---
title: Bandai TV Jack 5000
categories:
- Consoles
origins:
- Japan
years:
- '1978'
params:
  name: TV Jack 5000
  image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_beige_1m%5B1%5D.jpg
  company: /companies/bandai
  company_name: Bandai
  specs:
  - label: NAME
    value: TV Jack 5000
  - label: MANUFACTURER
    value: Bandai
  - label: ORIGIN
    value: Japan
  - label: YEAR
    value: '1978'
  - label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
    value: None
  - label: KEYBOARD
    value: 2 analogue joysticks with 1 button each
  - label: COLORS
    value: 8 colours
  - label: SOUND
    value: built-in speaker
  - label: I/O PORTS
    value: Power in, Video TV out
  - label: BUILT IN MEDIA
    value: Cartridges
  - label: OS
    value: 6 ?
  - label: POWER SUPPLY
    value: 'external power supply: 11V DC 3W 120mA / + -o)- -'
  tabs:
  - photos
  - software
  - links
  photos:
  - title: BROWN MODEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_beige_1.jpg
  - title: UNDER
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_beige_under_1.jpg
  - title: CARTRIDGE INSERTED
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_beige_2.jpg
  - title: BLUE MODEL
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_blue_1.jpg
  - title: 'BLUE MODEL - VIEW #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_blue_2.jpg
  - title: BROWN MODEL BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_beige_box_1.jpg
  - title: BOX
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_box_1.jpg
  - title: BOX - FRONT
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_box_2.jpg
  - title: BOX (BEIGE SYSTEM)
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_box_beige_1.jpg
  - title: VOLTAGE RATING
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_beige_voltage.jpg
  - title: DOCUMENTATION
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_doc_1.jpg
  - title: 'DOCUMENTATION #2'
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/bandai_tv-jack5000_doc_2.jpg
  links:
  - title: INTERNAL LINK
    url: http://www.old-computers.com/magazine/view.asp?r=2&a=4
    text: Article comparing the different GI catridge based systems
  related:
  - /museum/audiosonic-tele-sports-iv
  - /museum/h-g-s-electronic-telesport
  - /museum/hanimex-sd-070-colour-programmable-tv-game-console
  - /museum/mbo-teleball-cassetten-system
  - /museum/palladium-tele-cassetten-game
  - /museum/polycon-pg-7-programmable-tv-games
  - /museum/poppy-9015
  - /museum/prinztronic-micro-5500
  - /museum/rollet-video-secam-system-4-303
  - /museum/s-h-g-black-point-fs-1003-fs-2000
  - /museum/sanwa-9015
  - /museum/teleng-colourstars
  - /museum/unimex-mark-ix
  software:
  - /software/road-race-ay-3-8603
  - /software/sport-games
  - /software/wipeout-games
  oc_id: 1306
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230613152844/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1306
    date: '2023-06-13'
---

The TV Jack 5000 from Bandai released in 1978 is one of the first cartridge based system from Japan.

It's the equivalent of european and american systems like the Hanimex SD-050, Acetronic Color TV Game, Prinztronic Micro 5500, SHG Blackpoint, Binatone Cablestar, Radofin telesports, etc. There have been tons of systems like these.

The TV Jack 5000, like all these systems, use cartridges based on General Instruments chipsets which offers different games on each chip. That's why all these systems have exactly the same games.