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The VG 5000 is a computer created by Philips in 1984. Production ended in 1986. It was designed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotechnique La Radiotechnique] and manufactured in Le Mans (France).
It was manufactured in Le Mans (France) by Radiotechnique (RTS) and marketed under the Philips, Radiola and Schneider brands. The Philips had This was a black casing while strategy aimed at making the Radiola and Schneider had VG 5000 appear as a white casingstandard like the [[MSX]] in the eyes of the general public.
300 000 units were sold Philips was already familiar with such a strategy, having used it in 1984 according to an internal its [[Videopac]] gaming console, which was sold under the Philips report(Videopac/Odyssey), Radiola (Videopac), Schneider (Videopac), Siera (Videopac), Magnavox (Odyssey²), Brandt (Jopac), Continental Edison (Jopac) and Saba (Jopac). The Philips had a black casing while the Radiola and Schneider had a white casing: [[File:Vg5000 brands.jpg]] Approximately 73, with 500 000 predicted for 1985units of the machine have been sold [http://vg5000bazar.free.fr/html/articles/carriere_commerciale.htm Source]. Very few programs and games were ever released for this machine.
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*https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_VG5000
*[https://youtu.be/wAAzUzaUMYw TV advertisement VG5000]
*[https://youtu.be/9DxtZqa5fmA Over 40 VG5000 games in under 30 minutes]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20191009031832/http://vg5k.free.fr/ VG5K website] web archive
*[http://vg5000bazar.free.fr/ VG5000 bazar]