If I gave this to my 4 year old daughter she would beat me with a raspberry pi. Then cover me in stickers.

When I worked in Gamestop back in the day, I always hated when a mom came into the store to find a "girl game" for their girl. Which in their head translate to something with either, dressing up, cooking, dolls, childcare or the like. Games which will 9 outta 10 times be exceptionally sub par. I would always try to explain to them that it's way more important to pick a quality game over something like that. If they child is wishing for a specific game, that's another case, but most parents like that seemed really misguided and if you only give games where production value is low and the entertainment value drops like an anvil after just a few minutes, then you are killing that kid's interest in games as they'll just associate it with boring stuff. I was always happy if I could convince them to go home with something like Mario, Nintendogs or Pokémon that would provide both quality and longevity that would nurture their love or the video game media

Hello all complaining about the pronunciation of console in the vid. Octaviuskitten appears to be from the Yorkshire/Leeds region judging by the accent. These dialects often place the emphasis on a different syllable of a word to regular pronunciations. It's a common trait of the area, and hardly a mistake. As a scouser myself, I'm very used to quirky accents.

I consider the Cassio Loopy to be the “Bizzaro Philips CD-I”. The CD-I was marketed as a jack-of-all-trades machine, but video games were the only things that ever sold on it. The Loopy was marketed as a video game console first, but the sticker printer was the only thing that ever sold on it.

Yes, the Japanese word seal means a sticker/decal/label. It's from the English word, from when we sealed envelopes with wax and embossed it with a personal stamp as proof who it was from. Sealing wax - as mentioned in the poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter " in "Alice through the Looking-Glass" by Lewis Carroll. You've probably seen decorative red seals on documents, such as educational certificates. The Japanese loan-word is シール which is "shiiru", the closest you can get to saying "seal" in Japanese, which has a limited set of phonetic letters. For the same reason, for example, the name "Laura" becomes RO-RA, and coca-cola becomes KO-KA-KOO-RA (コカ・コーラ).. There is no "L" in Japanese, and that is why Japanese people often pronounce things oddly, like telling the waiter "This chicken is rubbery" rather than "lovely". You often get little stickers as a "bonus" when you buy products in Japan, with pictures of flowers or cartoon characters or whatever. Photo booths that make stickers are ridiculously popular in Japan, almost entirely amongst women/girls, and those are called “purikura”. It is the shortened form of purinto kurabu (プリントクラブ) which is loaned from English “print club”. They take your photo (like our photo booths), but allow you to edit the picture a lot, adding clip-art and text, special effects, and then printing little sheets of stickers - which get stuck to phones, school books, satchels, whatever. Loan words often get mangled in both form and meaning.

Side note: There's apparently an emulator for the PV-1000. I took a quick look in Google and found plenty of pages talking about it, but nowhere to download the actual emulator itself. I guess it's no great loss as the Old Computer Museum claims there were only 15 games released for it and of those, I could only find five to download. There seems to be a PV-2000 console/emulator with better graphics too, but that seems to be even rarer than the PV-1000.

I watched Stuart Ashens video on this console a while ago and thought it was crap, Octav1us hasn't changed my mind. As she said why did Casio think this could compete against the top selling consoles at the time. Another hilarious video by Miss Kitten, and I do understand satire and sarcasm :D

Listen, I'm a 29 year old male, and this console is super fascinating. I wish I had a console/sticker maker! This is such a cool idea, although I know it's very impractical from a business standpoint. Great video, I had no clue this thing existed! PS Your hair looks so cute in this video!!!! I loved it!

*Casio circa early 1990s* Manager: Alright team, we need to make a console to cater to the much underserved female gamer market. Problem is, our competition is moving into 3D graphics and our tech is barely 16-bit. How do we get ahead? Employee: Well we have all those label makers that we didn't sell that are sitting in storage... Manager: You're a goddamn genius, you know that?

In its defence the casino loopy has a great colour thermal printer. It, for some reason, impresses me.

I guess if going by stereotypes they assumed two+ controllers are for competitive gaming, and competition is a male thing, teen girls just sit around and giggle so no need for more controllers. One more example as to why marketing departments should be locked away in some detached space, away from the normal humans.

When I was a kid I couldn't get my step mother off my Mega Drive, she was hooked on Columns only game she played till that bee game on Sky came out

I wonder if this is where Nintendo/Intelligent Systems came up with the idea for Paper Mario Sticker Star...

As an actual nutter I can confirm that I would not buy one.

I cannot stress enough how much I adore your videos. Thank you for the entertainment and information presented in such a unique and enjoyable style!

This looks like an awesome console to make some homebrew games for. Get on it ninja developers! XD

I was thinking this seems like something Nintendo would make, then I remembered the Game Boy Camera and Printer.

