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Channel F

  1. Game infos
  2. Parent and Clones
  3. Sound
  4. Driver
  5. Inputs
  6. Controls
  7. Display
  8. Roms list
  9. BIOS set
  10. Chips list
  11. Categories
  12. History
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Game infos

Description Channel F
Name channelf
Manufacturer Fairchild
Year 1976
Runnable yes
System arcade /
Number of players Non-arcade
Added to MAME .037b06
Romset size 0 B
Romset file files
Romset zip 0 B
Genre Game Console

Parent and clones

Parent This game is the parent

Sound infos

Sound_channels 1

Driver infos

Driver status good
Driver emulation good
Driver color good
Driver sound good
Driver graphic good
Driver cocktail
Driver protection
Driver savestate yes

Inputs infos

Input service no
Input tilt no
Input players 2
Input buttons
Input coins

Controls infos

type ways minimum maximum sensitivity keydelta reverse
joy 8 no

Display infos

type rotate flipx width height refresh pixclock htotal hbend hbstart vtotal vbend vbstart
raster 0 no 102 58 60

Roms list

console name bios size crc md5 merge sha1 region offset status optional
arcade sl31253.rom sl31253 1024 04694ed9 81193965a374d77b99b4743d317824b53c3e3c78 maincpu 0 good no
arcade sl31254.rom 1024 9c047ba3 8f70d1b74483ba3a37e86cf16c849d601a8c3d2c maincpu 400 good no
arcade sl90025.rom sl90025 1024 015c1e38 759e2ed31fbde4a2d8daf8b9f3e0dffebc90dae2 maincpu 0 good no

BIOS set

name description default
sl31253 Channel F yes
sl90025 Luxor Video Entertainment System yes

Chips list

name tag type clock
Channel F Sound custom audio
Fairchild F8 maincpu cpu 1789772
Speaker mono audio

Categories

History


Console published 43 years ago:

Channel F (c) 1976 Fairchild.

A home video game console.

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1976 in the USA at the retail price of $169.95. For perspective, $169.95 in 1976 is equal to $725.32 in 2017.

The unit was launched as the Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when Atari released their VCS the next year, Fairchild renamed its machine.

The Channel F has the distinction of being the first programmable ROM cartridge–based video game console, and the first console to use a microprocessor.

- STAFF -

Designed by: Jerry Lawson

- CONTRIBUTE -

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