The Philips NMS 8220 is a personal computer released in 1986 and compatible with the MSX2 standard.
[1][2][3] Developed by the Dutch electronics company Philips, it was aimed at both home users and small businesses.
The NMS (New Media Systems) branding reflected Philips' efforts to market the machine with a focus on multimedia, contrary to the previous VG (Video Game) series machines .
[1] The NMS 8220 was positioned as being able to handle productivity and educational software besides games.
[5] This was reinforced by inclusion of the "MSX Designer" program in ROM, with the machine booting it automatically.