Comments on: Vectrex 101: A Beginners Guide

By: racketboy

racketboy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:23:57 +0000

Thanks — and I fixed the typo
And that construction kit looks sweet!

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:42:09 +0000

Hi Racketboy,

thank you for promoting the Vectrex Museum – can you correct the name at “Additional Resources” – actually it says “The Vectrx Museum”.

I have added your Beginners Guide to the Museums Linkpage.

greetings

Oliver

ps: Have a look to the limited offer:
The VecArcade Contruction Kit! at the museums page.

By: Ivana

Ivana — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:17:58 +0000

FYI ‘Vectrex’ has been nominated to compete in this month’s AwesomeOff.

http://www.awesomeoff.com/entries/vectrex-3982.html

By: Hatta

Hatta — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:46:13 +0000

I’ve never seen a portable vector monitor, how did they intend to make a hand held Vectrex?

By: Mayhem

Mayhem — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:27:19 +0000

The handheld Vectrex idea wasn’t abandoned due to the Gameboy, it was cancelled due to cold feet by MB on the proposed price point. Jay Smith didn’t even know about the Gameboy at that moment, and it was more than a year before it was released in Japan. Ironically the price point Smith wanted for the project in the US was around the same price Nintendo launched the Gameboy at…

By: scribes1188

scribes1188 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:11:11 +0000

I remember playing this in the back of my Dad’s friends pawn shop. For years I could never figure out what it was, besides awesome.