Apple Pippin

Also known as PiPP!N, Apple Pippin platform

multimedia electronics platform by Apple

Key facts

Developer: Apple Computer
Manufacturer: Bandai
Type: Multimedia player platform for home video game console , Internet appliance and interactive kiosk development
Generation: Fifth
Released: JP : April 21, 1996 NA : November 4, 1996
Lifespan: 1996–1998
Introductory price: US$599 (equivalent to $1,200 in 2025)
Discontinued: 1998 ( 1998 )
Units sold: Worldwide: 42,000 Japan: 30,000 U.S.: 12,000
Media: CD-ROM
Operating system: Pippin OS ( System 7.5.2 )
Cpu: PowerPC 603 @ 66 MHz

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The Pippin (Japanese: ピピンアットマーク; stylized as PiPP!N) is a defunct open multimedia technology platform, designed by Apple Computer. According to Apple, Pippin was directed at the home market as "an integral part of the consumer audiovisual, stereo, and television environment".

Pippin is based on the 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, to attract potential software developers and hardware manufacturers. 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.