Thinking about snagging a Pippin

I agree - the console is sexy looking, especially the @WORLD model

 

Completely disagree. It believe it's one of the most generic looking consoles ever created. It's literally just a box with slanted legs and a disc drawer that slides out. Even the controller is a mess. What exactly do you find sexy about it? Heck, the Panasonic 3do FZ-1 is basically the same design, but at least they took some time to smooth it out a little.

 

I actually thought the controller was the best thing about the system. Very comfortable in the hand, and the trackball came in handy for menus and FMV games.

 

Just get a Sega Pico and call it a day. Loads more games available ;-)

 

Actually my specialty is the fifth generation. That's why I want a Pippin. Its the only fifth gen console I don't own

 

Don't restrict yourself so much. There are lots of crappy consoles in all of the generations!! :icon_bigg

But I will say that the Pippin is a special beast. I'm with Marriott_Guy in liking the way it looks. It's not sleek, but it's also not monolithic. It is a bear to collect for though. Took me quite a while to find a boxed US model and I'm still trying to put my hands on some games for it. Still, it's a cool console to own!

 

Yeah it is!

 

Keep checking Eric`s site (japan games) as he has pippin games from time to time, I have had some from him

 

I have both Pippin @mark and @world models, I have a dump of the @mark BIOS is anybody is seriously interested in emulating it (also the eprom from the CD-drive).

As was mentioned, finding Pippin games is the hard... I have quite a few and have dumped/archived them for the MESS project, same with a bunch of Playdia "games" and recently released 6 Casio Loopy cart dumps to No-Intro.

If anybody here has a Pippin and is thinking about opening up the case to either just nosey around or dump the BIOs from the rom board, there is a hidden screw in the drive tray, so make sure you power it on first, open the tray, unscrew and then open the rest. Both my Pippins have snapped drive-trays because I forgot about this tiny screw ;_;

http://mess.redump.net/people:incog - list of some of the stuff I have.

 

lol..and what would ya gonna do with that?

i'm always amazed about the big amount of pico systems and games i can see at recycle stores like hard off. may be i will buy one for my lil' when he grew up bit more. lol. but i think, he rather starts with REAL consoles directly, than gateways them via pico crap and such.