Classic Game Room - FAIRCHILD CHANNEL F console review

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  • @autodidactusplaysjrpgs7614
    @autodidactusplaysjrpgs7614 10 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    My sister has one of those Fairchild Channel F controllers in her room. She seemed embarrassed when I found it.

    • @Infernape7890
      @Infernape7890 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      That poor, poor controller.

    • @s0nnyburnett
      @s0nnyburnett 10 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Maybe you two can game together. Mind if I watch?

    • @videotape2959
      @videotape2959 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Infernape7890 Oh my god....

    • @TheCRTman
      @TheCRTman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Infernape7890 Ahahahahahahaha!!! XDDDD It can be used outside of gaming. XDDD

    • @reeseyme9613
      @reeseyme9613 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheCRTman plus lube, definitely......

  • @saberpeep
    @saberpeep 9 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    It seemingly has the same sound-chip as the barcode scanner in supermarkets

    • @AWISECROW
      @AWISECROW 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Julian Dymer haha, i spit a little coffee out reading that.

    • @altarofmelektaus0032
      @altarofmelektaus0032 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Screw all of those Sound Blaster 16 compatible chips, we need barcode scanner sound chips! It's like a piezo beeper, but *better!*

    • @HavenMarches
      @HavenMarches 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You made me choke on my own spit while reading that

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Idk.. the one at my gas station makes Sonic ring sounds. Lol no jk I always make fun of it when I'm there.
      I buy cigs just to hear Sonic rings.

  • @Musicradio77Network
    @Musicradio77Network 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This game console was also being used for TV stations where they used to ran segments during the afternoon blocks under the title "TV Powww" which was a game show where young viewers can call the station where you can win prizes as you can play the game where a caller can shout "POW!" as you can shoot for points. After you rack all of your points, you get a prize. Many TV stations like WGN-TV, KTXL-TV, KTVH-TV and others ran "TV Powww". But in New York City, WPIX-TV (channel 11) ran a similar version of "TV Powww" called "TV Pixxx" where you can call the station and play a game and win a prize by shouting out "Pixxx" as you can shoot to rack up with score. Both "TV Powww" and "TV Pixxx" ran a short life until it ended by 1982.

  • @RealTealMaherajah
    @RealTealMaherajah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My dad worked on that project as well as the watches. Led and liquid Chrystal. I have a couple of of the consoles and all the original cartridges

    • @SweetTodd
      @SweetTodd ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How many unique buttons do the controllers have?

  • @Avesfox
    @Avesfox 10 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    Now imagine the PS4 in a retro woodgrain design.

    • @ApenBaard
      @ApenBaard 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I already own a ps4 but i would sell it and buy a woodgrain one if and when it would come out haha

    • @ApenBaard
      @ApenBaard 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ApenBaard theres also a fan image of an "atari ps4" floating around on the interwebz...that one would suffice too :D

    • @CastleFsUczN5nnK
      @CastleFsUczN5nnK 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Someone get me a woodgrain Wii u, sega genesis and N64 now

    • @Delfino224
      @Delfino224 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I want a woodgrain everything. o:

    • @trippywishes
      @trippywishes 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Delfino224 same and also #TH-camAfterDark

  • @ignasmixer
    @ignasmixer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Brandon, where you alive in 1976?
    - I was not.
    ...
    He's guarantee to loose.

  • @TheCRTman
    @TheCRTman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I think the Fairchild Channel F is an underrated console. Many people say the 2600 was the "first" console to use cartridges, yet even though the 1972 Magnavox Odyssey didn't actually use them, the Fairchild did before the 2600. If I ever get a chance to play one of these, I will. Also, it has the worlds most epic Pong game ever.

    • @Alaska1925
      @Alaska1925 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheCRTman Heh, those people are wrong then. The Channel F is (fact) the first 2nd generation videogame console, it predates the Atari VCS and, even if it couldn't compete against it, we gotta give the Fairchild credit.

    • @TheCRTman
      @TheCRTman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alaska1925 Exactly. It's kinda sad that Fairchild barely gets credit for being the first 2nd gen. game console. Everyone just thinks "ATARI."

    • @dr3w399
      @dr3w399 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      TheCRTman the fair child is the first modern consle

    • @TheCRTman
      @TheCRTman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      andrew geffeller Pretty much.

    • @syrinx9196
      @syrinx9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Atari improved the 2600 before releasing it to make it better than the Fairchild. If there had been no Fairchild the Atari console would have been a lot weaker.

