 I have an internet gem for you today. What you're about to watch is a real commercial. It is for Apple's only ever gaming console, the Pippin Atmark. What the f*** was that? To say this was a dark time for Apple would be an understatement. Apple, including this product, was not very successful under CEO Michael Spindler. But you can't say the Pippin didn't contain innovations that were way ahead of its time. The NTSC PAL switch on the back eliminated region locking. Its games could be run in a Mac desktop computer. Its included modem allowed browsing in the living room. Its operating system could be upgraded on the fly. It could run a standard full-size keyboard natively and it wasn't just about gaming, no. It was a play to take over the big screen in the living room as a whole and I got one and a game. Time for a glorious retro tech video. I need to go find Linus. The white dark base Pro 900 from Be Quiet features a modular design to support a variety of layouts and configurations. Check it out at the link below. To start the insanity off, and remember while I say this, this was a real policy. While marketing the Pippin, Apple stated that they were not allowed to use the term computer. Even though the Pippin was manufactured by Mitsubishi, yes that Mitsubishi, and licensed to Bandai, yes that Bandai, under Apple's Mac clone initiative. And yes, Mac, like computer, and being able to call it one, might have even helped overcome the astonishing $600 price tag. Because for the time, it was even a pretty banging one, featuring a Motorola PowerPC 603 running at 63 megahertz, 6 megabytes of shared memory, 128 kilobytes of NVRAM, and an expansion bay. To put this price into context of a game console instead of a computer, a PlayStation 1 launched at $299. The PlayStation 2 launched at, again, $299. Four years later, however. To put that price into perspective, the Pippin was over 900 US today when adjusted for inflation. Yo dog, wanna check this out? This is the Atmarque, a console by Apple. A console by Apple? Yeah. Cool. Where's your CRT? I'll hook it up. You know what year it is, bro, right? Don't worry about it. Jump on three. One, two, three. It works! Wow! Okay. We landed in a 90s living room. So convenient. This is fantastic. I don't think you're gonna get much from that. No, no, I got this. Something, something, something. CD-ROM, something, something, 64. For sale and use in Japan only. All right, you source this thing, do the honors. Okay. It's surprising. Have you even had this open? No, literally never. Holy cow. Yeah. Who keeps such an old console? Theoretically, it's never been opened. Really? Yeah. It just wasn't in its shrink wrap anymore. 20 year old seals! I'm having the ultimate Canadian experience, destroying seals in the door. You know what? There's some English here, not much. I'm assuming this is for extended warranty. There's like some forms you can fill out. What if we sent it? Cause like Bandai still exists. Look at this. Everything still sealed. Here's the modem. Glorious. Where's your telephone line? There's that nice long telephone cord. Cause who would have a phone jack right next to their TV? That's the Apple Jack. The Apple Jack. So this controller is ridiculous. The irony being that in the 1990s, Apple Jack cereal did exist. So Apple Jack the name. Oh, it's got a ball mouth. Yeah. That's so it's like you have left and right click and a ball mouse. How are they expecting you to reach these buttons? Like this middle one. It's like exactly out of reach for both of my thumbs. This is not very ergonomic. No, it's a very weird controller. So this is the six disc kit that comes with it. Internet kit in all caps, Frankie online and then at Mark town in all caps. Is that Mark town a game? I don't even know. It must be. So we have two games to play. Maybe. Okay, dope. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Okay. It's heavy. Oh, geez. How much did we pay for this? Um, give it to me straight. I think including the game, it was probably about 500 bucks. Hey man, this better be the most revolutionary gaming experience. Adjusted for inflation. It is $900. So I got a pretty good deal. It's like five $400. All right. Okay. Let's just if you wanted it to be a desk computer, that's not a bad feature to have headphone out on the front. Oh, so this is cool. So it's actually a toggle switch. So you can go VGA NTSC via composite or pal via S video. Okay. Oh, I believe this is an expansion port down here. So back when Apple believed in expand ability for their devices. Is that a PCI slot? So we'll tag team this. I'll find cables. You plug them in. Sounds good. All right. I can feel the static from this TV just like attacking my head. Yep. No, just kidding. It doesn't make that much. Oh, yeah. Okay. I tried another one. Good. Yeah. Press and hold. There we go. Oh, okay. Oh, scary. It's like 20 years old, man. The double edged sword of buying things that are still sealed. Yeah. Oh, oh, it's delightful. Go for it, man. All right. At Mark town. You just have to know. Okay. So we have to like fully boot the computer every time that we try to change something. Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness. There we go. Oh, no. What? Oh, it's probably like a social network. So Apple, again, years ahead of the game, always on online activation. Okay. Yeah. Gundam tactics, mobility fleet 0079. There it is. I'm pretty excited. It is in perfect condition. This game saw very little use. So this game also cost almost as much as the console. What? The total was like 500. I think the console was like 300 and this was like 200. It's okay. The game will load in a few minutes. You know, I've explained this to the viewers, but maybe it's worth explaining to you. Expensing purchases is not magic. You still have to earn the money. All right. This is promising. Okay. Let's play. Okay. Oh, man. Look at those graphics. The audio. So good. Do you have to sit through this? No. Okay. It's an English. Oh, wow. So last time you select with the mouse. You don't use the controller at all. Yeah. Look at that. And it makes sense because a lot of these were just ports. So start new game. Yeah. Left. Okay. I'm going with the world. Okay. So any hopes that I had about the game being in English? No subtitles either. That's okay. I'm going to come up with something for it. The universe is in peril and only the Gundam tactics, mobility fleet 0079 can save them. It's going to totally wreck that city. But those graphics are too difficult to render. So wow. I don't know who I'm rooting for right now. Luke. You're up. Okay. Do this. Oh, what? I think I'm going to try MS. I'm going to carry the middle one. I think you already have all of them. Yeah. That's probably confirmed. Perfect. Okay. Let's just move our way over then. This one crew crew. Crap. This is probably like a mission explanation. Ah, here's a big rock. Okay. But yeah, that's exit. Hey, big problem. So we're being deployed against this ship and those three platform things. I think we'll just go for a solid start. Oh, timer's going up. Oh, okay. Wait, you clicked and it stopped. Yeah. If I do anything, it stops. Oh, there's more menus. You probably like let the game sort of happen and then go in here and like manage your ship. Great game. This is not 10 out of 10 games so far. Okay. I'm deploying pilots now. You pick different pilots. Yeah. Done. So now we've deployed three suits. Hey, select them now. No. I mean, oh, the timer stops when the things on screen move. Maybe try moving them with that. That's just moves the screen. I'm so bored right now. The system costs us $900. You have to enjoy it. Does he move now? Yeah. No. This button. This is a really tedious game. Very. Let me give new orders to this guy. You're actually playing now, aren't you? Yeah. This is the best game it's ever made. For the Pippin. Should we move up towards their Gundams? One of those buttons will be move and one of them will be attack. We're getting better. Okay, now I'm playing. Zero deaths. Dang it. Zero deaths. Oh, I'm pretty sure he's better than us. No, I think anytime anything gets close, they engage once. Oh, geez. Tell my family. I never liked them. Okay, so the dude's actually starting to die. He's starting to auto move away. I think that's what he said. I'm retreating. I'm tired. No, don't go home now. I am very sleepy and out of oxygen. I must rest. Didn't pause the game. That's okay. Only one more shot. This is it. Oh my goodness. No deaths. I think we need a bridge crew is what we need. That's got to be how you move the big ship. I think when we get there, it's actually going to be a big problem. Wait, what? Oh, our Gundam is attacking the big ship. It did a fair amount of damage. I love that the the weight icon is the little Apple watch. I feel like I've been playing this game for a little bit. A very long time. We're probably supposed to intercept and destroy the platforms or something. See, there's only two. One's gone. Like, are we the a**holes here? Are we just beating up on a... Oh, okay. Oh, geez. Oh, wow. Whoa. Accelerate to ramming speed. Oh, maybe we're gonna fight. Nope. Maybe we need to use this one. Maybe this is like combat. Sure. Try it. They were different. Oh, oh, I have no idea. We did it though. Whoa. Why did it do damage to a completely different bar? These are probably shields. He's one hull shot away from death and one shield shot away from, I don't know. Done. I think that might have just won it. Yeah. Something. I am sad. I died and I brought dishonor to my family. That's probably not far off. And the others will get you. Are we done? I'm super done. I think I'm okay with being sad. Squarespace lets you build your own beautiful website that looks great on any device simply and quickly. For just 12 bucks a month and you get a free domain. 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