Vectrex video arcade console
StatFreak:
Did anyone else here play Vectrex? (1982-1984)
N8LHG:
Yeah,
I still have mine. I have the built in asteroids and the startrek game.
Mark
StatFreak:
Quote from: N8LHG on January 22, 2009, 10:23:58 PM
Yeah,
I still have mine. I have the built in asteroids and the startrek game.
Mark
:92- :wa YEAH baby!! At least there are now two of us. :97- :97- :97-
This is a side of my collecting that I haven't brought to the board. I tried once before and got no response! I have two Vectrex units, three four controllers, and every item commercially released in the U.S. from GCE -- with the exception of the elusive MineStormII -- including the light pen AND the 3-D imager. :71-
I bought the VecRAM and VecFlash units a few years back from the maker over the internet and have an assortment of homebrew game files that can be loaded with these cartridges.
For those that aren't aware, the Vectrex was sold by Milton Bradley and made by GCE (General Consumer Electronics). It first hit the market for Christmas in 1992. GCE went bankrupt in early 1984. Milton Bradley merged with Hasbro that same year and the Vectrex was discontinued. The original designers, Western Technologies/Smith Engineering, decided to release the code and the rights to reproduce the overlays and manuals to the general public for non-commercial use in the early 1990's. There are now many new games for the unit designed by the user community.
In addition there are PC emulators to play the games for those who don't own the original hardware.
Here are a couple of links
http://gamingmuseum.classicgaming.gamespy.com/vectrex.html
http://www.classicgamecreations.com
http://vectrex.classicgaming.gamespy.com
http://www.vectrex.biz/
StatFreak:
Some Pictures.
Back in the mid '80s I was in a Rock band. We played only original music - no cover tunes. Anyway, after a concert we would often party at my house, and the drummer and I would stay up all night playing Vectrex. I have a lot of good memories playing this with friends. It was way ahead of it's time back in the day.
The original box suffered water damage from a dripping leak while in storage at one point. Fortunately, the machine inside was still in its plastic wrap and suffered no ill effects.
StatFreak:
Pt 2.
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