Fairchild Videocart-11 Game, "Backgammon, Acey-Deucey," 1977
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Video game
Date Made
1977
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2020.77.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.75 in (Packaging)
Width: 4.25 in (Packaging)
Length: 0.875 in (Packaging)
Inscriptions
on top of cartridge:
CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEOCART-11 / Backgammon / 2-Player / Acey-Deucey / 2-Player / TO PLAY PRESS BUTTON / BACKGAMMON 1 / ACEY-DEUCY 2 / Hand Controller Action / Twist Right-Roll/swap dice, / select Acey-Deucey double. / Push Down-Move stone, offer / "Double," accept "Double." / Pull Up-Refuse "Double." / Push Forward-Move cursor / up. / Push Backward-Move cursor / down. / Push Left-Move cursor left. / Push Right-Move cursor right. / First player "off" the board wins / the game. / Any pair of dice (e.g. 3-3) is / moved twice for each die. / SCORING: 1 unit times the final / value of the doubling cube. / ENCODED PROGRAM (C) FAIRCHILD 1977 / FAIRCHILD
on front of cartridge:
F(TM) VIDEOCART-11 / Backgammon / Acey- Deucey / Made in Singapore / VIDEOCART and CHANNEL F are trademarks of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
on front of packaging:
11 / Backgammon 2-Player / Acey-Deucey 2-Player / CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEOCART-11
on proper left side of packaging:
F(TM) VIDEOCART-11 / VIDEOCART and CHANNEL F are trademarks of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
on back of packaging:
VIDEOCART-11 / This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the / Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun. / This time, play the world's newest and most modern game of / backgammon. The pieces are on the tube, rather than a board. / Like the regular game, but better...You've got nothing to lose! / Backgammon: (2 player) Advance your runners to the comfort station. Send your buddy to the bar. Then get ready for a not-so-dangerous double. Get the point? / Acey-Deucey: (2 player) Ahoy buoys and gulls! Start with all stones unturned in this Navy version of backgammon. Then with a "one" and a "two" you're three moves ahead. / Game play in color only on color televisions. / Ask your dealer to see the other Videocart(TM) cartridges 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-11 / Exclusively for use with / the Fairchild Video / Entertainment System.
on top of packaging:
FAIRCHILD / Backgammon / 2-Player / Acey-Deucey / 2-Player / Contents: / 1 Videocart(TM) Cartridge / 1 Instruction Booklet / VIDEOCART-11 / Manufactured by / Fairchild Consumer Products Division / 4001 Miranda Avenue / Palo Alto, CA 94304 / Made in Singapore / Printed in U.S.A.
on bottom of packaging:
FAIRCHILD / Backgammon / 2-Player / Acey-Deucey / 2-Player / VIDEOCART-11
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