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| | Vectrex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Vectrex Game Database great source of games and screenshots | | | The Vectrex is unique in that it utilized vector graphics drawn on a monitor that was integrated in the console; no other console before or after the Vectrex had a comparable configuration, and no other non-portable game console had a monitor of its own (integrated). | | | Entitled "MineStorm II", it was the fixed version of the Vectrex's built in game. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex
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| | ClassicGaming.com - The Museum: Vectrex |
| | Vectrex games are available in The Vault's Vectrex Roms section. | | | Foremost among these Vectrex programmers is John Dondzila, whose first ever contribution to classic console gaming was the 1996 Vectrex game Vector Vaders. | | | The Vectrex wasn't just your average game console, however, and even to this day there has never been a videogame system quite like it. |
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http://www.classicgaming.com/museum/vectrex
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| | Doubledecker Vectrex reviews! Mmm, mmm, good! |
| | The Vectrex needed a good twitch game, something to keep players on their toes. | | | The graphics may have taken a hit in the Vectrex port of Namco's vibrantly colorful racing game, but the gameplay is miles ahead. | | | Proving that Vectrex games are not strictly limited to rotating-and-thrusting triangular spaceship scenarios, Spike is basically Donkey Kong with voices. |
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http://grblitz.overclocked.org/vectrex.htm
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| | VECTREX - pearl among the game consoles |
| | The Vectrex owed its name to the vector technique that was used in the arcades (for instance in Asteroids and Space War), but until then not yet in game consoles. | | | Among the game consoles the appearance of the Vectrex was unique: an elongated monitor that was hidden about three inches deep in an arcade-like, black case. | | | An important pro GCE and MB stressed in their commercials was that the Vectrex had its own monitor, so that unlike when using other game consoles, the television didn't need to be annexed. |
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http://computermuseum.50megs.com/brands/vectrex.htm
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| | Ed Halley's Vectrex Page |
| | Not only can you find many cartridge games for the Vectrex, but you can buy a "multicart" which has most of the games all compiled into one box. | | | If you have a Pentium at about 133MHz or faster, you can play all the Vectrex games at about their original speed. | | | It has a cartridge slot on the side for any number of custom, proprietary game programs to be loaded and played, and it has two little joystick connectors on the front of the unit near the power switch. |
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http://www.halley.cc/ed/vectrex.html
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| | A Vectrex Case goes for over $162 |
| | Of course if the games include the original overlays (for those not familiar, the Vectrex games used overlays for each game that went over the screen and added playfield graphics or game directions - just like many arcade games of the time did), they're worth more as well. | | | On ebay you probably get in the $30-$40 range, more if there's games included such as a loose Vectrex with 2 games that recently went for around $50. | | | It's not uncommon for Vectrex peripherals/etc. to go for far more than the console itself. |
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http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk/2003-May/021999.html
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| | OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum |
| | There were two controller slots made available to be plugged in to on the Vectrex unit itself, allowing for realtime two player games. | | | Work is immediately started on other games such as the Vectrex original Cosmic Chasm. | | | A number of the game roms have also been released to the public including many of the formally unreleased games. |
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http://www.old-computers.com/museum/doc.asp?c=1018&st=2
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| | Techtite's Video Game Nostalgia (Vectrex) |
| | However, this limitation in video game color was reduced via thin (though durable) sheets of colored, clear plastic, which you would place on the slots in front of the monitor, "coloring" the screen appropriately for that game. | | | "Vectrex Games were cool if you loved vector graphics games (lets just say, Vectrex games were COOL)...Of the so-bad-it-was-great variety was a B-movie type interactive cartoon, Spike, which included digitized voices for the characters ("Eek... | | | The only exception was the Vectrex; a game unit about the size of a classic Macintosh, with its own built-in vector monitor. |
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http://www.techtite.com/Features/Vectrex.html
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| | CVG Nexus: Home Systems: Vectrex |
| | Vectrex (members.aol.com) - Emulator information and the new game, Vectrex Frogger. | | | John Dondzila's new Vectrex games and technical information. | | | My Vectrex Page - Ronen Habot is creating new Vectrex games. |
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http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg/nexus/nexus.cgi?Topic=HVectrex
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| | Retrogaming Roundtable :: View topic - Top 20 Vectrex Games |
| | Minestorm is hands down the best Vectrex game, and possibly the very best game of the golden age. | | | General rule with these lists: if you think a top twenty game is missing, then let us know what game to drop in place of it. | | | For the FULL list of Vectrex games, check HERE. |
