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MomsAVoxell 17 hours ago [-]
Just when I thought the world couldn't get any more amazing for hacking stuff this week (M-VAVE FM1's firmware bonanza is a delight!), now I have a freakin' damn good reason to get my Vectrex out of storage (okay, another freakin' damn good reason) and give it a modern kick in the ol' capacitors.
Sheesh, hackers. Things are getting positively juicy. What's next, a hack that makes the Vectrex function as a HUD for DCS, maybe? (Hint: someone is indeed working on this...)
d3Xt3r 1 days ago [-]
That looks bloody amazing. Would love to see this ported to PC, maybe even as a DE for Linux.
bobajeff 14 hours ago [-]
Awesome, I love it. I never even heard of the Vectrex before. I'm guessing it was too expensive for most people since it's basically a whole arcade machine.
thomassmith65 2 hours ago [-]
A Vectrex wasn't prohibitively expensive, but, even for its time, vector graphics seemed a bit primitive*.
1980s TV gaming consoles may not have had high resolution, but they were less visually monotonous than glowing lines on black.
As a kid, it was incredibly exciting to see in person! It was pretty small (had a 9" CRT) and $200 (~$650 today). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex
alexrzem 1 days ago [-]
There is a Vectrex Mini on Kickstarter
5- 16 hours ago [-]
> the console features a built-in 5-inch high-quality IPS display with a 800 x 480 resolution
I don't want a Vectrex, but I do want a vector CRT display and driver I can use with a modern computer. They don't make them anymore; not even for oscilloscopes.
MomsAVoxell 17 hours ago [-]
I didn't get my Vectrex in the 80's, I had real computers instead, which I used to gather the wealth required to .. finally .. get myself that Vectrex I always wanted .. So I personally can't wait for this thing to ship .. it'll be the 80's all over again, but faster/better/stronger/cooler.
Sheesh, hackers. Things are getting positively juicy. What's next, a hack that makes the Vectrex function as a HUD for DCS, maybe? (Hint: someone is indeed working on this...)
1980s TV gaming consoles may not have had high resolution, but they were less visually monotonous than glowing lines on black.
* Consider that Asteroids is the only vector-based game listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_in_video_games
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroids_(video_game) was already three years old by the time Vectrex hit the market
(from https://vectrex.com/vectrex-mini-details/)
you got me excited for a moment there.