#Casio Loopy

[nicole-the-hololynx]

I would very much like to know about "old videogames hardware" please oh great wise one.

I'm gonna take this opportunity to gush about the Casio Loopy.

Here she is in all her glory! The Casio Loopy is a 32-bit console released in 1995 by Casio exclusively in Japan. It's largely notable for its heavily girl-centered marketing and for its defining gimmick, having a built in sticker printer to print all sorts of things!

This magnificent piece of hardware is powered by a Hitachi SuperH 32-bit CPU. It's part of the same CPU family as the one Sega loved to use, being in the 32X, Saturn, Dreamcast and a bunch of arcade machines! Of course, the one included in the Loopy is much less powerful than any of those, but it's still a fully fledged 32-bit CPU running at a decent 16 MHz!

The games..... I've actually never played any of them >_> And even if I did I wouldn't get a lot out of them since they're all in japanese... Only 10 of them ever got released (11 if you count the Magical Shop, more on that in a bit), with Wanwan Aijou Monogatari looking like the main standout title (A small adventure title about a girl and her dog... notable for having its story written by Kenji Terada of Final Fantasy fame!)

(image courtesy of femicom.org)

Another interesting release is the Magical Shop, an accessory that adds AV-in ports to the console, letting you pass video through from other devices and using it for your stickers!

It's a shame the console didn't get much support... I bet it's got some hidden potential underneath it all... But I guess that's part of what compels me so much about consoles like this.

I know your day will come someday, little Loopy

[wisconsincomputerclub]

A few photos from the Wisconsin Computer Club's show in Wausau Wisconsin on 7.13.24. The weather kept the crowd small, but the club members and I had a great time playing with all these cool machines! Some of the highlights included an Apple IIGS, the NEC PCFX, Nintendo Virtual Boy, a vintage JVC Video Sphere TV, and this really cool Virtual Boy emulator for the Nintendo 3DS that has to be seen to be believed.

More shows in the works!

[commodorez]

Various Japanese computers from thegirlg33k - VCF Midwest 18

[guitarluvr]

i just like her…. so much…

[andrasandreas]

Rūpī Taun no O-heya ga Hoshii! (I Want a Room in Loopy Town!)

1996 / Casio Loopy / Casio Computer Co.

Casio Loopy was a Japan-only console marketed towards girls, and this game was a room decorating simulator with job minigames to pay for furniture

It predates Animal Crossing by 5 years, and the game’s scenario writer was Kenji Terada, the scenario writer for Final Fantasy 1-3

Scanlation / Info Source

[bassboosted-moon-chao]

Console Gijinkas, Part 1!

Mr. Aitwo Console of origin: Nintendo M82 NES Demo Kiosk Mr. Aitwo is based on a carnival game runner. He's a little pushy and loud, but very friendly and very beloved in the places he's travelled over the decades. Aitwo possesses a pacemaker (unseen) and hearing aid, in lieu of the most common failure points on the M82.

Lulu Console of origin: Casio Loopy Lulu is a bright, cheerful young girly-girl type, based on anime protagonists of the 90s and idols. She's a simple girl, who loves stickers, quizzes, dress-up and adventure, but she secretly dreams of bigger and better things. She has a tendency to scream when things don't go her way (in reference to the awful noises the Loopy makes when booting incorrectly).

Markus Console of origin: Apple-Bandai Pippin Atmark An early university-aged software developer. Mark is relaxed, imaginative, and a little asocial. He plans to make RPGs and racing games, but is too scatterbrained to keep focused, and is somewhat broke and very picky about his software. He's asthmatic, a callback to how loudly the Atmark's fans run.

I had so much fun doodling these three! I plan to make more soon. these three. are family to me. do not @ me they are FAMILY.

[princess-viola]

Little Romance, 1996 Casio Loopy

[antoinettish]

mentally i am here

[systemst91]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnP9IqNt0Cl/

[literalgrill]

This is by far one of the coolest packages I've ever received! Feast your eyes on a Casio Loopy in its original box. A 32bit console released exclusively in Japan, the Loopy has a built in color thermal printer for making stickers! Yeah it flopped hard, but it's a glorious girly silly flop that I've always wanted. Finally... It is mine...

[gamemories]

[popculturevault]

[idoldigigirl]

being completely serious, we need another casio loopy type console or game company or something. not marketed as something for girls, but marketed as things that are cute and lighthearted fun. cuz fashion and cooking and designing are for everybody! and so are action games and rpgs and platformers!

there just should be a bigger market for things that are unashamedly cute and feminine, but they shouldn't be marketed as the video game alternative for girls or strictly for girls. video games are for everyone. and some of us happen to love fashion and stickers and romance!

i wish there was a larger fanbase for what's considered "girly games" because it's such a small amount of people with not many games to work with, especially considering language barriers.

the truth is girls like all kinds of games, and there's nothing wrong with liking things that are stereotypically feminine. there's nothing wrong with anybody liking those things for that matter! femininity in gaming should be embraced as something for everyone. there's a market for these games, but no one wants to make them.

the casio loopy was made targeted to girls under the assumption girls didn't like video games like super mario, which was a false assumption. but that doesn't mean there wasn't an audience of people who wanted and still want cute games anyway!

[lepartiprisdeschoses]

Casio Loopy Review

[themisterfalcon]

[nicole-the-hololynx]

OH MY GOD????