1. Marketing

In Japan, Bandai produced Pippin-based systems called the Pippin Atmark (ピピンアットマーク, Pipin Attomāku). Most of the Atmark systems use the same platinum color used on many of the Apple Macintosh models at the time.

In the United States and most parts of Europe, Bandai named the system the Bandai Pippin @WORLD (pronounced "at-world"). The @WORLD has the same specifications as the Pippin Atmark, but runs an English version of Mac OS. Most of the western systems use a black color.

2. History

Bandai manufactured fewer than 100,000 Pippins, but reportedly sold 42,000 systems before discontinuing the line. Production of the system was so limited, there were more keyboard and modem accessories produced than actual systems.^[1]

In May 2006, the Pippin placed 22nd in PC World's list of the "25 Worst Tech Products of All Time."^[2]

3. Software

3.1. Japan

Very little software was produced for the Japanese version on release in early 1996. While some promised software may not have been released, the number that was released is fewer than 80 games and applications.^[3]

3.2. United States

When Bandai released the U.S. version, it had only 18 games and applications sold separately, and six CDs that came with the Pippin itself. Upgrades to the Pippin Browser were released as a new CD over time, and so was an update to TV Works (a text and drawing program).^[4]

3.3. Europe

When the console was released, barely any software was produced for this side of the world. Only 2 out of the 23 games were ever released in Europe. Not much is known about what happened to it in this region.

4. Accessories

• AppleJack controller
• AppleJack Wireless (IR) controller
• Pippin keyboard with drawing tablet
• Pippin Modems (14.4, 28.8, 33.6 kbit/s)
• Pippin memory (2, 4, 8, 16 MB)
• Pippin Floppy Dock
• Pippin MO 256 MB optical disk
• Pippin ADB adapter (for connecting Macintosh devices to Pippin)
• Pippin to Macintosh (ADB) adapter (for connecting Pippin devices to Macintosh)

5. Printers

Pippin can use the Apple Color StyleWriter 2400 and 2500 series through its serial port.