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{{short description|Home video game console manufactured by Casio}}
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{{infobox CVG system
| logo = [[Image:Casio-loopy-logo.png|100px]]
| image = [[File:Casio-Loopy-Console-Set.jpg|300px]]
| manufacturer = [[Casio]]
| type = [[Home video game console]]
| lifespan = {{vgrelease|JP|October 19, 1995 – December 1998}}
| generation = [[Fifth generation of video game consoles|Fifth]]
| price = 25,000¥
| CPU = SH7021 [[32-bit]] [[SuperH]]
| storage = 2MB ROM
| memory = 1MB RAM
| media = [[ROM cartridge]]
| controllers = [[D-pad]] and [[Computer mouse|mouse]]
| predecessor = [[PV-1000]]
| graphics = 512 colors
| sound = 4 channels, 12-bit PCM
| display = [[NTSC-M]] composite video out
| aka = My Seal Computer SV-100
}}

[[File:Casio-Loopy-Controller-FR.jpg|thumb|Casio Loopy [[Gamepad]]]]
[[File:Casio Loopy With Magical Shop And Mouse.jpg|thumb|Casio Loopy with ''Magical Shop'' accessory]]

The {{nihongo|'''Casio Loopy'''|ルーピー|Rūpī|lead=yes}}, subtitled ''My Seal Computer SV-100'', is a [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] [[home video game console]]. Released exclusively in [[Video gaming in Japan|Japan]] in October 1995 with a price of 25,000[[Japanese yen|¥]], the marketing for it was completely targeted to [[Women and video games|female gamers]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Packwood |first=Lewis |date=2018-07-15 |title=In the Loopy: the story of Casio's crazy 90s console |language=en-gb |work=Eurogamer.net |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/in-the-loopy-the-story-of-casios-crazy-90s-console |access-date=2023-03-26}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Branagan |first=Nicole |date=Dec 15, 2021 |title=Isn't she just Misunderstood? The Casio Loopy! |url=https://nicole.express/2021/going-loopy-for-a-casio.html |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=nicole.express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Casio Loopy カシオルーピー |url=http://www.femicom.org/collection/item/casio-loopy/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=FEMICOM}}</ref>

The console is powered by a [[Hitachi]] SH7021 [[SuperH]] [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] [[Reduced instruction set computer|RISC]] CPU running at 16MHz, and had 1MB of [[Random-access memory|RAM]] and 2MB of [[Read-only memory|ROM]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Casio Loopy |url=https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=774 |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum}}</ref><ref name="Re-Enthused Loopy">{{cite web |last1=Blanchard |first1=Jonn |date=29 December 2017 |title=Casio Loopy |url=https://re-enthused.com/information/casio-loopy/ |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=Re-enthused: world of retro}}</ref> It was capable of displaying 512-color graphics and of playing 4 channels of 12-bit [[Pulse-code modulation|PCM audio]].<ref name="Re-Enthused Loopy" />

The Loopy has one controller port<ref name=":0" /> for use with a standard [[game controller]] or with a mouse which was sold separately.

The Loopy includes a built-in thermal color [[Computer printer|printer]] that could be used to create [[sticker]]s from game screenshots. An optional accessory, called {{nihongo|''Magical Shop''|マジカルショップ|Majikaru Shoppu}},<ref name="Re-Enthused Loopy" /> was a video capture device to obtain images from [[Videocassette recorder|VCRs]] and [[DVD player]]s. Users may add text to these images and make stickers. Including Magical Shop's own built-in software, the Loopy library contained 11 titles.<ref name="Re-Enthused Loopy" />

Developer [[Kenji Terada]] worked on ''I Want a Room in Loopy Town! (ルーピータウンのおへやがほしい!, Rūpī Taun no O-heya ga Hoshii!)''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Weil |first=Rachel |date=December 4, 2013 |title=FEMICOM Kenji Terada, writer for early Final Fantasy games, worked on a little-known Animal Crossing-like game in the 1990 |url=http://www.femicom.org/research/kenji-terada-writer-for-early-final-fantasy-games/ |access-date=20 January 2021 |website=FEMICOM Museum}}</ref>

Software development ended in November 1996, and Casio ceased production of the console in December 1998.<ref name=":0" />

==Games==
Eleven titles were released for the system.<ref name="Re-Enthused Loopy" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Casio Loopy Collection |url=http://www.femicom.org/collection/loopy/ |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=FEMICOM Museum}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
# {{nihongo|''Anime Land''|あにめらんど|Animerando}}
# {{nihongo|''Bow-wow Puppy Love Story''|わんわん愛情物語|Wanwan Aijō Monogatari}}
# {{nihongo|''Dream Change: Kokin-chan's Fashion Party''|ドリームチェンジ 小金ちゃんのファッションパーティー|Dorīmuchenji Kokinchanno Fasshonpātī}}
# {{nihongo|''HARIHARI Seal Paradise''|HARIHARIシールパラダイス|HARIHARI Shīru Paradaisu}}
# {{nihongo|''I Want a Room in Loopy Town!''|ルーピータウンのおへやがほしい!|Rūpī Taun no O-heya ga Hoshii!}}
# {{nihongo|''Little Romance''|リトルロマンス|Ritoru Romansu}}
# {{nihongo|''Lupiton's Wonder Palette''|ルピトンのワンダーパレット|Rupiton no Wandāparetto}}
# {{nihongo|''Chakra-kun's Charm Paradise''|チャクラくんのおまじないパラダイス|Chakurakun no Omajinai Paradaisu}}
# {{nihongo|''Caricature Artist''|似顔絵アーティスト|Nigaoe Ātisuto}}
# {{nihongo|''PC Collection''|パソコン・コレクション|Pasokon Korekushon}}
# {{nihongo|''Magical Shop''|マジカルショップ|Majikaru Shoppu}}

The games ''PC Collection'' and ''Lupiton's Wonder Palette'' were both packaged either as stand-alone or bundled with the mouse.

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/golden/casio_loopy.htm Casio Loopy on UltimateConsoleDatabase.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217222017/http://ultimateconsoledatabase.com/golden/casio_loopy.htm |date=2019-02-17 }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121114417/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=2&c=774 Casio Loopy on old-computers.com]
* [http://www.uk.playright.dk/raretitel.php?id=29220 Casio Loopy on playright.dk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210140824/http://www.uk.playright.dk/raretitel.php?id=29220 |date=2012-02-10 }}
* [http://www.rfgeneration.com/news/classic-gaming/System-Overview-Casio-Loopy-My-Seal-Computer-362.php Casio Loopy on rfgeneration.com]
* [http://loopy.femicom.org/ FEMICOM Museum's Casio Loopy Collection]
* [http://videogamekraken.com/casio-loopy Video Game Kraken - Loopy]

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[[Category:Home video game consoles]]
[[Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles]]
[[Category:Discontinued video game consoles]]
[[Category:Japan-exclusive video game hardware]]
[[Category:Casio brands|Loopy]]
[[Category:Gender and video games]]
[[Category:Products introduced in 1995]]
[[Category:Women and the arts]]
[[Category:Women and video games]]
[[Category:SuperH-based game consoles]]

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