Casio PV-1000
Casio PV-1000 Specifications
| Manufacturer: | Casio |
| Developer: | Casio |
| CPU: | Z80A clocked at 3.579 MHz |
| Memory: | 2KB RAM |
| Graphics: | NEC D65010G031 |
| Sound: | NEC D65010G031 - 3 square wave voices, 6 bits to control the period |
| Medium: | ROM cartridge |
| Display: | 256x192 resolution, 8 colours |
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.
It was released alongside a computer known as the PV-2000, which is compatible with PV-1000 controllers but not games. In the same year Casio released two other consoles, the PV-7 and the PV-16 which were MSX computers.
The PV-1000 is powered by a Zilog Z80 CPU, with 2 KB RAM, with 1 KB allocated as VRAM. It also has an additional 1 KB devoted to a character generator. The console contains a NEC D65010G031 chip used to output video and sound. It can generate 256×192 pixels with 8 colours. It had three square wave voices with 6 bits to control the period.
The PV-1000 was only released in Japan where it sold for 14,800 yen. Casio failed to achieve a significant market share. It is said to have been pulled after several weeks due to low sales, making the system extremely rare.
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