A look at a Vectrex (1982 video game console)

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/ ashens Do you like straight lines and old arcade games? Then the Vectrex may well be the console for you! Released in 1982, the Vectrex features an intriguing built-in vector monitor (basically a normal CRT monitor with different control circuitry) that left the living room TV free for Dad to watch the first ever episode of Taggart. The display is strictly black and white, but by using the astonishingly MacGyver-esque technique of placing coloured plastic overlays on the screen you can make everything look a bit blue.
So what games are there? A nifty rip-off of Asteroids called Mine Storm (just don't reach level 13). There's an overly leisurely version of Berzerk. Then there's Spike, a little star man equipped with River Dance jig and the ability to teleport ladders in his quest to save Molly from the evil Spud. And finally Star Ship. Yes you guessed it, nifty spaceships with magic hypnotizing square effects that I still don't understand despite playing it several times.
As far as we know, this is the only video games console ever released that can cause permanent retina damage even if played on a moderate brightness setting. But don't worry - your eyes are quite safe through the filter of KZfaq. Pity about mine.
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@mackinblack 3 жыл бұрын

One of my earliest memories is waking up in the middle of the night from a nightmare when i was 4 years old and in order to comfort me my mother made me cereal and then stayed up playing vectrex with me until i was tired enough to fall back asleep. Ill never forget that.

@barryhomeowner9293 Жыл бұрын

That's a really sweet memory

@TylerJC1212 Жыл бұрын

Awesome memory

@eldritchassistant1067 Жыл бұрын

A good mother

@BlueSnowShadowEscortMania Жыл бұрын

Nice memory.

@PekkaHH 7 ай бұрын

What a mother, excellent mum!

@cpjyb 9 жыл бұрын

The graphics are really nice actually

@DylRicho 9 жыл бұрын

Tetra Digm Looks are subjective.

@frozenfeet4534 9 жыл бұрын

Tetra Digm Lolwut? This looks miles better than the atari.

@Scioneer 9 жыл бұрын

Tetra Digm Movement on the Atari was nowhere near as smooth as on a Vectrex. As someone who owns one, I can tell you the movement is so smooth its almost like the graphics are floating on the screen.

@Scioneer 9 жыл бұрын

Tetra Digm The CPU on the Vectrex is actually more powerful than its color raster based contempararies.It was monochrome due to Vector based screens coming in two varieties, Mono, and 5 color( 3 colors plus black and white.) 5 color vector screens were rare and cost prohibitive for a home system. Its sound capability is far more than the simple beeps and boops of the Atari. And your last line shows you should just not ever comment on any classic gaming system video at all. AND btw, it failed because of the Video Game crash of 1983, not because it was a shit system. And I don't have to justify anything to a sad little troll with no appreciation for classics. Go back to your failing next gen that can't even leave the shadow of its predecessor. You clearly don't belong here.

@Scioneer 9 жыл бұрын

@110261677372936445654 PC gamers, lol! You know what I would spend the equivalent of a gaming rig on? A down payment for a car, and I don't even have problems with my current one! Gaming rigs are a waste of money. And don't think your a computer tech because you are a PC gamer. The IT field is a completely different ball game. Anything as strong as a gaming rig gets used for graphics design or auto-cad.And aside from their graphics, even most mid range servers would wipe the floor with a gaming rig in raw processing power. Now that you showed your true nature, again, why are you commenting on consoles, new or old? Scram! Go back to your overpriced gaming rig that most people would just shake their heads about and think your a fool for spending so much and then keep having to spend money for more ram or a new graphics card for every other game that comes out. PC gamers are a master race only in their own little minds, lol.

@Will_Zhao 9 жыл бұрын

Wow this blows my mind, a console in 1982 that has games with 3d graphics and smooth, responsive controls? Simply amazing.

@chrisoakland8036 9 жыл бұрын

Will Zhao Uh, what 3D graphics?

