Fairchild Channel F emulators

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Fairchild Channel F
Fairchild-Channel-F.jpg
Developer Fairchild Semiconductor
Type Home video game console
Generation Second generation
Release date 1976
Discontinued 1983
Emulated
For emulators that run on the Fairchild Channel F, see Emulators on Channel F.

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.

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Name Platform(s) Latest version License Active Recommended
PC / x86
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD git artifacts[N 1]
0.272
libretro core[N 2]
GPLv2
BSD-3-Clause
FreeChaF Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD libretro GPLv3 (Copyleft)
FinalBurn Neo Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD WIP builds
libretro core
Non-commercial ~
BizHawk

Windows

2.10-rc2 MIT
GPL
?
Mobile / ARM
FreeChaF Android iOS libretro core BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)
FinalBurn Neo Android iOS libretro core Non-commercial ~
Consoles
FreeChaF PSP libretro core BSD-3-Clause (Permissive)
FinalBurn Neo PSP libretro core Non-commercial ~
  1. CI-Windows CI-Linux CI-Macos
  2. As 0.251, 0.139 (2010), 0.78 (2003), 0.37b5 (2000)

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