GamersBliss.com writes: "Welcome to a brief retrospect on video game consoles that didn’t fare well with the consumer market. All this talk about CES 2013, it has to be noted that not everything for the Consumer Electronics Show will be successful. In fact almost half of all the cool tech you see will never really take off… anywhere. The 1995 console from Apple called the Pippin is no exception. Let’s discuss the console that Apple doesn’t want you to know about."
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From systems that could keep your beer cool, to oddities trying to get in on the popularity of VHS and laserdisc, you’ve got some very, very weird video game consoles out there.
I had the LaserActive... it was a nice collectors piece but not very practical. Especially when it came to needing recapping. I think i paid all of about $50 for the floor model from an incredible Universe back in the day. I ended up selling it many years later for $300 at the time due to it needing a new laser and the aforementioned recapping.
An honorable mention not on the list would be the VM Labs Nuon. It basically looked like any regular DVD player but it had ports on it for controllers to play specific games. one of which is still exclusive to it with Tempest 3000. It also offered nuon enhanced DVD movies with extra content not accessible by regular players.
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This would be interesting!
Could apple revisit the console via the iOS for home consoles?
Great piece and very interesting insight as well. I'm still curious what went down in that secret meeting between Valve and Apple. Maybe one day we will find out.
Every company has failed product lines so why all the dramatics?
Um the article is talking about Pipin Apples failed console is it not? Or am I missing something in the article. it seems so by the previous comments.