Philips VG5000

Aimed at schools,^[15] it was unsuccessful and production ended in 1986.^[16] 300 000 units were sold in 1984 according to an internal Philips report, with 500 000 predicted for 1985.^[13] There are about forty games available for the system.^{[17][18][19][20]}

As of 2022, enthusiasts remain active in developing new homebrew software and emulators for the system.^{[21][22][23][24][25][26]}

Several peripherals were developed to support the VG5000μ operation:^[27]

• VY0030: cassette player^[28]
• VG5200: joystick interface^[29]
• VU0001: joystick (see Magnavox Odyssey 2)^[30]
• VU0011: RF modulator^[31]
• VU0022: power supply^[32]
• VG5216: 16KB RAM memory expansion with joystick and printer ports^[33]
• VU0031: 16KB RAM memory expansion^[34]
• VW0010: 40 column printer^[35]
• VW0020: 80 column printer^[36]
• VW0030: 80 column printer^[37]

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  Zilog Z80A^[38] processor running at 4 MHz
• RAM: 24KB, including 16KB of system memory (expandable to 48KB) and 8KB of dedicated memory for the video processor^[13]
• ROM: 18KB,^[13] including 16KB containing the VG5000 BASIC (derived from Microsoft BASIC-80)^[10] and 2KB of character bitmaps built into the video processor
• Video processor: SGS Thomson EF9345P^[39][38]
• Graphics: semigraphics based on 8 × 10 pixel characters (equivalent to 320 × 250 pixels) in 8 colors^[12][13]
• Sound: 1 voice, 5 octave range
• Keyboard: Built-in 63 keys AZERTY keyboard with BASIC keywords^[38]
• Ports: DIN5 cassette player connector (1200/2400 baud),^[3][38] DIN8 SCART connector^[3][38]
• Expansion: 2×25 pins bus connector^[3][38]

There are 33 commercial video games for Philips VG5000.^[40][41]