@Will_Zhao 9 жыл бұрын

Twisted Chikon 14:00

@chrisoakland8036 9 жыл бұрын

That's 2D with perspective, there are no 3D models, but I have to say, it does look very convincing. Vector graphics really are amazing.

@Will_Zhao 9 жыл бұрын

Twisted Chikon Really? Good to know that! But as you said it's very convincing so it doesn't really matter right?

@pferreira1983 8 жыл бұрын

+Will Zhao Imagine. For all that the price tag needed to be raised. The only thing missing was actual colour.

@vincentjanse 8 жыл бұрын

I really like the graphics it looks so retro in all the right ways.

@joeygreathouse3029 8 жыл бұрын

+Vinnie J Very clean, high framerate, perfect input and gameplay - I want one.

@edwardanimations6296 8 жыл бұрын

agreeing with joey on that one

@Michael-bi6nc 7 жыл бұрын

+Joey Greathouse no lag to

@Emcy 7 жыл бұрын

I love the way Spike just shouts " *DARNIT* " when he falls XD

@connormills5785 6 жыл бұрын

Mikey C. Its like they ripped off homer simpons catchphrase when he does something stupid

@snek1356 3 жыл бұрын

@@connormills5785 Except it came out years earlier, but yea.

@omegarugal9283 9 жыл бұрын

Back in 1982, this machine was a BEAST!, no color yes, the overlays help to cope with that but did you know that they eventually made some glasses that added COLOR to the vectrex? and 3D! yes, 3d in a videogame back in the 80s

@TheLarryburns84 5 жыл бұрын

and that 3D expansion is so rare, there are copies in museums.

@BodywiseMustard 3 жыл бұрын

He mentions it at the end

@superscatboy 5 жыл бұрын

I'm loving the fact that these videos about vintage systems are slowly becoming antiques in their own right.

@U014B 2 жыл бұрын

"antiques"

@cruzlightt 7 ай бұрын

Just like ur comment

@Andrew-fi1sd 8 жыл бұрын

This is really fucking good for 1982, jesus.

@catherineholmes8423 8 жыл бұрын

IKR

@Nothing_serious 8 жыл бұрын

Just sad that it was at the time that video game industry crashed

@edwardanimations6296 8 жыл бұрын

RIP

@LegendaryCAP 8 жыл бұрын

feeling kinda old after watching this, i was born that year.

@georgethomson6387 7 жыл бұрын

Ephebo Phil MMXVII I was born in '76 and Remember this console. It looks crap now, but it was state of the art graphics in '82-83

@CouragSomeone 7 жыл бұрын

I was expecting some poorly made tat, but it's actually quite a charming unit, and even looks a bit fun.

@comradeurod9805 4 жыл бұрын

For 82 that must have been like living in 2033

@flyingfireballmaster1816 3 жыл бұрын

@Comrade Urod given all the shit 2020 has brought, maybe 1982 was a better time to be alive lol

@lucianotapia840 3 жыл бұрын

Tat

@Roboshi2007 3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingfireballmaster1816 the cold war wasn't fun either

@flyingfireballmaster1816 3 жыл бұрын

@@Roboshi2007 Yeah, but at least then we were gonna die from a foreign power as opposed to humanities collective stupidity through chemical pollution.

@Ryusuta 10 жыл бұрын

In 1983, the Vectrex was released; a home console that allows you to use its own screen so you don't have to use the TV in your living room for it. In 2012, the Wii U was released; a home console that allows you to use its own screen so you don't have to use the TV in your living room for it. INNOVATION.

@Ryusuta 10 жыл бұрын

Amin Khajehnassiri Cool, I guess.

@Poldovico 9 жыл бұрын

I thought you couldn't use the in-built screen on the Wii U alone to play games. It needs both that and a TV, right?

@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக் 9 жыл бұрын

That's bullshit! PS3 already had remote play WAYY before WIIU.

@Chillius 9 жыл бұрын

***** No, That wasn't remote play, that was connecting a PSP.

@drlanator 9 жыл бұрын

the dream cast, like the wii u, had a screen on the controller.

