Philips Videopac+ G7400

The Philips Videopac+ G7400 is a third-generation home video game console released in limited quantities in 1983, and only in Europe; an American release as the Odyssey³ Command Center was planned for the Odyssey series but never occurred. The G7400 was the successor to the Philips Videopac G7000, the European counterpart to the American Magnavox Odyssey². The system featured excellently tailored background and foreground graphics.

Videopac+ G7400
Philips Videopac+ G7400 console
ManufacturerPhilips
TypeHome video game console
GenerationThird generation
Release date1983 (1983)
CPUIntel 8048 @ 5.91MHz
Memory6 KB RAM, 1 KB ROM
DisplayRF modulator, composite, RGB; 320×238 resolution
GraphicsIntel 8245, EF9340, EF9341
Sound1 channel, 8 sounds
PredecessorPhilips Videopac G7000
SuccessorPhilips CD-i
Philips MSX

The G7400 could play three types of games: all normal G7000 games, special G7000 games with additional high-res background graphics that would appear only when played on the G7400, and G7400-only games with high-res sprites and backgrounds.

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