Fairchild Channel F
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Title
Fairchild Channel F
Creator
Fairchild Semiconductor
Publisher
Fairchild Semiconductor
Date Issued
1976
Format
Game (console)
Medium
Fairchild Channel F
Language
English
Description
The Fairchild Channel F is a home video game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976 across North America at the retail price of $169.95. It was also released in Japan in October the following year. 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 originally named Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when Atari released its VCS the next year, Fairchild changed the name for its machine, although they continued to use the old name alongside it. By 1977, the Fairchild Channel F had sold 250,000 units, trailing behind sales of the VCS.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia
In original packaging. Stored in a plastic container.
Game Hardware Item Type Metadata
Estimated Value
$200.00
Files
Collection
Citation
Fairchild Semiconductor, “Fairchild Channel F,” Learning Games Initiative Research Archive (LGIRA), accessed June 10, 2026, https://lgira.mesmernet.org/items/show/6631.
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