Why The Casio PV-1000 Failed! - Rare Japanese Console History

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  • Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
  • #FailedConsoles #RetroGamingHistory #RetroConsoles
    Today Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Casio PV-1000 and why it failed!
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    A man in a top hat, with a dashing moustache or a highly distinguished beard, reviews rare video games in his massive collection. Appreciate the finer things in life! Top Hat Gaming Man travels around the globe, playing the best games for the handhelds around the world. The best games are like fine wines and only get better with age. Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of the Casio PV 1000 and why it failed.
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  • @TopHatGamingManChannel
    @TopHatGamingManChannel  5 років тому +20

    Do you enjoy this content? Do you want to ensure the long term survival of this channel? Would you like a producer credit at the end of the video? Then why not support this channel on patreon!
    www.patreon.com/user?u=4432923

  • @maxwelsh6121
    @maxwelsh6121 5 років тому +6

    I've actually seen a good deal about the Loopy but this is the first video I've seen about this console , and the first information I've really got about it beyond mere dribs and drabs. I wrote that this is the one I wanted to see you cover from the introduction video, as you occasionally ask people what they want to have you cover next ;and coincidentally here it is less than two weeks later, very very pleased, indeed!
    Would love to see your take on the Loopy -as it's not exactly been covered by the best and the brightest so far. (that I've seen anyway)
    You've really found quite a grand niche here what with the compelling obscurities; and in my humble opinion your videos have come an astoundingly long way: from competent and controversial, to downright authoritative ,and all in a very short time.
    As you are producing content at a prodigious rate I wonder how many more things there are to cover? In my opinion you should feel free to explore more mainstream obscurities like the Texas Instruments TI 4A, ColecoVision Adam, the complete intellivision computer set Etc, I would personally like to see the complete Famicom set with all of the accessories, I hear they even had a cassette Drive?

  • @officerzed1344
    @officerzed1344 5 років тому +2

    I own that system (brand new, never opened). Thank you, for putting this obscure system back into the light, THGM! It is the first time that I see a documentary on the subject. Well researched, with tons of info.... Great job!

  • @pauclaris9876
    @pauclaris9876 5 років тому +8

    Your knowledge on retrogaming its mindblowing. Any videos on Zemmix?

  • @jgregoryj1
    @jgregoryj1 5 років тому +1

    Man....love your videos. You do a great job with them. Always interesting videos that I enjoy

  • @Bukark
    @Bukark 5 років тому +4

    I'd love to see you cover the Daewoo Zemmix, there's so little information about it out there since it was only released in South Korea.

  • @blacksheepinthebigshitty9544
    @blacksheepinthebigshitty9544 5 років тому

    Hello THGM, nice and thorough analysis! Very informative, as usual. You have a lot of energy to do these videos, dude.

  • @aaronreid8375
    @aaronreid8375 5 років тому +1

    I'm entranced by the 80s low-fi synth version of California Girls playing under this episode @ 7:30

  • @bRIAN_69420
    @bRIAN_69420 5 років тому +3

    1:55 CORVETTE Lookin fresh 👌👌👌

  • @Artsensei86
    @Artsensei86 5 років тому

    Great video as usual

  • @natsume-hime2473
    @natsume-hime2473 5 років тому +2

    Just need to point out. That cigarette ring was from a time before cigarettes had filters. So one of the primary functions was the ability to smoke down the cigarette to almost nothing, without burning your fingers, or staining them yellow/brown with nicotine. Plus a handsfree cigarette holder, what a novel idea.

    • @Hyreia
      @Hyreia 5 років тому

      I do really like the idea of having both hands and your mouth free while smoking.

  • @SevenCompleted
    @SevenCompleted 5 років тому +4

    I love that yo bro beach boys soundtrack lol that was my childhood. You've used music from that game in videos before if I recall correctly

  • @jamesburke2759
    @jamesburke2759 5 років тому +4

    Richard: "i'm getting rid of all my consoles and games, im sick of them"
    Top Hat Gaming man: "I've bought 50 new consoles."

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  5 років тому +3

      LMAO! They are not mine they belong to Quang, the UKs largest system collector.

  • @baptizedinmayhem
    @baptizedinmayhem 5 років тому

    Awesome video. I've never heard of this system, I hit sub for more rare console histories.

