If you listen closely, you can hear Mark from Classic Game Room in the distance.

Mark from Classic Game Room would be proud.

Mark and TRUXTON GODS are pleased.

It's clean because its a vector monitor like the ones they used in the arcades in the early 80s on many machines :) Same tech they use in oscilloscopes.

Such a unique console. I know Mark from CGR gushes about it all the time.

I actually ran into someone who got one at launch, while I was at college. He actually brought it to a gamers united console gaming night event and people were just in awe over it.

As someone unfortunately old enough to remember, most people in the early 80s had a 13" b&w tv for their Atari VCS. The mammoth 19" console tv was for watching only.

The Vectrex looks like the coolest console from that generation. Love the video!

Lord Karnage approves.

There is something oddly relaxing about the smoothness of Vectrex’s graphics.

The Vectrex is pleased and finds you worthy. May The Vectrex forever dwell in the mortal world.

Totally had an old TV that had that type of knob when I was a kid. Screen was pretty much the same size as the one on the Vectrex, haha. Cool video, nice way to close out the series.

YOU GOT THE VECTREX!!! OH MY GOD! So happy for you!

My friend has a few of these, was really impressed by the crisp lines and he explained the tech a bit. really cool piece of hardware

Mark from Classic game room often talks about this console. And in all honesty looking at the history of the console I could see why in many aspects he has a lot of admiration for it because in a nutshell it feels as if the developers for this console saw what gaming in terms of certain ideas would look like 30+ years after it was release.

Badass console, just like you said. Perhaps the true arcade experience in your home, literally.

The gaming Historian did a amazing video on it .

The Vectrex RULES THE SCHOOL. I plan to get one! Gotta get those overlays.

Vectrex was the first ever console I owned. Given to my brother and I buy my uncle who probably bought it when it was marked down/second hand. All our friends were playing NES and SNES and we loved the Vectrex. Played tons of Scramble, Web Wars, and Fortress of Narzod.

When adam says the image quality is clear, you know it is. That kinda makes me wanna get one of these some day.

The Vectrex is such a cool machine. It's easy to imagine that if the crash had happened a bit later, or not at all, they could have maybe have adapted a lot of the first-gen 3D polygon stuff you got in 80s arcades, like I, Robot and Star Wars, especially if a later revision had incorporated color.

Mr. Koralik...the prestigious VideoGame Historian!!

HI Adam, just wanted to say I love the generation recaps and your videos are great, thanks for the many hours of entertainment.

Awesome video Adam! Congratulations on obtaining a Vectrex :-)

Such a neat console. I was fortunate enough to get to play one back in '85, at just 8 years old. My next door neighbor had one, and I had the opportunity to play Mine Storm and one other game I don't recall the name of. Sadly, I only got the one chance to play it, so my 20 or 30 minutes in front of it was it. I would love to find one out in the wild, especially now that there's a homebrew scene for it, and a handful of "new" games have been released to expand the library.

I have seen this game console reviewed by other KZfaq channels. I like how you reviewed this. Good video man.

Hi. I like the look of that display technology better that LCD and the usual CRT.

"You expect it to look bad... because of when it came out (1982)" I'm guessing you're saying this because you're younger than me. I was born in 1977, I played the original Asteroids arcade game by Atari which was a vector game, I played the original Star Wars arcade game in the sitty down cabinet and everything, it was awesome and looked completely different to any other game back then. The first time I saw a Vectrex (in the UK) was when a couple of childhood friends brought me to their house. They told me it was awesome. I saw it and thought "Wireframe graphics, just like Asteroids... and Mine Storm is just like Asteroids, this is cool!" and I was kind of disappointed it wasn't in colour like the Star Wars game. I saw the Vectrex emulator on Retropie... it sucks. I hope they get a better one.

nice work dude. congratulations on finishing the series again, until, you get another console from this gen. i hope that happens, i cant lie im a little sad this series is over now .

Congrats on the vectrex man. I was so excited when I got mine. I love that old school hum the screen and speaker make when you turn it on. Took me back to being a kid again. I'd have crapped myself if I'd have walked into a store and saw a wall of vectrex.

I loved Battlezone. If everything's in that style, I might have to check one of these out.

Welcome to the club Adam! I got mine just a couple of months ago, after years of putting it off. I was absolutely blown away by how smooth and crisp the graphics are. They may have been basic, but this was the 60fps of 1982. And the whole console, because it stands apart in so many ways, feels more 'of its time' than many others. This must have felt like owning an arcade machine. Or being in Tron. I don't even mind the buzz they typically make. I've only got Scramble and Berzerk, and this is one of my favourite consoles already. Really glad you got one, I thought it would be right up your street.

Always enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the great work. Hope to hear you at a convention in the future.

Really loved the series. Looking foward to more.

