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I saved one from being recycled at Best Buy last year. Works still.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

AWESOME! So glad you were able to save it. Someone brought a working Vectrex to Best Buy to be "recycled"? Geez.

@AMERIFREEDOM

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit and the CRT TV market is just about as bad as the Vectrex market, especially for PVMs/BVMs, which I have received for free as well.

To me, this was the most high tech out of the 2nd generation game consoles. Always liked vector graphics, the predecessor to 3D polygons.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff. I used to own a Star Wars upright. I think there were five total PCBs in it just for the game. Then two more for the Amplifone monitor. And a power PCB. It was a site!

@davidgill7412

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit Star Wars Arcade was one of my favorite arcade games. As a kid my dad would enter the sit down model. I would get on his lap so I could reach the controls. I would be immersed in the world of Star Wars.

Just because something is listed for $1500, doesn't mean anyone is going to buy it. Did any of them actually sell close to this? I've got a preserved one, along with a load of extras but I didn't spend anywhere near $1000 to get all of it together.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Yes, this one did. It was in the "sold" listings. And there were several others that were in the $1,000+ range in the sold listings also. That's a lot of coin!

The Vectrex is just a lovely machine, I'm glad I got mine during lockdown for about $400 - For me, Vector Pilot is the best new game, but Armor Attack is so impressive.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

It's amazing to see how well some of those vector-based arcade games were ported to the Vectrex. Only that system could have represented them in true vector form in the home. And it's a heckuva lot lighter than an arcade cabinet. 🤣

@888bangthory

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I still have my childhood vectrex , nearly 4 decades old and everything still works , compare that to my bricked , out of warranty PS5

@recursiveidentity

6 ай бұрын

Agreed, I got mine for about the same and love that game too!

You really can't understand how crisp and vibrant the vector graphics are without actually seeing them

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. It's like looking at a vector arcade game from the 80s in home form. Ever played the Star Trek vector game in sit-down form? I've only ever plaed it once - and it was stunning.

A respectable console that was revolutionary in its day...somewhere in Pittsburgh, Mark from Classic Game Room is smiling while playing it.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Cool! Yes, it really was revolutionary. You could bring your 2600 over to a friend's house, sure. But did it have its own screen with it? Nope. 🤣

The retro game market is hyper-inflated and completely off the rails. It's a bubble with no sign of popping anytime soon.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

I know, right? Long gone are the days of going to yard sales and getting system for $5 - $10. :)

I still have my Vectrex I bought when it first came out with the original dust cover for it too.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's awesome!

Seeing these kind of prices on retro hardware makes emulation all that more appealing.

Because the Vectrex has no competition. There's nothing quite like them. I can remember getting one for my birthday from "Woolworth's" just after the 80s games crash. My combined birthday money and savings went to buy it. The system cost £49.99. It was my pride and joy. Lately I wanted another one. I paid over £500+ for it in fantastic condition with 6 games and inlays. For todays price's it was a bargain, and I considered myself lucky for winning the bid. I then ordered a multicart for it.. I'm one happy gamer again. Someone seriously needs to release a Vectrex mini. It would sell out overnight, guaranteed.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story! I remember Woolworth's. There was one in Northwoods Mall back then. It's a mall in South Carolina that's still threre today. Woolworth's is long gone from it but the maill still stands. Glad you have a Vectrex and enjoy it!

You’re incorrect about Cosmic Chasm. The Vectrex game is the original. It was adapted into an arcade machine later.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Cool! Thank you for helping me get this one right. I didn't know!

I got my vectrex at a local indie game store 5 years ago for I think around $350. Mine was only the 2nd one they had ever sold. The first one was apparently purchased by an 11 year old boy.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's a cool story. An 11-year-old? So great to see new generations loving these!

If I had the disposal income to justify to my Missus, I'd buy one. It's a beautiful machine from the golden age 😎👍

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

No doubt! And I understand that concept you described well. I always just say it's cheaper and healthier than a crack habit. 🤣

As much love as I have for this machine, I think it's time for a more advanced Vectrex to hit the market.