  • @sonomama82
    @sonomama82 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm pretty sure this is my favorite console review that you guys have done.

  • @Owlpunk
    @Owlpunk 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm impressed - back when it was first released, this thing must have blown minds. The "graphics" look much more crisp and colorful than those of most VCS games, IMO.
    Also, I kinda like the horrible sound effects. There's a definite PC speaker vibe to them :D

  • @tgozanski
    @tgozanski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had one and it was amazing. Thanks for the trip back in time.

  • @lieutenantyoshi5704
    @lieutenantyoshi5704 9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Groovy Wood Grain sounds like a classic Rock Band that went Gold in 1972 XD
    Their #1 hit song "Wavy Gravy Oh Baby" could be heard across world even onboard Huey Helicopters over the jungles of North Vietnam.

    • @syrinx9196
      @syrinx9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The original model, which was renamed Channel F from Video Entertainment System, was a lot better-looking than the System II shown in this video. It even came with a fancy smoked plastic case to cover the controllers and cables.

  • @TipsterLIVE
    @TipsterLIVE 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    @ 3:12 RIP David Bowie... :(

    • @leehyatt76
      @leehyatt76 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Robert Santellan (Your Geeky Tipster) That made me sad when I heard that too. :'(

    • @krgamman
      @krgamman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Robert Santellan (Your Geeky Tipster) it just HAD to be Bowie, didn't it :(

  • @JuicyPlams
    @JuicyPlams 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love it when Brandon is in the reviews. He looks like he enjoys it as well.

  • @Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial
    @Gecko1993HogheadIncOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:52 to answer your question Mark, it was JCPenny who sold The Fairchild Channel F in 1977.

  • @SteveBenway
    @SteveBenway 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Rebranded as the Adman Grandstand Video Entertainment Computer in the UK. They still show up on ebay at sensible prices, which is nice.

    • @SockyNoob
      @SockyNoob 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      It seems like they're impossible to find. I only see three right now. I really want one, but I've heard that they can get expensive.

    • @SteveBenway
      @SteveBenway 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Depends. The one on ebay in the UK right now is a "buy it now" which is no indication of the real going rate.
      Mark's right though, the Atari 2600 and Philips Videopak G7000 / Odyssey II play better games.

    • @AgentMan666
      @AgentMan666 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like the fisher price cartridges though lol

    • @JuniorBlitz
      @JuniorBlitz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** 2600 and videopac plays better games. yea, maybe thats why they are cheaper.

    • @SteveBenway
      @SteveBenway 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I remember correctly, the CPU isn't actually a single chip, but two chips working in tandem.

  • @joeywomer
    @joeywomer 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that one maze game sounded like the check out computers at Boscov's where the cashier scans the price tags.

  • @pandie_
    @pandie_ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    4:20 that sweet sweet 70's first gen sound of victory

  • @DJIndy
    @DJIndy 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Graphics actually look pretty impressive. Nice to see the Fairchild Channel F in action. Thanks for the vid!

  • @Fuzy2K
    @Fuzy2K 10 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Grand Theft Auto 5? Screw that, I'm playing Videocart-5!

  • @missnotch476
    @missnotch476 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG! MY Dad was an engineer at FairChild in the early 70's helped develop this system and we had it before it hit the market. Was fun, i love cat and mouse maze games. These youngster don't even know how far gaming has come! LOL!

    • @karenlawson6785
      @karenlawson6785 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey... who was he?

    • @Dios67
      @Dios67 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jerry Lawson maybe? EDIT- oh, your name; Ron Smith or Mr. Talisfore maybe. It could be one of the two guys from Alpex that invented the prototype.

  • @MangoHombre
    @MangoHombre 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I had one of those! The department store Robinson's sold them at the Puente Hills Mall in California ( where they filmed the scene in Back To The Future where Marty first drives the Delorean ). I'd call the store to see if they had any new games before I rode my bicycle the 3-4 miles to the mall. I think got tired of me calling.

    • @patsfan4life
      @patsfan4life 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      MangoHombre sweet story

  • @SodaGumX
    @SodaGumX 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I have ones od these. I lived near a fairchild chip waffer making factory and after it failed the people that worked there in the neighborhood andcity was handing them out like candy for free or next to nothing.

    • @TheCRTman
      @TheCRTman 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      SodaGumX Lucky!