  • @JS-po9yt
    @JS-po9yt 5 років тому

    Great job love the music now I will be humming it lol

  • @Boojakascha
    @Boojakascha 5 років тому +2

    You might want to check out the video mod I've developped for the Epoch Cassette Vision. Will improve quality by 30 %.

  • @DanaTheInsane
    @DanaTheInsane 5 років тому +1

    I played Periscope in arcades in the 70's.

  • @MicahBuzanANIMATION
    @MicahBuzanANIMATION 5 років тому

    How do expect me to not click on a sexy pic of the Casio PV-1000 ? Haha great vid as always.

  • @gallowaygaming75
    @gallowaygaming75 5 років тому

    Yeah love the top hat good video dude

  • @DanielBMS
    @DanielBMS 5 років тому +1

    I was just researching this console!

  • @LyingSecret
    @LyingSecret 5 років тому

    That 90's intro is great :D haha

  • @zosxavius
    @zosxavius 5 років тому +3

    Wow. It looks very much like Sega took inspiration from the megadrive case from this.

    • @johneygd
      @johneygd 5 років тому +1

      Hey you might be right about it.

  • @chiroquacker2580
    @chiroquacker2580 5 років тому +1

    I beg of you great and wise Top Hat Gaming Man. Even if it doesn't make it into an episode, I think the story of an American Engineer named Jerry Lawson and the Fairchild Channel F is something you would very much appreciate! It is a story about the beginnings of the game industry, innovation, an obscure games console, and even race! Even most retro gamers have not heard this story, which is a huge shame considering how important it is IMO.

  • @GeekHero_Bubba
    @GeekHero_Bubba 5 років тому

    Nice video.

  • @xtremekirby07
    @xtremekirby07 5 років тому +1

    May I sugest you a review of the Tomy Pyuuta Jr. (also known as Tomy Tutor overseas)? It's a little unsuccessful yet charming game console with a bigger library than most of It's competitors (excluding the NES and the SG-1000 of course) at that time.

  • @ChronikSpartan
    @ChronikSpartan 5 років тому +1

    It's amazing how many consoles have tried and failed! What's even more amazing is how many of them are from established electronics companies! It just goes to show there is more to gaming than just computers and graphics!

    • @fixman88
      @fixman88 5 років тому +1

      The Fairchild Channel F was made by Fairchild Semiconductor, one of the founding members of Silicon Valley, and it got steamrolled in the marketplace by the Atari VCS. Fairchild's specialty being electronics for Defense and Aerospace may have had something to do with that.

    • @ChronikSpartan
      @ChronikSpartan 5 років тому

      @@fixman88 I guess they had recently watched War Games ;)

  • @uselessDM
    @uselessDM 5 років тому +19

    Well, I guess you could say it was a very miscalculated move by Casio to release this system.

  • @BlakeIvory
    @BlakeIvory 5 років тому

    I think I saw this console a while back, also Gilly was wondering what controller that was on his controller tier list.

  • @megagrey
    @megagrey 5 років тому

    I so want to hop over to the UK to meet both you and Larry Bundy Jr in person.

  • @pete2076
    @pete2076 5 років тому

    is that samy lee roth in the bsck round music?

  • @uselessDM
    @uselessDM 5 років тому +3

    The design really looks like a Casio calculator or some such device.

  • @MrPoestyle
    @MrPoestyle 5 років тому

    Speaking of the Fairchild Channel F , have you ever made a video of why it failed ? Because , YEAAAH ....

  • @rasheedmatthews
    @rasheedmatthews 5 років тому

    Have I mentioned to you that you sir are the bomb lol thanks for another great story

  • @ghazzter
    @ghazzter 5 років тому

    From John Candy's wrist, to a TV game console, all ways go with Casio.

  • @texastoast7514
    @texastoast7514 5 років тому

    That's crazy i never heard of that (forgive the pun) smoke ring. I heard that up until the 1990's something in the range of 70-80% of the adult population of Japan smoked. Great video, I look forward to your contribution to my general knowledge. I always enjoy learning something new

  • @rager1969
    @rager1969 5 років тому +4

    Don't you mean the Casio PV One Zero Hundred?