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http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=62312
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| | [www.vectrex.nl] Vectrex, retro, arcade, emulation, Vector, games |
| | The Vectrex and the games look like they have never been played with. | | | The next issue of the Video Game Magazin from Austria, CONSOL.AT, covers the Vectrex in their Retro section (pdf to download). | | | Check the overlay section and see if you can spot the difference (number 2 by Inger). |
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http://www.vectrex.nl
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| | Vectrex Consoles And Consoles |
| | The Vectrex multi-cart is the answer to all your Vectrex gaming needs! | | | If you've been lucky enough to find a Vectrex console, you probably know how difficult it is to find it's games or how expensive individual cartridges are. | | | Most of the recently programmed games are on it as well, including those written by John Dondzilla and others for a whopping total of 60 titles! |
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http://www.retro-trader.com/vectrexconsole.htm
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| | How to create a Vectrex overlay |
| | Keep in mind that many Vectrexes are adjusted slightly differently, so the spot that you think the high score will be may be a bit different from where the score is on a different Vectrex. | | | Any area of the overlay that you want the game player to see as an image instead of a color filter for the display must have white painted on the back side of the overlay. | | | The most important is that a printed transperancy has no thickness, and will not stand up on the vectrex very well. |
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http://www.upl.cs.wisc.edu/~de-smet/overlay.html
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| | Emuversal Bulletin Board: Vectrex Emulation Issues / Overlays & Tips / Tricks |
| | The important point is regardless of where MESS is installed, you must place the zipped game roms (Individually zipped *.bin files) into the subfolders of software\vectrex. | | | -Place all individual zipped Vectrex game ROM (*.bin) files to the C:\MESS\software\vectrex folder (Or once again, into the whatever drive and folder you have MESS installed. | | | Here are the settings that work for me (If I don't mention a tab or setting it is because the setting shouldn't affect Vectrex from displaying properly or it simply doesn't matter) - |
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http://www.bannister.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=7;t=002443;p=0
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| | WARNING - The voltages generated on the CRT drive board are Very HIGH and Very dangerous, dont mess with the Vectrex hardware unless you know what you are doing. | | | My guess it is used to generate an interrupt to the CPU. | | | I also make no guarantees that any of the information contained herein is is correct. |
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http://www.vectrex.com/Mirrors/FTP_Mirror/internals.txt
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| | New Vectrex collector here - AtariAge Forums |
| | Since it was such a limited run and the normal vectrex collector holds on to just about everything unique I don't know if you'll see many more. | | | The hum is a little irritating but you don't notice it when you're playing - at least, it's not bothersome enough to me to bother with the shielding hack. | | | (Great conversinos of old Cinematronics arcade titles, too) Collecting for the machine can be a little pricey sometimes (the Vectrex has a high collector's value, as do the games, especially if they come complete with overlays and manuals) but ultimately it can be worthwhile. |
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http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34604
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| | Browse Games: Milton Bradley GCE Vectrex |
| | Sort The Milton Bradley - GCE Vectrex Games | | | Add A Game for the GCE Vectrex |
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http://www.stageselect.com/games/browsegamelist.asp?SystemID=53&btnsubmit=Go
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| | One Switch - Do It Yourself Switch Accessible Vectrex Controller |
| | Amazingly, new games are still being created, and are readily available by mail-order. | | | These can be found on eBay, boot sales, and game shops. | | | Classic Game Creations - More new games for the Vectrex. |
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http://www.oneswitch.org.uk/4/DIY/vectrex.htm
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| | PlayVectrex.com |
| | Half the battle in coming out with new games and hardware for the Vectrex takes place in the mind. | | | If your going to do some programming for the Vectrex, it is definitely a good idea to download the MC6809 Programming Manual. | | | Do you have a great idea for a Vectrex game, peripheral, PC software, or anything dealing with the greatest video game console ever? |
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http://www.playvectrex.com/designit_f.htm
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| | Vectrex stores that sell games, systems, controllers and more for Vectrex page 1 |
| | The first (and only) home vector-based console system, it came with its own monochrome screen on which color "overlays" were placed when playing different games. | | | Description: Extremely oldschool and unfriendly (from a usability perspective) website, but they have tons of classic games available, as well as other classic gaming stuff like replacement parts, magazines, catalogs and more. | | | Sell Games/Systems For: Arcadia 2001, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, Bally Astrocade, Colecovision, Fairchild Channel F, Intellivision, Odyssey, RCA Studio II, Vectrex |
