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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 unusual in that the marketing for it was completely targeted to female gamers.[4]
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[5] 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!.[6]
Casio ceased production of the console in December 1998, with software development ending in November 1996.[7]
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.
- ^ https://www.eurogamer.net/in-the-loopy-the-story-of-casios-crazy-90s-console
- ^ https://www.eurogamer.net/in-the-loopy-the-story-of-casios-crazy-90s-console
- ^ "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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