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]]> After 42 years, someone has finally worked out a way to make a mini version of my favorite ’80s console, and it involves an AMOLED screen

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While ’80s rivals such as the Atari 2600 and Intellivision fought for domination of the TV, the Vectrex offered gamers something different – it came with its own built-in screen capable of producing vector graphics like those seen in arcade titles like Asteroids.

Sadly, it wasn’t a commercial success, but it has retained its appeal with retro collectors over the decades – so much so that it’s now getting its chance at micro console fame.

It seems like a new company – founded by Flynn’s Generation and Neo Reetro – has picked up the rights to the system and is launching a Vectrex Mini. It’s even showing the prototypes off at Gamescom 2025.

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]]> 95093 The Vectrex: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/the-vectrex-wonders-of-the-retro-gaming-world/ https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/the-vectrex-wonders-of-the-retro-gaming-world/#respond Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:30:39 +0000 https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/?p=5787 The Vectrex was the first and only console for the home market that used vectors instead of raster graphics. It was also the first to support a peripheral for 3D (several years before the SMS’s 3-D Glasses). For all its merits, though (including the fact it had a built-in screen) it sadly was only available […]

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]]> The Vectrex was the first and only console for the home market that used vectors instead of raster graphics. It was also the first to support a peripheral for 3D (several years before the SMS’s 3-D Glasses). For all its merits, though (including the fact it had a built-in screen) it sadly was only available for two years before the infamous game crash of 1983.

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