Talk:Fairchild Channel F
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Isn't that second blue picture a bit big? I think most in-text pictures are 250 pixels across. Why not this one?
Is that part about cost in the first paragraph referring to the retail price? If so, it should be changed. Using 'cost' gives the sentence a very different meaning.
[edit] About TV Pow
The poster of this blog (http://toysaregoodfood.com/content/archives/000138.html) claims he worked at a local TV station (WEYI-TV 25) and he was told that in their version of the show at least there was just someone pressing the fire button every time the kid said "pow". Perhaps larger TV stations might have gone into the trouble of making an actual system to support voice recognition (sound activation rather) but it seems unlikely to me.
- This is the first time I've encountered the "sound activation" theory, and it sounds rather dubious to me. --Action Jackson IV 01:20, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mid importance
First programmable cartridge console? Does this count, or should I kick it down to low? Hbdragon88 06:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
- It's certainly not a "marquee" system (i.e., the 2600, the NES, the Genesis and SNES), but I think it's equally as important as the Odyssey^2, the MicroVision, and the Virtua Boy - and certainly more important than the game.com :-D It has a substantial section in The Next Quarter, which was a comprehensive 25 year retrospective of videogames. As such, it's a pretty important landmark in the history of video game consoles, even if the years haven't exactly been kind to it. Forgive me for not digging up an ISBN on that, it should be easy to find on Amazon.com, if you're so inclined. --Action Jackson IV 01:25, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
