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The '''[[gametech:Fairchild Channel F|Fairchild Channel F]]''' is a second-generation home video game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976 across North America and it retailed for <abbr title="$734.39 in 2018 money">$169</abbr>. It had a Fairchild F8 CPU at 1.7897725 MHz with 2KB of RAM. 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.  
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The '''[[gametech:Fairchild Channel F|Fairchild Channel F]]''' is a second-generation home video game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976 across North America and it retailed for {{Inflation|USD|169.95|1976}}. It had a Fairchild F8 CPU at 1.7897725 MHz with 2KB of RAM. 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.  
  
 
==Emulators==
 
==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+PC
 
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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! colspan="8"|PC / x86
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[MAME]]
 
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platform
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|<abbr title="Latest development version">git artifacts</abbr><ref group=N>[https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-windows/master CI-Windows] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-linux/master CI-Linux] [https://nightly.link/mamedev/mame/workflows/ci-macos/master CI-Macos]</ref></br>[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]<ref group=N>As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)</ref>
|?
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|FreeChaF
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[https://github.com/libretro/FreeChaF libretro]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[https://github.com/finalburnneo/FBNeo/releases/tag/latest WIP builds]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
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|{{NC}}
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|-
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! colspan="8"|Mobile / ARM
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|-
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|[https://github.com/libretro/FreeChaF FreeChaF]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
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|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
 
|{{✓}}
 
|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Android|iOS}}
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|[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]
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|{{NC}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
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|-
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! colspan="8"|Consoles
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|-
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|FreeChaF
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|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
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|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[FinalBurn Neo]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|PSP}}
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|[https://www.retroarch.com/?page=platforms libretro core]
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|{{NC}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{~}}
 
|}
 
|}
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</div>
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<references group=N/>
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==See also==
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*[[First and second generations of video game consoles]]
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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* [http://www.videogames.org/html/ChannelFStuff/Docs/docs.html Instructions] (For Channel F console & carts)
 
* [http://www.videogames.org/html/ChannelFStuff/Docs/docs.html Instructions] (For Channel F console & carts)
  
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[[Category:Consoles|!Channel F]]
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[[Category:Second-generation consoles|!Channel F]]

Latest revision as of 16:39, 3 February 2024

Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild-Channel-F.jpg
Developer Fairchild Semiconductor
Type Home video game console
Generation Second generation
Release date 1976
Discontinued 1983
Emulated

The Fairchild Channel F is a second-generation home video game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976 across North America and it retailed for $169.95. It had a Fairchild F8 CPU at 1.7897725 MHz with 2KB of RAM. 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.

Emulators[edit]

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD git artifacts[N 1]
0.264
libretro core[N 2]
FreeChaF Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD libretro
FinalBurn Neo Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD WIP builds
libretro core
NC ~
Mobile / ARM
FreeChaF Android iOS libretro core
FinalBurn Neo Android iOS libretro core NC ~
Consoles
FreeChaF PSP libretro core
FinalBurn Neo PSP libretro core NC ~
  1. CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
  2. As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)

See also[edit]

Resources[edit]