PV-1000
{{Short description|Third-generation home video game console manufactured by Casio}}
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{{Infobox information appliance
| name = Casio PV-1000
| logo = File:Casio PV-1000 logo.jpg
| image = Casio-PV1000-Console-Set.jpg
| caption =
| manufacturer = Casio
| type = Home video game console
| generation = Third
| releasedate = {{vgrelease|JP|October 1983}}
| price = 14,800¥
| connectivity =
| lifespan = 1983-1984
| unitssold =
| media = ROM cartridge
| os =
| input = Joystick
| power =
| cpu = Zilog Z80 @ 3.579 MHz
| storage =
| memory = 2 KB RAM
| display = 256 x 192 resolution, 8 colours
| dimensions =
| weight =
| predecessor =
| successor = Casio Loopy
| graphics = NEC D65010G031
| sound = NEC D65010G031 - 3 square wave voices, 6 bits to control the period
}}
The {{nihongo|Casio PV-1000|ぴーぶいせん|Pi Bui-Sen}} is a third-generation home video game console manufactured by Casio and released in Japan in 1983.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-25 |title=CASIO PV-1000 |url=http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=849 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225064754/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=849 |archive-date=2015-12-25 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum}}{{Cite web |title=Casio PV-1000 - Game Console |url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/67122/Casio-PV-1000/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Computing History}}{{Cite web |title=Casio PV-1000 |url=http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg80-pv1000.htm#page=reviews |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Video Game Console Library}} It was discontinued less than a year after release.
History
The PV-1000 was released in October 1983. It was only released in Japan where it sold for 14,800 yen. Casio failed to achieve a significant market share. According to retrogames.co.uk the console was pulled after several weeks due to low sales.{{Cite web|title=Casio PV-1000 - Boxed *MINT from Retrogames|url=https://www.retrogames.co.uk/022118/Other-Formats/Casio-PV1000-Boxed-MINT#|access-date=2020-08-31|website=www.retrogames.co.uk}}
Technical details
The PV-1000 is powered by a Zilog Z80 CPU, with 2 KB RAM, with 1 KB allocated as VRAM.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} It also has an additional 1 KB devoted to a character generator. The console contains a NEC D65010G031 chip used to output video and sound. It can generate 256×192 pixels with 8 colours (3-bit RGB). It had three square wave voices with 6 bits to control the period.{{Cite book |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/chipsounds/chipsounds_guide.pdf |title=A Complete Guide to Plogue chipsounds |publisher=Plogue Art et Technologie, Inc. |year=2015}}
PV-1000 games
Only thirteen games were released for the Casio PV-1000, listed below by catalog number:{{Cite web |title=Casio PV 1000 |url=https://archive.org/search?query=subject:%22Casio+PV+1000%22 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine}}
- GPA-101 Pooyan{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Pooyan [GPA-101] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/pooyan-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-102 Super Cobra{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Super Cobra [GPA-102] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/super-cobra-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-103 Tutankham{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Tutankham [GPA-103] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/tutankham-casiopv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-104 Amidar{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Amidar [GPA-104] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/amidar-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-105 Dig Dug{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Dig Dug [GPA-105] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/dig-dug-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-106 Warp & Warp{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Warp Warp [GPA-106] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/warp-warp-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-107 Turpin{{Citation |last=Konami |title=Turpin [GPA-107] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/turpin-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-109 Pachinko UFO{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Pachinko-UFO [GPA-109] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/pachinko-ufo-casiopv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-110 Fighting Bug (also known as Lady Bug){{Cite web |title=Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine |url=https://archive.org/search?query=subject:%22Casio+PV+1000%22 |access-date=2025-04-18 |website=archive.org}}
- GPA-111 Space Panic{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Space Panic [GPA-111] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/space-panic-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-112 Naughty Boy{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Naughty Boy [GPA-112] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/naughty-boy-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-114 Dirty Chameleon{{Citation |last=Jaleco |title=Dirty Chameleon [GPA-114] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/dirty-chameleon-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
- GPA-115 Excite Mahjong{{Citation |last=Casio |title=Excite Mahjong [GPA-115] (Casio PV-1000) Box, Cart Scans (1200DPI) |date=1983 |url=https://archive.org/details/excite-mahjong-pv1000-hiresscans |access-date=2025-04-18}}
Note: Cartridges 108 and 113 were never released. Often rumored to be Galaga and Front Line (which were released on the Casio PV-2000).
See also
References
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