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http://www.vgstores.com/sys/vectrex.php
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| | Cartridge Parts |
| | If you write a game for the Vectrex, it CAN be published! | | | If you don't want the hassle of making and selling the carts yourself, just give me permission to sell your game. | | | Original Vectrex PCBs must have 2 small holes drilled to mount on the cases stand-offs. |
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http://mywebpages.comcast.net/vectrex/vectrex_carts_002.htm
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| | ZVG - Overview |
| | 1) Using the Vectrex is simply a matter of removing some internal jumpers and connecting our cable in their place. | | | The high score slopes to the right, the characters look somewhat like a font from a Tim Burton movie, and not all endpoints properly line up. | | | But all in all the games look very nice and the Vectrex makes for a great "Portable Vector Mul |
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http://www.zektor.com/zvg/zvg_vpics.htm
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| | IGN Boards - Vectrex...anyone remember this classic...? |
| | There are also new Vectrex games being released all the time from quite a few very talented programmers. | | | Channel F 2600 5200 7800 LynxII Jaguar Intellivision Colecovision Vectrex Game Gear Game.Com Virtualboy TG-16 JVC X'Eye/32X PSX DC. | | | Vecmania by John Dondzilla has several games on one 64K cart. |
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http://boards.ign.com/Message.aspx?topic=3732331
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| | Vectrex Game Database |
| | It uses a board that is plugged in via an 18 inch cable to the cartridge slot, with a little stub board to actually go into the slot. | | | The coin slot seems to be a simple optical interrupter, with no concerns for slugs, "soap on a rope", or whatever. | | | The board contains all the RAM and ROM and switches, and is in itself a universal Vectrex EPROM board. |
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http://vgdb.vectrex.com/vgdb/stresstester.html
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| | MAKE: Blog: Retro gaming - The Vectrex (video) |
| | Retro gaming - The Vectrex (video) This week is E3, so in the spirit of gaming, we're going to do a bit of gaming coverage, of things not at E3, MAKE style, like this video from our very own Brian Jepson showing off the Vectrex,... | | | Spike's Big Vectrex page (emulation and games) - Link. | | | For more retro games and hack check out Retro gaming hacks too. |
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http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/05/retro_gaming_the_vectrex_video.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890
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| | Vectrex - SpinBall |
| | You will see the Vectrex title for a few seconds, then the name of the game. | | | You'll need your sharpest reflexes to keep the ball in play and rack up bonus points. | | | Adjust the volume control to the desired listening level. |
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http://www.ozyr.com/vectrex/vspinbal.html
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| | Vectrex numbers? - AtariAge Forums |
| | Of course I used to open the box and shove an Atari 2600 game in there as well. | | | No one knows because they were made in both Hong Kong and Taiwan. | | | From: not far from a video game console |
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http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59575
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| | Ozyr's Vectrex Instruction Archive |
| | Both of these saw limited release and only had a handful of game made specifically for them. | | | However, it did have it's own unique personality, and has developed a cult status among video game players. | | | Welcome to the unofficial Vectrex Video Game Instruction Site. |
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http://www.ozyr.com/vectrex/v.html
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| | Vectrex |
| | Chuckle :) I asked if he had any other video games and he said yeah some old black and white thing with it's own TV. | | | If you want to get yourself a multi-cart go see | | | And picked up 5 games for 5 bucks each. |
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http://www.vulcanjedi.com/vectrex.htm
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| | Vectrex Dark Tower |
| | The Dark Tower Vectrex game (circa 1983) was based on the electronic board game of the same name, but never commercially released. | | | There are Vectrex software emulators, so you can actually play this game on your PC if you download and set up the appropriate pieces. | | | Vectrex was an old home-gaming system based on vector graphics (like those found in the Asteroids-style games). |
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http://well-of-souls.com/tower/vectrex.htm
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| | Vectrex |
| | The Vectrex is considered by many to the be the holy grail of portable gaming. | | | They all owe a nod to the Vectrex. | | | Vectrex brought to the table back when it was released, so it failed. |
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http://playerschoicevideogames.com/cat_the.cfm
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| | Atari Scans Vectrex in Android and other stuff! |
| | Anyway, this movie stars a Vectrex showing the game Star Trek and displaying some custom programming by Mark Indictor. | | | The red part must have been done in post-processing... | | | Some of the custom programming done by Mark, in this case the Vectrex acts as some sort of radar display. |