While I think there is definitely a market for games targeted at girls, especially younger girls, I don't think that many girls/women are put off gaming because the consoles are insufficiently pink or not trimmed in lace, and its kind of patronising to produce consoles that are "simplified" for those poor females who struggle to cope without large buttons and cutesy design. It;s good that most major games have options to allow the player to customise their avatar to a female form for those that want that, and that game developers have been making a wider range of games to suit different tastes. I personally dont like shoot-em-up type games so the rise of complex creative or simulation games like the Sims or Minecraft has been good for me. Anyhow I'm rambling and not sure where I'm going with this so I'll stop!

Wow. It died faster than the Gizmondo! Also, I love the random comedy bits, You're like a classier, more sober Jontron!

Like you say, this was aimed at a very specific demographic, but it was never a case of saying ALL girls must use the Loopy and nothing else. Far from it really, I think that's just our reaction to anything with gender-specific branding these days. Having literally just got back from Japan a week ago, you see these sticker photo booths absolutely everywhere, and they're more or less solely aimed at young girls. They're also massively popular! So, I can understand why they thought a home console version might work out well. Great video by the way, really informative!

MILKY PRINCESS!?!? ... and I shouldn't be suspicious of any innuendo there? :O

Fabulously fun, informative and quirky video, as always. Love the purple shirt :-)

Your newer videos are very professional now. And I'm glad you're in 1080p!! Though, I do enjoy your uniquely, spastic earlier stuff too :D

First video I've watched of yours since watching you on an odd pod review, absolutely loved it. So informative and entertaining and learnt about a console I never knew existed. Have subscribed to your channel and looking forward to watching all your other videos.

Heard of this from Ashens review, definitely on the map for worst console. All in all, it was promising as a concept for mixed multimedia, but presenting it as a console was a misstep, and stereotyped marketing knocks it out of the park.

The sticker idea is pretty interesting, in theory, but I won't be trading in my Xbox One for this thing. Despite the current gen console though, I'm still a retro freak - just spent the afternoon playing Toe Jam And Earl, and Sonic 1. Absolute bliss. (Except for that bloody Labyrinth Zone on Sonic 1, I HATE that level !!)

Tbh i think my daughters would love that thing...........for 30 mins then go back to playing Fortnite.

Nice! Keep up the good work! Your hard work is paying off!

Oh my gosh I absolutely love your intro!!!

I remember my time as a youth councelor in the summer of 2007 and every kid had a DS, every boy had either Pokemon Diamond or Pearl and every girl had either a pink or white DS and a copy of Nintendogs During free play I played Pokemon and Mario Kart with the guys and all the girls sat around and showed each other their virtual puppies and deafening everyone with their giggling. : ]

Great review! Lots of interesting history and great jokes. I wonder if anyone would make any decent homebrew games for that system?

This video is driving me..........wait for it..............WAIT FOR IT.........wait for it!!!!1!!!!......... LOOPY 🙃

Great video. I'm surprised you didn't say something like, "You'd have to be Loopy to buy one of these". Or would that be too on the nose? ☺

That Animal Crossing aside gave me an idea... is the reason Tom Nook wears that apron is because he's a tanuki and as such, according to Japanese folklore, famously well endowed in the testicular department?

The octopus is ace. The first Magic the gathering card I ever bought was of an octopus. Now I absolutely love sea creature cards. Also I have a glass bowl that sits atop a cast metal octopus. 🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙🐙

"What could possibly go wrong?" Oh, Bubsy, you provide us with entertainment even from the grave.

The sticker printer is a brilliant idea.

I'm loving your videos so far. I have a question: where is that "DING-DING" chime that happens throughout the video coming from?

A small note : according to my Japanese language teacher, people don't invite each other in their house often. Most of the time, when someone pays you a visit, he don't go further than the けんかん (entrance hall) and don't enter the actual house. Which means that you don't often bring friends at home... maybe that may help to understand why there is no need for two controllers. Also, Japan is very different culturally and we shouldn't try to "judge" according to our cultural standards... This console may look crap for us... that don't make it crap for the Japanese girl... in a society where the roles of men and women are very defined (even if it tend to change)

Decided to do a 5 year Anniversary channel marathon so here is my HI to try and make the algorithm be nice. Fun and great no matter how many times i have watched them.

I really like the 90's anime style it has going on, though. Very nostalgic.

Just because someone made a review about a game system or something doesn’t mean they’re copying ashens

Great intro: i laughed my butt off! Since this is the first vid of yours I have seen I'll also mention I like the theme song as well. Just as I was about to write something about the Super-Cassette Vision You mentioned it. I have the white one (Pink ones are super-expensive) and the system is really quite good. Great coverage of the Loopy!

Such a soothing voice...thanks for making my day with your new video. Loved it! And love all your videos!

Fascinating that releasing a games console is very difficult for electronics giants. Even Microsoft lost billions with the first Xbox and then released the first model Xbox 360 with a 50% hardware failure rate. No wonder Samsung will happily fight with Apple iPhones whilst leaving the games industry well alone. As to the aforementioned Apple: Pippin.

Cool video I cant say Ive ever seen one of these before! Thanks for the share...