@ChrisSPCs 10 жыл бұрын

"Unidentified Flying Bastard" is the best line.

@connormills5785 6 жыл бұрын

IllNotBeLegit thosd abhorrence, unidentified flying petulant bastards

@NeilRoy 7 жыл бұрын

That was a game machine I wanted back in the day but couldn't afford it. I always loved vector graphics, especially the original machines like that. They operated totally differently than today's graphics. They drew the lines on screen continuously updating them, no memory buffers, no pixels etc. My favourite was Battlezone at the arcade. They did not have pixelated lines at all, and are impossible to emulate perfectly (you can emulate them, but you will never get the same look as computers operate totally differently with pixels).

@gogomon4 9 жыл бұрын

Still smoother than most Ubisoft games

@tjhill0110 9 жыл бұрын

And they are actually finished and not just a buggy mess! Unbelievable, I know.

@Randy851 9 жыл бұрын

tjhill0110 It's not that hard to do when they only have 3 lines of code

@RaineV1 9 жыл бұрын

+Cecil Holstein Ubisoft has actually been worse than EA over the last few years.

@NORFFC 8 жыл бұрын

+Cecil Holstein Didn't they kill Bullfrog as well?

@pferreira1983 8 жыл бұрын

+George Pollitt Yeah they did eventually.

@jonedwards9512 8 жыл бұрын

What a delightful pink desk lamp you have. that was the main focus here for me.

@robertopar9026 8 жыл бұрын

+null wtf is wrong with you u might wanna a look up humor on google

@jonedwards9512 8 жыл бұрын

Good work everyone.

@quiche6400 8 жыл бұрын

+null And how is this autism?

@mbengwekwambonzala947 8 жыл бұрын

+Lone Wanderer It's clearly autism, don't defend a mental disease

@jonedwards9512 8 жыл бұрын

+Diamond Miner I'm glad to see the Internet so invested in a throwaway line about pink desk lamps. we've made some really great progress here these last few months.

@EvillClaws 7 жыл бұрын

holy crap that console is impressive , smooth as f and the graphics look so cool compared to big ass pixels

@nilsnyman6767 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1970 and thought I was familiar with all the game consoles. That being said, I've never heard of Vectrex. It actually looks pretty awesome. I do remember in the 90's when you could buy an Atari at almost any yard sale for like $10, because I bought MANY of them, lol. Ahh, the good old days.

@tarstarkusz 8 жыл бұрын

There is a large and very polished homebrew scene for the Vectrex, even games with bit mapped graphics! One of the best home consoles ever and a near arcade perfect port of Star Castle, one of my favorite old games.

@polyroguegames5820 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ashens, finally after almost a decade I managed to get my own Vectrex after learning about it here! It arrived today and I have been playing Scramble and Minestorm all evening. It also came with Blitz which seems pretty neat but I haven't a clue as to how American football works ahaha.

@smithcoffee8 4 жыл бұрын

This was so ahead of it's time. Such faster and more engaging gameplay than anything else at the time

@xeokym223 9 жыл бұрын

Back in the late 70s and early 80s, when life was still dangerous and children were more like accessories rather than the focus, parents would go shopping at Sears and drop the kids off in the unofficial daycare area, *the TOY AISLE.* Kids would amass there unwatched and unaccompanied by any adults while their parents went off to shop. In a sort of _Lord of the Flies_ type scenario, we would all turn feral and run amok between the shelves of toys. Once we got sick of tearing open Mr. Potato Head, playing Simon or throwing the KISS dolls around, we inevitably would end up at the Vectrex display. I played Vectrex for HOURS and hours without ever actually owning one. They were fucking expensive anyway, my parents wouldn't have sprung for that thing since I already had an Atari 2600. But yeah, the Vectrex made shopping with the 'rents tolerable, at least until your mom wanted you to come try on a pair of corduroy jeans & you'd lose your spot at one of the controllers.

