Mini Size (XS-14): 1/4 (4 sticker by sheet)Īside from the integrated thermal printer, Casio also tried to give the Loopy a very feminine design with its hearths logo prominently on the front of the console.The seal themselves came in 3 formats and were sold at the price of ¥1,980: The console was subtitled My Seal Computer SV-100, to put emphasis on its sticker creation capability. The console came with a built-in thermal printer which allowed the player to print seal (sticker). The Loopy was released in Japan on Octoat an initial price of ¥25,000. In this case, Casio wanted a system made from A to Z for girls. There is of course the Super Lady Cassette Vision, a special edition of the Super Cassette Vision, that was specifically made for girl, but the games were the same for both system. Casio wanted to offer other device targeted to the young female audience and decided to create the first video game console especially made for girl. Casio released updated version of their Diary on a regular basis adding more options each time, like games, modem connectivity and infrared connectivity.
Aimed at young girl, these devices were also very successful. This is how Casio entered the world of personal Diary. These were incredibly successful and Casio which convince Casio to experiment with other device in this segment. In the early 90s, Casio stuck gold with their release of their digital assistant.
They released gaming watch and introduce game in their calculator as well. In any case, the Casio computer line was not successful enough to justify its existence and Casio just pulled out of this segment completely.Ĭasio was still actively invested in the video game handheld segment and started to cross their different products together. Both systems lacked to have memory to fully support all the MSX title (8 KB and 16 KB respectively) although the PV-16 memory could be extended to 24 KB. Casio doubled down on the computer segment and released in 1984, two MSX compatible computers, the PV-7 and PV-16. The PV-1000 did very poorly and was discontinued fairly quickly. The handheld did fairly well and in 1983, Casio flooded the market with handhelds.īased on their recent success, Casio decided to extend their reach and release two other devices to appeal to gamer, the PV-1000 a dedicated video game system and the PV-2000 a computer, a system loosely based on the MSX system. Mostly known for their scientific calculators, electronic watches and musical instruments, Casio decided to jump on the video game craze in 1982 with the release of a few handheld games. In the early 80s, the Casio was one of the most respected brands in electronics.
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