  • @quincyq-radio6300
    @quincyq-radio6300 5 років тому +1

    So Cool 👍😊

  • @brianespinoza7331
    @brianespinoza7331 4 роки тому

    8bit beachboys music? Wouldn't mind seeing the track listing and info on that backround music....

  • @SharifSourour
    @SharifSourour 5 років тому +3

    Your obscure console collection is ridiculous!

  • @chiroquacker2580
    @chiroquacker2580 5 років тому

    The Interton VC-4000 would be an interesting topic. It's a very nice looking piece of hardware and many of the games I've seen look good. I'm probably one of the 10 people in the USA that has ever heard of it.

  • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
    @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 5 років тому

    You really do find the most obscure system, damn.

  • @jameslewis2635
    @jameslewis2635 5 років тому +1

    It looks to me like Casio got the basics right but their hardware was a generation behind at the time of release and lacked in terms of software.

  • @Sinn0100
    @Sinn0100 5 років тому +12

    I too am a fellow linguist and one of the biggest reasons I watch your show over the others. Most of the other shows lack a certain stylistic branding that I associate with Mr. Top Hat Gaming Man. Furthermore, Top Hats linguistic skills are second to none.
    I need that cigarette ring for....ummm....tobacco, yes tobacco that will do! Oh and you speak for yourself, those of us that still smoke...cigarettes need Casio to get back to making the join...cigarette ring. ;)
    The Casio shares quite a few aesthetics with the Sega Genesis. It's very similiar especially the circular top and all black design.

  • @AirZonkWorldChamp
    @AirZonkWorldChamp 5 років тому

    Yo Bro, that background music sounds familiar.

  • @SevenCompleted
    @SevenCompleted 5 років тому

    For 1983 that thing looks fuckin bad ass

  • @AtariBorn
    @AtariBorn 5 років тому

    Ah, the famous arcade nudity issue we all remember @2:33

  • @kennylauderdale_en
    @kennylauderdale_en 5 років тому +5

    should Probably remove that Billy Mitchel photo from the intro, unless you like his hot sauce n which case I respect your decision to keep it up. He makes a damn good hot sauce.

  • @kabochaVA
    @kabochaVA 5 років тому

    6:23 onwards: why do I suddenly feel like listening to the Beach Boys? (California Girls, Help me Rhonda...)

  • @vidlink
    @vidlink 5 років тому +2

    Didn't know my old favorite digital watch company even made a console. It sort of looks like a cross between a Model 1 Mega Drive/Genesis with a hint of Atari aesthetics.

    • @rashidisw
      @rashidisw 5 років тому +1

      You got the Genesis's chronology timeline wrong.

    • @vidlink
      @vidlink 5 років тому

      @@rashidisw: What timeline😕? Talking about aesthetics.

    • @rashidisw
      @rashidisw 5 років тому

      You still got the narrative wrong, if you would said, "perhaps this where Model 1 Genesis shapes were inspired from?" that would be correct as Genesis existed several years after the Casio PV-1000 was released and not the other way around.

    • @vidlink
      @vidlink 5 років тому

      @@rashidisw:😕 So because I didn't said it inspired the Sega I got some timeline wrong simply because it came out several years beforehand?
      I was just making a comparison of what it aesthetically looked like to me. Nothing more, nothing less. Just an observation, no speculation.

  • @karar.kendall4872
    @karar.kendall4872 2 роки тому +1

    0:02 what console is this?

  • @MitsuhashiTakashi
    @MitsuhashiTakashi 5 років тому

    I smoke so that knuckle pipe actually looks kinda cool I want one

  • @CaptainFalco311
    @CaptainFalco311 5 років тому

    Came to learn about a console I’d never heard of before, got a documentary on Nintendo, Sega, cigarettes, and calculators that takes up half of the video instead. :/

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  5 років тому

      Well you need to watch console reviews if that is what you are looking for, rather than history documentaries.

  • @napoleonfeanor
    @napoleonfeanor 6 місяців тому

    Who is that in the framed picture?

  • @adrienbrasseur8809
    @adrienbrasseur8809 5 років тому

    How many console do you own

  • @estebanvasquez2307
    @estebanvasquez2307 5 років тому +1

    Holy shit, I'd have never imagined Casio in the home gaming console! And what's that car at 1:57?

