Fairchild Channel F
| The first
microchip was
created at Fairchild Camera and Instrument by Robert Noyce. This small
wafer of
silicon would play the most important role in the evolution of video games. Because of it, video games would no longer be limitted by the number of TTL switches. One of the first systems to contain this technology was the Fairchild Channel F. A small library
of titles
were produced for the Channel F, but the system never achieved the kind
of popularity
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| Chris annuvin03@sega.net
on Saturday, January 6, 2001 at 21:12:41
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I was lucky enough to find a mint Fairchild system at a garage sale a few weeks ago. It was a bargain for $15.00. You can see details\pics of it and many others at [http://www.vintagecomputer.com/] Happy vintage gaming! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| David
Spake david@spake.org
on Wednesday, December 13, 2001 at 12:28:12
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I avidly played this gamesystem far into the atari 2600 days. The maze game kept us squeeling, and the backgammon/ace duce game were my first exposure to these more traditional games. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Keary
Quigley kearyq@hotmail.com
on Thursday, April 20, 2000 at 22:51:40
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- I used to love playing this as a kid. I liked the pong/tennis type game built in to the system and required no cartridge. I was addicted to blackjack and that maze game with the confounded evil green square that competed with you. If only I could find one to buy for old times sake....... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Jt august starsabre@att.net
on Sunday, February 27, 2000 at 00:03:48
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Fairchild Channel F can only generate six colours on screen, and has a very corse graphic resolution. The original
version of the
machine generated sound from an internal speaker, and had a
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| Steven
Steinsapir techgod@gte.net
on Wednesday, January 26, 2000 at 01:18:07
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the 1976-1978 time frame, I used to play this at the Macy's. It had a three dimensional joystick controller. You could push it in the x and y axis, and pull it up and down in the Z axis. You could also rotate the head as well. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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