 99/00. It was a strategy/space shooter game. Super weird, probably should have bought it and the system looking back lol

Awesome vid man! Also i want one of this t shirts

damn your videos like this are always so interesting

You should do some of these videos for portable consoles like gameboy, game gear, atari lynx, etc. I think that would be really cool.

The "confirmation" button being the right trigger is not at all odd when you think about who made this. It is essentially your mouse clicking finger transmuted onto a gaming controller.... Always was intrigues by the pippin and always think about getting one Thanks for the video.

Thanks Adam, the Pippin always intrigued me, but since I'm living on the wrong side of the Atlantic I'll probably never see one in person.Would have loved to be a fly on the wall though when Steve Jobs first found out about this ting after returning to Apple in '97...he probably ripped the team responsible for the Pippin a new one :-)

+AdamKoralik when it was new, I already was a "pro gamer" and read up to 7 video game magazines/month. Not one of them could talk about it at it's launch, because Apple never though about sending the editorial offices of said magazines a sample of the console. Their only chance to talk about it was during some expo reports. Also there wasn't one store who had this thing, so it's no wonder that no one bought it.

Wow! You have a Pippin. Congrats Man.

I think that they chose to make that shoulder button the confirmation button in order to make it more similar to a computer mouse where you use your right index finger to click. Also, is the controller port the same as the Saturn?

Definitely do a video about what makes a video game console

Yes, please go in depth about game library vs hardware power. As XBONE and PS4, let alone PC are more powerful as the WiiU it is certainly my favorite console this generation because of the awesome library. Another interesting thing too look at in the experience of a platform is the controller/interface. Look at the difference between Wii controller, traditional controllers, and Mouse/ Keyboard.

THANKS FOR SHOWING GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GAMEPLAY FROM YOUR OTHER OBSCURE CONSOLES. NOT ALOT OF FOOTAGE TO LOOK UP OUT THERE.

Another amazing video but where is the video of the unboxing of the Apple pipin?

I remeber my friend down the street had one and I remeber a math blast game type it was educational only memory i have of the Pipin i wish i could find one now just to add to my collection

The Pippin has been on my list for a long time. I see it quite often on eBay for around $500, but could never bring myself to pay that much for it. That's the same reason I can't get the APF Imagination Machine...I need a cheaper hobby.

My left ear enjoyed that Power Rangers Zeo gameplay.

the system was similar to Saturn and PlayStation but was held back by the Apple OS. It Basically runs a modified version of Mac OS. It did have a first person shooter called Marathon developed by Bungie. Now isn't that a mind fuck? A first person shooter developed for an Apple console before Halo. Fuck me that's weird

Very cool! I always enjoy seeing those ultra rare consoles. Thanks for sharing footage. One request though if I may. Only because I've seen you do this in several videos but instead of saying something is "expensive", could you give us the cost? Or, if you don't want to reveal how much you paid for something, a rough cost?

Another great video, FYI though the 50/60 HZ is not video frequency its the electrical frequency ie the uk is 240volt at 50hz. :)

It's practically a small form factor Mac with an edited version of Mac OS 7 (or correctly said System 7, they didn't call it Mac OS until 8). It was also meant as a budget small computer for simple software and thin client use (shortly said, a thin client connects to a server, which has an operating system on it which you control with the thin client, so you don't need much hardware, the server does it), but it could do games as well. It's comparable to Power Macintoshes of that time. Also, it's much like the Philips CD-i as in not being games first, but software first, games as an additional feature.

Have an upvote! I love the series.

By the way, it would be cool if you talked about which factors to take when you criticize consoles. Thanks for this video.

Does anyone know if this thing was sold in specific store chains or something? Because I never saw one on any store, and I always was looking for cool video game stuff on malls in that time.

A video on what makes a good console would be interesting. On another note... I wonder how Super Marathon is on that system.

Yeah I wana see somthing like that what you said at the end. :)

thanks for sharing .

Those controller ports look similar to those found on the Saturn.

Fun fact: the ONLY game released for the Pippin in Europe was a French-language medical resource for urinary problems

14:25 - The Super Ascii Stick L5 for Super Famicom has most of it's buttons on the bottom...so there...