Initial version

Fairchild Channel F

Initial version

The Fairchild Channel F is a home video game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976. It has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge–based video game console, and the first console to use a microprocessor. It was launched as the Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when Atari released their VCS the next year, Fairchild renamed its machine. By 1977, the Fairchild Channel F had sold 250,000 units and trailed behind the VCS.

Andere Versionen

Spezifikationen

CPU
Fairchild F8 at 1.79MHz
Grafik
8 colors (either black/white or four color max. per line)
Arbeitsspeicher
64 bytes
Medien
2 kB VRAM Cartridges
Ausgabe
RF modulated composite video signal, cord hardwired to console
Auflösung
128x64 pixels
Sound
120 Hz, 500 Hz and 1 kHz beeps (can be modulated to produce different tones)

Spiele

Cover von Videocart-4: Spitfire

Videocart-4: Spitfire

  • 1977
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  • 30. August 2023

Videocart-4: Spitfire is a 1 on 1 aerial dogfighting Shooter game released by Fairchild Semiconductor for the Fairchild Channel F in 1977. In addition to a 2 player mode the game…

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Videocart 8 - Labyrinth

  • 1977
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  • 25. Januar 2024

Poor little mice, doomed to run around in a maze and escape as quickly as they can. As if that's not enough, the owners of this maze pit you against a friend to see who will…

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Videocart 14: Völkerball

  • 1978
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  • 0 / 5
  • 20. Oktober 2026

The gameplay featured on this cart is a take on the game of Dodgeball. The player is trapped inside a playfield and has to dodge a ball that continuously keeps bouncing of the…

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Videocart-18: Hangman

  • 1978
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  • 0 / 5
  • 30. August 2023

The classic game of Hangman, in which the player has to guess a hidden word by suggesting letters. Only a certain number of letters can be tried - every incorrect guess will add…

Cover von Videocart-26: Alien Invasion

Videocart-26: Alien Invasion

  • 1981
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  • 0 / 5
  • 14. Dezember 2022

In this Space Invaders variant, the player controls a gun turret at the bottom of the screen and fires missiles at incoming alien ships. The turret can move both left and right…

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Videocart 7 - Autorennen

  • 1977
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  • 1. Mai 2024

This drag racing simulator makes use of the Channel F's special controllers. While twisting the joystick's head to the left or right controls the engine throttle, the stick…

Cover von Videocart-5: Space War

Videocart-5: Space War

  • 1977
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  • 0 / 5
  • 30. August 2023

Videocart-5: Space War is a Shoot 'em up released by Fairchild Semiconductor for the Fairchild Channel F in 1977. This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the…

2048-F8

  • 2021
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  • 0 / 5
  • 24. April 2025

This is the classic modern-day mobile puzzle game 2048. The aim is to create a block containing the number 2048. When you move the controls in a direction, the blocks will move in…

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Wrdl-F

  • 2022
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  • 0 / 5
  • 25. April 2025

I couldn't allow the port old Fairchild Channel F, the first games console to use ROM cartridges, to be left out of the Wordle craze. This ground-breaking machine, offering…

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3rees

  • 2021
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  • 0 / 5
  • 24. April 2025

3rees is a homebrew game which is an adaptation of 2048 with added extra rules. There are 3 game modes: 768 which is to acheive score of 768 as fast as possible, Long which is…

Submarine

  • 2023
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  • 24. April 2025

A port of the 1975 PC-50X Game Submarine, similar type games were also in the arcade and are ports themselves from Electromechanical games. Choose either the Submarine (Blue) or…