What is Schneider?
Much like Radiola, the identity of the Schneider company is difficult to pin down. Like Radiola, Schneider distributed Videopac games and consoles in France. Schneider RT, perhaps better known as a television set manufacturer in the west of France, seems to have been a subsidiary of Philiips.11 Perhaps because of its fame as a TV set brand, Philips marketed Videopac machines under the Schneider banner in parts of France. Schneider’s Videopac-compatible machines have names that resemble abbreviations of Phillips names, such as “Schneider 7000” instead of “Philips G7000” or “Schneider 74+” instead of “Philips G7400.” The Schneider brand was apparently used to market hardware only; no Schneider-branded games are known to exist. Some, perhaps all, Schneider products were manufactured at a single plant in Le Mans, France.13 They are rather difficult to find today.
