From the failed Pippin to AAA games on iPhones, Apple’s 50-year journey shows its gaming dreams weren’t wrong, just early.

On March 28, 1996, Apple's Pippin game console is released in Japan. It flops – but someone else pays the price.

Good luck finding anyone who has even heard of an Apple Pippin or Atari XEGS.

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