vectrex, big screen asteroids

joe34

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lots of good vectrex stuff going on at the moment
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http://hackaday.com/2017/11/02/finally-a-big-screen-vectrex/

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vectrex asteroids:


joe342017-11-03 17:48:08
 

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I’ve been play testing Asteroids for Thomas and it’s now so accurate it’s crazy. Apart from being in vertical screen orientation it’s spot on.
 

joe34

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hey Chris i've been testing asteroids also, ace isn't it. by the way if i didn't mention before my nickname over at the vectrex facebook group is 'vtk'
I managed to get hold of a vecfever cart recently, really pleased to get one!
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big10p said:
That looks ace. Can the Vectrex be played laying on it's side? You could have a hori version, then.

there was some chat on the facebook group about that and some thoughts were - the vectrex has two circuit boards inside, one is the power board (normally sitting vertically) and the other is the logic board (normally sitting horizontally). if you rotated the vectrex anti-clockwise to horizontal, then the power board with the large weighty capacitors on it would be sitting upside down; the power board is kind of floppy and it would hang down towards the crt neck and might not be a good idea. it would seem to be better to rotate the vectrex clockwise instead, so the power board would be sitting in a normal horizontal position and the logic board would be vertical now, which is fine, but then you have a problem with the cartridge slot of the vectrex, so the vectrex would need to go on some sort of stand which allows for a cartridge to be safe and not 'in the way'

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