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  1. The Channel F is back! With new game, and Android ports of Hockey, Dodge It and Robot War

    The Channel F is back! With new game, and Android ports of Hockey, Dodge It and Robot War

    Fairchild's Channel F was launched in 1976 as the Video Entertainment System, and was the first console to use interchangeable ROM cartridges. It was developed by Jerry Lawson and his team at Fairchild Semiconductor. The Channel F was initially popular, with over 250,000 units sold in the first...
  2. How to Emulate the Fairchild Channel F

    How to Emulate the Fairchild Channel F

    The Channel F was the first home console with interchangeable ROM cartridges, and so is certainly worth a look at for the retrogaming enthusiast. The best emulator we've have found for the Channel F is FreeChaF by David Richardson. It is designed as a Libretro emulator so works well with...
  3. Wordle Retro-Clone Round-Up

    Wordle Retro-Clone Round-Up

    You may have come across Wordle - a web-based word game created by Josh Wardle in 2021 and since acquired by the New York Times. The idea is simple. You have six guesses to guess a five-letter word. If a letter you guess is in the word but in the wrong place, it is highlighted in yellow. If the...
  4. Three more Channel F ports created by Arlasoft: 2048, Threes and Centipede

    Three more Channel F ports created by Arlasoft: 2048, Threes and Centipede

    Arlasoft has been busy creating more Channel F games! Three new games have been launched for the system: 2048, Threes and Centipede 2048 for Fairchild Channel F A game for the Fairchild Channel F, written in F8 assembly language over the course of around 24 hours. This is the classic modern-day...
  5. Arlasoft release new Channel F game

    Arlasoft release new Channel F game

    Here’s something you don’t see that often - a new Channel F game! The game is a puzzle game called Tents and Trees. The aim of the game is to place a tent adjacent to each tree in such a way that the correct number are in each row and column, as shown by the numbers alongside. When you have...
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