VECTREX Accessories - Light Pen and 3D Imager

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VECTREX Accessories - Light Pen and 3D Imager

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FLASHING LIGHT WARNING Let's talk about the Vectrex light pen and the Vectrex 3D Imager! Since you have to look through the headpiece to see the games in 3D, I unfortunately couldn't show this in the video but I try to give you an idea of what it's like. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for watching!
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@anthonywheeler2082 11 ай бұрын

If I had a Vectrex as a kid it would've blew my mind. It was so ahead of curve. Narrowscape was basically Star Fox before Star Fox!

@retrogamingknight 11 ай бұрын

Great video. They were definitely trying to be cutting edge with the peripherals. As for Mail Plane, looks like it wasn't officially released. All the ROMS were made public domain years back and a fan made recreation cart and box was created in 2021 and is still for sale. That fan-made version is what's showing up on ebay.

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info! That’s what I figured. I’ll have to try it out someday. Thanks for watching!

@honor9lite1337 11 ай бұрын

Nice😮

@yandman26 11 ай бұрын

The overall design aesthetic of Vectrex packaging is absolutely beautiful. The logos, the silver, the grid, all comes together in such an incredible way. The 3D imager is an amazing add-on, and it's box is just gorgeous.

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@The_Badseed 11 ай бұрын

The Vectrex is one of my favorite retro consoles, I had no idea about the accessories. Thanks for the video 👍

@Theseus9-cl7ol 11 ай бұрын

It's like an old school drawing tablet, cool.

@goldenchild4574 11 ай бұрын

I used to have a Vectrex when I was a kid, but I never knew of these other devices. That's so cool. I subscribed to your channel when I came across a video of the old Sears catalogues. I used to love looking through those, and dream about toys I wanted for Christmas. Thank you for the good work you do. You were born too late.

@tonydeluna8095 11 ай бұрын

Hey Erin! It’s great to see you again. Keep it retro always 💯

@meatpockets 11 ай бұрын

I wish I could see a Vectrex in person. I have played a few vector arcade games and videos don’t do it justice on how sharp/bright the lines are.

@cnfuzz 11 ай бұрын

I owned 3 , first one bought when they we're phaseing them out in 84 , the original price was around 450 dollars but reduced to about 120 in 84 , the last one i bought in 2002 for a mere 20 usd before they became searched after

@RockmanLabs 11 ай бұрын

it's amazing what creators were able to make back in the early 80s, when the computing power was so limited. They make it look like these machines had way more computing power than they really did.

@jeremysmith4620 11 ай бұрын

The roller coaster guy's little mitten hands are really cute.

@theorcslair 11 ай бұрын

The Vectrex is my holy grail of systems. I still say these vector graphics are appealing and unique even today. Awesome video, it’s so cool to see these accessories. Some of them were surprisingly innovative.

@DarkKnightBatman420 11 ай бұрын

I don't remember seeing a Vectrix before in my life, much less one that was turned on. I'm sure I would have some uncovered some buried deep memories uncovered if I had. That was a neat thing to see, thanks!

@vidzsz 11 ай бұрын

Loved the vid! I can't believe there is still classic gaming stuff like this that I never heard of before. Even as a person who's paid attention to this subject my whole life. Thanks!

@dan_evilrobot 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the Vectrex and it's cool to see "the light pen" drawing on the screen. And I've never seen "3D Imager" on video, the design of it looks really cool. Awesome video Erin.😉👍

@loreabiding 11 ай бұрын

That's so cool! The Vectrex is my holy grail!

@winterburden 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for this super neat Vectrex video Erin!

@BaronVonHardcharger 11 ай бұрын

Vectrex was amazing! :D Really tight controls and fun games!

@BaronMorte 7 ай бұрын

When I was 7 years old in back in 89 I "inherited" a Vectrex with a bunch of games from my older brother when he moved out for college. I didn't even know that he had one and I was already into the NES by then (1st and only console my parents bought me). It was so different and cool. I still have and rock that Vec it to this day.

@bobbus_74 11 ай бұрын

You've gotta love the Vectrex. Such an iconic machine.

@nufi20 11 ай бұрын

Hey welcome back, glad to see new KZfaq content

@hugocaufriez416 11 ай бұрын

Ok I’ve never more wanted to have a Vectrex!!!

@QuesadillaPadilla 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video Erin, as a proud Vectrex owner I am always on the lookout for Vectrex content so thank you, I'm really digging Vectorblade, Vyrzon, Vector Patrol, Vector Pilot & Star Wars Arcade on the Pitrex with UV overlays, looking forward to picking up a 3D imager one day, again great video #AlmightyVectrex

@BoldlyDoug 11 ай бұрын

My aunt had one of these and I used to play Spike and Molly. It was a crazy console.