    • @maxwelsh6121
      @maxwelsh6121 5 років тому +2

      That is the American Corvette Stingray by Chevrolet, looks like a 82 model but it's very hard to be sure as they made these for quite a long time, pretty uncommon in Japan though, if you like the look of this model you should check out the mako shark concept car that preceded this design

    • @ressljs
      @ressljs 5 років тому

      @@maxwelsh6121 I believe your right about it being an 82. It could be a little older, but 82 was the last year they built those beautiful Stingrays with the flared front fenders. Most car enthusiasts would disagree, but I think the late 70 - early 80's Stingrays were the best looking Corvettes, yes, better than the originals from the 60's. But after 1982, Corvettes and doorstops became indistinguishable. No amount of money spent on a car could save you from the tacky hellscape that was mid 80's American automotive design. Even our sports and luxury cars were trash.

    • @maxwelsh6121
      @maxwelsh6121 5 років тому

      @@ressljs yes, and the earliest ones from the 70s of that model had thin chrome bumpers , and the latest ones had ever- larger air dams in the front, but contrary to you I like the 84 Style and the C4 Corvette is one of my favorites... I haven't taken the time to look it up but I believe there was no 83

  • @mollemannen
    @mollemannen 5 років тому

    1 minute of topic content and whatever i fast forwarded past.

  • @Vlad-bu3mr
    @Vlad-bu3mr 5 років тому

    bloody good looking console

  • @BlackJaguarGX64
    @BlackJaguarGX64 5 років тому

    casio ca-110 keyboard with same these soundfonts xD

  • @remainedunnamed1695
    @remainedunnamed1695 5 років тому

    Lol, nice 8-bit Beach Boys.

  • @TheLaXandro
    @TheLaXandro 5 років тому

    6:16 read the small print

  • @eunuchprovocateur4734
    @eunuchprovocateur4734 4 роки тому

    Like the obscure consoles content. You gotta take down that framed photo of the biggest cheater in arcade history though.

  • @Awesoman
    @Awesoman 5 років тому

    Those are some tinny-sounding Beach Boys songs.

  • @dang9059
    @dang9059 5 років тому +1

    It looks like a smoothed out mega drive/genesis

  • @JoshuaAnico
    @JoshuaAnico 5 років тому

    I just realized my wristwatch is a Casio.

  • @AguFungus
    @AguFungus 5 років тому

    Thumbnail source, please? 😏

  • @mkgtr10
    @mkgtr10 5 років тому

    The pictures of anime girls is my main draw to these videos.

  • @deaneireann4769
    @deaneireann4769 5 років тому

    Top hat serves video game brain food!

  • @joshuaplotkin8826
    @joshuaplotkin8826 2 роки тому

    The crash of 83 did not just hit Atari hard. It killed the Intellivision, Colecovision, Vectrex and Odyssey 2.

  • @Zimboltor
    @Zimboltor 5 років тому +2

    i love u big daddy top hat

    • @NottJoeyOfficial
      @NottJoeyOfficial 5 років тому +1

      I decided once I heard that that it is the only name I'll ever call him going forward

  • @todesziege
    @todesziege 5 років тому +1

    That is a sexy looking console though.

  • @LyingSecret
    @LyingSecret 5 років тому

    Ah, the Kashe Oh!

  • @matthewlane518
    @matthewlane518 5 років тому +5

    Love your vids but whats up with the sexy chick on the thumbnails? I like it an everything just wondering😜

    • @TopHatGamingManChannel
      @TopHatGamingManChannel  5 років тому +4

      Part of my retro aesthetic. It is same as Japanese console magazines in the 80s and 90s.

    • @natsume-hime2473
      @natsume-hime2473 5 років тому +2

      @@TopHatGamingManChannel Well that and attracting clicks, because hot chicks get clicks.

  • @matthewlane518
    @matthewlane518 5 років тому +4

    I see a frammed picture behind you. Thumbs up to cheating lol

  • @JFTC709
    @JFTC709 4 роки тому

    It looks like a router from the mid to late 2000s...it's a little over two decades ahead of its time in terms of design. Doesn't look anything like its contemporaries.

