The Magnavox Odyssey2 known in Europe as the Philips Videopac G7000 (and a bunch of other names a bunch of other places) is a home video game console released in 1978. One of the earliest gaming consoles, it is one of the least known today. Games are quite similar in detail to that of Atari 2600.
Philips Videopac G7400 Game Q-bert, New And Sealed. Click & Collect. Philips Videopac G7000 Game Cartridge No 10. The G7400 was the successor to the Philips Videopac G7000, it could play all G7000 games, and also the G7000 games that were enhanced with hi res graphics characters that only appeared when plugged into the G7400.
| Emulator | Rom Folder | Machine Type | Extension | BIOS | Controller Config |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lr-o2em | videopac | Videopac / Odyssey 2 G7000 model | .bin | o2rom.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/videopac/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-o2em | videopac | Videopac+ (french) G7000 model | .bin | c52.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/videopac/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-o2em | videopac | Videopac+ (european) G7400 model | .bin | g7400.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/videopac/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-o2em | videopac | Videopac+ (french) G7400 model | .bin | jopac.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/videopac/retroarch.cfg |
Emulator: lr-o2em
ROMS:
Accepted File Extensions: .bin
- The Philips Videopac + G7400 was a video game console released in limited quantities in 1983, and only in Europe; an American release as the Odyssey³ Command Center was planned but never occurred. The G7400 was the successor to the Philips Videopac G7000, the European counterpart to the American Magnavox Odyssey².
- The Philips Videopac+ G7400 was a video game console system released in Europe in 1983. It was the successor to the Philips Videopac/Magnavox Odyssey2 which was sold in Europe and the US since 1978. With an add-on cartridge, the C7420 Home Computer Module that was also released in 1983 the Philips G7400 could be converted to a home computer programmable in Microsoft BASIC.
Place your ROMs here:
BIOS
The BIOS file required is o2rom.bin
Place your BIOS in
Controls
Really it says it uses Retroarch configurations and some gamepads work but for almost all of your games you will need a keyboard. Typically you will press 1 to start a game- for people who grew up in the 70's controls might be more intuitive, but they can be tricky to figure out as they change for each game...
Philips Videopac G7400 Games
lr-o2em utilises Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration
Switching Emulation Station to the Odyssey² logo:
Videopac G7000
If you are from the United States it is likely that you had the Odyssey² rather than the Videopac. If you want EmulationStation to show the Odyssey² graphics instead of Videopac then you should create a file /opt/retropie/configs/all/platforms.cfg with the following contents (note this requires at least v4.1.6 of the RetroPie-Setup script).
Philips Videopac+ G7400
Once this is done, please update the currently installed Videopac emulator from RetroPie-Setup and Emulation Station will now use the Odyssey² logo. Scraping from within Emulation Station should also return Odyssey² artwork.