It’s one of those rare systems that I am intrigued by but not interested in purchasing regardless of the price. I really enjoyed this video!

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I get that. Some things just have a mystique about them. ANd sometimes the reality matches the mystique, and sometimes it doesn't. Deep, ain't it? :)

@1337Shockwav3

7 ай бұрын

I got myself one with 8 boxed games 15 years ago for $15 at a flea market ... and sold it at a rather large profit shortly after because I found the console to be extremely boring and primitive apart from the vector gimmick.

Awesome video man this make me remember old school

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I love the Vectrex. I had one back in the day. No idea what ever happened to it. Parental divorces will cause that sort of thing.

I would say they pay that much because they're nuts but that's just mean! Seriously though if I were able to afford it I probably would make the purchase. I am happy for those who have the income. Happy gaming!!

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

They really are cool and unique pieces of gaming history. If you crawl eBay a bit, they can be had for WAY less than the high price paid on the one at the beginning of the video. Go for it! I think you'll really dig them

as for why they spend 1499 for a long dead console, they arent playing it i assure you. its just collecting dust on a shelf with somebody who tells them self daily "im right, they are wrong. i have it and that means they dont!"

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

That is a true shame, indeed. Systems like this deserve to be played. And nobody puts Baby in a corner.

I've owned a Vectrex since 1983, I can tell you it's worth every dollar.

I remember seeing this in the Sears wishbook catalog when it came out as a kid. I knew what vector graphics where in terms of seeing it in the arcade and remember thinking, "no way can a little home machine do that". Seeing this and other demo's shows me how wrong I was! They didn't advertise it well at all, it just got a small photo and looked like a cheap toy.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

It kind of dropped right before the crash of '83 also. Just long enough to publish a few dozen games and hit the bargain bins. To think that even Milton Bradley wasn't immune - that put the power of the crash into real perspective.

@recursiveidentity

6 ай бұрын

I remember playing one in Hill's department store. The brightness was always turned all the way up and no one seemed to notice it wasn't suppose to look like that.

I had one back in the day bought it off a freind for less then $100 Should have kept it

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

They really bottomed out during the '83 crash. I'm just glad to see that so many are still working four decades later. It's a testament to the build quality of things of the past.

@dontquitdreamsarepossible

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit I do remember enjoying it then my freind who was my Amiga buddy He had a neogeo when it first came out And a super gun that played Jamma bords With a huge monitor He was into it funny

I think because of it's uniqueness... the home-brew games are a joy to behold, as are many of the classic games, but one cartridge above all others which transforms this device into an arcade machine, the 'vecfever' so called, for which I'm lucky enough to own, I intend to write my own game for the Vectrex, but for the moment I play the various arcade ports thanks to the creator of the vecfever cartridge, I intend to make some more videos, I have recently put one up on my channel, I shall do more as it's gone down quite well.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Wow! That's some great work you've been doing on your channel. And the Star Wars Vectrex looks amazing. You got yourself another sub! :)

Always wanted a Vecttex as a kid 👍👍

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Me too! Irony: I got one. But it got thrown in a dumpster by my then stepfather during his divorce from my mother. Thank good ness for eBay!🤣

There is something truly unique and maqic about the Vectrex!

Favorite console I own.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

It's so unique and special. I lament every time I think about my former stepfather throwing all of my OG game systems, including my original Vectrex, in the dumpster when he and my mother split up.

This would actually make for a fantastic ( but rather pricey) mini console re-release like the nes snes mini’s etc

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Sure would! Wouldn't cost the arm and leg it cost to make or buy it like it did back in the day either. I like the idea!

@bluefox9er

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit having its own self contained display unit whilst being an absolutely unique feature would bump up the cost. A plug in and play without the display wouldn’t be too expensive :-)

@BooomTube

Жыл бұрын

Shouldn’t be done without a vector display.

@R3TR0R4V3

Жыл бұрын

It would have to be a real vector display though.. an LCD screen isn't going to cut it! There's WIP projects happening right now though that using Sony Watchman screens, so we're not too far off.. It's only a matter of time. ;-)

I almost bought one of these it was maybe 300$ 3 years ago and had went up in price that much since then danggggggg

I still have my vectrex that I bought in 1982 and it still works like new but I would never pay $1500.00 for it.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Me neither! I paid around $250 or so a few years back for the boxed one in the video. My, how the times have changed.

