History of video games/Platforms/ApeXtreme

History
Apex Digital was founded in 1997.

The ApeXtreme was set to launch in spring, and then the summer of 2004 at a cost of around $399 for the full unit, and $299 for a reduced capability console. The announcement of revised specifications around March 2004 also included raising the price to $499. This would also cause VIA to seek a partner in the handheld gaming space, which they would find in the VIA MOMA.

At E3 2004 Apex Digital showed support for DISCover.

In December 2004 the chairman of Apex Digital was arrested by authorities in China on charges of fraud. At the time Apex had 113 employees.

By January 3rd, 2005 development on the ApeXtreme was postponed, with DISCover support being dropped from the planned console.

Compute
The ApeXtreme uses a VIA CN400 processor clocked at 1.4 gigahertz

The GPU of the ApeXtreme is a S3 DeltaChrome.

Hardware
The ApeXtreme had planned to use a 40 gigabyte IDE hard drive and a DVD player for storage.

Via Vinyl Audio was going to be used to offer Dolby 5.1 sound output.

The ApeXtreme offered 10/100 megabit ethernet, and also a dial up modem with a speed of 56.6 kilobits per second for internet connectivity.

Software
The ApeXtreme runs an embedded version of Windows XP.

Compute
The ApeXtreme was supposed to use an AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor.

The ApeXtreme was set to use a GeForce 4MX GPU built into a motherboard using the nForce2 chipset by Biostar.

RAM used was 256 megabytes of DDR SDRAM clocked at 256 Megahertz.

Hardware
The revised system still included a 40 gigabyte hard drive.

The ApeXtreme was supposed to be capable of recording video.

Notable games
The ApeXtreme was intended to play existing PC games.

External Resources

 * Video Game Console Library - DISCover technology and ApeXtreme page.