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Received mine today. Any chance you have extra cases to sell? Or maybe the case is a common one I can easily replace? I asked this in another thread before I saw this one.

Got mine today. It looks well built and functions great too. Thanks golden.ax! I didn't realize VecVoice and VecVox were two different things. So potentially lots of switching back and forth for us Vectrex folks. I'd like to experiment with modding the case for instant access. Now that I have mine and have opened it up and seen that the case is entirely separate from the unit itself - I wonder if there are spare cases available for me to mess around with??? Any chance you'd sell me a few empty AtariVox+ cases, the.golden.ax??? I'm asking in public here because I imagine others would also have an interest in this.

Are you sure this game is still available? I just inquired about it by emailing the contact on that website a couple days ago, awaiting response. ... I feel like I've done this before though. Or maybe there's something I'm missing about how to order from revival-studios...

Yes, I know. He also replied to my PM. I'm just wary now because of the circumstances.

Holy sh!jt! Obviously I did not notice. Is it possible he is really still selling this stuff?

Interested in R-Type II. PM sent.

Ok, sorry. Attached picture shows exactly what it was I was looking at.

It looks like there is a (red) chunk of the color wheel missing? See pic looking closeup at the front of the visor.

I agree it's a pretty good price. I am sorely tempted. Have wanted the 3D imager for a long time. Still it's a lot of money for me though.

I have reviewed this entire thread, and I think I know the answer to this question, but I'm asking anyway, to confirm for sure: When used with Vectrex, will the AtariVox+ output all game audio through the headphone jack??? Or does it exclusively output sound specifically programmed for it in game cartridges, while other sound still plays through the internal Vectrex speaker? ... I'm happy to have got in on this at the last minute, one way or the other. Paid for mine today! Awesome to see it come to fruition after all this time. Thank you, to all the folks who have worked on this.

Pole Position and Polar Rescue have for a long time been valued at or above $100 CIB, but Star Castle seems to have increased in value in the past year or so. Lots of people want it for some reason. Totally overrated game in my opinion. On Vectrex, the Star Castle overlay is sized in such a way that the colors don't line up with the rings around the castle. I'm sure it's the best console version of the game though.

That would be awesome! I suggest you proofread for grammar and spelling before you publish it though. It can get especially confusing when you are talking about program commands that are not recognizable words, and where every character has to be correct.

Any highlights to share? Were any of the recommended games new or pleasantly surprising to you? Do they include arcade games?

Ha ha. Yes, I was referred to V-Model by Mr. Pelonis, who apparently still uses it all the time! I guess YOU made that one? Maybe I've got THAT Vectrex Chris correct? ... Sorry for the mixup, and thanks for your Vectrex stuff.

Well I downloaded and tried it out. Also downloaded "Lamps". I could not get either of these .bin's to write to my VecFlash. Both produced a write error. ... So I don't know how the revised program runs on Vectrex. I did get the new vtwist.bin to run on an emulator. I see that you switched directional controls to the joystick, that you implemented left and right kick actions, changed/added some sprites and implemented a countdown timer. ... Looks like it is coming along and becoming more of a "game". I couldn't tell if I was hitting things or not or how to pick up the hour glasses. Didn't reach the boss screen. ... I'd spend more time with it if I could get it to flash and run on Vectrex...

I'm curious, and I believe I saw these items listed on ebay. The two overlays you have happen to be the same two that were reproduced by vectrexmad. Are these by chance his repros? Or are they originals? His repros were quite good and I would consider that a selling point for this lot if that's what they were. You can tell by the copyright info on the overlays. If they are original there should be tiny writing with 1982 in it. I can't remember if the ones he made have a date or copyright info on them at all....

I made an inquiry of my own with Vecorzoa about this game, MANY MONTHS AGO. I never got a reply. I am fairly confident saying that this game is no longer available. Besides my unanswered inquiry, I seem to also remember navigating on his site and finding a list of buyers for Spike's Circus. I think it was a set number of copies that he produced and that every copy is accounted for, with a list of the individual buyers published on his site. I think it may even be the case that Vectorzoa is done selling Vectrex games altogether. His site has not been updated in a long time. I haven't heard much of anything about Spike's Circus from people who own it. It does look like an awesome game though.

Well not Atari but, RE: the title of this thread, and adding to other Vectrex stuff already named: http://www.furyunlimited.com/ (^ has made over a dozen Vectrex games, many originals as well as arcade ports and new controllers) http://www.kristofsnewvectrexgames.comli.com/ (^ maker of one of the most popular and dazzling vectrex homebrews. Awesome overlays too!)

D-Pad vs Stick is an issue of substance I think. And if it's difficult for you to transition back to the stick, imagine going all the way back to button only controls! If you've never played button only arcade games of the steer/thrust/shoot variety, it is a very difficult transition. To some extent it is an issue of preference. But in many instances the games were intended to be played a certain way. It's a small issue with some games/systems and a bigger issue with others. In some instances it's almost cheating to use a pad. I play mostly Vectrex anymore and I shuffle between a few different controllers. For many games a can play better and score higher with a pad controller. But for most of those games it is much more fun to play with the original control panel/thumb stick. I love that little springy thing!

