Apple Pippin

PiPP!N

Pictured: Atmark model
Developer	Apple Computer, Bandai, Katz Media
Type	Home video game console
Generation	Fifth generation
Release date	1996
Discontinued	1998
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, with an initial MSRP of $499.99 (2-box set) / $599.99 (3-box set).

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

Name	Platform(s)	Latest Version	Libretro Core	FLOSS	Active	Recommended
MAME		0.265	✓	✓	✓	~*
SheepShaver		Pre-installed pippin system software w/ sheepshaver build	✗	✓	✓	~

Resources

• Knowledge
  • Pippin @World & Atmark Wiki
• Software
  • Pippin software, courtesy of macintoshrepository.org
  • Apple Pippin SDK version 1.1 - April 1996, courtesy of macintoshgarden.org