Manufacturer | Casio |
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Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Third generation |
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Introductory price | 14,800¥ |
Media | ROM Cartridge |
CPU | Z80A clocked at 3.579 MHz |
Memory | 2KB RAM |
Display | 256x192 resolution, 8 colours |
Input | Joystick |
Successor | Casio Loopy |
The PV-1000 (ぴーぶいせん Pi Bui-Sen) is a home video game console manufactured by Casio and released in Japan in 1983. The PV-1000 was powered by a Z80A micro-processor, and had 2 KB RAM available, with 1 KB devoted to its character generator. It had a 256x192 pixel resolution and had 8 available colours. It was released alongside a computer known as the PV-2000, which is compatible with PV-1000 controllers but not its games. In the same year Casio released two other consoles, the PV-7 and the PV-16 which were MSX computers. The PV-1000 initially sold for 14,800¥.
Casio failed to achieve a significant market share. It is said to have been pulled from the shelves within a matter of weeks, making the system extremely rare.
Only 15 games for the Casio PV-1000 were released, including: