glazball's game collection (6/24/25) [Platform: Fairchild Channel F]

Rating: R0

Date Added: Aug 4, 2016

Summary: Channel F Multi-Cart

Rating: R0

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary:

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Videocart-1 features four different programs:

Tic-Tac-Toe: A computerized version of the popular game. You play the X's, the computer plays the O's; taking turns your goal is to place three X's on the 3x3 grid before the computer can place three O's. In this game you always get to move first.
Shooting Gallery: In this game you control a rifle on the left side of the screen and need to hit a target on the right side of the screen. The goal is to earn as many points as possible by hitting the target with as few misses as possible. You can play with no time limit at an average speed, or increase the challenge by adding a time limit and increasing the game speed. This game can also be played by two players to see who can score the most hits.
Doodle: This is a computerized drawing program. Using the controller you can draw any picture you like on the screen. There are five different line sizes you can draw with and three available colors.
Quadra-Doodle: In this drawing program the computer will draw random patterns for you. Using the controller you have some influence over the image being drawn, such as changing the colors used and the size of the lines being drawn. The program also features the ability to switch back and forth between Quadra-Doodle mode and Doodle mode, allowing you to freely draw on top of the computer generated image or the computer to draw on top of your image.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Videocart-2 features two game programs:

Desert Fox: In this game you control one of two tanks engaged in a battle. The goal is to earn as many points as possible by shooting your opponent. On the game screen there are two barriers (located in the upper left and bottom right corners) and five mines (located in the middle of the screen). The tanks can not shoot through the barriers or mines making them ideal for cover. The tanks can drive through the barriers, but attempting to drive through a mine will cause your tank to explode awarding your opponent a point.
Shooting Gallery: In this game you control a rifle on the left side of the screen and need to hit a target on the right side of the screen. The goal is to earn as many points as possible by hitting the target with as few misses as possible. You can play with no time limit at an average speed, or increase the challenge by adding a time limit and increasing the game speed. This game can also be played by two players to see who can score the most hits.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Videocart-3 features a computerized version of the card game blackjack. The game follows the typical blackjack rules; your goal is to get cards totaling as close to 21 as possible without going over. The computer acts as the dealer, and is required to hit on a 16 or 'soft 17' and to stay on a 'hard 17'. The game features a full 52 card deck, and the computer will automatically shuffle the deck if there are less than 16 cards left; optionally you can request the computer reshuffle the deck at any time. One or two players can play, each player beginning the game with $500. There is a minimum bet of $1 and a maximum bet of $99. In the two player game a player who has gone broke may optionally borrow $100 from the house to re-enter the game.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Videocart-4 features the action game Spitfire. This is an aerial dogfighting game that pits the Red Baron against the Blue Max. The goal is to try to shoot down your opponent to score a point, and the player with the most points wins. Viewed from the side, your bi-planes have the freedom to fly anywhere on the screen; the screen wraps, so if you fly off of one side you will appear again on the other side. You can also hide just off screen to attempt to sneak up on an opponent; be careful, even though you may not be visible you are still vulnerable to attacks! The game can be played by two players against each other, or one player against the computer. When playing against the computer, the computer's skill level will vary throughout the game; the more times you are successful in shooting down the computer, the more its skill level will increase! However the more the computer shoots you down, the more its skill level will decrease.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Videocart-5: Space War is an action game where two players each control spaceships. The goal is to destroy your opponent's ship by depleting its energy supply; success will earn you a point. Each ship is capable of flying anywhere on the screen and is also equipped with lasers for attacking your opponent. At the beginning of the game each spaceship has 90 energy units; when no energy is left that ship will be destroyed. Energy can be depleted in two ways: 2 points are used up every time you fire your lasers, and 5 points are lost if hit by enemy laser fire. Should your energy level drop to 10 points or less, you will be unable to fire your lasers; this prevents you from accidentally obliterating your own spaceship! Energy units can be replenished by flying through one of the two starbases located at opposite ends of the screen.

Rating: R5

Date Added: Nov 6, 2015

Summary: Get one problem right and a new one appears. Take turns with a buddy for added competition. Plus or minus some fast-paced fun! Math Quiz - Addition: Count on your television instead of your fingers. Right answer scores. You get two chances before the screen shows you how. Arithmetic was never like this! Math Quiz - Subtraction: Your number's up! Brush up on the basics, teach the kids to balance their allowance, or just have fun. It won't take away from the thrill of the game!

Rating: R5

Date Added: Dec 4, 2015

Summary: Get one problem right and a new one appears. Take turns with a buddy to double the competition... And quadruple the fun! Math Quiz - Multiplication: Teach the kids to multiply while you practice your time tables. Do it in your head or sneak a look at your calculator. Any way you figure it, the product is fun! Math Quiz - Division: Think you're equal to our problem? If you've got our number, you score. If not, you get another try before the screen works it out for you. Makes long division half the work and twice the fun!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Videocart-8 contains two traditional number games: Mind Reader and Nim.Mind Reader is a numerical version of the popular combination guessing game most commonly known as Master Mind. The console chooses a random number with 2 to 5 digits, according to player selection. The player is given 20 chances to guess the number the console has chosen. After every guess, the display shows how many numbers were correctly placed, and how many numbers are correct but in the wrong spot. Every wrong guess increases the computer's score by one, and finding the code increases the player's score by the number of remaining guesses. The goal is to reach 100 points before the computer does. An alternative game mode gives the player a time limit instead of a limited number of trials.

Nim is a single-player adaptation of a traditional 2-player number game. According to the game options, there are 3, 6, or 9 piles on screen, each with 1 to 15 elements, as designated by the numbers on screen. The player and the console now take turns at removing arbitrary numbers of elements from the piles. They have to remove at least 1 element, and they can only remove elements from one pile in any turn. The side that gets to remove the last element from the playing field, wins the round. Winning a round is rewarded with a predefined number of points, and the goal is to be the first to reach 100 points. The game can also be played with a time limit, which increases the points awarded per round.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: This drag racing simulator makes use of the Channel F's special controllers. While twisting the joystick's head to the left or right controls the engine throttle, the stick movement itself is used to shift gears in a realistic H-pattern.

Depending on the chosen skill level, the car available is a family sedan, a modified sedan, a funny car, or a real dragster, although they all look the same on screen. One player can try to beat the predefined par time of 7.7 seconds, or compete against a friend to see who reaches the finish line first. The game manual mentions that a player only wins the game when he brings his victory counter to 99.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: The original game of backgammon for the first 2nd-generation console of 1977. Players take turn rolling dice and then moving their pieces around the game board. Blue & Red each have to move all their pieces off the board to win, and are competing against each other and against lady luck herself.

Acey-Deucey is another way to play Backgammon where the starting position is different. Instead of starting the game with numerous pieces arranged at places around the board, you start with all your pieces at the starting line. It makes for a longer game, although just as strategic and challenging.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Batter up! Or, uhm... Stick-Men Up!?! The game of baseball for your very own Fairchild Channel-F home videogame system. Two players go head-to-head to see who is the King of the Diamond.

One player takes to the field, the other grabs a bat and steps up to the plate. The pitcher can throw fast, slow, and some wicked curves even at the last moment. Luckily the single-button swing action makes hitting the ball fairly easy, even if getting a single is harder than hitting a double or home-run.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: This cart contains two different games.

The first game is Robot War. It takes place on a space station. The computer malfunctioned and now four robots are out to hunt down the player. Gameplay mainly has the player trying to trick the pursuing robots into one of the four electrified force fields littered throughout the playfield. Every time the player is touched by a robot, one of the force fields disappear. Once all the force fields disappear, the player loses a point to the robots. If all the robots are defeated, the player gets a point for that round. The game also features an option for two players, where the second player takes control of the robots. The game features four game speeds from slowest to fastest

The other game is Torpedo Alley. Players control a shore battery at the bottom of the screen and shoot at an invading fleet of ships above them. Each hit ship is worth a different amount of points, with the lowest ship being worth 1 point, the middle ship worth 3 points, and the highest ship worth 5 points. The game ends when a player reaches 99 points or the adjustable time limit expires.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Nov 6, 2015

Summary: This battle on the high seas is sure to score a direct hit with exciting 1 and 2 player games! Sonar's got a fix... Computer's enemy Destroyer dead ahead. Fire one. Fire two. Got him! One down, four to blow up! In the 2-player game, uncover the locations of your opponent's 5-ship fleet, before he finds yours. Pay attention to the sonar's "ping", then close in for the kill!