    • @marccaselle8108
      @marccaselle8108 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Man that must have been cool

  • @garymalarkey4626
    @garymalarkey4626 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hell yeah! A green screen with "G?" on it is my favorite game!

    • @matthewlane518
      @matthewlane518 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah those graphics ,are amazing!

  • @MrGlenspace
    @MrGlenspace 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had the original that was featured with Milton Berle doing the commercial. It was the first cartridge game. The first version had the controllers on the top under a dark plastic panel. Also one button was yellow.

  • @mitchcoppo
    @mitchcoppo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The same company that made the A-10 Warthog made this system - when I found that out I thought "of course!" It may not be exactly the same team that worked on aircraft, but it definately has the feeling of that straight forward and sturdy design you'd see in a military aircraft's cockpit. And maybe the control stick design choice was simply a coincidence that they are a facsimile of a flight stick, but still.

  • @DanielPage
    @DanielPage 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact, Fairchild started out making airplanes before it got in the semiconductor biz. That's epic.

  • @penelopebranker3630
    @penelopebranker3630 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still have one of these, the original with hardwired controllers, power adapter, and coax, almost as retro as you can get in gaming and it's older than me. Originally found it in the backroom of my Dad's old house carelessly stored with a bunch of 8-track carts, thought the 2 games were 8-tracks as well. I feel...privileged to own such a machine! Made in the USA too!

  • @NeitherSparky
    @NeitherSparky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have the first version of the Channel F. I believe the main differences are one, on the old one the sounds come out of the console itself (it just sort of beeps and boops) instead of coming out of the tv speakers and two, the first version hooks up with a built-in coax cable instead of having an av port. If you are ever looking to buy one of these the second version is probably the way to go.

  • @Ettornio
    @Ettornio 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fairchild Semiconducter lives on in AMD and Intel since these companies are considered to be 'Fairchildren' from the Traitorous Eight. And since AMD tech powers all 3 of the current gen consoles, you could say that the Fairchild console lives on even today!
    Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traitorous_eight

  • @tgxperience
    @tgxperience 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was alive when these came out. They sold them at JC Penney in my area. They were hella expensive like $300 in 1978 do the math on that with inflation it probably cost as much as a used '05 Mustang. Bad sounds, maybe but consider the TV shows out at the time weren't much better. I remember an Armor Battle game of some sort that JCP had running in the demo unit and it was the bomb. I drooled over that system but alas Santa never brought one. I did get a Pong game though. :)

  • @omahahnful
    @omahahnful 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sounds from the Channel F sounded awesome with that spacey reverb you put on everything :D

  • @SockyNoob
    @SockyNoob 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The Fairchild Channel F IS the first cartridge based system.

    • @SockyNoob
      @SockyNoob 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      No it's not. The Magnavox Odyssey's "cartridges" are actually jumpers that slightly change the game. The game is already programmed into the console. So technically the Fairchild Channel F is. You can't program on the Odyssey. You can on the Channel F.

    • @TheCRTman
      @TheCRTman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      SonicBoone56 THANK YOU! Nobody gives them credit. Even parents say the 2600 was, but nope Fairchild beat them. Bad asses...

  • @brogcooper25
    @brogcooper25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got one of these at a garage sale in 1992 when I was 5. I wanted a Super Nintendo but my parents didn't have the money. Wish I still had it now, but my cousin broke the joystick on the controller. ugh.

  • @martok2112
    @martok2112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Whoever knew space was gray?! LOL!
    I never even heard of or saw this system before. I love this channel. I knew there were quite a few consoles back in the day, but clearly I was not as geeked on games as I thought I was
    .
    I knew of Atari 2600/5200/7800, Intellivision, ColecoVision, Vectrex, Magnavox Odyssey, and even one from Bally, which, if I recall correctly, had keypads on their controllers, like Intellivsion did, and much like the latter Atari consoles would. I'm gonna have to delve deeper into this channel. :)
    Thank you again, for sharing. Sorry this comment is 5 years too late.

  • @aboriginalmang
    @aboriginalmang 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Looks like one of those 70's modular analog synthesizer keyboards, really nice.

  • @someitguy2175
    @someitguy2175 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    "An elegant controller for a more civilized age" ROFL

  • @Lightblue2222
    @Lightblue2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    After watching this I feel like my 2600 is modern.
    My lovely smooth sounding TIA chip.
    And Genesis controller! "The killer must have Atari device."