  • @Zetchzie
    @Zetchzie 5 років тому

    Every time I see the thumbnail I think it's meant for some risky game for said system

  • @AttilaTheHun333333
    @AttilaTheHun333333 5 років тому +2

    6:17 ...“not recommended treatment“ 😂

  • @nathanwarner4584
    @nathanwarner4584 5 років тому

    Got a nice look too it. Anyone think it looks sort of like a Sega megadrive combined with the PlayStation 1?

  • @Lightblue2222
    @Lightblue2222 5 років тому

    And now i know!

  • @alf8916
    @alf8916 5 років тому

    Raiden photo bomb

  • @tlazohtlalia
    @tlazohtlalia 3 роки тому

    Casio make Priva digital pianos

  • @stoltobot
    @stoltobot 5 років тому

    Ahead of its time on the outside, behind on the in

  • @Lakche_Scathach
    @Lakche_Scathach 5 років тому

    Where is that anime gril from?

  • @simplebutnotsolongname6642
    @simplebutnotsolongname6642 5 років тому

    Can someone tell me where the girl from the thumbnail is from?

  • @nodarkthings
    @nodarkthings 5 років тому +1

    yeeeaaahhh

  • @dbnpoldermans4120
    @dbnpoldermans4120 5 років тому

    Love how you said "The No 1 console connoisseur", so cocky.

    • @Commander64
      @Commander64 5 років тому

      Fits the character, I wonder what he's like in real life.

    • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
      @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 5 років тому

      Commander 64 Kim Justice said he’s not a very nice guy but never explained why.

  • @mcShmups
    @mcShmups 5 років тому

    Hello ladies and gentlemen

  • @Zanji1234
    @Zanji1234 5 років тому

    xD i came late to the party to see your contend and i really like it... but what reeeally grinds me.... your ears ... either don't push your sexy hat that far down or... well ... cut them off maybe :-P you look like Gizmo when he was sad :D

  • @sega_kid4288
    @sega_kid4288 5 років тому

    You can pretty much sum up every console failure back then to one thing and it's that those companies didn't have a living god making games for them, lol. All hail Shigeru Miyamoto, lol. But in all seriousness the man invented Super Mario Brothers and almost 40 years later, few games are as good. If he'd been at Sega we'd be playing the sega master system 7 right now.

  • @JAZZELLIOTT
    @JAZZELLIOTT 5 років тому

    My only problem with you is the fact you don’t have different colored top hats to match your many suits

  • @UserOfTheUnknown
    @UserOfTheUnknown 4 роки тому

    Sonic Boom! Sonic Boom! Sonic Boom.

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere Рік тому

    Looks to me like the PV-1000 is a victim of trying to get a system out to market in a hurry and having to make lots of compromises in the hardware, resulting in a sub-par system. Nintendo on the other hand took their time developing the Famicom and their efforts paid off big time.

  • @TPRES_74
    @TPRES_74 5 років тому

    The chosen few who bought PV-1000 I'm sure they didn't fall for buy another Casio Game System.

  • @sinicalypse
    @sinicalypse 5 років тому +1

    #BigDaddyTopHat

  • @videogamepolak0
    @videogamepolak0 5 років тому

    just realized if you grab a ps1 game off his shelf its highly likely it would cause a jenga like effect of other cases falling down into the empty spot causing a chain reaction. Just for display only I guess...JK

  • @Captain_Char
    @Captain_Char 5 років тому

    the design linage looks like the Sega genesis took cutes from this design

  • @manuelarturog
    @manuelarturog 5 років тому

    Yeah...

  • @adamcairns2434
    @adamcairns2434 5 років тому +1

    6:18 "not recommended treatment" 😂

  • @RicardoWARElizondo
    @RicardoWARElizondo 4 роки тому

    I just wanted to say I know what you spent your wrestling money on a bunch of glorious video games. Yeah

  • @Hyreia
    @Hyreia 5 років тому

    I think if they only intended to make a few dozen games, clearly numbering them was a genius idea. It's kind of free advertisement to bring focus to the fact there's other games to buy. Plus think about all the OCD people! "Games 8 and 13 never came out" well RIP OCD people.

  • @bazdaniels7420
    @bazdaniels7420 5 років тому

    "cult members" HAAHAHHAH