The is a third-generation

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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

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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.

Technical details

The PV-1000 is powered by a

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CPU, with 2 KB RAM, with 1 KB allocated as

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. It also has an additional 1 KB devoted to a character generator. The console contains a

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D65010G031 chip used to output video and sound. It can generate 256×192

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s with 8

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( 3-bit RGB). It had three

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voices with 6 bits to control the

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PV-1000 games

Only thirteen games were released for the Casio PV-1000, listed below by catalog number: * GPA-101 ''

Pooyan is a fixed shooter arcade video game released by Konami in Japan in 1982. It was manufactured in North America by Stern (game company), Stern Electronics. The player controls "Mama", a pig whose babies have been kidnapped by a group of wolves. ...

'' * GPA-102

Super Cobra ''Super Cobra'' is a horizontally scrolling shooter developed by Konami, originally released as an arcade video game in 1981. It was published by Konami in Japan in March 1981 and manufactured and distributed by Stern in North America on June ...

* GPA-103

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 Europ ...

* GPA-104

Amidar ''Amidar'' is a video game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1982 by Stern. The format is similar to that of ''Pac-Man'': the player moves around a fixed rectilinear lattice, attempting to visit each location on the board while av ...

* GPA-105

Dig Dug is a maze arcade video game released by Namco in 1982. It was distributed in North America by Atari, Inc. The player digs underground tunnels to attack enemies in each level, by either inflating them to bursting or crushing them underneath rock ...

* GPA-106 '' Warp & Warp'' * GPA-107 Turpin * GPA-109 Pachinko UFO * GPA-110 Fighting Bug ''(also known as Lady Bug)'' * GPA-111

Space Panic is a 1980 arcade video game developed 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 "c ...

* GPA-112 Naughty Boy * GPA-114 Dirty Chameleon * GPA-115 ''Excite Mahjong'' ''Note: Cartridges 108 and 113 were never released. Often rumored to be Galaga and Front Line (which were released on the Casio PV-2000).''

References

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History

Technical details

PV-1000 games

See also

References