Apple Pippin
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| Bandai Pippin console and its wireless controller | |
| Developer | Apple Computer |
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| Manufacturer | Bandai |
| Type | Multimedia player platform for home/hybrid video game console, Internet appliance and interactive kiosk development |
| Generation | Fifth |
| Release date | JP: April 21, 1996 NA: November 4, 1996 |
| Discontinued | 1998 |
| Predecessor | Playdia |
| Emulated | ~ |
The Apple Pippin, marketed and stylized as PiPP!N, is a fifth-generation home video game console initially released by Bandai on March 28, 1996 in Japan, and later the same year in the United States.
The hardware was based on the Power Macintosh line, featuring a PowerPC 603 CPU clocked @ 66 MHz, expandable RAM up to 22 MB (Bandai models have 6 MB onboard, while the KMP 2000 has 8 MB), and a largely underpowered Taos 8/16-bit VGA GPU.
Emulators
[edit | edit source]| Name | Platform(s) | Latest version | libretro core | Pippin Controller | License | Active | Recommended |
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| SheepShaver |   
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Pre-installed pippin system software w/ sheepshaver build | ✗ | ✗ | GPLv2 (Copyleft) | ✓ | ~ |
| MAME | 
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git artifacts[N 1] 0.289 libretro core[N 2] |
✓ | ✗ | GPLv2 BSD-3-Clause |
✓ | ✗* |
| DingusPPC |
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Alpha104a | ✗ | ✓ | GPLv3 (Copyleft) | ✓ | WIP |
- ↑ CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
- ↑ As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)
Comparison
[edit | edit source]- SheepShaver
- Apple Pippin isn't a hardware profile SheepShaver emulates: SheepShaver emulates a generalized PPC Mac based on a beige PPC604 hardware profile, IIRC. It doesn't know about Pippin hardware. You can, however, run many Pippin CD software titles on Mac OS 7.5 if you read Japanese, as Pippin was based on the PPC Mac and designed to run a modified Mac OS 7.5, so the applications use the standard Mac toolbox. But you won't get the Pippin interface, or be able to use Pippin controllers, or games that depend on them. See this thread for more details.[1]
- MAME
- To emulate the Pippin, you need to use MAME, which has the only Pippin emulator available although it's not supported yet. Setting it up is rather complex, and you'll need the Pippin ROMs and CD images and the correct Pippin profile for the version of MAME you're using.[1]
- DingusPPC
- Can emulate the Apple Pippin enough to get to the boot screen, startup sound, and "insert a disc" screen, but cannot boot games due to lack of specialized CD-ROM driver and AppleJack controller support is work in progress.
Enhancements
[edit | edit source]| Name | SheepShaver | |
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Hardware features and peripherals
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| Storage & media | Built-in flash memory/NVRAM | |
| CD-ROM drive | ||
| Magneto-optical disc drive | ||
| Floppy disc drive | ||
| Zip drive | ||
| SCSI hard drive | ||
| Controls | AppleJack controller | |
| Keyboard with built-in drawing tablet and stylus | ||
| ADB adapter To connect standard Macintosh Apple Desktop Bus mice, trackballs, and keyboards. |
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| Online | GeoPort modem | |
| Ethernet | ||
| Upgradable RAM card | ||
| StyleWriter printer | ||
Katz Media Player 2000
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Pippin @WORLD & Atmark Models
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