The Vectrex Home Computer You Never Had - The Vectrex console from the early 1980s holds a special place in retrocomputing l... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/25/the-vectrex-home-computer-you-never-had/ #retrocomputing #homecomputer #vapourware #vectrex
Holy crap. There was almost an expansion for the #Vectrex to convert it into a full PC?!
You know, it'd be a hell of a project to expand one of the existing Vectrex emulators to support these stats.
If the supposed titles could be unearthed, it could be faithful.
If not, even just coming up with a bespoke implementation with these stated stats would be fun as hell.
They call it VecShelf, I call it Shelftrex. That's a thing, seemingly. It's basically a small piece of wood you put onto your Vectrex to but other stuff on top. Well, lightweight things, of course, not a Trinitron CRT or anything like that. Stumbled over it on the electronic bay and the description made me smile. Let me paraphrase: This is pretty unnecessary. You don't need this. Your life will not get better when you buy this. Well, somehow I disagree ... but nah, I won't buy it. And you should not as well. But take a look anyways:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/156765588736?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=707-127634-2357-0&ssspo=OThW5Vd8Ryi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Gs0SwewARi6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
A flashback to when I finally scored a #Vectrex for a great price at Too Many Games
Preparing a talk on #programming an #AnalogComputer - using the wonderful #THAT from anabrid and my #Vectrex that has been modified to provide an additional #oscilloscope mode.
Also the cover is really a screenshot of Berzerk on the Vectrex. You know the Vectrex right? the coolest console ever.
I want a home programmable vector display. Do they exist?
The text at the bottom I added, of course. I used a Commodore PET font, which isn't really consistent, but I think I made it look pretty decent.
Hello Vectex my old friend
I’ve come to play with you again
Because a beam was softly creeping
Left its glow while it was sweeping
And the vision that was planted on the plane
Still remains
With the phosphor burn-in
There is a #Motorola/#Hitachi 6803 upgrade for the #Vectrex:
https://itwww.hs-pforzheim.de/daten/mitarbeiter/johannsen/vectrex_lab/projects/mc_6309/mc_6309.htm
Happy Vectrex New Year from RE:Enthused #RetroGaming #happynewyear2024 / #happynewyear2025
https://makertube.net/videos/watch/d4b3720e-d181-44d6-988d-881fbc2c8c1d
Have you seen this pinball game on the Vectrex? #retro #retrogames #vectrex
https://youtube.com/shorts/b8TMhVq21sI?feature=share
These are my new ringtones/notification tones
https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/vectrex-bios-vectrex
https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/mine-storm-vectrex
Very interesting documentary about #Vectrex.
Eure TopScore-Punkte im Spiel "Clean Sweep" (#Vectrex) sind nun in unsere Wall Of Fame eingeflossen, Glückwunsch an alle!
https://arcade-bar.de/walloffame.html
#letsgoretronom #retronomarcade #bestegäste #dortmund
#NRW #startups #cheers
#RETROGAMING #retrogames #Retro #arcade #bar #arcadebar #Nerds #gaming
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AY3-8910 tries to do SID voice. Syncing the internal modulator to the bass note periods for pretend pwm. Not bad at all for the humble AY without resorting to the intense cpu control of the volume registers, as might be found in much demoscene stuff.
Vectrex-Mania, der #vectrex bekommt eine neue Verstärkereinheit. Für Manche gehört das Brummen zum echten Retro-Feel - für mich nicht :-). #Retrorepair #spielekonsole #vintagecomputing