Fairchild Channel F The Fairchild Channel F is a home video game console released by Fairchild Semiconductor in November 1976.
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 VCS the next year, Fairchild renamed it's machine. Fairchild 1976 1976-11-01 November 1, 1976 Console 3-4 CC991A E0E0E0 91FFA6 CED0FF 4B3FF3 1-1