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Fairchild Channel F
Fact sheet, list of all games, screenshots and more
Fact sheet
Platform name
Fairchild Channel F
Abbreviation
Alternative name
Product family
Generation
2
Type
Console
First released on
Game count
30
Views
18197
Rating
5 / 10
Fairchild Channel F summary
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.