New Toy !
This dates from 1982.
This was a time when most arcade games used vector graphics.
I remember playing asteriods on an Atari back in those days and the vectrex is probably the closest thing I'll get to experience this today, short of buying a vintage arcade machine.
This video is a very cool... recreating asteiods with lasers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHjG759ABY
So I'm lucky to have found a working vectrex.
Considering if I should mod it or leave it alone.
Will probably mod it.
I'm interested in using the monitor for video synthesis.
One peripherial I don't have is the light pen.
There are however a few sites with hacks for making my own.
http://www.playvectrex.com/vectech/mvlp/mvlp_f.htm
and:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6On2AFPx6pc
The working end of the pen is a cheap silicon L14G3 phototransistor
The other periphery are the 3D glasses
...so so rare.
This dates from 1982.
Vectrex was the first company to bring vector graphics to the home audience via a vector monitor.
This was a time when most arcade games used vector graphics.
I remember playing asteriods on an Atari back in those days and the vectrex is probably the closest thing I'll get to experience this today, short of buying a vintage arcade machine.
This video is a very cool... recreating asteiods with lasers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHjG759ABY
So I'm lucky to have found a working vectrex.
Considering if I should mod it or leave it alone.
Will probably mod it.
I'm interested in using the monitor for video synthesis.
One peripherial I don't have is the light pen.
There are however a few sites with hacks for making my own.
http://www.playvectrex.com/vectech/mvlp/mvlp_f.htm
and:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6On2AFPx6pc
The working end of the pen is a cheap silicon L14G3 phototransistor
The other periphery are the 3D glasses
...so so rare.