3. Bandai Pippin

Apple tried hand-and-tooth in the latter half of the 1990s to capture a slice of the increasingly popular gaming console market that was dominated by contenders like Nintendo, SEGA, and Commodore. One of its few attempts to do so was by releasing the ‘Bandai Pippin’ in 1996. The gaming system wasn’t necessarily a technical failure, to be fair, but it was nevertheless a commercial flop due to the vast amount of competition in the gaming console space. While the machine had an initial run of about 100,000 units, it’s believed that only half of those were ever purchased; and at $599 a pop, we can’t necessarily say we’re that surprised by the Pippin’s short but sweet presence on the gaming circuit.

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