@hypermecha223 8 жыл бұрын

+Loomi It's all true ;)

@trenzinhodaalegria8012 7 жыл бұрын

This machine had the original analog stick! 14 years before the Nintendo 64. But most people are absolutely clueless. Yes the Vectrex has an actual Variable Resistor Analog Stick. If you open it you'll see it really is in fact analog.

@miltonferreira9287 4 жыл бұрын

The VecTrex was awesome , i have one lying around in my house

@JETJOOBOY 4 жыл бұрын

I am 44 years old and am virtually blind from "floaters" Unfair

@JETJOOBOY 4 жыл бұрын

The INTELLIVISION had a sweet 32 direction controller.. I think

@miltonferreira9287 4 жыл бұрын

@@JETJOOBOY Youre old , but i respect you alot

@viralshadow 7 жыл бұрын

This thing was ahead of its time. It looks pretty good even by today's standards.

@hamdanali2036 11 ай бұрын

i know this comment is 6 years old but cmon mate that’s such a lie 💀

@jacobzagranis 8 жыл бұрын

if the screen that we're watching this on is bitmap, and the system is vector, then it is technically impossible to record the vectrex and have it show perfectly. it also couldn't be emulated perfectly. If you don't own one or have any friends that do, you are never going to truly experience it.

@patrickmccutcheon8860 6 ай бұрын

You can sort of see what you mean with how the dots “trail” a bit. I bet this was pretty wild back in 1982.

@ChickenPika 8 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, his head isn't in frame, so we don't get to see his Psychology Hat. ;_;

@IvanovIvanAKrutoi 7 жыл бұрын

Spoiler: it's an Invisible Psychology Hat.

@ohnospaghetti-o6123 7 жыл бұрын

ChickenPika does it help him cleave the earth In twain?

@thedawkturr4481 6 жыл бұрын

You can see it through the reflection of the Vectrex. It's very mesmerizing.

@DEATHBYFLYINGCDS 8 жыл бұрын

You know I kinda like the graphics on these games. They have sort of a crisp well engineered look to them. As well engineered as a high priced film camera. Its just so vibrant

@AndrewSmith-zw5bl 8 жыл бұрын

The starship game actually was labeled Star Trek: The Motion Picture in the beginning but the label was dropped.

@TheHutchy01 3 жыл бұрын

Presumably for the obvious reason that no-one in their right mind would be associated with that turd of a film. If it'd been Wrath of Khan...

@bluebull399 7 жыл бұрын

I'm still amazed this came out in 1982, the vector graphics are absolutely fantastic for the time and it had sampled speech as well! Imagine playing elite on this beast.

@SilentMott 8 жыл бұрын

Don't play for too long in moderate brightness? Only two colors? Take periodic breaks? Tiny selection of legitimately fun games? Comes with its own screen? Its the world's FIRST Virtual Boy!

@RogerMurphy 8 жыл бұрын

+SilentMott You can play as long as you like in any brightness. You break when you feel like it, as in anything you do in life. A large selection of super fun games in 1982. There was no comparison back then.

@scapegoht9537 8 жыл бұрын

+Mr.Scruffy the great No, the Castlevania game was pretty good. If it wasn't all red.

@LyingSecret 8 жыл бұрын

+scapegoht There wasn't a Castlevania game on Virtual Boy, I'm not sure what game you mean otherwise.

@scapegoht9537 8 жыл бұрын

LyingSecret No, there is most certainly a Castlevania game on the virtual boy.

@LyingSecret 8 жыл бұрын

scapegoht Do you have any links to a video of it or something? I looked on the Virtual Boy games list on wiki at least and I couldn't see one.

@CJODell12 8 жыл бұрын

1:02. Turns out the Atari Landfill myth proved to be at least partially true. They did bury a lot of game cartridges, but not quite as many as what was believed (at least 1,300 were found)

@MrWolfSnack 5 ай бұрын

They only had a permit to excavate one small section where it was most probable the games would be. They can't excavate the entire landfill. 1,300 were found to sell off to raise money for the city of Alamogordo.

