---
title: Hangman
tags:
- hangman
- mind games
years:
- '1978'
params:
  image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channel-f_hangman_box_m.jpg
  specs:
  - label: year of release
    value: '1978'
  - label: companies
    value: Fairchild
  - label: type
    value: game
  - label: media
    value: cartridge
  - label: systems
    value: Fairchild Channel F
  - label: number of players
    value: 1 - 2 players (alternate)
  screenshots:
  - title: starting a 1 player game
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_hangman_s1.png
  - title: hmmm, not easy... Iggy Pop ?
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_hangman_s2.png
  - title: ok, I lost
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_hangman_s3.png
  - title: 2 player game with scores
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_hangman_s4.png
  - title: none of the players found this one
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channelf_hangman_s5.png
  - title: ''
    subtitle: ''
    text: ''
    image: /media/museum/software/fairchild_channel-f_hangman_box.jpg
  machines:
  - /museum/fairchild-channel-f
  company: /companies/fairchild
  oc_id: 322
  source:
    url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230528093701/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=322
    date: '2023-05-28'
---

Classic Hangman videogame, though this one might be the first of its genre on a console along with Hangman for the [Atari VCS 2600](/museum/atari-vcs-2600/), and [Hangman](/software/hangman-tic-tac-toe-doodle/) for the [APF M1000](/museum/apf-imagination-machine/) released the same year (1978). Maybe there was even earlier versions on computer systems, but no proof has been found yet.

This version for the Channel-F offers many options and a has a 160 words built-in vocabulary! Options include: 1 or 2 player games, with or without score and 13 variations (free letter, unknown length, squeeze, etc.). You can of course enter your own words.