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Philips Videopac G7200	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs forum_thread photos hardware connectors emulators links related oc_id source Videopac G7200 /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_1s.jpg /companies/philips Philips photos hardware connectors emulators links 1057 title subtitle text image VIDEOPAC G7200 /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_1.jpg title subtitle text image RIGHT SIDE Notice the brightness knob /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_r-side.jpg title subtitle text image FRONT /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_front_2.jpg title subtitle text image LEFT SIDE We can see here the cartridge slot, power on/off button, contrast knob and a volume control wheel... /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_l-side.jpg title subtitle text image CONTROLLER CONNECTORS notice the two controller connectors underneath the system /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_front.jpg title subtitle text image TOP /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_top.jpg title subtitle text image KEYBOARD QWERTY keyboard with french & english labels. This keyboard is a bit more compact than the original Videopac one (G7000 & C52 for example). /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_keyboard.jpg title subtitle text image DETAIL Cartridge slot, power on/off button and contrast knob. /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_detail_1.jpg title subtitle text image PLAYING A GAME /media/museum/photos/philips_g7200_in-use.jpg title subtitle text image VOCAL SYNTHESIZER 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). /media/museum/hardware/magnavox_odyssey2_thevoice_1.jpg title subtitle text image MOUNTED ON THE SYSTEM /media/museum/hardware/magnavox_odyssey2_thevoice_mounted.jpg title subtitle text image AUDIO & VIDEO OUTPUT DIN 8 <-> SCART 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 /media/museum/connectors/philips_g7200_av-cable.gif title url platform text Odyssey² Home Page - Emulation Ressource http://www.classicgaming.com/o2home/media/emulation.asp Other platform This excellent Odyssey² website has a very detailed page about Videopac/Odyssey² emulation title url platform text M.E.S.S. http://www.mess.org Multiplatform MESS can emulate the Odyssey² title url platform text O2EM http://o2em.sourceforge.net/ Multiplatform Excellent emulator which can play Odyssey²/Videopac as well as Videopac+ games ! title url text Classic Consoles Center http://dieterkoenig.at/ccc/ Excellent site with a lot of interesting info. Very complete Videopac software page too. title url text Odyssey 2000 http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/3226/ody2000.html Brazilian website dedicated to videopac, with brazilian box art scans title url text Odyssey² FAQ http://www.digitpress.com/faq/odyssey2.txt Interesting info title url text Odyssey² Home Page http://www.the-nextlevel.com/odyssey2/ Best Odyssey²/Videopac website ! Everything you wanted to know / see is here ! title url text Retro Gaming http://home.wanadoo.nl/naninck/retro/index2.htm This site explains how to replace your faulty Videopac power switch ! title url text www.videopac.org http://www.videopac.org/ Excellent site ! Everything Videopac is here ! /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 1087 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20221205105111/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1087 2022-12-05

The Videopac G7200 is basically a Videopac G7000 or 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.