Fairchild Videocart-1 Game, "Tic-Tac-Toe, Shooting Gallery, Doodle, Quadra-Doodle," 1976
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The Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System is the first home video game console to include interchangeable cartridges. Jerry Lawson, Fairchild's head of engineering and hardware, co-invented the cartridge, which continues to be adapted into systems today. Lawson was one of the first Black engineers to work in Silicon Valley and was an early member of the Homebrew Computer Club.
The Fairchild Channel F Video Entertainment System is the first home video game console to include interchangeable cartridges. Jerry Lawson, Fairchild's head of engineering and hardware, co-invented the cartridge, which continues to be adapted into systems today. Lawson was one of the first Black engineers to work in Silicon Valley and was an early member of the Homebrew Computer Club.
Artifact
Video game
Date Made
1976
Creators
Lawson, Gerald Anderson, 1940-2011
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation. Consumer Products Division
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.75.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.75 in (Packaging)
Width: 4.188 in (Packaging)
Length: .875 in (Packaging)
Inscriptions
on top of cartridge: CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEOCART-1 / Tic-Tac-Toe Shooting Gallery / Doodle Quadra-Doodle / TO PLAY PRESS BUTTONS / Tic-Tac-Toe 1 / Push left/right-moves dot / through playing positions. / Pull up-places X in square. / Push down-for a new game. / Shooting Gallery 2 4 / Options: 1 2 / Push down-to shoot / Doodle 3 / Push left/right/forward/back / moves dot left/right/forward/ / back. / Twist left-turns draw dot on/off. / Twist right-to change color. / Pull up-to change size. / Push down-to erase screen. / Quadradoodle 4 / Push forward-changes line / length. / Pull back-changes back- / ground color. / Twist left-changes to Doodle. / ENCODED PROGRAM (C) FAIRCHILD 1977 / FAIRCHILD on front of cartridge: FAIRCHILD VIDEOCART-1 / Tic-Tac-Toe / Shooting Gallery / Doodle / Quadra-Doodle / VIDEOCART is a trademark of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation on front of packaging: 1 / Tic-Tac-Toe Shooting Gallery / Doodle Quadra-Doodle / CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEOCART-1 on proper left side of packaging: F(TM) VIDEOCART-1 / VIDEOCART and CHANNEL F are trademarks of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation on back of packaging: VIDEOCART-1 / This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the / Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun with these / exciting solo games. / Tic-Tac-Toe: / "X" out our "O's" and beat the system. Every game is different. / Shooting Gallery: / Rotating rifle versus dead / ducks. Rifle repositions after every shot. / Doodle: / Turn your TV screen into a drawing board. Ordinary doodles become electronic masterpieces. Three colors, four line thicknesses. / Quadra-Doodle: / The TV doodles for you, automatically. colorful kaleido-scope patterns. Great for parties. / Game play in color only on color televisions. / Ask your dealer to see the other Videocarts available for play on / your Fairchild Video Entertainment System. Build a library of video / game fun. on proper right side of packaging: F(TM) VIDEOCART-1 / Exclusively for use with / the Fairchild Video / Entertainment System. on top of packaging: FAIRCHILD / Tic-Tac-Toe Shooting Gallery / Doodle Quadra-Doodle / Contents: / 1 Videocart(TM) Cartridge / 1 Instruction Booklet / VIDEOCART-1 / Manufactured by / Fairchild Video Products Division / 3105 Alfred Street / Santa Clara, CA 95050 / Made in Singapore Printed in U.S.A. on bottom of packaging: FAIRCHILD / Tic-Tac-Toe Shooting Gallery / Doodle Quadra-Doodle / VIDEOCART-1
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