Anyone heard of this thing?

[MegaHiro91]

Apparently the Casio Loopy was a Japan exclusive console released to primarily target girls, with only 11 games released total from 95 to 97. An emulator exists if you are curious and a pack with all the games can be found on the Archives.

 

[Kamako]

This does seem familiar to me, though I'm not sure through which channel or article I'd have first heard of it.

I really dig the blue D-pad and what looks to be an infared sensor on the front with the nifty logo. The button layout of the controllers seems like it'd be well suited to rhythm games.

 

[Mal]

wow, any interesting game to mention? i imagen at most it would be puzzle/plataformer games right?

 

[Clippy]

Iirc its main selling point was that the right half of the console is a printer so you could make your own stickers and whatnot.

 

[MegaHiro91]

Iirc its main selling point was that the right half of the console is a printer so you could make your own stickers and whatnot.

That too yes. Why did girls always get the interesting shit??

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wow, any interesting game to mention? i imagen at most it would be puzzle/plataformer games right?

I haven't dug deep into its library but the game Puppy Love Story seems like an interesting heartfelt coming of age story. It is also fan translated.

 

[Tonberry]

Iirc its main selling point was that the right half of the console is a printer so you could make your own stickers and whatnot.

PS2's built-in DVD player ain't got nothing on this beast. Casio knew what TRUE gamers want!!

 

[qw90700]

wow, any interesting game to mention? i imagen at most it would be puzzle/plataformer games right?

I checked. Most of the games are dress up and painting games. One of them is an interactive visual novel so you go around and solve puzzles when you are not suffering from too much dialogues (Bow-wow Puppy Love Story), one of them is life simulator game (I Want a Room in Loopy Town!) and one of them is dating simulator visual novel (Little Romance).

 

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

Yeah, I remember that -- there was a LOT of tech specifically geared towards girls at the time (which I actually appreciate): there was a series of self-contained SIMS-like games (that, by all accounts, were great), a couple of media boxes, and even a music player which included special versions of many songs due to storage limitations... way to turn a flaw into a selling point, I'd say!

 

[Scotty]

Never heard of this in my entire life. It looks like one of those knock-off video game consoles you'd find in anime.

 

[MasterEn]

Apparently the Casio Loopy was a Japan exclusive console released to primarily target girls, with only 11 games released total from 95 to 97. An emulator exists if you are curious and a pack with all the games can be found on the Archives.View attachment 105131

i think ashens covered this in a video on his channel. the name is familiar.

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yeah, here it is:

 

[Segadude113]

Apparently the Casio Loopy was a Japan exclusive console released to primarily target girls, with only 11 games released total from 95 to 97. An emulator exists if you are curious and a pack with all the games can be found on the Archives.View attachment 105131

Casio makes those keyboard pianos, right? I like those.

 

[MasterEn]

Casio makes those keyboard pianos, right? I like those.

i found their wikipedia page. they make quite a few things, piano keyboards too.

Casio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Segadude113]

i found their wikipedia page. they make quite a few things, piano keyboards too.

Casio - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yeah my family had the Sampletone SK-1

 

[MasterEn]

Yeah my family had the Sampletone SK-1

we had an old timey looking piano when i was younger. didn't have any real interest in it.
nowadays, i would only learn how to play a piano so i could play 'roses of may' on it.

 

[Teordek]

Ooh, there was a James Channel video on this, such a funky thing. I think I wouldda gone nuts for video games that print stickers as a kid.

 

[MegaHiro91]

Never heard of this in my entire life. It looks like one of those knock-off video game consoles you'd find in anime.

Unrelated: Hello fellow Ruri's Rocks fan aka An Introduction Mineralogy.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

Kind of neat, but I wonder where the crowd went after this.

 

[thecrow2313]

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

Why does it look so cool

 

[thecrow2313]

Why does it look so cool

It did but it failed miserably

 

[Cardboardtubeknight Cardboardtubeknight]

It did but it failed miserably

Well yeah look at that cord length

 

[Evaccaneer Doom]

Apparently the Casio Loopy was a Japan exclusive console released to primarily target girls, with only 11 games released total from 95 to 97. An emulator exists if you are curious and a pack with all the games can be found on the Archives.View attachment 105131

Holy shit, the girlypop console

 

[MegaHiro91]

It did but it failed miserably

I'm sure it brought joy to some kids in its time. Let's be positive even if it came up short.

 

[thecrow2313]

I'm sure it brought joy to some kids in its time. Let's be positive even if it came up short.

I think the only cool thing I remember was the Pokemon Snap kiosk that had a printer for stickers

The Bygone Glory of Blockbuster's 'Pokémon Snap' Station

Nintendo is releasing a new version of the game in April. But nothing can replace the magic of the rental store's printed-out pocket monsters.

www.wired.com

 

[Scotty]

Unrelated: Hello fellow Ruri's Rocks fan aka An Introduction Mineralogy.

'Sup.