The is a
third-generation home video game console
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. Home consoles are generally less powerful and customizable than ...
manufactured by
Casio
is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturing corporation headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Its products include calculators, mobile phones, digital cameras, electronic musical instruments, and analogue and digital watches. It ...
and released in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
in 1983. 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.
PV-2000
The PV-2000 was released shortly after the PV1000. It is compatible with PV-1000 controllers but not its games, as it features a different architecture.
In the same year Casio released two other consoles, the PV-7 and the PV-16 which were
MSX computers.
Technical details
The PV-1000 is powered by a
Zilog Z80
The Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor introduced by Zilog as the startup company's first product. The Z80 was conceived by Federico Faggin in late 1974 and developed by him and his 11 employees starting in early 1975. The first working samples wer ...
CPU, with 2 KB RAM, with 1 KB allocated as
VRAM
Video random access memory (VRAM) is dedicated computer memory used to store the pixels and other graphics data as a framebuffer to be rendered on a computer monitor. This is often different technology than other computer memory, to facilitate b ...
. It also has an additional 1 KB devoted to a character generator. Graphics were provided by a
TMS9918
IMAGE:TMS9918A 01.jpg, VDP TMS9918A
IMAGE:TMS9918A 02.jpg, VDP TMS9918A
IMAGE:TMS9928A 01.jpg, VDP TMS9928A
The TMS9918 is a video display controller (VDC) manufactured by Texas Instruments, in manuals referenced as 'Video Display Processor' (VDP ...
, generating a 256x192
pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device.
In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...
resolution with 8
colours
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. The console contains a
NEC
is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. The company was known as the Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before rebranding in 1983 as NEC. It provides IT and network soluti ...
D65010G031 chip used to output video and sound. It had three
square wave
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voices with 6 bits to control the
period
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Common uses
* Era, a length or span of time
* Full stop (or period), a punctuation mark
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Period (music), a concept in musical composition
* Periodic sentence (or rhetorical period), a concept ...
.
Games
Only thirteen games were released for the Casio PV-1000:
* #1 ''
Pooyan
is a fixed shooter arcade game released by Konami in Japan in 1982. It was manufactured in North America by Stern Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves.
Gameplay
The player contr ...
''
* #2 ''
Super Cobra''
* #3 ''
Tutankham
is a 1982 arcade video game developed and released by Konami and released by Stern in North America. Named after the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, the game combines a maze shoot 'em up with light puzzle-solving elements. It debuted at the Eu ...
''
* #4 ''
Amidar''
* #5 ''
Dig Dug
is a maze game, maze arcade game developed by Namco in 1981 and released in 1982, distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player controls Dig Dug to defeat all enemies per stage, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them unde ...
''
* #6 ''
Warp & Warp
is a multidirectional shooter arcade video game developed and published by Namco in 1981. It was released by Rock-Ola in North America as ''Warp Warp''. The game was ported to the Sord M5 and MSX. A sequel, ''Warpman'', was released in 1985 fo ...
''
* #7 ''
Turpin''
* #9 ''Pachinko UFO''
* #10 ''Fighting Bug (also known as
Lady Bug)''
* #11 ''
Space Panic
is a 1980 arcade game designed by Universal. Predating Nintendo's ''Donkey Kong'', and lacking a jump mechanic, ''Space Panic'' was the first game involving climbing ladders between walkable platforms. The genre was initially labeled as "climbi ...
''
* #12 ''Naughty Boy''
* #14 ''Dirty Chameleon''
* #15 ''Excite Mahjong''
Note: Cartridges #8 and #13 were never released. Often rumored to be ''Galaga'' and ''Front Line'' (which were released on the Casio PV-2000).
See also
*
Casio Loopy
The , 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- ...
References
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