I adopted a child today...

[Pixel_Outlaw]

A FAIRCHILD CHANNEL F!



Booklet...

[Skykid]

That dude's chin and hair are trying to escape in opposite directions.

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Does he have ears under that helmit?
You cannot legally play the Fairchild Channel F without his sweater and collard shirt.

[raigon50]

"Fun! Action! Challenge! Channel F has entertainment for the whole family."

(Notice there is no picture showing a family playing the Channel F, like you would assume there would.)
Sadly, his drunk wife couldn't provide him with the children needed to enjoy the Channel F.
I blame the sweater.

[Stormwatch]

That dude's chin and hair are trying to escape in opposite directions.

It's called the "Faux News cosmetic surgery".

[CMoon]

Math Quiz looks like fun for the whole family (even though there is no family.)

[Pixel_Outlaw]

The controllers are pretty cool.

They have 3 dimensional controls. The top button can be plunged down, the center can be twisted, and the top knob can move in 8 directions. Sort of an early sixaxis!
The controllers on my version are part of the console, they cannot be removed, same with the power cord.

From Wikipedia

CPU chip: Fairchild F8 operating at 1.79 MHz (PAL gen. 1: 2.00 MHz, PAL gen.2: 1.77 MHz)
RAM: 64 bytes, 2 kB VRAM (2×128×64 bits)
Resolution: 128 × 64 pixels, approximately 102 × 58 pixels visible depending on TV
Colors: eight colors (either black/white or four color max. per line)
Audio: 500 Hz, 1 kHz, and 1.5 kHz tones (can be modulated quickly to produce different tones) (My model has internal speaker)
Input: two custom game controllers, hardwired to the console (original release) or removable (Channel F System II)
Output: RF modulated composite video signal, cord hardwired to console

[Drum]

Really wish the Channel F controller had set the standard for controls and not Atari's shitty disaster.

[Stormwatch]

Does it still matter? Nintendo reset the standard with the Famicom anyway.

[Drum]

True, but Nintendo might have incorporated a rad twisting joystick, we would have got an NES port of Sheriff and Contra might have been like Midnight Resistance and therefore worth playing. And it's sort of interesting to speculate how different the NES era would have been with just that little thing changed. Or even polygon-producing hardware like I, Robot (actually, I am glad that didn't take off for a while even though I Robot is an awesome game).

[DEL]

Nice Purchase!

I've still got my 1978 Grandstand Console. Damn I started a long time ago
http://www.tvfilmprops.co.uk/pages/gran ... me-342.htm

[PC Engine Fan X!]

True, but Nintendo might have incorporated a rad twisting joystick, we would have got an NES port of Sheriff and Contra might have been like Midnight Resistance and therefore worth playing. And it's sort of interesting to speculate how different the NES era would have been with just that little thing changed. Or even polygon-producing hardware like I, Robot (actually, I am glad that didn't take off for a while even though I Robot is an awesome game).

I, Robot was a ground breaking arcade game when it first made it's debut in the American arcades. It was cool to mess around with the built-in "Doodle City" app as well.

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[BryanM]

Haha wow. Check that smexy palette:



With four background colors! FOUR! And if you draw something on a black background, it becomes white!

That's some kickass tech.

This version of Pac-Man is still better than the Atari abomination. Jesus how different it might have gone for America had they used some quality control.