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http://www.cyberroach.com/videomisc/videomisc.htm
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| | Vectrex -- Spike's Big Messageboard/Guestbook |
| | > i have a vectrex in great shape with 7 games, all | | | > > > >> i have a vectrex in great shape with 7 games, all >> boxed with overlays [i have the minestorm overlay >too] >> and i will sell it for $200.00 USD. | | | >> if you want it post a message to me on this board >> with your phone no. with subject as >> vectrex. |
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http://www.voy.com/755/164.html
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| | Emix8.org Ville Krumlinde |
| | Tuesday, September 6, 2005, 04:23 PM The source code for my game Vectrex Thrust is now available here: Vectrex Thrust Source. | | | If this engine ever is finished I will team up with some graphics people to make a proper game. | | | Tuesday, October 4, 2005, 02:34 PM Manu Pärssinen has made a great looking overlay for Vectrex Thrust. |
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http://www.emix8.org
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| | Dos Vectrex Emulator US Mirror |
| | OVERLAYS - Each game cart can now have its own custom screen configuration and overlay file (.VOL). | | | Much of what I wanted to do for the release is still unfinished, even | | | Overlays allow emulation of the colored plastic bits on the original Vectrex. |
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http://www.arcadeathome.com/dve
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| | Good Deal Games - Crossword Puzzle: GCE Vectrex |
| | Good Deal Games - Crossword Puzzle: GCE Vectrex | | | 2: This arcade game was released exclusively on the Vectrex | | | 32: The Vectrex was first displayed during this Chicago convention |
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http://www.gooddealgames.com/crossword/cross_vectrex.html
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| | Some photos from SXSW 2001, (kottke.org) |
| | Vectrex (left) was an early gaming system, but the wide variety of keyboards on the various personal computers was what caught my eye. | | | I was surprised to find a display of antique computers at the trade show. | | | The middle photo depicts an Atari keyboard while the one on the right is a shot of a Sinclair keyboard (although I am not entirely sure on that). |
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http://www.kottke.org/01/03/some-photos-from-sxsw-2001
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| | VECTREX.ORG.UK |
| | It's a new year, and still no more Vectrex games from me. Sorry. | | | Unfortunately due to the Vectrex's limits it probably won't have as many robots as the original. | | | Just a few things that I've got here. |
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http://www.vectrex.org.uk
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| | Color Vectrex prototype |
| | Back in 1982, GCE was going to continue with the Vectrex line by adding a color version of it (and they even planned a handheld using a flat-type like in the Sony Watchman TVs, but that never went past the idea stage). | | | One of the other changes to the Vectrex is the high-voltage rectifier (seen mounted to the top of the case in the picture with the large red wire coming out of it. | | | Also, on the power board are 5 large 15,000 uF capacitors, all the production models I've seen only have 4 (two 10,000 uF, and two 4,700 uF). |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~jmorg/vectrex/VecColor.htm
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| | Playstation to Vectrex Controller Adapter |
| | No modifications need to be performed on either the controller or the Vectrex. | | | User definable button functions are saved in EEPROM when the Vectrex is turned off-- they're recalled next time you turn the machine back on. | | | "Right Thumb" mode-- use right analog stick as Vectrex stick and either L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons of D-pad buttons for Vectrex B1/B2/B3/B4 buttons. |
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http://www.multigame.com/psx2vect.html
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| | Software: Vecx |
| | Vecx can run just about all the Vectrex software out there, and the Mac OS X version includes sound emulation. | | | This initial release does not support overlays, however I will add this in the future if enough people are interested. | | | Vecx has been downloaded 4041 times to date. |
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http://www.bannister.org/software/vecx.htm
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| | Vectrex - Catharton Electronica |
| | Discuss the Vectrex on its very own message board... | | | Click here to see the Vectrex Articles page | | | Click here to see the Vectrex Links page |
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http://www.catharton.com/electronica/viewpage.php?page_id=67
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| | RiK's Vectrex Collection |
| | Click HERE to visit the Handheld Museum (all the info you need about classic handheld electronic games!) | | | Vectrex Store Display, opened for the 1st time! | | | These are the Vectrex items that I own. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~jmorg/vectrex.html
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| | Roboclone - Robotron clone for Vectrex |
| | At the current rate, it will probably be approximately finished some time in 2004... | | | I have been developing a clone of the Williams arcade machine "Robotron: 2084" for the Vectrex. |
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http://www.vectrex.org.uk/roboclone.html
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| | b3ta.com user Vectrex |
| | Home » Users » Profile for Vectrex (Back to the messageboard) |
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