LMAO! A great video. Thank you for making this. :) I had never heard of this "console" and I can see why!

Had begun to think with all the crazy random machines me and my brother in law have had there's no way any of these KZfaqrs are gonna find a machine I've never heard of , I stand corrected .

Great video! I'd heard of this but not seen one in action before. And is that a fresh recording of your theme song I hear?

I do like the way you pronounce console

I loved this.... Proper crying with laughter at that ending... Brilliant x

There is a game called Milky Princess. You don't even need to make jokes about that.

Awesome intro!!! Must subscribe!!❤️❤️❤️

Oh and I'd also like to add that the "Jesus *#£&ING Christ" at the end slayed me. Top notch as usual, and nice to see the cheekiest bastard in gaming doing the voiceover.

9:23 - When he entered, I assumed it was Elton John, but when we see his face close-up a couple of seconds later, it's quite clearly Timmy Mallett.

thx for the video, it was good and full of info like always.

Casio Loopy? More like Casio Poopy. i'm proud ok?

yay new upload! day made!

Your intro was cute. :)

Are we sure seal in the My Seal product name wasn't a hymen reference?

Marvellous as always. I was surprised it came out in 1996... I was expecting 1986! The penguin in the rock band game looked cute. (And your Pac-Man video was AWESOME). I was kind of hoping for your rendition of the Chas n Dave classic "Snooker Loopy", but updated for the Casio. "Casio loopy nuts are we Me and her and her and me We'll show you what we can do With a sticker printer And a crap game too" Still loved the video though!

I want my own Milky Princess.

"Well, I do know if it does, and IT DOESN'T." XD

I just like hearing you say Loopy, cheers!

Just watched you in barshens and have found one of my new favourite KZfaqrs :D

Bow Wow Puppy Love Story looks like it's supposed to be something like a Visual Novel, albeit a fairly limited one, but i have played a few modern VNs that have very little in the way of dialogue choices (one i played i think only has 3 branches in the entire game) so it's not too absurd. I'm sure it's a passable cute short story for kids if you could read it, graphics are pretty decent at least.

Interesting console. Thanks. I’d love to know the spec as the graphics look half decent and it probably had potential for arcade ports.

0:00- 1:25 That was so cheesy, I'm lactose intolerant now! *dies laughing*

"But I am a laaaaaaadyyyy" :-D

Would be cool to have one and actually try to program some real games for it. Are there any specs available for it?

Thank you for this video, it was really quite funny to watch - despite all the cringe I felt for Casio for making these "games" and the console in the first place.

Just found this amazing channel

This is game? I have seen game; this is not game.

I'm so glad I found this video. I was going to buy my girlfriend a Hoover for her birthday, but now I've seen this I'll get her one of these. 😊

Even I don't get how they thought they could get away with marketing this for girls, cos it's just awful as a concept!! As a kid I'd have probably enjoyed a console that printed stickers to destroy all the paintwork in the house, but we never really got such a thing over here... :P

As a guy where can I find that Flanell shirt?

Ok now I absolutely want it because it’s pink, targeted at girls, and the kitschiest thing I’ve seen in my life

omg there's a "ping ping" sound during all the video that is driving me crazy

I saw one of these consoles at the National Video Game Museum in Sheffield... Now I'm geniunely curious if it was this same console in the video judging by your accent :P

I love your intro song

Thank you for pointing out facts. Simple impartial facts about disparities.

hilarious and fascinating as usual octav1us......... love it

my daughter and niece like non competitive cute japanese culture stuff and stickers, so really this is a dream machine.

Sent here by Guru Larry. Subbed. Mostly because you cut that cheese so well. Can the loopy cut cheese? Inquiring minds need to know. J/K. Your not type casted yet

The name itself, says it all. Loopy, indeed!

The bubble bobble disclaimers rule

whats with that double ding that keeps happening throughout the video?

Without your channel I would never know about these "unique" systems. Is pretty entertaining, even if the systems are damn terrible

Confused this is 1080 but blurry? =(

I really like that 90's anime look though. It's super nostalgic for me.

If Nintendo has taught me anything, it’s that those A, B, C, and D buttons are in the wrong order on the controller.

Just so you know, they call it the "Seal Computer" because it was marketed by Seal, the singer. It was similar to how Souja Boy does consoles today.

Good lord. That’s a system I’m glad I missed

My Seal Computer, because it's got Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" playing on repeat.

If this console was released in the USA and I was a father of girls in 1996, I wouldn't buy it for them because this thing obviously doesn't have "being a worthwhile system" in mind. With toys like Barbie, Lego Friends, and Shopkins, it's obvious that they're stereotypical as can be. But there's more playability in those toys than this oversized plastic paperweight ever had.

After rewatching this video, I feel as if that narrator from the beginning sounds like the Yellow Guy from "Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared".

😂 That intro. 👌

Hilarious introduction.

I wonder. Are you using Polish Ebay or it was just random pic from internet?

There's literally no place where stickers shouldn't go. It's an impossibility.