@Luna-Fox 9 жыл бұрын

Even though he bashes the vectrex pretty hardly, it's worth the money if you have that money to spend.

@user-ju6fk4pg3k Ай бұрын

A video with passion, made 12 years ago. It is impossible not to feel pity for that wonderful console that has already turned more than 40 years old.

@joshuaclark778 10 жыл бұрын

im am now going record my sightings on UFBs, Unidentified Flying Bastards lol

@JacobKelly02 10 жыл бұрын

lol :P

@legojigga 7 жыл бұрын

Joshua Clark lol

@L8bro 7 жыл бұрын

I had one of these! I got it for my birthday in '82 and all my friends were so jealous.

@eggsamillion 7 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to get my hands on one of these.

@CPS2 6 жыл бұрын

eggsamillion Me too. They cost a fucking fortune though.

@snowyicicle1335 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah at my local store they have 1 for 300 dollars

@Davidsweirdness 5 жыл бұрын

300 isn't a fortune take it easy

@leontarmann3449 5 жыл бұрын

@@snowyicicle1335 300 for something like this isn't expensive at all

@ran-dee3966 5 жыл бұрын

I have one.

@tigerkitteneater6472 9 жыл бұрын

I was actually blown away by how good Mine Storm was. I expected the teleport to just move the sprite from one spot to another but, I'll be damned, the ship made quite a spectacular exit through the worm hole it made.

@weeseet 10 жыл бұрын

You know, if Atari wanted to make a shit ton of money, they could dig up all those E.T. cartridges, individually number them, and sell them. What nerd wouldn't want a piece of video game history?

@lunavixen015 10 жыл бұрын

I think they were crushed before burial, not to mention, the years would have degraded the cartridges beyond use, so they'd have no value.

@riz1 10 жыл бұрын

You read the future :o

@LandauTST 10 жыл бұрын

I've really wanted one of these for a while. When I was in high school ('99-'03), we had a sub I'd talk video games with. She said she'd glance in her attic and if she found he old one, she'd sell it to me. She never did find it though and wasn't going to start going through everything just to find it for me, which I understand, but still...So close. I will get one of these one day. I don't know why I like it so much, but I do. I had a Virtual Boy at one point and I don't see how this thing could be worse. And Ashens is all "I don't have any of the good games, but there are some. I promise." while I'm watching him play like "Oh, man. This is badass...". Yeah. I dunno. Like I said, I don't know why, but I've just always really liked this thing and vector-based games. I'd have a lot of fun with it, even the games he was playing.

@SantaCllaws 10 жыл бұрын

All hail lord Karnage! anyone else get that reference? No... ok :(

@mcFreaki 10 жыл бұрын

i raise my mug of beer to lord Karnage before playing some Space Gar

@DetroitNerd 10 жыл бұрын

I'd rather have a buffalo take a diarrhea dump in my ear! What a shit load of fuck!

@mcFreaki 10 жыл бұрын

bitch, lord karnage will run you over in his 1970 el camino next time you visit new jersy to play some truxton.

@jakethreesixty 9 жыл бұрын

I was hoping I wasn't the only CGR fan here! Best video game reviews on youtube. Period.

@boopdoop991 9 жыл бұрын

I kinda want one of those

@ReverendSyn 9 жыл бұрын

This is a system that needs to be brought back, like they did with the Atari 2600 and Genesis. Perhaps with all the games built in. It could probably be done pretty inexpensively like the 2 aforementioned re-released systems. Even if you had to make the screen too

@douro20 9 жыл бұрын

Personally I think it would actually be too expensive.

@ReverendSyn 9 жыл бұрын

I dunno. We are talking about 35 year old technology here

@ReverendSyn 9 жыл бұрын

Well the Genesis, Intellivison and Colecovision consoles havent been made for decades, either. Yet I still see the retro consoles at my local Dollar Generals for $40 and under I dont see why they cant do the same with Vectrex

@saoirse147 6 жыл бұрын

On the AppStore you can play most of the library along with some new games. Just search Vectrex. Play em on my phone at the buss stop sometimes

@DOSRetroGamer 5 жыл бұрын

with today's high resolutions and antialiasing I bet you can reproduce vector graphics with a raster screen pretty accurately.

