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Fairchild Camera and Instrument

1962 / 1927 tot 1 1976 / 1927 tot 6 1977 / 1927 tot 17 1978 / 1927 tot 23
Founded in 1927 closed in 1978
Status: dead
Country: USA

23
games
17
active years
1.4
per year
aka(s): Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation

Sometime in 1975, Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, decided to enter the home video game market with their own unit. What it came up with was a unique cpu based programmable console. Started in 1957 by Sherman Mills Fairchild under the umbrella of his Fairchild Semiconductor in itself was well known as one of the pioneers in semiconductor research (Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce, co-founders of Intel got their start there).

Releases per year

19621
19765
197711
19786

23 video games with valid date were considered (100%)

Overall rankings

0
0
9
12
1

Common gametypes

action/reflex23%board game13%shooter10%puzzle10%edutainment6%other36%

Top platforms

Fairchild Ch. F 22
custom 1
Videocart 17: Pinball Challenge (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 17: Pinball Challenge
FAIR 1978
Videocart 4: Spitfire (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 4: Spitfire
FAIR 1977
Videocart 8: Magic Numbers (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 8: Magic Numbers
FAIR 1977
Videocart 1: Tic Tac Toe - Shooting Gallery - Doodle - Quadradoodle (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 1: Tic Tac Toe - Shooting Gallery - Doodle - Quadradoodle
FAIR 1976
Videocart 14: Sonar Search (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 14: Sonar Search
FAIR 1977
Videocart 2: Desert Fox - Shooting Gallery (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 2: Desert Fox - Shooting Gallery
FAIR 1976
Videocart 13: Robot War - Torpedo Alley (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 13: Robot War - Torpedo Alley
FAIR 1977
Videocart 5: Space War (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 5: Space War
FAIR 1977
Videocart 3: Video Blackjack (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 3: Video Blackjack
FAIR 1976
Hockey (Fairchild Channel F)
Hockey
FAIR 1976
Videocart 16: Dodge-It (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 16: Dodge-It
FAIR 1978
Videocart 11: Backgammon & Acey-Ducey (Fairchild Channel F)
Videocart 11: Backgammon & Acey-Ducey
FAIR 1977

Fairchild Camera and Instrument best rated games

Videocart 4: Spitfire1977fair
Videocart 21: Bowling1978fair
Videocart 13: Robot War - Torpedo Alley1977fair
Videocart 8: Magic Numbers1977fair
Videocart 10: Maze - Jailbreak - Blind Man's Bluff - Trailblazer1977fair
Tennis1976fair
Videocart 17: Pinball Challenge1978fair
Videocart 1: Tic Tac Toe - Shooting Gallery - Doodle - Quadradoodle1976fair
Videocart 16: Dodge-It1978fair
Videocart 9: Drag Strip1977fair

Fairchild Camera and Instrument worst games

Videocart 6: Math Quiz I - Addition & Substration1977fair
Videocart 7: Math Quiz II - Multiplication & Division1977fair
Videocart 11: Backgammon & Acey-Ducey1977fair
Videocart 18: Hangman1978fair
Videocart 15: Memory Match1978fair

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