@GarryGri

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit I got mine for around £40 many years ago! It's dead now though!

Web Wars was the one i was waiting for in this video. I played so much Web Wars. Mmmmm... Web Wars...

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

It's a real looker, so to speak. Very nicely laid out and lends a 3-D look to the game. Very cool!

Cosmic Chasm on the Vectrex came first.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Some people seem to have more disposable income than sense.

@jessragan6714

Жыл бұрын

And their sense is even more disposable than their income.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

We should all be so fortunate as to have that problem. 🤣

It's getting ridiculous how much Vectrex hardware is costing lately. I used to make homebrew for the system and was on the cusp of releasing a couple of games that people were waiting for, but when the Vectrex broke there was no way I could justify getting another one at the prices thay are going for. So this hobby fell by the wayside for me. It's unfortunate that others who used to be in the Vectrex homebrew scene are also being priced out by 'collectors' most of whom care nothing about the system other than the cost now. And the best games for the system are defenetly after-market home-brew, not the origonal release games from the eighties. I can see the ;scene' dying out soon... 😒 PS. I think there are four of my earlier games on the Multi-Cart he mentioned, so at least they will live on 😀

I got mine years ago for a bargain price of $50

How many systems have less than 10 games though

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Not many. I think the Game.com gor eight, and the Jag CD got 13.

I am sure no one is really paying that much for a Vectrex

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

I hope not, but there were a handful of similar listings on the Bay with similar hammer prices. I'd go for the lower prices ones. :)

I paid $75 for mine a decade ago lol

I have One!!!!

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Sweet! They really are a lot of fun, aren't they? :)

@billybriscoejr.4322

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit Absolutely!

KZreadrs that's why

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

If I'm not part of the solution, then I'm part of the problem. 🤣

I'm a die hard gamer my first counsel was the Atari 2600 ,& have owned. many counsels and handhelds nevertheless I don't see the alure even from a Nostalgia point of view I personally wouldn't even pay 10.$ U.S. I wouldn't even want it for free as an Emulator ,this is for Super Diehards that got the capital and gotta catch em all ,count me out lol ,also Mr.Blaine can u do a softmodd for the Xbox 360 if it's possible??? Cheers

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

I would love to do a 360 softmod video. But as of the current time, it's just not possible. It's a hardmod only project.

@kaphasibad8369

Жыл бұрын

@@Forever8Bit if your saying it, than I believe u, I was skeptic with other ppl saying so ,nevertheless I knew if anybody could do it it would be u ,Cheers

only paid for 2 controler 5 games som complete som only cart and film and orginal light pen and the two other carts for it when the market was not that expensiv but for the bace unit did pay for it did find it on a city dump ca 1997-1998 did now wat it was did look intresting so did take it home. later lookt it upp and found out it was a vectrex and used birtday mone to by stuff to it if i have better get stuff so i can play now days stands in a plastic boxs with the rust of the stuff

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Nice! I have one that is almost CIB. Missing the instruction manual. I should really grab one off the Bay to finish the set. So glad you are enjoying the system too!

This system is only worth possibly $250 that’s it. I would never pay anything more for it. These games are not worth paying anymore than that. I have all of them on my mame unit I made a long time ago

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

Definitely not a $1k+ purchase for me either. I paid about that for the one in the box in the video. Around $250 or so, not the $1k+. 🤣

Get some ACTUAL Vectrex game video instead of emulation.

@Forever8Bit

Жыл бұрын

I get that. I have the Sean Kelly Multicart and could have easily played those same games on my Vectrex. The challenges were not having the overlays for each game, and I really wanted viewers to to see the experience with the overlays included. Also, the Vectrex doesn't have a "standard" refresh rate like a conventional monitor (think 50Hz PAL and 60Hz NTSC). It can cause a TON of flicker when recorded with a conventional camera because those rates don't match up. But I do respect your input and appreciate it.