website/content/museum/philips-videopac-g7200.md

---
title: Philips Videopac G7200
categories:
- Consoles
params:
  name: Videopac G7200
  image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_1s.jpg
  company: /companies/philips
  company_name: Philips
  tabs:
  - photos
  - hardware
  - connectors
  - emulators
  - links
  photos:
  - title: VIDEOPAC G7200
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_1.jpg
  - title: RIGHT SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: Notice the brightness knob
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_r-side.jpg
  - title: FRONT
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_front_2.jpg
  - title: LEFT SIDE
    subtitle: ''
    text: We can see here the cartridge slot, power on/off button, contrast knob and a volume control wheel...
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_l-side.jpg
  - title: CONTROLLER CONNECTORS
    subtitle: ''
    text: notice the two controller connectors underneath the system
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_front.jpg
  - title: TOP
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_top.jpg
  - title: KEYBOARD
    subtitle: ''
    text: QWERTY keyboard with french & english labels. This keyboard is a bit more compact than the original Videopac one (G7000 & C52 for example).
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_keyboard.jpg
  - title: DETAIL
    subtitle: ''
    text: Cartridge slot, power on/off button and contrast knob.
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_detail_1.jpg
  - title: PLAYING A GAME
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_in-use.jpg
  hardware:
  - title: VOCAL SYNTHESIZER
    subtitle: ''
    text: |-
      Extract from [The Odyssey² Homepage](http://www.classicgaming.com/o2home/index.asp) :

      The Voice of Odyssey² was released in 1982, and allows the console to emit realistic voices and sound effects. It is silver, the same color as the console, and fits snugly into the cartridge port. Once installed, an Odyssey² with a Voice looks like a single unit, not two things hooked together. The Voice has a self-contained speaker (the voices do not come out of the television), with a volume control. Regular cartridges will play normally through the Voice unit. Voice modules are uncommon, and every Odyssey² collector wants one, making them somewhat valuable. There is no European version of The Voice. In Brazil, a Voice module was announced but never released (see below).
    image: /media/museum/hardware/magnavox_odyssey2_thevoice_1.jpg
  - title: MOUNTED ON THE SYSTEM
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/hardware/magnavox_odyssey2_thevoice_mounted.jpg
  connectors:
  - title: AUDIO & VIDEO OUTPUT
    subtitle: DIN 8 <-> SCART
    text: |-
      1 - RGB status (75 Ohm, 3 V)\
      2 - Ground (0 V)\
      3 - Blue (75 Ohm, 0.7 Vtt)\
      4 - Composite Video (CVBS) (75 Ohm, 1 Vtt)\
      5 - Red (75 Ohm, 0.7 Vtt)\
      6 - Status CVBS (VCR) (10 kOhm, 12 V)\
      7 - Sound\
      8 - Green (75 Ohm, 0.7 Vtt)

      This cable is the same as the one used for the Philips MSX VG-8020 and Philips VG-5000 computers. If you have lost yours, this can be handy...

      Thanks to [Odyssey² Home Page](http://www.classicgaming.com/o2home/) for this information
    image: /media/museum/connectors/philips_g7200_av-cable.gif
  emulators:
  - title: Odyssey² Home Page - Emulation Ressource
    url: http://www.classicgaming.com/o2home/media/emulation.asp
    platform: Other platform
    text: This excellent Odyssey² website has a very detailed page about Videopac/Odyssey² emulation
  - title: M.E.S.S.
    url: http://www.mess.org
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: MESS can emulate the Odyssey²
  - title: O2EM
    url: http://o2em.sourceforge.net/
    platform: Multiplatform
    text: Excellent emulator which can play Odyssey²/Videopac as well as Videopac+ games !
  links:
  - title: Classic Consoles Center
    url: http://dieterkoenig.at/ccc/
    text: Excellent site with a lot of interesting info. Very complete Videopac software page too.
  - title: Odyssey 2000
    url: http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3226/ody2000.html
    text: Brazilian website dedicated to videopac, with brazilian box art scans
  - title: Odyssey² FAQ
    url: http://www.digitpress.com/faq/odyssey2.txt
    text: Interesting info
  - title: Odyssey² Home Page
    url: http://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/
    text: Best Odyssey²/Videopac website ! Everything you wanted to know / see is here !
  - title: Retro Gaming
    url: http://home.wanadoo.nl/naninck/retro/index2.htm
    text: This site explains how to replace your faulty Videopac power switch !
  - title: www.videopac.org
    url: http://www.videopac.org/
    text: Excellent site ! Everything Videopac is here !
  comments:
  - author: Lady Eklipse (Ukraine)
    date: Saturday 12th May 2012
    text: I have got a Vectrex from eBay and now am considering about Videopac. Since I have got my Veccy safe and sound, I suppose it''s quite possible to transfer a Videopac by mail. Just make sure that the seller marks it as ''FRAGILE'' upon postage.
  - author: Bill Loguidice (New Jersey, USA)
    date: Sunday 26th July 2009
    text: Anyone know if it''s possible to use The Voice with this?
  - author: Taneli Lukka (Finland)
    date: Wednesday 23rd February 2005
    text: The machine is very fragile and difficult to take apart without braking anything. Mailing it without damage is almost impossible and should not be attempted if not completely necessary. So buying one from eBay and expecting it to arrive with no damage is not very smart as a friend of mine noticed when he got his machine.
  related:
  - /museum/brandt-electronique-ordinateur-de-jeu-jo7400-jopac
  - /museum/continental-edison-saba-ordinateur-video-jeu-jo-1450-jopac
  - /museum/magnavox-odyssey2
  - /museum/philips-videopac-c52
  - /museum/philips-videopac-g7000
  - /museum/siera-g7000
  oc_id: 1087
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20221205105111/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1087
    date: '2022-12-05'
---

The Videopac G7200 is basically a [Videopac G7000](/museum/philips-videopac-g7000/) or [Videopac C52](/museum/philips-videopac-c52/) (see this entry for more info) with a 9'' (23 cm) built-in black & white display.

Videopac systems already had a keyboard which made them look like a computer though there were not. But with the G7200 and its built-in screen, the resemblance is striking, though this is still not a computer...

As said above, the display is only black & white, which makes some Videopac games difficult to play when there are based on color shapes and objects. The G7200 was to be used when the "one family TV" was occupied by the parents. The G7200 could then be (not easily for a children) moved to a bedroom for endless fun (as they said). And when the main TV was free, it was possible to connect the G7200 to it, and to enjoy crisp & colorful display through its SCART video cable!

The two controller connectors are placed discreetly on the front side, under the keyboard. There are three different knobs to adjust diffetent settings : display contrast, display brightness and volume control. Quite handy.

Appart from that it is nothing more than a classic Videopac system with a built-in display, compact keyboard and a few added options...

Schneider and Radiola also marketed this model under thier own brand : **Schneider 7200** and **Radiola JET 27**, both using a blue case. Philips even marketed later a compacter model called **Philips N60**, using a Minitel 1A (french teletext terminal) case.