Fairchild Channel F Videocarts
The earlier artwork was created by nationally known artist Tom Kamifuji and art directed by Nick Talesfore.
[citation needed] The console contained two built-in games, Tennis and Hockey, which were both advanced Pong clones.
This Videocart was shown in a single sales brochure released shortly after Zircon acquired the company.
Video magazine reviewed the individual games in a 1978 article on the Channel F, scoring Tic-Tac-Toe a 5 out of 10, Shooting Gallery a 7 out of 10, Doodle a 4 out of 10, and Quadra-Doodle a 3 out of 10.
Video magazine reviewed the game in 1978, scoring it a 6 out of 10 and describing it as "exciting" but noting that "sometimes it's hard to tell if your plane is flying upside down.
"[4]: 12 The cartridge contains an Easter Egg displaying the programmers name (Michael K Glass),[6] it's not possible to show it from an original cart as it lacks some of the needed functionality.
Video magazine reviewed the game in 1978, scoring it a 9 out of 10 and describing it as "exciting" and "fast-moving" with "energetic sound effects".
Videocart-8: Mind Reader, Nim (also referred to as Magic Numbers) is a trivia/game show video game released in 1977 by Fairchild.
Whereas Magic Numbers was described as tricky but exciting (especially in "timing mode"), Nim was found be the reviewers to be incomprehensible.
Video magazine reviewed the game in 1978, scoring it a 5 out of 10 and criticizing its controls/handling and its low level of difficulty but noting that "the sound effects are fun".
A maze is randomly generated on screen, try and find the way out, compete against a second player and perhaps add a chaser to the mix (cat hunting mice).
The first console baseball game featured an innovative pitching interface that would become a cornerstone for future titles based on the sport.
Twisting the controllers steers the pitch, while pushing forward or pulling back varies its speed.
[7]: 80 The game contains an Easter Egg displaying the programmer's name as an object in the middle of the screen (Reid-Selth).
The game was reviewed in Video magazine's "Arcade Alley" column in 1982 where its graphics were favorably described as "almost on par with [those of the] Intellivision".
Video magazine reviewed the individual games in 1982, praising Galactic Space Wars' inventive horizontal and vertical alignment settings, but noting that the graphics are merely "acceptable" and "can't really compete" when compared against contemporary systems.
Video's review of Lunar Lander was considerably more critical, describing it as "a near-total washout" and pointing to pale images and unwieldy controls as specific problems.
As a whole the cartridge was described as "a good try" confounded by "primitive technology", and readers were advised to wait for Zircon's upcoming Space Invaders-esque game, Galactic Intruders (released in 1981 as Alien Invasion).