5:58 a DIN connector is usually round the industry standard term for that connector is a DE-9. The D stands for D-subminiature, the E is the shell size, and 9 is the number of pins. Some people may call it a DB-9 but that's technically incorrect since B refers to a much larger shell but it's been mistakenly called that for so long DB-9 has become another term to refer to this connector.

I was lucky to get to try one at a gaming expo here in Norway a couple of years ago, not only was I impressed by the sharp picture, but the Astroids game Iplayed controlled really responsive and the animation was fast. The game felt really good to play, I wasn't expecting that at all!

With vector graphics, the image will always look clean. I remember playing the arcade versions of BattleZone and Temptest. I think both used vector graphics. Others did too. These were just the only names that came to mind. Milton Bradley had another system that was part of the 2nd Generation that I didn't see in your images. In 1979, they had the Microvision - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision. I remember one of my friends had one. I don't recall what it was like, but I have read it had lots of problems. It was a cartridge-based portable system. Technically, they're not like the typical cartridges. You swapped out the entire faceplate for each game.

And that concludes this whole Retrospective Series, with all of the other generations done.

Great series. Thank you, Adam.

Great video Adam!

Vector screens are cool. I remember seeing an asteroids machine with them in an arcade once and it sticking with me.

I had one of these. I loved the controller for it more than the console itself

oh yes, those screens are gorgeous.

I love that this thing came out the year I was born

Hey Adam! I’ve been a fan of yours for years but I never left a comment. I just wanted to say that your videos are awesome. I’ve watched these generation recaps... more times then I’d like to admit. I love how you just rant to the camera. It doesn’t feel forced or like there isn’t any fake emotion, you just talk. It’s hard to find KZfaqrs like that nowadays. Keep up the good work❤️

dude, i really enjoy your videos, thanks, they're informative mostly accurate and above all, fun. nevertheless, you gotta do something about your microphone. never mind my whining lol keep up your channel is great... quality time on the way to work after i put my son at his preschool. THanks!

Had one as a kid. Cant remember what happened to it. It was realy nice for the time.

got to play one of these at MAGfest last year, the screen is very crisp! cool little machine

i do love my original and mint vectrex too, great system from 1983.

now we are talking retro collecting!!!

Welcome to the Vectrex owning master race!

i owned one back in like 2007 had to restore the controller. miss the buzzing noise and playing the thing it was a blast i new a guy who had the overlays and customized his too back on racketboy in those days. someday i hope to own one again

I've been waiting for the vectrex to appear..... yes.

YAY MORE!!!! THANK YOU NUMBER 7!!!!

that's just awesome

youre right, the vectrex is not that heavy. however i bought mine off pat the nes punk at a convention that i had to park a mile or so away from. after the 15 minute walk to my car my arms felt like jello when put the thing down.

cool video talk adam

The kid on the original CBS version of "Charles in Charge" had a Vectrex and he played it in several of the episodes...

Man I love these recap videos!! any thoughts on doing handheld recaps?

Mark from classic game room loves the vectrex

I think that fucking thing is by far the coolest console of that generation.

I have wanted to get a Vectrex for so long! I found a really good deal a couple years ago (dude was selling his whole Vectrex collection. Console and 16 boxed games all in mint condition), but unfortunately it sold before I could save up enough money. :'(

great video as always. i would love to get a vectrex but absolutely never come across one . maybe one day i will get one

I wonder if it's the one I traded in a few years back, at the time I don't think he had any Vectrex's. (I had three Vectrex at the time...). Great system. Congrats. Yes you should definitely pick up a multicart, all available games on one menu driven cart. :0). Oddly enough mine sweeper is my favorite game. That and star trek ! Cheers!! I don't think these were as hard to find about 5 years ago.

Nice video dude

I remember going to Sears in 82 with my parents and they had some of these on display with salesmen showing them to people trying to help sell them. I was of course begging my parents to get me one, I had an Atari but it would've been so cool to have a 2nd console of some kind back then so I was laying into them hard. They basically said maybe for Christmas so I sat back and waited and didn't get it for Christmas but 5 months later on my Birthday they got me one. I was so excited I played it all the time. I ended up getting about 7 to 8 games for it over the length of the 80s. Once the NES came out I pretty much slowed way down playing it. Then the biggest mistake I ever made was selling it in 1995. So upset at my self now for being such a dumbass getting rid of it when I've pretty much kept all my consoles except that one. I still have my box for it though.

The second gen series was great Adam! And can't wait for the first gen recap and the next playload! Ps how close are you to the full Wii U set?

If you ever used an analog oscilloscope, you know how sharp and clean this kind of screen can be, if well tuned :p

My first entry into gaming in 1983 (I think) Played that thing until it packed in, in the early 90's. I kept it for a few years after it broke, but eventually gave into pressure to dump it from my parents along with the games as it was taking up space in the attic. Biggest regret so far.

call video games then and now in Norridge since you are in Chicagoland. The owner makes an authorized vectrex multicart that works perfect. he usually keeps a couple in stock if not he'll make one for you in a couple days. also I purchased on eBay the Genesis controller adapter from a guy in Australia that makes them and it's kick ass I would strongly suggest it.