@bonkmaykr 6 жыл бұрын

Ashens has a pretty unique sense of humor in his content (without getting off topic) and also makes some pretty interesting reviews and other such videos. I honestly need to watch this way more often!

@AngelicaFanGirl 3 жыл бұрын

3D in the early 80s sure was ahead of it's time. Impressive.

@brandonhandymusic 8 ай бұрын

I got to play a Vectrex in person before, definitely a unique experience. Thanks, Stone Age Gamer

@AlakazamASMR 10 ай бұрын

I played one of these at a comic-con because it was the only console of all consoles there with an empty seat, and I was seriously impressed with how good the visuals still looked to this day, and how genuinely fun the game was, it's making me consider recording Vectrex content for ASMR, either way, thanks for the video Ashens!

@seanwilkinson3975 9 жыл бұрын

I really wish this console had survived the games crash of the '80s. Vector-based games have a style and playability that raster displays couldn't match, and so many of the best games used vectors (Gravitar, Space Fury, Tempest, and many others). The two-player arcade Space War game (Cinematronics) was slick as hot butter to play. It was so gratifying to hit glancing shots that'd kill your opponent's thrusters, then fly circles around his stranded helm portion. Better than Halo teabagging, trust me.

@no1reallycaresabout2 9 жыл бұрын

The graphics seem fairly decent for a console released in 1983.

@RogerMurphy 8 жыл бұрын

I hear about this Minestorm bug often, but my Vectrex, bought off the shelf in a store as a kid doesn't seem to have it. I remember getting to level 130+ something. Everything was super fast. My brother and I would take turns after school each day and we'd easily get past level 40-50 each time. I'll have to dig it out of storage and check the model etc.

@ArtoPekkanen 8 жыл бұрын

+Roger Murphy probably MB had the fixed version of Minestorm rom chip installed on the very last production batches ....

@jkholtgreve 4 жыл бұрын

This still looked impressive for the mid-90s compared to non-vector based attempts at emulating early vector arcade games, which are still some of my favorites. The screen reminds me of some of the dedicated text-use CRT displays designed for CCTV magnifiers for visually impaired people I used in elementary school.

@daboring1 8 жыл бұрын

there is an urban legend about otto from the game bezerk that 2 men died from heart attack because of him

@Spamjim0211 8 жыл бұрын

Evil otto

@daboring1 8 жыл бұрын

Epic Gameplay yes

@WeskersCheeksEnjoyer 8 жыл бұрын

yeah, both were around the age of 19, and both died shortly after posting their high scores.

@SuperOldShows 9 жыл бұрын

This thing looks amazing for the time!

@beautyforashes2022 3 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty impressed with this system for how old it is and what it does. It's a really neat piece of vintage tech, you're lucky to have it in your collection.

@68000Gandalf 3 жыл бұрын

18:47 You're not supoosed to shoot the "Mushrrom" (LOL) You have to target the center of it with your "Square Shot" in order to refuel your ship (yes, it has fuel) ... And the thing when your crosshair "goes funny" is actually a shield that prevent enemy fire to kill you :) That game is really good and when you play it seriousely it can be very challenging !

@scorchx3000 9 жыл бұрын

My neighbour had one, it was a cool console.

@MidKnightBlue 7 жыл бұрын

"Unidentified Flying Bastard" That cracked me up. I think there may be something wrong with me

@hypermecha223 4 жыл бұрын

Back in the day Sears all had a Vectrex display system set up in the toys section. My parents (and many others) would drop their kids off in the Sears toys section & tell their kids to just stay there while they shopped. A handful of us would gather round the display and play all the games set up to choose from and play for a couple hours. I had no chance of owning one of these since I already had an Atari 2600 and there was _no way_ my parents would have spent more money on this expensive new system, but I sure got in a lot of hours of play at Sears. Sometimes even fights broke out when someone wouldn't let someone else have a turn. Good times :)

@supercammy98 7 жыл бұрын

pretty sure they did a HD of Rip Off last year, but they re-named it to No Mans Sky.

