I have an internet gem for you today.
What you are about to watch is a real commercial.
It is for Apple's only ever gaming console,
the Pippin atmark.
(beep beep beep)
(music starts, phone sounds playing)
"インターネットは、テレビで見よう！" -Let's watch internet on your TV!
"テレビをアッと変える！" -Changes your television with "Woah!"
”ピピン、アットマーク、誕生！” -Pippin Atmark, released!
APPLE now games are real
(laughs)
like, what the F**k 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.
It's games could be run in a Mac desktop computer!
It's 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! (-almost what commercial said)
And I got one and a game.
Time for a glorious retro tech video,
I need to go find Linus.
(ah, the old LTT intro)
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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 bangin one featuring a
Motorola PowerPC 603 running at 63 megahertz, six 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 one launched at
299 dollars. The PlayStation 2 launched at, again, 299 dollars. Four years later, however.
That- to put that price into perspective the Pippin was over 900 us today when
adjusted for inflation.
Yo dawg, wanna check this out?
(Linus) What's that? (Luke) This is the atmark:
a console by Apple.
(Linus) A console by Apple!
(Luke) Yeah.
(Linus) Cool? Ha!
(Luke) Where's your CRT?
(Luke) I'm gonna hook it up.
(Linus) You know what year it is bro, right?
(Luke) Don't worry about it. Uhhh...
Jump on three.
One.
Two.
Three!
(flash back noises)
(Luke) It works! (Linus) Wow!
(Luke) Okay!
(Linus) We landed in a 90's living room!
(Luke) So convenient!
(Linus) This is fantastic!
(Luke) I don't think you're gonna get much from that!
(Linus) No, no, I got this!
(Linus) "something-something-something CD-ROM something-something-64"
(you know community can help you like us)
(Linus) For sale/use in Japan only!
(Linus) Alright you sourced this thing, do the honors.
(Luke) Okay... I'm surprised you-
(linus) Have-have you even had this opened? -Hoooly cow..! (luke) Literally never out, yeah
(linus) Who keeps such an old console..? (luke) Theoretically it's never been opened..
(linus) Really? (luke) Yeah.
It just wasn't in this wrapping
(linus) 20 year old seals! I'm having the ultimate Canadian experience
destroying seals. (luke) (Laughs) (linus) You know what, there's some English here
not much..
(luke) I'm assuming this is for extended warranty if there's like some
forms you can fill out.
(linus) What if we sent it? Cuz like Bandai still exists.. (luke laughs)
(linus) Look at this, everything still sealed!
Here's the modem... glorious.
(linus) There's that nice long telephone cord because who would have a phone jack
right next to their TV.
(luke) That's the apple jack..
(linus) the Apple Jack!
(luke) So, this controller is ridiculous.
(linus) The irony being that in the 1990s Applejack cereal did exist
(Commercial) Charles Applejack cereal is part of this
complete breakfast!
Create what you like!
(Linus)..so Apple Jacked The Name. (luke) oooh (laughs)
(linus) It's got a ball mouse.
(luke) yeah.
(linus) That's... ballin' (luke) So you have left and right click and a
Ball mouse.
(linus) How are they expecting you to reach these buttons, like this middle one,
it's like exactly out of reach for the both of my thumbs. This is not very
ergonomic. (luke) 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 "ATMARK TOWN" in all caps it's a dress on a game I've
even been lucky so we have two games to play maybe yes a dope okay okay
consulate Jim okay is heavy Oh - 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 not ever be the most revolutionary anything
about inflation it is $900 so I got a pretty good deal with like five four
hundred dollars all right okay let's just if you wanted it to be a desk
computer that's not a bad feature to have had fund 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 believe this is an expansion fort down
here so that when Apple believed in expandability for their devices PCI slot
so we'll tag-team this I'll find cable do you plug them in socially all right I
can feel the static from this TV just like attacking my head
yep oh no just kidding it literally oh yeah okay I tried another life good yes
oh yes okay cool Oh scary it's like funny you told me the
double-edged sword of buying things that are still sealed yeah oh oh it's
delightful go for it man all right at large town uh
you disaster nope okay 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 uh-oh it's probably like a social network so Apple
again years ahead of the game always on online activation
okay yeah done tactics mobility fleet zero zero seven
nine there it is I'm pretty excited oh it is in perfect
condition this game saw very little you so this is the game also cost almost as
much as the console what the total was like five hundred
I think the console is like three hundred and this was like two hundred
it's okay the game will load in a few minute
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 little promising okay okay turn oh man look at the
graphic okay the audio so good you have to sit through this no okay
it's in English Wow laughing I'm elect with the mouth 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
oh hey what am i doing interaction I'm going with the world okay so any hopes
that I had about the game being in English - no no subtitles either okay
I'm going to come up with something for it the universe is in peril and only the
Gundam tactics mobility fleet zero zero seven nine 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 what I'm rooting for right now Luke you're up brah okay dude
Oh what I think I'm gonna try ms I'm gonna carry the middle one I think you
already have all of them you know 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 yeah that's exhales it hey big
problem so we're being deployed against this ship and those three platform
things we'll just go for a solid start Oh timers going up okay wait you click
didn't stop 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 another kinda game so far
okay I'm deploying pilot now different pilot yeah done so now we've
deployed three seas hey select them now nope
I mean oh the timer stops when the things on screen move maybe try losing
them with that just out no just move the screen I'm so bored right now the system
cost us $900 you have to enjoy it mmm did he move now yeah no just 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 the best game it's ever made for the tippet
should we move up towards their Gundam one of those buttons will be moved and
one of them will be attached we're getting better okay now I'm playing
Georgia dang it Garuda hmm all right pretty sure he's better than us no I
think any time anything gets close they engaged one oh geez tell my family I
never liked them okay so the dudes are starting to die well he's starting to
oughta move away I think that's what he said I'm retreating I'm tired
no ty go home now I am very sleepy and out of oxygen I must read didn't plug
honey okay only one more shot yeah we don't gotta hurry up this is it yeah
yeah hello my goodness notice 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 go wait what Oh our Gundam is attacking
the big ship it put 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
literary we're probably supposed to intercept and destroy the platforms or
some see there's only two ones gone like are
we both here Oh leading up on oh oh okay oh whoa whoa
accelerate to ramming speed Oh maybe we're going too fast nope we're
going 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 you damage to a completely
different bar - probably shield he's one hole shot away from death and
one shield shot away from I don't know done I think that night I just wanted
yeah something I am a dad died and I brought dishonor to my family that's
probably not far and the others will get you
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