My favorite console.

I am surprised that you have this. I believe these are pretty rare!

The vectrex is such a cool piece of technology, such a shame it came out in 1982 right before the crash (same with the ColecoVision) I love these retrospectives, i rewatch them every now and then when video game history is back into my radar of current interests. I'm curious as to if you would ever make a retrospective series on the different handheld consoles too?

To my knowledge the screens use vector graphics (thus the name in the first place) rather than pixels. This is also why this console can't be compared to other systems or even just TV screens of its time. I tried to run a very early Vectrex emulator myself ages ago (around the early WinXP days) that of course will make the games look like 2600 stuff in comparison but to be fair, even in the emulator the overlays got emulated what made the games actually look really cool. Too bad it failed but even so... Nintendo probably would've killed it off sooner or later with the NES.

That was a sweet pick up! Toyratt is the man!

You could make a controller adapter pretty easy. Just buy the plug pins at Frys and wire them to another socket for the other controller. BAM.

The thing i like most from the vectrex is the start up sound. I dont know why though.

if you get any of the consoles that you are currently missing will you be doing videos on them and are you going to review handhelds at any point

Hey Adam do you have many resident evil games, if so you ever consider doing a video on the history and your experiences with them? I don't know why it'd just be cool to see

My brother bought one of those right after the video game crash and we were buying cartridges for 5 dollars each.

Adam, I think you can agree with me on my thoughts on the phrase "This sucks because it's old!". I HATE that line. It pisses me off even more when I hear that about various bands. All that "old" stuff paved the way for everything that came later. Also, what we consider old was state-of-the-art then.

what is vector graphics, does that mean the ray scans from the center out in a circle?

i would say that this console is like a retro wii u just because of what it tried to achieve, probably the most interesting console to me from second generation just because of the technology behind the machine was quite advanced for the time too bad there rare in the uk

I remember when I discovered this existed, it was cheap af, ($100 on Ebay) but I never picked it up. Oh, the sins of our past.

Your Vectrex looks like brand new! Where did you find one in such pristine condition? I love the Vectrex, easily the best console of the 80s!

Well this explains why Adam didn't get back to me on my message regarding looking for a Vectrex for him. If he had gotten back to me he could have gotten the Vectrex, several games to go with it and as an added bonus NAM-1975 for the AES. Too bad. It's not like Adam will read this message anyway...

I had a go on my friend's in '84/'85. It was okay.

The sounds of the Vectrex are quite irritating at 1st... but then you get used to it & you love it, just like a younger sibling.

Blurring the line between computer and dedicated gaming system I currently have about 3 complete Tandy TRS-80 units that I grew up programming on and playing games with. I have a few carts too and a tape deck with cables. Some games I have are pitfall, super pitfall, Jordan vs bird. I demo it to my tech club kids each year and it ls right in line with this generation and these videos. if you're interested, it's yours. happy to donate considering all the content over the years. I'm in Chicago as well so would get to you in no time. Message me if you want me to send your way.

Can you explain facts about the Commodore 64 and the commodore Vic 20

my Vectrex the best find on a city dump

Hey Mark, when you cleaned out the back room, where did your Vectrex go...oh, there it is! Or, rather an IOU From Adam????!!!!???!!

The only CRT Adam will ever own haha

Awesome video! really want a beefed but can't afford one...

Sublime! Haha what a diva! lol.

Well the console did come out around the time of the video game Crash so yeah I see why it got no third party support but I feel like this thing probably would have been very popular well into the 90s if it hadn't been for the crash it maybe the 2000s I kind of feel like this would have been the Super Nintendo Junior and Genesis model 3 a video games and what I mean by that this will be the type of games for newcomers like the little little kids like four and five up to eight wow the bigger newer consoles would be the stuff for the older kids

You should have used classic game rooms intro

I know how to make you like RPGs Adam if you want to, Play Chrono Trigger! It's one of the best RPGs ever and lots of people that I know played this game and they loved the RPG Genre ever since! ^-^

When are you going to do the Fairchild Channel F

from what I understand how vector displays work is different than a standard tv screen. a standard tv screen has a beam of electrons that continuously scan the whole screen from top to bottom. the intensity of the beam at certain points creates the image. the beam scans so fast the normal human eye can't detect it. but old film footage of tv's you will see the screen flicker. a vector display focuses the electrons and draws the image directly and doesn't scan the whole screen. This makes a very sharp, clear image but not a very in-depth image. unfortunately with vector displays, the more sprites the beams has to draw on screen, the more flicker as there simply too much for the beam to manage at once thereby degrading it with the flicker. a draw back.