Apple Pippin (1996)

Oh, you thought Apple Arcade was Apple’s first try in the gaming market? Actually, Apple first released the Apple Pippin game console almost 25 years ago!

Fun fact: Its name was based on the Newtown Pippin, a type of Apple from Newtown, New York. Pretty clever.

Apple Pippin was a mix between a computer and a gaming console. Sounds crazy, right? Who would use a computer to play video games? Apple was clearly ahead of its time and quite possibly didn’t do a good job marketing the Pippin since casual users couldn’t grasp the idea of using a console to browse the internet. It’s crazy how far we’ve come.

And, just like other products on the list, the Apple Pippin was too expensive for the time. Starting at a price of $599, which is the equivalent to almost $1,000 today, was the nail in the coffin for the Pippin. Apple discontinued it in 1997.