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{{Infobox console
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|title = Fairchild Channel F
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|logo = Fairchild-Channel-F.jpg
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|developer = Fairchild Semiconductor
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|type = [[:Category:Home consoles|Home video game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second generation]]
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|release = 1976
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|discontinued = 1983
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
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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.
  
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==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[Emulation Accuracy|Accuracy]]
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr>
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! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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! colspan="7"|PC / x86
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|-
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|[[MAME]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|Mid
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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|Android|PSP}}
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|[https://github.com/libretro/FreeChaF libretro]
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|Mid
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|{{✓}}
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|}
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==Resources==
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* [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])
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* [http://seanriddle.com/chanf.html Channel F info] (Sean Riddle's info page with useful links)
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* [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.)
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* [https://au.ign.com/wikis/history-of-video-game-consoles/Channel_F IGN's wiki] (Last Edit: December 5, 2013)
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* [https://patents.google.com/patent/US4095791 Patent] (Cartridge programmable video game apparatus. Granted to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. Priority date 1976-08-23.)
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* [http://www.videogames.org/html/ChannelFStuff/Docs/docs.html Instructions] (For Channel F console & carts)
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[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Home consoles]]
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[[Category:Second-generation consoles]]

Revision as of 02:14, 29 July 2021

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

Name Operating System(s) Latest Version Accuracy FLOSS Active Recommended
PC / x86
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.258 Mid ✓ ✓ ✓
FreeChaF Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD Android PSP libretro Mid ✓ ✓ ✓

Resources

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