General / Off-Topic Vectrex

[Sir.Tj]

Growing up and becoming a teenager back in the 80's I remember walking into a local game shop to buy a spectrum game and seeing a display for the MB Vectrex....

I was in love.

After all these years I'd still love to own on and keep an eye on Ebay etc to try to get one at a reasonable price, one day I hope to get my grubby paws on my very own piece of gaming history.

For those young whippersnappers who may not have heard of the mighty Vectrex.

 

[Geraldine]

Them were the days TJ

 

[starman]

In the meantime ..

ParaJVE is a emulator that emulates Vectrex games! So if you cant afford an original there's still a way to play Vectrex games!
The ParaJVE is one of the best emulators out there.
Now I'l just post the info found on the ParaJVE page.

https://vectrexworld.weebly.com/emulation.html

 

[Patrick_68000]

Growing up and becoming a teenager back in the 80's I remember walking into a local game shop to buy a spectrum game and seeing a display for the MB Vectrex....

I was in love.

After all these years I'd still love to own on and keep an eye on Ebay etc to try to get one at a reasonable price, one day I hope to get my grubby paws on my very own piece of gaming history.

For those young whippersnappers who may not have heard of the mighty Vectrex.

http://www.geekvintage.com/images/gce-vectrex-console.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...ctrex_machines.jpg/800px-Vectrex_machines.jpg

Interesting. I do not remember these machines

It is true that I did not play the arcade games at the time

 

[Sir.Tj]

Well after 30 odd years, and a very nervous wait to see if the Couriers played footbal with it in transit.

Time to start collecting the bits and pieces associated with it.

1st on the list is a Minestorm Overlay.

If anyone has any places to try or bits etc....

Very happy atm.

 

[Rob At Work]

Was this before or after the wheel?

 

[Sir.Tj]

Was this before or after the wheel?

No wheels so I'm calling before.

 

[mrbadexample]

had one of these and a few games, minestorm, scramble, armour attack, tempest and a few more. it was the mutts!

 

[Sir.Tj]

Had a little bit of a play last night, amazing to think it's a 30+ year old machine.

Will consider bringing it to the next ED event see if we can raise a bit of money for one of the charities being supported.

 

[GraXXoR]

My mate had a Vectrex. To this day he regrets selling it.

I’ve seen scans of the overlays, you can print them out with an inkjet (yikes, I nearly said bubblejet) OHP transparency gels.

OHPs are something else millenials might not know.
Stands for Orthoganal Holographic Projection.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

I've still got a Vectrex, but I honestly can't remember the last time I switched it on.

 

[Sir.Tj]

I've still got a Vectrex, but I honestly can't remember the last time I switched it on.

Now you tell me.....

Bought a multicart for it so have all the original games and some homebrew to play with.

My mate had a Vectrex. To this day he regrets selling it.

I’ve seen scans of the overlays, you can print them out with an inkjet (yikes, I nearly said bubblejet) OHP transparency gels.

OHPs are something else millenials might not know.
Stands for Orthoganal Holographic Projection.

Still searching for an original minestorm overlay atm.

Great little system @GAUK you need to fire it up and have a play.