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: The gameplay featured on this cart is a take on the game of Dodgeball. The player is trapped inside a playfield and has to dodge a ball that continuously keeps bouncing of the sides of the playfield. The longer the player is able to dodge the ball, the more points are earned. After a certain amount of points are earned, another ball enters the playfield thus making the player have to dodge two balls. More balls keep getting added at fixed intervals after that until a total of 9 balls enter the playfield. The game ends when the player is finally hit by the ball.

In the 2 player game, both players are put into the same playfield and try to outlast the other player in not trying to get hit by the balls being thrown by the computer.

The game features random variations in the gameplay, such as having different sized playfields, ball sizes and speeds, and changing the players size and speed.

The game features four different modes which are either a 1 or 2 player Amateur mode or a 1 or 2 player Pro mode.

Rating: R4

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: Although the title of the game may lead players to believe it's a pinball game, in actuality it is a game more heavily inspired by Breakout. The basic gameplay features the player bouncing a ball off of a paddle into a wall of bricks, chipping them off one brick at a time. Each brick destroyed earns the player points with the low green bricks being worth 1 point each, the middle blue bricks being worth 4 points each, and the red bricks on top being worth 7 points each. Once the ball bounces off the wall of bricks, its up to the player to maneuver the paddle under the falling ball in order to hit it back up into the wall of bricks. The player loses a life if they happen to miss a ball with their paddle and the ball falls into the abyss. The game ends when the player loses 7 balls. To keep up with the pinball motif, the wall of bricks are referred to as different colored skill lanes, the walls on the side that the ball can bounce off of are labeled side rails, and the paddle is referred to as a flipper.

The game offers 132 game variations of this basic gameplay idea.
Games modes include Pinball Wiz, Crossover, Blok-Shot, Cooperation, Pro Challenge, and Double Blok with each having variations which can include different sized paddles, ball speeds, invisible bricks, and even a variation where the paddle shrinks each time the ball is hit.

Rating: R6

Date Added: Mar 7, 2013

Summary: The object of the game is to knock down as many pins in 10 frames of bowling, The game gives the player an overhead view of a bowling lane. The player's bowling ball starts out moving back and forth across the front of the lane. This has the player trying to get the lane position they want the ball to start traveling down. Once the ball starts rolling down the lane, the player can curve the ball left or right. Once the curve has started, it can't be changed further.

The game contains 18 game variations. They involve choosing the combination of number of players (1 or 2 players), playing either a regular or split game, and then choosing the speed of play (slow,normal,fast, and fastest).

The regular game, just like it sounds like, is a regular game of bowling featuring the usual rules of play.

The split game has each frame starting with some combination of less than 10 pins. The player has 2 balls to knock down the remaining pins in each frame.

Rating: R6

Date Added: Nov 1, 2015

Summary: This is a 2-player game where the offense has 8 different plays to choose from, and the defense also has a choice of 8 plays. Your quarterback can run the ball or pass to one of his receivers that are out on their patterns. But watch out for that blitzing linebacker or that defensive back that could intercept the pass. Your teams will huddle, break and line up to get their play off in 30-seconds. You can score by a field goal as well as a touchdown. And if you can defensively push your opponent into their own goal, you are awarded a safety. So, after the fight song ends, let's get out there and play ball!

Rating: R8

Date Added: Nov 6, 2015

Summary: Videocart 26: Alien Invasion is an Action game, developed by Fairchild and published by Zircon, which was released in 1981.