@natemarx4999 11 ай бұрын

Erin is back 😀

@AJSmith67 11 ай бұрын

Queen of retro gaming is back 👑 🎉

@richstaypuft6447 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video Erin ❤

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@ZMAN_420 11 ай бұрын

Extremely cool! The Retro category is so nostalgic for me. I'm about the same age as Mike. I remember playing Atari 2600, NES and all thes retro counsels for the first time when they first came out. It was AWESOME at home. Great Video Erin.

@WrestlingandFilmReviews 11 ай бұрын

I was only born in 1989, so I missed the whole 80s in gaming, but I remember playing NES either 1993 or 1994. Then in 1996 I played Doom I & II. I remember playing Heretic in 1997. I got N64 in 1997 and after that PS1 in 1999. In 2000 PS1 was my fav. console with 30+ games. That was my gaming story, never owned Vectrex, IntelliVision, ColecoVision, Amiga, C64...

@Riz2336 11 ай бұрын

Very cool. I can’t even imagine what all that stuff is worth. I always liked vector graphics

@BigAngryPhil 11 ай бұрын

I had the Vectrex and the light pen! I had no idea there was a virtual reality thingie, I can't imagine the headaches one would get from using it.

@XanderCrease 11 ай бұрын

The Vectrex was a little beast of a machine in the early 80's. Nothing has been quite as unique since! It's form, it's arcade vector graphic style and intriguing accessories, it was like nothing else yet widely ignored :/

@Agent-jc6ww 11 ай бұрын

Hi Erin, Its been awhile. Keeps those videos coming. More power to you dear.

@Jaxon23294 11 ай бұрын

It makes absolutely no sense how cute Erin is.

@rwalk1985 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video as always. Love the Gradius 3 music.

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@maggs131 11 ай бұрын

Id be willing to bet the copies of mail plane on eBay are home brews that are being pawned off as genuine. People make games for this awesome console all the time.

@MicrobiusBlue 11 ай бұрын

Gaming Treasure ❤

@vibgaming 11 ай бұрын

😆😆😆 i've had the vectrex since 1983, but never tried any of the 3D games or light pen. i wish i can one day. that rollercoaster game sounds brutal.

@deusexlacuna 11 ай бұрын

Watching stuff like this makes me think about how much "innovation" is really just technology catching up to creativity

@honor9lite1337 11 ай бұрын

Understood.

@shaylasometimes 11 ай бұрын

Wow that's really cool! I had never heard of this before now

@makaveli4205 11 ай бұрын

I want a vectrex. Looks really cool.

@Mr_x_19922 11 ай бұрын

Vectrex was ahead of it's time

@hungrygoriya 11 ай бұрын

I would love to get my hands on the light pen one of these days. The games for it look awesome! Thanks for highlighting more about this neat piece of gaming history.

@MattPilz 9 ай бұрын

Light pens are really easy to make DIY using just a hollowed out whiteboard marker, photosensor and a few capacitors/resistors. That's what I did for mine to test out the light pen programs. 3D imagers have gotten so expensive it's tough to even think of getting an original these days, over $1K for one typically. Too bad such a limited number of apps were made for either accessory.

@hungrygoriya 9 ай бұрын

@@MattPilz Thanks for the info! It'd be neat to actually try out some of the games with it sometime, makeshift or authentic. It's such a cool novelty!

@darrancoyle8394 11 ай бұрын

Erin, there's two TAITO pocket arcade portable compilations coming out on the 26th Oct. Think you and Mike would be into them.

@littlemixer7522 11 ай бұрын

I remember seeing one of these setup with the accessories in a mall electronics store when I was five years old in 1986 and was absolutely fascinated by it since I actually got to mess around with it a bit, especially the games and light pen. Thanks for bringing back some fun memories of a unique little system!

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

That’s awesome!

@thisisrob8750 11 ай бұрын

It wasn't sold anymore and was discontinued and discounted in 1984 . Maybe it was old stock or the store displayed one still. Great system especially for its time.

@littlemixer7522 11 ай бұрын

@@thisisrob8750 Yeah I remember the store was a local mom and pop electronics store that wasn't a chain, but it eventually turned into a Radio Shack. It was literally the only time in my life I saw the system, and it stuck with me how unique it was.

@50TBRD 9 ай бұрын

Mail Plane was a somewhat lost prototype for many years. A cart with the complete rom was listed on ebay in 2013. Chris Romero and a few others bought the prototype and had the ROM released so everyone could play it. Later Sean Kelly would go through the labor of having all the parts professionally printed in the style that GCE would have done. Its a testament to the quality of production if you can't tell they're not original era products. Still available from his website as well as faithful reproductions of the Light Pen.

@nostartia 11 ай бұрын

I got to see a perfectly working Vectrex live for the first time this past May in RetroBarcelona, best retro event in Spain, and I was mesmerized. I always knew you love the Vectrex, but I understood it when I saw it. Great video!

