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That is some collection there... love the Thomson computers and the Alice as well. I have a soft spot for all 6809 computers.

 

Thank you Baz for sharing the pictures. Maybe you have more to show? Like of the aformentionned Thomsons computers? Do not hesitate!

The only tape I had got along with the VG5000 is called "US Rallye", which is a cheap clone of a famous Activision game on the Atari, C64 and Apple II. Can you guess its name?

Some (obvious) clues: the cover artwork below.


Here is an excerpt of the game manual translated from French:
"Before each race, you will be presented a map of the US with the cities you travelled, and your next destination. The legs are : Los Angeles -> Denver -> Chicago -> New-York city. You car is fitted with a speedometer, a fuel gauge, an odometer and two rear view mirrors, one for each side. Beware of night driving and driving on snowy roads!"

 

Never heard of th Exelvision systems either but the graphics look good and the speech, as you say, is very nice. The EXL135 with disk drives and 'proper' keyboard is the pick of the bunch.

Thanks for shaing

 

Good video Andy, gives a fine insight to the little Alice.

 

BONSOIR, 80s micro fans and without further ado, Manu's wish is my command as we continue with the next epi-sod of this intriguing peek into the realms of Klyde's retro collection.

Radiola you say? Radiola you want? Radiola you can have, fellas - hands up anyone who has ever clocked eyes on one of these wee beauties:


ABOVE: C'mon, Baz, you can do better than that...I can see something exotic lurking in there amongst cables, jossies and video game controllers but what on earth is that white cased, black and brown keyed (shades of Atari's XL range?) rare bird that Klyde has captured for his collection there?

WOWSER - here it is and I'm liking that ROM and RAM spec straightaway - it suggests a wee bit of 8bit power there under the hood:


ABOVE: Klyde shows us the goods and with 18K ROM (and presumably 24K RAM can be expanded?) maybe this Philips / French variant just might have some ooomph behind it. Note the definitely french styled AZERTY keyboard. Was this machine ever released elsewhere in Europe/UK/USA? We shall find out...

Now literally, the bosses (eg Isabelle and Bev) gave us lads limited time to go through Klyde's extensive collection - as they required our presence in the tea, champagne and cake sampling parlour department - so there was no real opportunity to boot anything up and as Klyde will testify, his current collection requires a LOT MORE SPACE and display potential so it was impossible to give any of these exotic rarities "screen time" as it were - that will have to feature in a future thread from our man in Paris, but that's great as there's now plenty to look forward to, as it were, down the line...

So, come on, Baz, post us a video then so we can find out a bit more about the RADIOLA VG5000 - it almost sounds like a 56K modem, man - c'mon, stop fiddling with yer phrase book, voulez vous couche avec moi ce soir?? NON!

Assayez vous - yeah, are you sitting comfortably ladies and gents, boys and gals, then we'll get started as I know absolutely nowt about this machine either...

Le video de la Rad VG5000:



No, you ruddy fool, that's a pretty cool french Jean Michel Jarre video and some may give it the thumbs up, but stick the ruddy Rad VG5000 on - NOW, YOU GIT!



and, in case you were still interested, here are those 40 games that were released for your delight and delectation:




Well, whaddya mek of that, guys?

Pretty different, non?

Manu - have you any fave games / recommendations that stand out for this system for any particular reason?

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