@famebano 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@dhj0411 11 жыл бұрын

this is amazing i played this at my grandparents house (when everyone else was playing on a PlayStation)

@dedpxl 11 жыл бұрын

14:20 wow those graphics are f***ing insane!! remember this thing was going against the Atari 2600!

@georgiadreamingbb1245 2 жыл бұрын

Wow my mind is blown at how beautiful it is and how nice the screen movement is ... just amazed to be honest for the time with different colors.

@stacymcfarland7720 4 жыл бұрын

Omg. I use to have one of these as a kid. Loved it. Totally forgot about it.

@codythefox7612 9 жыл бұрын

13:55 the intellivision needed a voice module to play the voice while the vectrex needs nothing to play voice!!! -i still love the intellivision...-

@turtlebornben118 9 жыл бұрын

BEEEE SHEVUNTEEEHN BAAAAAAUUUUMUUURRR

@brickbrainiac 9 жыл бұрын

u dont like intellivision?

@codythefox7612 9 жыл бұрын

brick brainiac no i do well, i did.

@Cali4niaCondor 8 жыл бұрын

as soon as I heard "Berserk" my first thought was "SCREW YOU OTTO"

@snowyicicle1335 5 жыл бұрын

Berserk: "hopefully you don't die while playing" (TM)

@Wazzamazizzi 9 жыл бұрын

Great, what a trip down memory lane! We had one of these when I was young. we played minestorm and Starship for hours on end :))

@actioninja8654 10 жыл бұрын

This actually is really cool. I am impressed for 1982.

@GrumpyMonk86 10 жыл бұрын

boxed vectrex, jesus christ.

@15-Peter-20 5 жыл бұрын

Why u racist ?

@eLJaybud 4 жыл бұрын

Yes these were released during the time of Jesus.

@JETJOOBOY 4 жыл бұрын

Bugger.. I bought one for a tenner and gave it to my ungrateful brat offspring

@15-Peter-20 4 жыл бұрын

@@JETJOOBOY I'll have it if he/she doesn't want it 😁

@JaxHahn 8 жыл бұрын

WOAH NICE GRAPHICS I'D LIKE TO GET MY HANDS ON THAT GAME - Kid in Zelda Commercial, 1987

@shala_shashka 7 жыл бұрын

Oh my gawd! It's so cool! The lamp on the side is so cool!!!

@MatthiasSchicker 10 жыл бұрын

That ... actually looks amazing!! Nothing beats frame rate when it comes to gaming experiences - and this is smooooooth :0

@MerkinMuffly 4 жыл бұрын

That video game book brought me here

@misanthropicisolation4013 9 жыл бұрын

7:54 "The lights are off, the curtains are closed, the roof's on fire"

@rossmain6118 4 жыл бұрын

God I remember having one of those as a hand-me-down from my older brothers! Thanks for the nostalgia! 👊🏻

@shinjisan2015 7 жыл бұрын

As soon as you introduced the third game, "Spike", I cheered out loud. Full on punch the air cheer. Spike is my fondest memory of childhoold gaming. It's that one game why I want a Vectrex.

@AveryDelMiller 9 жыл бұрын

I've chatted with the designer of Berzerk. Pretty cool guy. Evil Otto was actually based on a real person, David Otto.

@thenationofjemplastan1387 6 жыл бұрын

Avery Miller ay I watched you a lot

@nitsua132376 7 жыл бұрын

this is surprisingly fresh compared to atari games and such

@Cassiepult 7 жыл бұрын

It's fun looking in the reflection and seeing Stuart behind the camcorder.

