Fairchild Channel F

The Fairchild Channel F (also known as Channel F) is a home video game console. The "F" in the name stands for "Fun". It was designed by Jerry Lawson and released in November 1976 by Fairchild Camera and Instrument in the United States for a price of 169.95 $. It is the first console that uses ROM cartridges and a microprocessor. By 1977, 250,000 Fairchild Channel F consoles were sold.Jones, Gareth R.; Hill, Charles W. L. (2007). Strategic management: an integrated approach (7th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. C-123. ISBN 0-618-73166-0.  The production ended in 1983.

 Licensed versions 
Many licensed versions were released in Europe. For example, the Luxor Video Entertainment System (Sweden), Adman Grandstand (United Kingdom), Saba Videoplay, Nordmende Teleplay, ITT Tele-Match Processor (Germany) and Dumont/Barco Videoplay (Italy and Belgium).

 Games 
26 cartridges were officially released for the Fairchild Channel F. Some cartridges have several games included. Each cartridge was sold for 19.95 $.1976 commercial trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXvpsmanhsk On November 5, 2009, a homebrew game, a version of Pac-Man, was released.

 List of games 

 Integrated with console: Hockey, Tennis
 Videocart-1: Tic-Tac-Toe, Shooting Gallery, Doodle, Quadra-Doodle
 Videocart-2: Desert Fox, Shooting Gallery
 Videocart-3: Video Blackjack
 Videocart-4: Spitfire
 Videocart-5: Space War
 Videocart-6: Math Quiz (Addition & Subtraction)
 Videocart-7: Math Quiz (Multiplication & Division)
 Videocart-8: Mind Reader, Nim (also referred to as Magic Numbers)
 Videocart-9: Drag Strip
 Videocart-10: Maze, Cat and Mouse
 Videocart-11: Backgammon, Acey-Deucey
 Videocart-12: Baseball
 Videocart 13: Robot War/Torpedo Alley
 Videocart-14: Sonar Search
 Videocart-15: Memory Match
 Videocart 16: Dodge-It
 Videocart-17: Pinball Challenge
 Videocart-18: Hangman
 Videocart-19: Checkers
 Videocart-20: Video Whizball
 Videocart-21: Bowling
 Videocart-22: Slot Machine
 Videocart-23: Galactic Space Wars
 Videocart-24: Pro-Football
 Videocart-25: Casino Poker
 Videocart-26: Alien Invasion
 Videocart-27: Pac-Man (homebrew)
 Technical specifications 

 RAM: 64 byte
 VRAM: 2 kilobyte
 CPU: Fairchild F8 operating at 1.79 MHz
 Display resolution: 128 × 64 pixels
 Colors: eight colors
 Audio: 500 Hz, 1 kHz, and 1.5 kHz tones. The tones can be modulated to produce more tones. The sound is played through internal speakers build in the console, not through the television.
 Input: two custom game controllers, hardwired to the console

 Successor 

In 1979, the successor named Fairchild Channel F System II was released.

 References 

 Other websites 

Fairchild Channel F Pac-Man emulator
Category:Video game consoles