Tamagotchi CD-ROM

Unique jewelcase reveal of the box for Pippin.

### Writers

Susan D. Bernstein, Jeffrey Bernstein, Heidi Ellis, Sharon Hustwit, Dan Kuenster, David Lewman

## Releases

### Product IDs

BDE-10033 (Pippin/Mac JP)
BDE-50006 (Win JP)
BDE-50014 (Win JP/US)
6 15121 31543 0 (Win US)

### Platforms

Pippin Atmark
Macintosh
Windows 95

### Release dates

1997-08-08 (Pippin/Mac, Win JP)
1997-09 (Win US)

### MSRP

JP¥ 2,800 (Pippin/Mac, Win)
JP¥ 3,300 (Win US import)
JP¥ 2,480 (Win re-release)
US$ 19.95 (Win)

***Tamagotchi CD-ROM** (たまごっち)* is a CD-ROM-based simulation game for the Pippin Atmark console.

## Marketing

Based on the breakout hit virtual pets, *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* was developed by 7th Level Productions. It was promoted by Bandai Digital Entertainment at Macworld Expo Tokyo '97 and the 1997 Tokyo Toy Show.

## Releases

*Tamagotchi CD-ROM* was released in Japan for Pippin and Macintosh by Bandai Digital Entertainment on August 8, 1997. A floppy disk was included with the original Japanese version CD-ROM. The Windows 95 version was released separately in Japan and the United States in August and September 1997, respectively.

### Software update

On December 9, 1997, Bandai Digital Entertainment released a free software update which was referred to as "oral medicine" (「内服薬」) to reduce the mortality rate of the digital pets, especially during sickness.

## Gallery

Closed box
(Pippin/Mac JP)CD-ROM
(Pippin/Mac JP)Floppy disk
(Pippin/Mac JP)CD-ROM & floppy (Win JP re-release)Closed box
(Win US)Open box
(Win US)Screenshot
(Win JP)
## Video

Let's Play Apple Pippin Tamagotchi(with French commentary)1997 Tokyo Toy Show(skip to 45s for *Tamagotchi*)
## References

1. ↑ Background by Jef Samp, Critical Thoughts About Tamagotchi. 2001-01-18.
2. ↑ Tamagotchi iD L (PDF), Bandai. 2011-02-01.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* Releases, MobyGames. Accessed 2017-05-10.
4. ↑ Pippinは元気です！ From B.D.E by 松山由美子, *MacWeek / Japan*. 1997-02-20. Archived 1998-12-01.
5. ↑ １９９７年東京おもちゃショー　メガレンジャー　ウルトラマンティガ (Japanese) by kbigstone, YouTube. 2012-07-15.
6. ↑ PIPPIN@MARK software release list (Japanese), Retrogeme. Accessed 2017-05-03.
7. ↑ Let’s Play Apple Pippin: *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* (French) by Pierre Dandumont, Le Journal du Lapin. 2018-02-18.
8. ↑ Ordering Software, Bandai Digital Entertainment. Archived 1997-07-12.
9. ↑ たまごっちCD-ROM（Mac&Pippin版）用の追加ソフト「内服薬」の無償配布について, Bandai Digital Entertainment (Japanese, Shift JIS). Archived 1998-01-12.

## External links

* *Tamagotchi* at Bandai Digital Entertainment USA (archived 1998-01-24)
* *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* (US) for Windows 95 at the Atmark Channel (archived 1999-08-26)
* *たまごっち CD-ROM* at the Atmark Channel (Japanese, archived 1999-02-02)
	+ *たまごっち CD-ROM* for Windows 95 (archived 1999-05-08)
	+ *たまごっち CD-ROM* for Pippin & PowerMac & Macintosh (archived 1999-08-25)
* たまごっち for Mac Users のお部屋 by Mi-ki Hayakawa (Japanese, archived 1999-10-08)
* たまごっち PIPPIN by Ashima (Japanese, archived 1999-10-03)
* *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* (1997) at the Internet Movie Database
* *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* at MobyGames
* *Tamagotchi CD-ROM* at the Tamagotchi Wiki
* Tamagotchi: Video games at Wikipedia

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