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{{Infobox console
|title = Fairchild Channel F
|logo = Fairchild-Channel-F.jpg
|developer = Fairchild Semiconductor
|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console ]]|generation = [[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second-generation consoles]]
|release = 1976
|discontinued = 1983
|emulated = {{✓}}
}}
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 Americaand 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==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
! scope="col"|Active
! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
|-
! colspan="6"|PC / x86
|-
|[[MAME]]
|Multi-platformalign=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
|?
|{{✓}}
|{{✓}}
|-
|FreeChaF
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
|[https://github.com/libretro/FreeChaF libretro]
|?
|{{✓}}
|?
|}
* [http://channelf.se/veswiki/index.php?title=Main_Page VES Wiki for programming info] (Created by Fredric Blåholtz. [http://channelf.se/gallery/index.html Gallery page])
* [http://seanriddle.com/chanf.html Channel F info] (Sean Riddle's info page with useful links)
* [https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/channel_f_and_videobrain/info Channel F And VideoBrain Yahoo group] (All the latest Channel F and VideoBrain info. Restricted group.)
* [https://au.ign.com/wikis/history-of-video-game-consoles/Channel_F IGN's wiki] (Last Edit: December 5, 2013)
* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4095791 Patent] (Cartridge programmable video game apparatus. Granted to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. Priority date 1976-08-23.)
