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The Fairchild Channel F is a game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976 at the retail price of $169.95. It has the distinction of being the first programmable [[ROM cartridge]]–based video game console, and the first console to use a microprocessor. It was launched as the Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when [[Atari]] released their [[Atari 2600|VCS]] the next year, Fairchild renamed its machine. By 1977, the Fairchild Channel F had sold 250,000 units and was second-place behind the VCS.
Added the Second generation category.
{{Template:Infobox console
|name = [[Image:Fairchild_logo.png|230px]]|caption imagecaption = The Fairchild Channel F
|Manufacturer = Fairchild Semiconductor
|Generation = Second generation|image = [[Image:Fairchild-Channel-F.jpg|230px]]
|Release date = August 1976 (US)
|Media type = ROM cartridge}}The '''Fairchild Channel F''' is a game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in August 1976 at the retail price of $169.95. It has the distinction of being the first programmable [[ROM cartridge]]–based video game console, and the first console to use a microprocessor. It was launched as the Video Entertainment System, or VES, but when [[Atari]] released their [[Atari 2600|VCS]] the next year, Fairchild renamed its machine. By 1977, the Fairchild Channel F had sold 250,000 units and was second-place behind the VCS.
==Technical specifications==
*CPU chip: Fairchild F8 operating at 1.79 MHz (PAL gen. 1: 2.00 MHz, PAL gen.2: 1.77 MHz)
*The controllers suffer from cheap copper wiring which can break easily and is difficult to replace.
*Graphically the console was weaker than the Atari 2600, and it's visible.
[[Category:Console]] [[Category:Second generation]]
