[[Image:VG 5000.jpg|500px|right|thumb|Radiola VG 5000]]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 designed marketed under the Philips, Radiola and manufactured in Le Mans (France) by Schneider brands. This was a strategy aimed at making the VG 5000 appear as a standard like the [https://en.wikipedia[MSX]] in the eyes of the general public.org/wiki/Radiotechnique La Radiotechnique Philips was already familiar with such a strategy, having used it in its [[Videopac] and marketed ] gaming console, which was sold under the Philips(Videopac/Odyssey), Radiola and (Videopac), Schneider brands(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:
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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]
*[http://vg5000.free.fr My VG5000 website]
*[http://vg5000.free.fr/docs/tech/docs.htm Internal technical documentation]
*[[Media:EF9345 datasheet.pdf|SGS-Thomson EF9345 datasheet]] same graphics processor as in the [[Minitel]]
*[http://dcvg5k.free.fr/ DCVG5K] Emulator for Windows and collection of 55 programs and games