11 Oct
1998
11 Oct
'98
7:44 a.m.
From: Doug Spence <ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca>
Subject: Fairchild Channel F (was: Re: Corrections to trivia)
On 6 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
Well I recall they were sold by Montgomery Wards in the U.S. for a couple
years also the carts I had once bought had Macy's or some other retail chain's
tags on them, so they were well mechandised. But they are somewhat uncommon nowadays.
The Atari 2600 beat them out of business though, pitty, the Fairchild had
some of the coolest joysticks (controls were left, right, up, down, twist
left, twist right, fire (and I think push down))
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I might, however, get out the old Fairchild
Channel F video game system
tonight and play a few hands of blackjack on an F8.
Speaking of which... how common are the Channel Fs? I picked up several
cartridges for one some time ago, but I've never seen the actual unit.
I've only seen ads for them in old magazines.