  • @a2pha
    @a2pha 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good to see Super Dave Osborne again.
    Very disappointed to not see you explain their joystick.
    It's really a marvel masterpiece. In it, you can do the following:
    1. Push in direction left.
    2. Push in direction right.
    3. Push in direction up.
    4. Push in direction down.
    5. Counter-clockwise rotate.
    6. Clockwise rotate.
    7. Push down on it usually to fire a weapon.
    8. Pull up on it to fire a 2ndary weapon.
    9. Push the little silver button (at the top) down for a 3rd firing weapon.

  • @zdp-189
    @zdp-189 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:02 see the screen where it says G? I saw somewhere if you entered in a reallll long chain of numbers, it would display one of the programmers names...hence, video games first Easter egg! But I don't know how you can enter numbers and I forget the cartridge it was on, let me check google again. Im sure theres button combo or something too to trigger it.

  • @exodia9817
    @exodia9817 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Model 1 Channel F had a plastic cover on top for controller storage purposes.

  • @TroydragonBelmont
    @TroydragonBelmont 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great channel karnage has reviewing lots of great game consoles that most of the youtubers just make fun of qnd not really going indept of how great the consoles are, glad i found you karnage keep up the great work

  • @jason50146
    @jason50146 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to play Space War on our Fairchild original system. That brings back some memories. That sweet "wood" trim went along with console televisions that were quite popular at the time. Strange thing though...my toaster has "wood" trim. Not sure if I would put that on a console television.

  • @scottthewaterwarrior
    @scottthewaterwarrior 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    My PS3 super slim has wood grain finish! I added it the day after I got it, looks really nice and makes me wonder why it didn't come with it.

  • @MegaManNeo
    @MegaManNeo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I begin to imagine this 1st gen console is more enjoyable than PS4 and XBOX One at this point.

    • @basicbodybuilding
      @basicbodybuilding 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol are you insane?? Ps4 offers way more than 80's video game consolw ever could. Ps4 is superior to any console to date.
      And no pc is not a console.i know pc is an console buster machines.

    • @VSX0021OmegaGundam
      @VSX0021OmegaGundam 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      basicbodybuilding "Ps4 is superior to any console to date" tech wise yes in terms of the shear amount of fun you can have no. Not enough games out for the PS4 for it to actually reach it's potential.

    • @MegaManNeo
      @MegaManNeo 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      basicbodybuilding Tell me more than two games which are exclusive, non-indie and worth buying a PS4.
      Until today, both PS4 and XBOX One sadly have little to offer, especially since many games also are still getting released for their predecessors of which I own both.
      I really hope Sony and Microsoft have a good E3 because so far, Nintendo seems to be the only company trying to make something out of the 8th gen, even if it's not that much.

    • @LoveatFirstHike
      @LoveatFirstHike 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      basicbodybuilding
      ".i know pc is an console buster machines" .. . ... what?

    • @basicbodybuilding
      @basicbodybuilding 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      jeremysart a pc is a console buster.how evermuch people think console power is. pc could out do it,and destroy console.thats what i mean.

  • @PunkNDisorderlyGamer
    @PunkNDisorderlyGamer 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Digital press sticker at 3:05 Mark did you acquire it from Digital press or was it donated from someone?

  • @TheDill55
    @TheDill55 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice, a new system review!

  • @gregkarris6869
    @gregkarris6869 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got lucky and got both the system 1 and 2 and games all CIB from people cleaning out their attics back in the late 90's. I just wish I wonder what happened to the demo kiosk that was at the Montgomery Wards (where I got to first play it).

  • @theawesomegamr
    @theawesomegamr 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell yeah, this console is awesome. Its probably my most wanted console at the moment.

  • @robertknight4672
    @robertknight4672 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone might have pointed out the difference in the comments since this is an old video. But the system II version Simply sends the audio through the TV speaker. Previously the sound came out of the console itself similar to pong consoles of the time. I myself have only learned this recently.

  • @uncletom1971
    @uncletom1971 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much for this video. Now I can truly appreciate what I have missed out on. They should have kept it in development a while longer.

    • @syrinx9196
      @syrinx9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what Atari did after seeing the Fairchild released. If the Fairchild hadn't been released when it was, Atari would have released its console in a more primitive state.
      What people don't realize is how advanced the Fairchild VES was when it came out. It could have been better but it was very impressive for 1976.

