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I, too, like exploring the libraries of failed 90's consoles for any potential gems, but is there any possible contenders for the Apple Pippin? Is there even an emulator/roms for it?

>> No.8561410

This was just cracked in 2019 by a really cool dood, but no, there is no emulator. In theory, you could run these games on a Mac emulator with the correct bios.

Pippin is garbage though. You're not missing anything. Even the exclusives are unremarkable.

>> No.8561520

All I want is to try all the gundam games and programs on it. That's it.

>> No.8561523

I have one unused in box chilling for a few years. Never bothered to check if it runs burned games.

>> No.8561567

>>8561390
>the ps3 boomerang actually exists
what the fuck

>> No.8561582

>>8561567
zoomer

>> No.8561586

>>8561390
Pipin, remind me to beat up Martin

>> No.8561591

>>8561586
eat up martha, dumbass.

>> No.8561632

>>8561523
feel like making a quick grand?

>> No.8561634

>>8561582
autism

>> No.8561736

>>8561567
Is that a trackball? Seems like a great idea no cap, why haven't other console manufacturers copied that

>> No.8561742

>>8561736
>no cap
Stop.

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>>8561736

>no cap

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>>8561742
>>8561752
pls no bully, I would've written desu like a regular person if there was no word filter

>> No.8561870

>>8561390
... Nanosaur? Dunno

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>>8561736
Machine was based on PowerMac 61xx I believe. I think mine has a Netscape navigator disc, so most likely the trackball behaved as a mouse. Though it does have that touch tablet thing too on the keyboard unit.

Pic not mine. Mine is in storage.

>> No.8562474

>>8561632
Nah, I have an autistic interest in hardware, there's a reason I bought it in the first place.

>> No.8562492

>>8561582
I'm probably older than you and I had no idea Apple made a console.
Figures this was around the time Jobs started NeXT though

>> No.8562673

Every Pippin game either already has a version for old Mac OS, or runs on Mac OS regardless. Might as well just delve into Macintosh gaming as the Pippin hardware is completely pointless. Also you won't get very far without knowing Japanese.

>> No.8562694

>>8561520
Gundam games aren’t worth writing home about, unless you’re dying to play The War for Earth or Mobile Suit Gundam: Zion Dukedom Military-File. Even then, they’re also available on Windows

>> No.8562698

>>8562474
how does five grand sound?

>> No.8562703

>>8562698
Doesn't sound like much.

>> No.8562715

>>8562698
that peaks my interest.

>> No.8562865

>>8561870
>... Nanosaur?
Wrong generation. Pippin didn't even have a 3D card.

>> No.8562875

>>8562715
you mean piques

>> No.8562962

>>8562875
No, he means peaks. It brings his interest to maximum; it can't possibly get any higher, even for five grand and one.

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>>8562673
I used to be obsessed enough with Marathon to wonder what the console version was like. How did they adapt the controls? What did the menus look like without a mouse or the need to lower settings for performance? Was there a new HUD to give M1 a bigger window? Did they port it to the M2 engine? How did it store save files? Could fan scenarios be ported to it? Did it have a split-screen support? How did they adapt the terminals to be readable on a TV from a couch?

Judging from this screenshot, they dropped films and networking. That'd be disappointing if it got popular and people wanted to play with friends, but it's not too surprising.

>> No.8563605

a

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>>8563028
The Pippin version of Marathon is Marathon 1 + 2. There's a selection screen for which one you want, then it's exactly the same in every way, except the controls are made for the controller.

The only real trivia about this version of the game is that the Pippin was dogshit, and the only way that the Bungie guys could figure out how to get the player back to the screen where you select which game you want from in-game was to just exploit a bug in the console OS to crash and reboot the Pippin. So, when you quit and go back to the menu, it basically just reboots the machine.

No one with a Pippin ever met anyone else with a Pippin back in the day, so networked Marathon was basically never going to happen. I think they wanted to do an online dial-up version but axed it.

Doug Zartman, the Bungie PR guy at the time, was the voice of Bob, BTW.

>> No.8563818

Music is missing from marathon 1, other features are missing, it’s basically like playing on low quality settings

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>>8562492
>Figures this was around the time Jobs started NeXT though


The Apple Pippin was released in 1996, and was a join venture with Bandai. Steve Jobs rejoined Apple as CEO in 1997. Steve Jobs as Apple CEO purchased his own company NEXT, and the NEXT Step OS became MacOS. Jobs only involvement with the Pippin was killing it, along with 50 other products from Apple that Steve deemed as needles bloat. Though, In 2013, Apple announced a game pad API for iOS and Mac, which allowed for compatible gamepads. The button colour layout is the same as the Pippin.

>> No.8564021

>>8561736
Bait.

>> No.8564079

>>8564009
>The company introduced their first product, the NeXT Computer, in 1988, and then the smaller NeXTcube and NeXTstation in 1990.

so Nintendo and Sony really did rip off Jobs holy shit

>> No.8564103

>>8561582
Kinda like an oomerposter?

>> No.8564107

>>8564103
it's time to stop posting this same asshurt nonsensical reply, kiddo.

>> No.8564168 [DELETED] 

>>8564079
>so Nintendo and Sony really did rip off Jobs holy shit

The NeXTCube and NextSTEP OS were pretty is based on Unix, and was a true multitasking OS. When Steve Jobs became CEO of Apple again in 1997, the first thing he did was purchase his company NeXT, and turn the Next Step OS into OSX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQaqDQx3Lo8

His second task was to clean house at Apple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Apple_Inc._products#1995%E2%80%931999

Apple had like 40 something products in 1996, by 1998, they had about 5. The Pippin was one of the many casualties.

>> No.8564189

>>8564079
>so Nintendo and Sony really did rip off Jobs holy shit

The NeXTCube and NextSTEP OS were ahead of their time. NextSTEP OS is based on Unix, and was a true multitasking OS (unlike the previous Mac OS from the time). When Steve Jobs became CEO of Apple again in 1997, the first thing he did was purchase his company NeXT, and turn the Next Step OS into OSX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQaqDQx3Lo8 [Embed]

His second task was to clean house at Apple: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Apple_Inc._products#1995%E2%80%931999

Apple had like 40 something products in 1996, by 1998, they had about 5. The Pippin was one of the many casualties.

>> No.8564265

>>8564107
Kinda like an oomerposter?

>> No.8564268
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>>8564079
>so Nintendo and Sony really did rip off Jobs holy shit

Apple did it first.

>> No.8564465

>>8564107
Theyre right, though

>> No.8564578

>>8564268
I even had to look that one up!
You're right - iMacs came out in '98 and Nintendo did their funtastic versions in '00
I remember seeing on /g/ that Japan loves Apple products so I could see where their design philosophies really help one another out