@Flipnred78 5 жыл бұрын

Had one. it was cool for its time. Fun wore quick but it was cool. Had all the games you played. Thanks for the memories!!!!!

@michelbernard1453 9 жыл бұрын

i owned a vectrex back in the day.. it was a pretty fun system.. I had spike, spike was a great game. Eek help spike! .. such memories.. I even owned the the 3d headset. with minefield 3d which was nice

@JoeyTkachuk 10 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: In North America, Starship WAS Star Trek licensed. Replace that generic musical cue with the Star Trek the Motion Picture theme and you've got it.

@Tails41347 8 жыл бұрын

We still have a Vectrex. My mother got one when she was young, and today it still working but missing all the games. Only the inbuild game is still running, that's nice. If you missing all your games for it, you still have one game left.

@itsalexbruh95 3 жыл бұрын

"I don't get any money from it" You've come a long way Stuart 😁

@TOASTEngineer 9 жыл бұрын

DARNIT

@ShengDanLaoRen 7 жыл бұрын

I remember they this in a video rental store when I was a kid

@ChadBoughton 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making me aware of this today, this thing is awesome!

@FinleyZero 8 жыл бұрын

Played one of these at a retro gaming convention, couldn't believe how good the graphics looked for its time.

@betelgeuse_99 9 жыл бұрын

Unidentified Flying Bastard. UFB, seems legit enough.

@waldsteiger 8 жыл бұрын

this thing is a beauty

@gentlegiant6585 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this and brings back a lot of memories for me 😊. They used to have one on display for play in this great mall when I was 14 back in 1982. I would play Battlezone (in green) and this WWI biplane battle (in blue). Both were fps and would be all in on color, but you could lay a plastic sheet over the monitor with designs on them. I would play it for hours. The joystick was incredibly smooth and awsome visuals. I wanted it soooo, so bad but it was $200.00 which would be like $700.00 today.

@elliotnewmarch8921 6 жыл бұрын

I had this console it was (for the time) amazing many many hours playing these games!

@codythefox7612 9 жыл бұрын

There should be a Vectrex flashback!

@mario64remix 8 жыл бұрын

That would be expensive. There's an emulator on iOS I believe, it's the next best thing.

@codythefox7612 8 жыл бұрын

***** oh! Sadly on IOS... i don't own an iPad.

@mario64remix 8 жыл бұрын

+Cody The fox It's all public domain anyway. That's why there are so many home brew games. Also there might be a PC emulator.

@codythefox7612 8 жыл бұрын

i may look for that. If there is one, awesome!*****

@danielandlukeplaygames8329 5 жыл бұрын

They should make that

@soundcode0246 8 жыл бұрын

9:06 any one notice the "plane thing" looks like a magnum dong

@adamrunyon4091 8 жыл бұрын

All it needs is a monster condom

@Shindinru 8 жыл бұрын

I had one of these back in the day, loved the heck out of it.

@copium5513 7 жыл бұрын

There is something in the too left corner of the screen on the sofa, it looks like it is watching ashens play the vertex. menacingly

@Nickwithneighbors 9 жыл бұрын

Banished from Earth!!

@MaverDick12 8 жыл бұрын

+Dirtynicker911 The international space arcade.

@reshiram202 8 жыл бұрын

Classic Game Room!

@MaverDick12 8 жыл бұрын

reshiram202 opening song plays.

@zintosion 8 жыл бұрын

+Soler “Stafru” Star Intergalactic Space Arcade.

@odeiup 6 жыл бұрын

Openfacefont on it’s never ending mission to review, EVERYTHING

@yudiartog 10 жыл бұрын

Ashens : Starships Me : Nicki minaj

@Bugsaresocool 10 жыл бұрын

Same

@yudiartog 10 жыл бұрын

got it

@MR-fz4gw 5 жыл бұрын

I had this game as a child. I was obsessed with it!

@chv307 3 жыл бұрын

I remember whenever I went to the mall. I would always have fun playing this game. This was so long ago back in the 80s when I was a kid. How time flies. Those were the good days.🙂