It included the system, controller, an X-Men game disc, and 6 X-Men cards. The cube box version was the version sold in stores. The system was sold in two varieties, a cube, and a 2-player value pack. Games retailed for $19.99 and the console itself for $69.99 at launch, but at the end of its very short lifespan, prices of the system were down to $9.99, the games $1.99, and booster packs $0.99. It used radio frequency identification (RFID) along with traditional video game technology. Released in late 2006 by Mattel, the HyperScan was the company's first video game console since the Intellivision. By the time Fairchild sold the console technology to Zircon International in 1979, only 350,000 Channel F units had been sold in its lifetime. Fairchild's attempts to make more action-oriented games in 1978 failed to draw consumers to the system, and the console was completely overshadowed. By the end of 1977, the Atari 2600 sold about 400,000 total units compared to the 250,000 units of the Channel F. Whereas the Channel F's games were generally based on intellectual and educational concepts, Atari had crafted games that were conversions of their action-based arcade video game hits, and were more popular, making the Atari 2600 the more popular system.

It had respectable sales within its first year on the market, but soon faced competition from the Atari 2600, another cartridge-based system that was released in September 1977. The Fairchild Channel F was a second generation console released in 1976, and the first home console unit to use interchangeable video game cartridges.

The CPC+ range fared little better, as 8-bit computers had been all but superseded by similarly priced 16-bit machines such as the Amiga, though software hacks now make the advanced console graphics and sound accessible to users. Fewer than thirty games were released on cartridge, and the GX4000's failure ended Amstrad's involvement in the video game industry. Many of the games are direct ports of existing CPC games (available more cheaply on tape or disc) with few if any graphical improvements. However, only a few months later the Mega Drive, a much-anticipated 16-bit console, was released in Europe, and the GX4000's aging 8-bit technology proved uncompetitive. This comprised the Amstrad CPC+ computers, including the same features as the existing CPCs, and the dedicated GX4000 console. In 1990, Amstrad attempted to enter the console video game market with hardware based on its successful Amstrad CPC range but also capable of playing cartridge-based games with improved graphics and sound. Main articles: Amstrad GX4000 and Amstrad CPC § The plus range Video game hardware failures 3DO Interactive Multiplayer

2.22 Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal.1.2 Amstrad GX4000 and Amstrad CPC+ range.

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