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Very cool! And thanks for watching :)

@Nintendofan-yk4cd 11 ай бұрын

Never knew about the light pen before. Seemed pretty far ahead of its time being able to draw on your screen.

@maggs131 11 ай бұрын

I never saw or even heard of it either. It's very impressive because I know the screen isn't touch sensitive so I have no idea how this works

@kaisercreb 11 ай бұрын

A lot of computers had them as well.

@maggs131 11 ай бұрын

@kaisercreb which ones? I remember needing a separate TouchPadwith a wired stylus for an old IBM if you wanted to draw

@gregramirez7337 11 ай бұрын

Awesome love you Erin!!!

@AJSmith67 11 ай бұрын

These things are sooo cool, 😊😊barside or at home, make sure you have a drink handy 🍻

@steelcurtain187 11 ай бұрын

Impressive stuff. Thanks for sharing

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@allluckyseven 11 ай бұрын

I wish someone would do a cross-eyed 3D video of these games so that I could more or less see the effect.

@beez1717 6 ай бұрын

Oh man! The 3D games look super fun, and that light pen music game looks like it would genuinely help me learn to read music better. I can read music but it's at a 1st-2nd grade reading level equivalent. I'll read some of it fine and then bump into a section where I have to figure out the notes slowly kind of like a person learning to read would sound out the word (u um, b br, el l ah, umbrella!)

@marcretro 11 ай бұрын

love my vectrex glad i got my stuff before it got expensive!

@photon_EARTH 11 ай бұрын

We must have an Erin Vectrex goggle emote!! 😎🤣 Great video!

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Haha that could be awesome 😆 thanks for watching!

@namynikki 11 ай бұрын

it's so cool! i love vectrex

@fydiousmckormick 11 ай бұрын

The 3d roller coaster game would be something i would definitely like to play as i am terrified to go on real roller coasters. I wonder what games would have looked like if vector graphics had took off more and stayed popular.

@adamschroeder1452 11 ай бұрын

Great video and I believe that’s Gradius 3 snes 🎶🔥 I always enjoy learning things about retro consoles and their accessories 👍👍

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! And yup I used Gradius III music for this :)

@Dnosirrom 11 ай бұрын

I had a friend who had ione of these. I always loved how cool and different it looked!

@xyanide1986 11 ай бұрын

Damn I never knew this thing had all manner of accessories! Slick new glasses btw, I like em.

@AtariAlive 10 ай бұрын

Vector games are the most badass and cool looking games in my opinion. Star Wars the Arcade Game Rocks.

@visionsofbeyond9095 11 ай бұрын

I used to own a Vectrex years ago and I absolutely loved it. I never had the 3D Imager or the Light Pen though, but I did have most of the games that were officially released. It's such a unique gaming experience, I wish I could afford to buy one again, but they're just too pricey nowadays.

@chocolocojames213 11 ай бұрын

I saw a Japanese version of the Vectrex and was surprised, the owner wanted $1200 for it. A Vetrex mini in the future would be sweet 😊😊😊

@breathinginpizza 11 ай бұрын

I've found your channel from your previous Vectrex video

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

That's awesome :)

@fonkyfesh-old 11 ай бұрын

Hope vector graphics make a comeback someday, there's nothing like that smooth bright trail-y wooshing animation on stuff like asteroids

@guilty-of-being-right 11 ай бұрын

Erin rocks

@HamburgerAmy 11 ай бұрын

i'm sure it's cheesy looking by today's standards but honestly if i saw drawing on a vetrex when it was new and i was a little kid....... i'd of been absolutely blown TF away and used it for hours xD

@Welloby-vd8om 11 ай бұрын

Nice video, Erin! I finally bought a Vectrex at this year's Too Many Games and I love it but I need to get more games for it. As for these two accessories, I could see myself picking up the light pen someday

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@The-Flute-Wizard 11 ай бұрын

You can compose music with this thing/???? MIND BLOWNNNNNN -Another amazing video erin! Keep em' comin! 😎🙏

@kpf2087 11 ай бұрын

I like that Narrowscape.

@CinemaStormz 11 ай бұрын

Awesome video game review!

@nufi20 11 ай бұрын

The 3d intrest me, one can only imagine.

@kevinstrade2752 11 ай бұрын

Mail plane is a recent release. Someone completed the game and put out a physical copy. I bought mine with the reissue light pen. I also have the 3-D imager and a few games. It works as advertised but with just 2 playable games and the very rare homebrews that utilize the imager, it's a hard sell as the imager is easily worth 2k plus

@GameSack 11 ай бұрын

That last 3D game looks like they way overdid the separation. Not surprised at all you were seeing double. Maybe if you sat like 6 feet away it would improve. Sad I never got to experience the 3D Imager.

