Casio Loopy

Casio Loopy
Manufacturer	Casio
Type	Home video game console
Generation	Fifth
Lifespan	JP: October 19, 1995 – December 1998;
Introductory price	25,000¥
Media	ROM cartridge
CPU	SH7021 32-bit SuperH CPU
Memory	1MB RAM
Storage	2MB ROM
Controller input	D-pad and mouse
Predecessor	PV-1000

The Casio Loopy (Japanese: ルーピー, Hepburn: Rūpī), subtitled My Seal Computer SV-100, is a 32-bit home video game console. Released exclusively in Japan in October 1995, it was unique in that the marketing for it was completely targeted to female gamers.

The Loopy includes a built-in thermal color printer that can be used to create stickers from game screenshots. An optional accessory, called Magical Shop (マジカルショップ, Majikaru Shoppu), is a video capture device to obtain images from VCRs and DVD players. Users may add text to these images and make stickers. Including Magical Shop's own built-in software, the Loopy library contains 10 games. The Loopy features one controller port for use with a standard game controller or with a mouse which was sold separately. Developer Kenji Terada worked on Loopy Town no Oheya ga Hoshii!.^[4]

Casio ceased production of the console in December 1998, with software development ending in November 1996.^[5]

Games

Anime Land (あにめらんど, Animerando)
Bow-wow Puppy Love Story (わんわん愛情物語, Wanwan Aijō Monogatari)
Dream Change: Kokin-chan's Fashion Party (ドリームチェンジ小金ちゃんのファッションパーティー, Dorīmuchenji Kokinchanno Fasshonpātī)
HARIHARI Seal Paradise (HARIHARIシールパラダイス, HARIHARI Shīru Paradaisu)
I Want a Room in Loopy Town! (ルーピータウンのおへやがほしい!, Rūpī Taun no O-heya ga Hoshii!)
Little Romance (リトルロマンス, Ritoru Romansu)
Lupiton's Wonder Palette (ルピトンのワンダーパレット, Rupiton no Wandāparetto)
Chakra-kun's Charm Paradise (チャクラくんのおまじないパラダイス, Chakurakun no Omajinai Paradaisu)
Caricature Artist (似顔絵アーティスト, Nigaoe Ātisuto)
PC Collection (パソコン・コレクション, Pasokon Korekushon)

The games PC Collection and Lupiton's Wonder Palette were both packaged either as stand-alone or bundled with the mouse.

References

^ Packwood, Lewis (15 July 2018). "In the Loopy: the story of Casio's crazy 90s console". Eurogamer. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Blanchard, Jonn (29 December 2017). "Casio Loopy". Re-enthused: world of retro. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ "FEMICOM Kenji Terada, writer for early Final Fantasy games, worked on a little-known Animal Crossing-like game in the 1990". www.femicom.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
^ Packwood, Lewis (July 15, 2018). "In the Loopy: the story of Casio's crazy 90s console". Eurogamer.

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[InTheLoopy-1] Packwood, Lewis (15 July 2018). "In the Loopy: the story of Casio's crazy 90s console". Eurogamer. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[2] "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". www.old-computers.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[Re-Enthused_Loopy-3] Blanchard, Jonn (29 December 2017). "Casio Loopy". Re-enthused: world of retro. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[4] "FEMICOM Kenji Terada, writer for early Final Fantasy games, worked on a little-known Animal Crossing-like game in the 1990". www.femicom.org. Retrieved 20 January 2021.

[5] Packwood, Lewis (July 15, 2018). "In the Loopy: the story of Casio's crazy 90s console". Eurogamer.

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