Fairchild Videocart-12 Game, "Baseball," 1977
THF185356 / Fairchild Videocart-12 Game, "Baseball," 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
2020.77.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.75 in (Packaging)
Width: 4.125 in (Packaging)
Length: 0.875 in (Packaging)
Inscriptions
on top of cartridge:
CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEOCART-12 / Baseball / TO PLAY PRESS RESET. / Both players must push down / on hand controller at begin- / ning of each inning. / Hand Controller Action / AT BAT: Push down-swings at / ball. / IN FIELD: Push down-pitches / ball. / Push forward-slows pitched / ball down. / Twist right-puts right curve / on ball. / Twist left-puts left curve on / ball. / Push right-moves outfield / right. / Push left-moves outfield left. / SCORING: 1 run for each man / crossing home base. 3 strikes / = 1 out. 4 balls or batter hit by / pitcher, batter takes first base. / 3 outs, next team is up. / 9-inning game unless tie at / bottom of 9th inning. / ENCODED PROGRAM (C) FAIRCHILD 1977 / FAIRCHILD
on front of cartridge:
F(TM) VIDEOCART-12 / Baseball / Made in Singapore / VIDEOCART and CHANNEL F are trademarks of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
on front of packaging:
12 / Baseball / 2-Player / CHANNEL F / FAIRCHILD VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM / VIDEOCART-12
on proper left side of packaging:
F(TM) VIDEOCART-12 / VIDEOCART and CHANNEL F are trademarks of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
on back of packaging:
VIDEOCART-12 / This preprogrammed cartridge plugs into the console of the / Fairchild Video Entertainment System for more TV fun. / Our Baseball / game gives you nine (or more) innings to practice your timing, / mix-up your pitches, shift your outfield...major league thrills with / the comforts of home. (Tinkers to Evers never had such a Chance!) / Baseball: (2 players) It's Dizzy Dean, master of the fast ball. Versus you. Common sandlot slugger. He winds up, throws...and WHACK! Straight over the center field fence. He should've tried a spit ball. / 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-12 / Exclusively for use with / the Fairchild Video / Entertainment System.
on top of packaging:
FAIRCHILD / Baseball / 2 Players / Contents: / 1 Videocart(TM) Cartridge / 1 Instruction Booklet / VIDEOCART-12 / 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 / Baseball / 2-Players / VIDEOCART-12
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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.