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

It could be that I was sitting too close since I couldn't have my glasses on, but yeah you could be right. I hope one day you can experience the wonders of the 3D Imager!

@jeremygreen2883 6 ай бұрын

Berzerk! on the Vectrex is so awesome. I have downloaded the entire Vectrex library onto my rg405m emulator and play it every now and then.

@stphinkle 11 ай бұрын

3D Minestorm kind of reminds me of Asteroids and Time Pilot.

@telengardforever7783 7 ай бұрын

The Vectrex was REALLY popular at Fort Bragg back in the early 1980's. I am guessing the Army PX may have had a sale on that machine for a few years after it was discontinued?! Anyhow, it was way ahead of its time. VR wasn't that good again until around the time of the PS4.

@professorpenne9962 11 ай бұрын

vectrex is awesome, wish I had these accessories. cool video erin

@erkjadrek28 11 ай бұрын

I'm becoming a fan of the Vectrex. We want a re-edition. Let's gather sings for this.

@teddyboukagain9985 11 ай бұрын

Rollercoaster game where it’s game over when all the passengers die😂😂😂

@quincyq-radio6300 11 ай бұрын

Very nice 😎

@eastcoastandloveit3857 11 ай бұрын

Super awesome video . Thank you kindly watching from Canada 🇨🇦

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@DarkKnightBatman420 11 ай бұрын

Hey you ever getting back to Monster Party? A monster that drops hearts will do it again if you can get it to respawn. That's part of how I gathered up those max life level codes, just fyi.

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

I haven’t messed with it in a while, but I’d be down to try it again :)

@04StartyCornRainbowOnline88 11 ай бұрын

Cool accessories. 😅 The 3D CrazyCoaster was just like it reminds me of Temple of Doom and Rail Shooter arcade games. I can't forget about the ones from Nintendo like the zapper and i already know that the SNES had a mouse. 😲

@Sailor_Samara 11 ай бұрын

Crazy how this didn’t do well. It seemed like really cool technology for it’s time.

@MotherKojiro 11 ай бұрын

I remember having the 3D glasses for the SEGA Master System, and I'd always thought that was the first 3D accessory, but with most anything, if you think it's the oldest, there's usually something older and more obscure out there. Not that I can see in three dimensions, anyway, but it's still neat to see that kind of technology going that far back. Is that anaglyph? Seems like it might be with the different colors.

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

I’ve never tried the Master System glasses but I’d like to! And I’m not totally sure if it’s anaglyph but it seems like it could be? I’ll admit I had to google that word after reading this comment, ha.

@MotherKojiro 11 ай бұрын

@@ErinPlays Oh, sorry about that; old tech nerd forgets herself sometimes. The neat thing about the Master System glasses is that they don't do the anaglyph thing; instead of having two different colors through two different lenses, they have alternating shutters that open and close so rapidly that your eyes don't realize it's happening, and the images blur together, kind of like how the SNES does transparencies by alternating water/ghosts/whatever showing up only every other frame.

@justme002 11 ай бұрын

Might want to add a flashing lights warning somewhere. Flashing doesn't even affect me and I felt myself feeling off with how much the screen was flickering at points... lack of sleep is probably playing into that a bit.

@KingHenryVR4 11 ай бұрын

You and Mike should do a Vectrex drawing stream

@mattBLACKpunk 11 ай бұрын

I love vector graphics

@Kavlor1 4 ай бұрын

This passed me by but I remember some one talking about it. The animation seems similar to Aegis Animator on the Amita and Atar St.

@jasonalexander5491 11 ай бұрын

awesome vectrex video erin!!!!!!!!!!

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@krisfrederick5001 11 ай бұрын

We used our first VR after smoking incredibly potent oils. 👀

@nathanhorne1 11 ай бұрын

Great video! thanks!

@SPOCK22 11 ай бұрын

im here because of my unhealthy obsession with Erin

@mamefan 11 ай бұрын

Has Mike drawn with the light pen?

@Spawn3X5 11 ай бұрын

Psvr looks pretty good

@NIProductionsLLC 11 ай бұрын

Super bummed upon learning there was gonna be a 3D Pole Position. But I probably wouldn’t of found an imager to play it anyway.

@kylediaz9993 11 ай бұрын

😮 very cool

@weebsofthestoneage651 11 ай бұрын

I really love Erin's content. It's wholesome, she has a positive attitude, entertaining. The fact that she's also hot as fuck is honestly just a bonus.

@gopherbobz 11 ай бұрын

Vectrex 4 life

@man_man... 11 ай бұрын

I'm croaked. And it hurts.

@htyeung48 11 ай бұрын

I liked the video also i just got a vectrex just a couple days ago its kind of fun to play the only games that come with it was pinball and is there any chance you can do yoshi safari video on the SNES

@ErinPlays 11 ай бұрын

A Yoshi’s safari video could be fun. Maybe!