# Casiolator: reimplementing Casio PV-1000, PV-2000 and Loopy consoles

> Casiolator emulates the Casio PV-1000, PV-2000 and Loopy cartridge consoles using its own Z80, SH-1, video and sound implementations. The project draws on hardware documentation and records original Loopy ROM and sound-chip findings; users provide cartridge dumps, BIOS ROMs and, for Loopy music, a sample ROM.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-08
- Original resource: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/casiolator>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/casiolator/blob/36ea3cbcdc8040d6bd04d05b9f5f7c11a24a8f10/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/casiolator-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/casiolator-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/casiolator-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires user-supplied game dumps; Loopy and PV-2000 also require BIOS ROMs, and Loopy music requires a sample ROM.
- **Prerequisites:** Building the graphical frontend requires C99 and SDL2.
- **Limits:** PV-2000 BASIC keyboard and cassette support, and Loopy printer and mouse support, are absent.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/casiolator/blob/36ea3cbcdc8040d6bd04d05b9f5f7c11a24a8f10/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/casiolator/blob/36ea3cbcdc8040d6bd04d05b9f5f7c11a24a8f10/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md>
3. <https://github.com/vs-sr-dev/casiolator/blob/36ea3cbcdc8040d6bd04d05b9f5f7c11a24a8f10/docs/little-romance.md>

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