Hello! Want to learn more about Casio PV-1000 and other failed 1980s consoles in Japan? Check out my upcoming book, The NES Era Vol. I: Japan & the Road To NES, available exclusively via preorder at Limited Run Games: https://limitedrungames.com/collectio... The PV-1000 was another would-be competitor to Famicom that vanished nearly as soon as it entered the world. Of all the failed consoles to emerge from Japan in 1983, the disaster that was Casio's PV-1000 seems the most like a massive own-goal. Between Casio's engineering prowess and the impressive lineup of arcade hits their licensing team managed to land, the PV-1000 had all the makings of a hit—a console at least on par technologically with Sega's SG-1000, if not a wee smidge better. But it flamed out on the launch pad, for reasons I can only speculate about in this episode. But if you put aside the system's performance at retail and strictly focus on its software library, you end up with the most promising platform to have tak