Hey, Vectrex fans, speak up!

[godslabrat]

Please note: This does not in ANY WAY imply that I have any such device that I'm intending to sell

[blastermaster]

seeing as how noone makes the monitors anymore, that would be pretty cool. i put down 125 to 200...i just got my vec and love it! now all i need is a multicart....

[S1500]

No voting option for people who still have their Vectrex?

 

I'd still love to get a multicart for it, considering I have zero games for it.

[+DamonicFury]

I might be willing to pay quite a lot... IF it was more than just a standard Vectrex. Specifically, if it could play arcade-perfect versions of other classic vector game like Asteroids, Battlezone, Tempest, etc.

 

Seems unlikely that such a product could be brought to market, as no one is making vector monitors anymore.

 

There is this interesting product, however, that allows you to use a Vectrex monitor and a computer to play the arcade classics...

 

Zektor Vector Generator

[Lord Helmet]

I'd have little use for one since I have a Vectrex and VecFlash, but it would still be cool to see a new version of the console.

[Jess Ragan]

GCE was supposed to make a new Vectrex system back in the late 1980's, but quickly backed out when they discovered that Nintendo was making the Game Boy. It's a shame, because I would have liked to see what they had planned for it.

 

JR

[+FujiSkunk]

Am I right in remembering that a B&W raster monitor can be hacked into a B&W vector monitor? If so, and somebody out there is still making 9" B&W CRT's, it just might be feasible.

 

Disclaimer: IANAHardwareEngineer

[mos6507]

Am I right in remembering that a B&W raster monitor can be hacked into a B&W vector monitor? If so, and somebody out there is still making 9" B&W CRT's, it just might be feasible.

 

It should be possible to find surplus B&W monitors somehow.

 

ZVG is kind of a joke because it's DOS-based. I refuse to use DOS in 2007, even for a dedicated PC.

[Bill Brasky]

Am I right in remembering that a B&W raster monitor can be hacked into a B&W vector monitor? If so, and somebody out there is still making 9" B&W CRT's, it just might be feasible.

 

Disclaimer: IANAHardwareEngineer

 

 

Look at this: http://www.jrok.com/xfer/xystuff/

 

Any new version of the Vectrex needs a much faster CPU. The one it has was inadequate, even back then.

[+DamonicFury]

ZVG is kind of a joke because it's DOS-based. I refuse to use DOS in 2007, even for a dedicated PC.

 

You certainly wouldn't want a Windows-based OS running on a Vector monitor, would you? Besides the fact that there's no way a vector monitor could show the GUI, all the extra bloat of a newer OS would really be utterly unnecessary for a PC whose only purpose is to run Vector games. To me, DOS seems like it would be an acceptable choice. But to each his own...

 

It's tempting to put together a mini ZVG-powered arcade box to just run Asteroids and similar games on a Vectrex monitor. But it wouldn't be cheap:

 

200 - ZVG

200 - cheap PC

100 - Vectrex

100 - cabinet and controls

 

The cost would be much higher yet if you wanted to use a higher quality vector monitor! If you really love that authentic vector look that much, you may as well just get a real authentic vector machine - so long as your favorite vector game is reasonably common. ZVG would be a good solution for those who really want an authentic vector look for some of the rarer games, like Quantum and Zektor.

[Artlover]

Am I right in remembering that a B&W raster monitor can be hacked into a B&W vector monitor? If so, and somebody out there is still making 9" B&W CRT's, it just might be feasible.

 

Disclaimer: IANAHardwareEngineer

 

 

Look at this: http://www.jrok.com/xfer/xystuff/

 

Now that is cool.

[AussieAtari]

I'd buy one purely as a back up to my lovely Vectrex for which I already have a heap of carts, overlays and the great multi-cart.

 

I dread the day my Vectrex dies!

[8bitgamer]

I would gladly pay $125 for a good, clean Vectrex system that was built to last.

 

http://brettweisswords.blogspot.com/

[mos6507]

You certainly wouldn't want a Windows-based OS running on a Vector monitor, would you?

 

Why not? It doesn't have to be your sole monitor. It's just a PCI card.

 

What I hate most about DOS is the setup process. CONFIG.SYS and all that BS.