  • @lfc4evaful
    @lfc4evaful 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad bought one of these in the uk ,brought back some memories 😅

  • @BlackAdder57
    @BlackAdder57 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love my Fairchild system. I got most of the games but its very hard to find anything for it here in Sweden.

  • @1CrispyCracker
    @1CrispyCracker 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This thing cost $169.95 in 1976
    Equivalent to $700 in 2014

    • @patsfan4life
      @patsfan4life 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mr. Scale ouch!

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Damn

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fairchild sounds like a snobby English Richman name. Now it all makes sense. Ahh yes.. thy child is fair.

  • @Hedgehog_Ninja
    @Hedgehog_Ninja 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is the music that is playing in the background? So good,

    • @bobdice2406
      @bobdice2406 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We will probably never know.

  • @chancherpancher5235
    @chancherpancher5235 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Happy 82nd Birthday, Gerald "Jerry" Lawson (1940-2011)
    (Creator of the Fairchild Channel F)

  • @AxiomofDiscord
    @AxiomofDiscord 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The first console my household had when I was a kid.

    • @thomascampr
      @thomascampr 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You look great for 59 years old

  • @rocker1052
    @rocker1052 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    every Since I started Watching This Guy I LOVE WOODGRAIN YEAH!

  • @CoolDudeClem
    @CoolDudeClem 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The sound FX remind me of my old ZX Spectrum, sounds jut like it!

  • @Magnero
    @Magnero 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best sounds in video game history, I want to use that thing to make angry techno. Also best game review ever.

  • @Kix-86
    @Kix-86 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW! 1976, I am impressed. I can't believe this was around or conceptualized in '76.

  • @elmastaa
    @elmastaa 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Ok I was -14 years old in 1976 so I have 0 nostalgia but damn the Channel F look good!

  • @cumulushalo576
    @cumulushalo576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    R.I.P bowie. Resting in star dust 🌠

  • @951258tike22
    @951258tike22 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As far as I can tell, the only difference between the FC-F model one and two is that the first had an internal speaker for the sound, whereas the model two, shown in the video, passes the sound through the RF cable/adapter to the TV

    • @syrinx9196
      @syrinx9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The original system is more aesthetic. The buttons on the console have a metallic surface. It came with a smoked plastic case, etc. The System II was made to be cheaper to produce. The controllers on the System II are also detachable. The original unit required people to send the console to Fairchild to fix bad controllers. The wire used was very thin so the left controller would stop being able to go up.

  • @Retrocidal
    @Retrocidal 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    holy crap this thing is old but still cool maybe I'll run into one of these days

  • @MaxTheEcchitaku
    @MaxTheEcchitaku 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:02 On top of playing games, that console can also produce dubsteps sounds lol

  • @jdh21403
    @jdh21403 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw a Digital Press sticker!!! I love that store

  • @chubbykitty138
    @chubbykitty138 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    the woodgrain and stuff I'd like this console just to have on my shelf idk looks super cool haha

  • @Sinn0100
    @Sinn0100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man that sound is better than anything I have ever heard. That has to be Blue Ray quality!

  • @arvizturotukorfurogep6235
    @arvizturotukorfurogep6235 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:55
    "On your mark"
    Didn't Mark notice?

  • @alphakub
    @alphakub 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This console was in the original National Lampoon's Vacation, but I never recognized it until now.

  • @EdKolis
    @EdKolis 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    That one game with the big red squares you were shooting to deflect them... what was it called? Reminds me of a tabletop game called "Crossfire" from back in the 90s...

  • @onepcwhiz
    @onepcwhiz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    My brother and I played with one of these at Sears at Cherry HIll Mall! Never got one though. And why does this video abruptly end without showing Labryinth? :-(

  • @Tricob1974
    @Tricob1974 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Re: TV connections. I suspect that the designers of the console assumed that no shelf would be wide enough to fit both the front and the back of the console, so the connections would always stick out of the bottom. Also, the first version of the Channel F had the sound output coming from a built-in speaker in the console, among other drawbacks. Overall, I'd say the second model of the Channel F is what curious folk should go for. I myself have wanted one for a long time.

  • @projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762
    @projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kinda crazy that the old woodgrain look is looking kinda cool now.

  • @anhuman5348
    @anhuman5348 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    when i get some monies i'm gonna get a ps4 or xbone and put wood paneling on it. maybe i should do that to my PC too.

  • @alphamale1865
    @alphamale1865 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i had one of them i was a kid in the 70s. 1976 I was 11 years old

  • @watamatafoyu
    @watamatafoyu 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's hilarious that the name of the video game on the front box art is in some of the smallest font there.

  • @InfiniteUniverse88
    @InfiniteUniverse88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The original Fairchild Channel F came out in 1976. After Zircon international bought the rights to the system, they redesigned it, and came out with the Fairchild Channel II in 1979.

    • @syrinx9196
      @syrinx9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      The System II, shown here, is uglier - but it does have detachable joysticks which is a benefit. It also has slightly improved sound.

  • @DH1986
    @DH1986 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I miss the different console, cartridge, and controller designs that boasted a unique feel and quirkiness that CD consoles seemed to leave behind in the 1990s. People boast about PC's being more powerful, but I don't think they have the heart.

  • @iKarnageV
    @iKarnageV 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Minecraft: Wii U edition Mash Up Pack Ad showed up before this video, and I'm totally confused by their use of the Super Mario 64 menu music. Just throwing that out there.

  • @idontwantayoutubechannel1670
    @idontwantayoutubechannel1670 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had a good healthy LOL at the Jennifer Connelly comment 🤣

  • @tomapple64
    @tomapple64 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The glorious wood grain finish :)

  • @Monoplacophora
    @Monoplacophora 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn, it's actually very nice looking.

  • @GX-D
    @GX-D 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh wow what an awesome system! The games seems soooo fun! I definitely want one! It seems waaaaaaaaaay better than the xbox one or ps4!

  • @carlace777
    @carlace777 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The old games were far less forgiving then the games of today. example if you touch a asteroid its instant death, no shield bar or chance of survival. pretty much all those old games were tough and unforgiving like Defender, berserk, joust, and donkey kong, u touch anything bad its instant death

    • @sanicyouth6540
      @sanicyouth6540 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +carlace777 Which made the old games challenging. Nowadays games are too easy.

  • @LeafhopperV
    @LeafhopperV 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    RIP my ears

  • @nathantw
    @nathantw 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just saw this review. That was hilarious. I still own my original Fairchild with the wood paneling and light sabers. Not sure it still works though.

  • @jimharmon9917
    @jimharmon9917 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FYI... things in the mid 70's weren't "groovy" - they were "far out." :)

  • @alterego924
    @alterego924 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    these vintage games and cartridges will out-live all of us. they were built to last unlike this modern crap we repeatedly buy every couple months.

    • @alterego924
      @alterego924 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      That NS exactly. My parent's console tv still works and they got that thing in 1982.

  • @francois-patrickarteau6511
    @francois-patrickarteau6511 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Channel F System II was actually sold by Zircon International, best known for their StudSensor tools!

  • @johneymute
    @johneymute 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this console is surely legendarry,and those controllers are removeble wich is an absolute fastastic improvement over the original system,i see high potential to this system aslong you squeeze it to it's ultimate limit.

  • @Z64sports
    @Z64sports 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I used to have a Trinitron Wega CRT with HDMI that did up to 1080i and it looked really good but it broke. Goodwill sometimes has them but the HDMI really drives up the price on them.

  • @patrickneary8446
    @patrickneary8446 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    vertical landing. They knew it would catch on.

  • @mitchcoppo
    @mitchcoppo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wanna know who the heck the designer was on the brand identity and packaging...it looks like Herb Lubalin, it's so gorgeous

  • @crossbow1203
    @crossbow1203 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    It had some of the first removable game carts.

    • @syrinx9196
      @syrinx9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      It had the first real removal cartridges (that had ROMs in them).

  • @imrustyokay
    @imrustyokay 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Someone should make a movie about that and then cast David Bowie because it will be weird" That line is even sadder now.

  • @LUCKO2022
    @LUCKO2022 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    The system is ancient and yet it still works.
    My PS2 and original Xbox are both much younger and neither works.
    The Xbox just mysteriously quit working and the PS2 stopped reading discs. I don't know why since I haven't played them in quite a while, then when I wanted to they don't work, despite them working the last time I played them before I put them away in their box.

  • @SockyNoob
    @SockyNoob 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really want one of these.

  • @adhemelfaiky6047
    @adhemelfaiky6047 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What is the power supply output

  • @lukusblack6442
    @lukusblack6442 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was Maze Crazy just a rip off of Labyrinth? It looked identical to the higher levels, where you were walking around in the dark.