I have bought 9 of them (sold one of those and gave another away as a gift). Several are broken. None are for sale at the moment. I generally try to pay 100 for working, 50 for non-working. It takes some hunting and I won't sell at these prices. If it is in really nice shape and includes the Minestorm overlay, I will pay a bit more. The best one I have is really good and I paid $140 for it. It is very easy to spend more than this. Things to look out for: - Sceen Off-Center - this is very common. I think it is fairly easy for a knowledgeable person to fix this, but I'm not that person. Slightly off center is not that big a deal, but the last one I bought was so off center that the top 25% of the game graphics are off screen (I paid $62 for that Vectrex). When it is that badly off center you really can't even play the games, let alone line up the graphics with the overlays. ... The easiest way to approximate how well the screen is centered is to look at the Vectrex boot screen ("entertaining new ideas"). Look at the rectangular border and make sure there is a semi-consistent margin between that border and the edges of the monitor. A little off center is acceptable. -Controller functionality - Sometimes the springs in the joystick fail, leading to it not returning to center. Also many games entail excessive use of button 4, so that button is the most likely to stop working. -Hopefully the seller has a game on cartridge to demonstrate the cartridge port. I bought one locally (with a small lot of rough condition carts/overlays for $75) which makes a grinding noise when you insert a cartridge. There is one I've seen on ebay that has a Solar Quest cart inserted while Minestorm is playing. -Volume/Power knob and (rear) brightness knob. Make sure both are in tact and work. The volume knob on my everyday Vectrex is touchy (audio crackles and cuts in and out). The easiest way to get a decent deal is to spend $300 to $400 on a large lot with games, on ebay. Often times there is less competition on those bigger lots.

Oh sorry. No I am not that sort of collector, and I didn't think it necessary to mention the exclusion of these two games. I have Minestorm 1 (inside of each of my Vectrex units) and I have a couple copies of Clean Sweep (one being boxed). If I had Minestorm 2 or Mr. Boston I would certainly sell them. I can't get past level 6 or 7 on Minestorm 1 and Clean Sweep (Mr Boston) is a crap game. I should have specified though that I was referring to the original GCE library. I do NOT have every homebrew.

Yes I have seen this, and I too was wondering what causes it to show some times and not others. I have seen the same graphic with two different text messages, one of which is the one you quoted and the other I can't remember. The "other" text would come on directly AFTER a game over. ... When I was trying to get this graphic to show again I ended up resetting the high scores. After that I ended up seeing it a few more times. For me that graphic is a stand-out on the game. As fun as the game is, I don't particularly love the in-game graphics. (The color is great though.) ... But once I completed all of the levels, and saw the ending animations, I was completely convinced of Vector Pilot's beauty. If you haven't beaten the game, and if you like this "it is not easy" graphic, you have GOT to play through and see it!!! Trust me it is awesome and you should be motivated to play for it, (plus you unlock a new playable air craft in the process). I've already done it once and I can't wait to do it again.

IDK, it's kind of a gross scene on ebay in my opinion, and I'm not sure etiquette has any meaning. ... I was trying to get one of the "Brand New Non-Working Vectrex Monitors" this weekend (bidding on one and losing, then moving onto the next, losing, moving onto the 3rd and final, losing). The same guy won all 3 auctions. I have seen the 3D imager listing linked above. I am very skeptical that this will end up being a better deal than the recent Buy it Now's. There are already over 30 bids, with several days left in the auction. ... There was a $600 BIN boxed one that recently sat for weeks. I will honestly be shocked if the current auction does not exceed $600. And consider on top of that how stressful and annoying and time consuming it will be to compete with all of these people, just for a CHANCE to pay all that money. In my experience, the high demand Vectrex items (like the 3D imager), have been completely absurd in auctions. Often times the auctions somehow generate more interest than the BIN's, and end up exceeding them in price. (I passed on a $30 CIB Space Wars BIN last month, only to watch one auction for over $50 this weekend). The only way I've gotten decent Vectrex deals on ebay is to buy large lots. Also I think we're still in a peak Seller's Season, with Christmas and then tax returns coming. Summer may be a more favorable time for buyers. ... Sometimes too, the time of day/week when the auction ends can be a factor in how competitive an auction is, (if it ends at 4 in the morning on a Wednesday it is going to have less last minute activity than a Sunday evening).

Just an amazing console. I got my first one about a year ago and have been playing almost nothing but Vectrex ever since. I have cart/overlay for every game, except for the 3D ones. The multi-carts are over-rated in my opinion. It is more important to have a few of the better overlays than it is to have every single game ROM. If you haven't played Web Wars WITH the overlay, then you haven't really played Vectrex, in my opinion. Buy/acquire Web Wars/overlay. Buy/acquire Pole Position/overlay, if you can find/afford. Then choose the others based on their appeal to you. Buy Protector from classicgamecreations.com for about $12. That's the single greatest value in retro gaming. Also available at the same place is GRAVITREX PLUS, for about $25. This is Mr. Dondzilla's clone of Gravitar. It is very well done and there is a lot of game there, compared to most of the other Vectrex games. You can spend a lot of time playing this game. Two player co-op is fun in Rip Off and Armor Attack, if you have a 2nd controller. If you haven't the skill to make your own gamepad mod, you can buy one today from recycledgamer.com, for about $50. For me the original Vectrex control panel is always the most FUN to play with, but I generally require the modded pad to get high scores on hectic games like Protector/Gravitrex/Vector Pilot etc. The games to get, in my opinion: Web Wars/overlay I,Cyborg (OOP) Gravitrex Protector Pole Position/overlay Fortress of Narzod/overlay Cosmic Chasm/overlay Bedlam/overlay Vector Pilot/red overlay War of the Worlds 2011 Welcome to Vectrex!

Updating my own list which was Protector and I,Cyborg before. Add to that now Gravitrex Plus and War of the Worlds - both still available on cartridge and both awesome. Gravitrex Plus (Gravitar remake) is fun and engaging and offers a very robust experience, with tons of levels and challenge. War of the Worlds is a more straight-forward and quick play (remake of a rare arcade vector classic), but very addicting with great graphics and sounds. I can't think of any other Vectrex game with this much animation. Check out my homemade overlay prototype: