--- title: ITMC Vidéo Ordinateur MPT-05 categories: - Consoles params: name: Vidéo Ordinateur MPT-05 image: /media/museum/photos/itmc_mpt05_350px%5B1%5D.jpg company: /companies/itmc company_name: ITMC tabs: - emulators - links emulators: - title: WinArcadia url: http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/ platform: Windows text: Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TVGC emulator! - title: AmiArcadia url: http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/ platform: Amiga OS text: Arcadia 2001, Interton VC 4000, Elektor TVGC emulator! links: - title: 1292 Advanced Programmable Video System FAQ url: http://www.consoledatabase.com/faq/1292/1292faq.txt text: Very interesting info by Dale Hansen about this whole console family - title: Emerson Arcadia 2001 Central url: https://amigan.yatho.com/ text: World's largest Interton site - title: INTERNAL LINK url: https://www.old-computers.com/magazine/view.asp?r=2&a=7 text: We have made a page describing the VC 4000 and different compatible systems - title: Radofin 1292 FAQ url: http://www.digitpress.com/faq/1292faq.txt text: Excellent FAQ created by Dale Hansen - title: sig2650.wordpress.com url: https://sig2650.wordpress.com/ text: Website dedicated to Signetics 2650 based systems, by former Voltmace developper Derek Andrews - title: VC4000.de url: http://www.vc4000.de text: Website dedicated to the Interton VC4000 (in German) comments: - author: Steven Pavelish (United States) date: Tuesday 4th May 2021 text: Nice tech! related: - /museum/acetronic-mpu-1000-2000 - /museum/cabel-universal-game-computer - /museum/interton-vc-4000 - /museum/korting-tele-video-computer-tvc-4000 - /museum/rowtron-television-computer-system - /museum/societe-occitane-d-electronique-oc-2000 - /museum/t-r-q-talleres-radioelectricos-querol-h-21-video-computer - /museum/voltmace-database-games-computer oc_id: 1315 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230529150307/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1315 date: '2023-05-29' --- The Vidéo Ordinateur MPT-05 is one of the many systems "software-compatible" with the [Interton VC-4000](/museum/interton-vc-4000/) or the Radofin 1292 to name a few. Though, the Interton VC-4000 is the maybe most popular system of this console group, it was not necessarily at the origin of it. Things must be seen differently. Philips / Signetics developped a hardware platform to demonstrate the possibilities of their Signetics 2650 & 2636 chipsets. Somehow, this hardware was licenced to many third-companies around the world resulting in systems like the [Interton VC-4000](/museum/interton-vc-4000/), [Voltmace DataBase](/museum/voltmace-database-games-computer/), [Acetronic MPU-1000](/museum/acetronic-mpu-1000-2000/), Radofin 1292, etc. Most electronic boards of these systems were build in Asia by companies such as Radofin or Soundic. The codename "MPT" was also used by other system families: MPT-02 products are RCA Studio II compatible systems, MPT-03 are "Emerson Arcadia 2001 compatible" systems and MPT-04 and MPT-05 are "Interton VC-4000 compatible" systems. Some times later, the hardware was improved, with the use of a Signetics 2637 instead of the 2636 (handling the audio & video), somehow resulting in a new wave of licenced systems, all based on the same hardware and playing the same games. This console group includes : the [Emerson Arcadia 2001](/museum/emerson-arcadia-2001/), [Advision Home-Arcade](/museum/advision-home-arcade/), Prestige MPT-03, Tele-Fever, etc. All these systems (based on the 2650 & 2636 chipsets) are "software-compatible" with each others. It means that they all could play each other games if their cartridge slots were identical (which is not the case, resulting in sub-groups). The Vidéo Ordinateur MPT-05 was marketed in France by ITMC. What is quite strange is that other systems use the exact same plastic case such as the [Intervision 2001](/museum/intervision-2001-home-video-centre/) and [Intervision 3001](/museum/intervision-3001-home-video-centre/), or the Sheen Home Video Centre 2001 (Australia) and the [Ormatu Video Spelcomputer 2001](/museum/ormatu-electric-bv-ormatu-video-spelcomputer-2001/) (Netherlands), but they are not compatible with the MPT-05! Indeed the ITMC MPT-05 is an "Interton VC-4000 compatible" system (2650/2636 chipsets combo), whereas the other are "Arcadia 2001 compatible" systems (2650/2637 chipsets combo)! What a mess... The MPT-05 is equiped with two detachable controllers made of a screwable analog joystick and a 14-buttons keypad (rubber buttons). Small plastic layers were delivered with each game, explaining the different key functions when placed over the keypads (like with the [Mattel Intellivision](/museum/mattel-electronics-intellivision/)). The Control panel is made of 4 buttons (Start, Clear, Select A and Select B) and the power switch.
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