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from http://embyquinn.tripod.com/history.html
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KiSS is an acronym for Kisekae Set System. "Kisekae" is a Japanese word
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used in reference to changing clothes. "Kisekae ningyo" is the Japanese
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term for what we call in America a "fashion doll" (such as Barbie).
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In 1991, a Japanese computer programmer known as MIO.H released a
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viewing platform and related image archives, or "kisekae sets",
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specifically designed to bring the "fashion doll" concept into the
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digital world. The result is something of a cross between a paper doll
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and a computer game. With the appropriate viewer for their operating
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system, a computer user could download various doll "sets" and play with
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them on their desktop. The Kisekae Set System, or KiSS, was originally
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inspired by the dress-up games young girls play with fashion dolls. The
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KiSS computer game found a much broader audience, and today there are
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KiSS sets for every age, taste and orientation. Some KiSS sets weren't
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even dolls--there were puzzles, board games, maps, even virtual models
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like the Space Cruiser Yamato. These came to be called "Aberrant KiSS"
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to distinguish them from the regular doll sets.
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