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Vectrexer
Date: 2009-12-16, 11:15AM EST
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Works perfect comes with Mine Storm & scramble.
GreaT Fun for the Hole Family.
The Vectrex was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering.
It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electric (GCE),
and then by Milton Bradley Company after their purchase of GCE. It was
released in November 1982 - Milton Bradley aka MB took over
international marketing.
The Vectrex's base technical specifications are impressive
It used the speedier and more advanced Motorola 68A09 (6809) instead of
the cheap
MOS Technology 6502 8-bit microprocessor found in early Apple, Atari and
Commodore
computers. Likewise, its sound generator, a General Instrument
AY-3-8910, supported
a competitive three simultaneous channels of sound with a dynamic range
of effects.
The chip had been used in Mattel's earlier Intellivision (1980) and
would show up in the
Atari ST (1985) and other computer systems.
The 'Father of the Vectrex' was Jay Smith together with his companies
Western
Technology and Smith Engineering. The idea for a 'mini- arcade' was born
in the
early eighties, initially thought with a 5-inch monitor. Smith and co.
in July 1981 went
with it to Kenner, but this company didn't like it. But General Consumer
Electronics
(GCE), known because of it's game & watches, was enthusiastic and wanted to
cooperate with Smith, on condition that a bigger monitor would be used.
And that's
how, after code names like HP-3000 and Vector-X, the Vectrex with a
9-inch screen
was born. Manufacturing of the newcomer among the game consoles started
in the
summer of 1982 and in November 1982 the first Vectrex consoles appeared in
American stores. Now, for $199.00 dollar, the consumer could create his
own arcade.
http://www.vectrexmuseum.com/video/
Havok
daniel courchesne
all of the users in this group are well versed in the systems history.
Vectrexer
> i think its funny he gave the history of the system. i'm pretty sure
> all of the users in this group are well versed in the systems history.
Wasn't my system. Just a copy of the ad I saw on CL.