Game media While the first game consoles were dedicated game systems, with the games programmed into the console's hardware, the Fairchild Channel F introduced the ability to store games in a form separate from the console's internal circuitry, thus allowing the consumer to purchase new games to play on the system. Since the Channel F, nearly all game consoles have featured the ability to purchase and swap games through some form, through those forms have changes with improvements in technology.
Game media While the first game consoles were dedicated game systems with the games programmed into the console's hardware the Fairchild Channel F introduced the ability to store games in a form separate from the console's internal circuitry thus allowing the consumer to purchase new games to play on the system Since the Channel F nearly all game consoles have featured the ability to purchase and swap games through some form through those forms have changes with improvements in technology