Vectrex and Atari 2600 controllers

[Vectrex and Atari 2600 controllers]

Can an Atari Driving Controller be used with a Vectrex? What modifications are required to make it work?

 

Also do you need modified versions of the games to work with it?

 

I know that a 2600 paddle can be modified to work with veccy but wondering about using the driving controller as a spinner.

[Beamrider (Vectrex)]

also recommend looking at the code examples here

 

http://pelikonepeijoonit.net/files/vec/coders.html

[great Vectrex brews but still no Battlezone?]

I think its the 3d model rotation that is the problem - thats why we dont have a version of Star Wars either...

 

there is Star Ship/Trek but it is not the same.

 

i wonder it it would be possible for some enterprising person to design a cart that can have a co-processor to handle the maths involved?

 

I see someone has tried driving a vectrex monitor using an Arduino

 

 

i know that this is not the same but ultimately i think the vectrex is not powerful enough for real time smooth 3d animation - although the monitor is probably capable.

[Beamrider (Vectrex)]

yes all done in assember (although i think it is possible to use C also)

 

6809 seems very good processor with more addressing modes than 6502.

 

I am teaching myself 6809 using this book

 

http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene/Genes-os9-stf/6809%20Assembly%20Language%20Programming%20-%20Leventhal.pdf

 

and using information from this web page:

 

http://www.playvectrex.com/designit_f.htm

 

plus lots of reading Mine Storm and also other peoples source codes

 

I use the excellent ParaJVE emulator and ParaJVD debugger.

 

more vectrex programmers the better!

[Beamrider (Vectrex)]

Hi just a quick announcement that I am currently in the process of writing a version of Beamrider for the Vectrex. This is my first attempt at a vectrex game so it might take a while to complete!

 

Anyway here is video of what I have so far (eg. not much)

 

 

Cheers!

 

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