Game basics holding strong as technology advances

Technology in the games world has come a long way but the principles applied by the industry’s pioneers still hold true says Guy Gadney.

We’re running so fast through this all-encompassing digital revolution and sometimes it is healthy to pause and tip our hats to the remarkably small number of people who laid the foundation for where we are headed.

I have a quietly geeky habit of collecting retro game consoles and recently found a rarity that was created by one of these renegade pioneers. The Fairchild Channel F gaming console was the dream of Jerry Lawson.

In a convergence of roles that is still relatively unheard of, Jerry was director of marketing and engineering for manufacturer Fairchild and designed the Channel F, the first console with interchangeable cartridges.