Casio Loopy

{{short description|Home video game console manufactured by Casio}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2018}}

{{infobox CVG system

| logo = 100px

| image = 300px

| manufacturer = Casio

| type = Home video game console

| lifespan = {{vgrelease|JP|October 19, 1995 – December 1998}}

| generation = Fifth

| price = 25,000¥

| CPU = SH7021 32-bit SuperH

| storage = 2MB ROM

| memory = 1MB RAM

| media = ROM cartridge

| controllers = D-pad and mouse

| predecessor = PV-1000

| graphics = 512 colors

| sound = 4 channels, 12-bit PCM

| display = NTSC-M composite video out

| aka = My Seal Computer SV-100

}}

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The {{nihongo|Casio Loopy|ルーピー|Rūpī|lead=yes}}, subtitled My Seal Computer SV-100, is a 32-bit home video game console. Released exclusively in Japan in October 1995 with a price of 25,000¥, the marketing for it was completely targeted to female gamers.{{Cite news |last=Packwood |first=Lewis |date=2018-07-15 |title=In the Loopy: the story of Casio's crazy 90s console |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/in-the-loopy-the-story-of-casios-crazy-90s-console |access-date=2023-03-26}}{{Cite web |last=Branagan |first=Nicole |date=Dec 15, 2021 |title=Isn't she just Misunderstood? The Casio Loopy! |url=https://nicole.express/2021/going-loopy-for-a-casio.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=nicole.express}}{{Cite web |title=Casio Loopy カシオルーピー |url=http://www.femicom.org/collection/item/casio-loopy/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=FEMICOM}}

The console is powered by a Hitachi SH7021 SuperH 32-bit RISC CPU running at 16MHz, and had 1MB of RAM and 2MB of ROM.{{cite web |title=Casio Loopy |url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=774 |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum}}{{cite web |last1=Blanchard |first1=Jonn |date=29 December 2017 |title=Casio Loopy |url=https://re-enthused.com/information/casio-loopy/ |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=Re-enthused: world of retro}} It was capable of displaying 512-color graphics and of playing 4 channels of 12-bit PCM audio.

The Loopy has one controller port for use with a standard game controller or with a mouse which was sold separately.

The Loopy includes a built-in thermal color printer that could be used to create stickers from game screenshots. An optional accessory, called {{nihongo|Magical Shop|マジカルショップ|Majikaru Shoppu}}, was 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 contained 11 titles.

Developer Kenji Terada worked on 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!).{{cite web |last=Weil |first=Rachel |date=December 4, 2013 |title=FEMICOM Kenji Terada, writer for early Final Fantasy games, worked on a little-known Animal Crossing-like game in the 1990 |url=http://www.femicom.org/research/kenji-terada-writer-for-early-final-fantasy-games/ |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=FEMICOM Museum}}

Software development ended in November 1996, and Casio ceased production of the console in December 1998.