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Third-generation home video game console manufactured by Casio From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 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.[1][2][3] It was discontinued less than a year after release.
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History
The PV-1000 was released in October 1983. It was only released in Japan where it sold for 14,800 yen.[1] Casio failed to achieve a significant market share. According to retrogames.co.uk the console was pulled after several weeks due to low sales.[4]
Technical details
The PV-1000 is powered by a Zilog Z80 CPU, with 2 KB RAM,[1] with 1 KB allocated as VRAM.[citation needed] It also has an additional 1 KB devoted to a character generator.[1] The console contains a NEC D65010G031 chip used to output video and sound. It can generate 8 × 8 pixel tiles in a 32 × 24 array, with the two left columns not being displayed.[5] This corresponds to a resolution of 240 × 192 pixels with 8 colours (3-bit RGB).[5][1] It had three square wave voices with 6 bits to control the period.[5][6]
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PV-1000 games
Only thirteen games were released for the Casio PV-1000, listed below by catalog number:[2][7]
- GPA-101 Pooyan[8]
- GPA-102 Super Cobra[9]
- GPA-103 Tutankham[10]
- GPA-104 Amidar[11]
- GPA-105 Dig Dug[12]
- GPA-106 Warp & Warp[13]
- GPA-107 Turpin[14]
- GPA-109 Pachinko UFO[15]
- GPA-110 Fighting Bug (also known as Lady Bug)[16]
- GPA-111 Space Panic[17]
- GPA-112 Naughty Boy[18]
- GPA-114 Dirty Chameleon[19]
- GPA-115 Excite Mahjong[20]
Note: Cartridges 108 and 113 were never released. Often rumored to be Galaga and Front Line (which were released on the Casio PV-2000).
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