Annnnnnnnd since we're on a new page now, here's all the links from page 1 as they stand right now so people won't have to click back for it!
NOTE: there are several vector-like games you can play online and/or download, which are in the last separate section. Also note that stuff for the
Vectrex ONLY is in the middle section, although there's some Vectrex mixed with other vector games/related stuff in this first section here.
Mostly arcade/other vector game stuffAAE--vector game emulator!
www.aaarpinball.com/index.htm--has Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back and Asteroids Deluxe, along with many pictures, restoration info, other non-vector and pinball games
Adriatic Research--this is in regards to making a vector display using a MEMS device. Also has some videos in regards to it
hereallincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of_26.html--this blog dives into a lot of Cinematronics history and info, including the vector Scramble pinball game.
Andy's arcade site--lotta vector games, including bootlegs (shame shame!)
Arcade locations--here you can see if there are any vector and/or other classic coin-operated machines near you. Just be warned that, when sending the guy information, he can be slow in updating his site.
Arcade Museum--formerly the Killer List of Video Games, having all wide-released vector coin-ops and many others
Asteroid project--guy puts several games/MAME-like machine into an "asteroid"
Asteroids project 2--totally different one in regards to a guy bringing back a non-working Asteroids machine from the dead. VERY lengthy though! (He also has a page for Star Trek as well.)
Atariasteroids.net--not affiliated with Atari or anything, these guys just love Asteroids! Contains a page where you can find and play Asteroids games, as well as a blog and all.
Atari Times ("Atari and the Vectrex" and local H. A. A. G. gaming expo with vector coin-op features I did, along with reviews of 2600 Asteroids and Gravitar, along with reviews of several of Atari's vector arcade games)
www.biltronix.com/--bit of a major site here, as, first off, Bill has Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Black Widow, Major Havoc, Quantum, Space Duel, Space War, Star Castle, Star Trek AND Tempest (whew!) with full pages for most of his games. However, he's also on the business side of things as well, due to (on
this page) his selling of Space Duel to Major Havoc converter boards, spinner replacement boards/pots for Omega Race, Reproduction Cinematronics CPU Exorcisers (to test Cinematronics vector game boards) AND modern replacements for Battlezone, Tempest, and Red Baron Aux Board BPROM ICs!
www.braidarcave.com/--Member braido's home arcade, with several vector games
Centuri.net--Aztarac arcade vector coin-op (plus other Centuri games)
Crozza Remakes--guy did remakes of Lunar Lander and Asteroids
www.cinemarcade.com/gametime.html--has pages (and at times, reviews) of Black Widow, Quantum, Cosmic Chasm, Major Havoc, Aztarac, Gravitar, Solar Quest, Space Fury, and Tac/Scan
Cinematronics--"unofficial Cinematronics page", having history, schematics, etc. of their vector games
Cinematronics.org--different site than the above, having pages on only two games, but history from Dan Sunday and Tim Skelly, along with two board projects and more the guy's working on
Coogan, Dan
www.cooganphoto.com/gravitar/ (Gravitar site/current world record holder of the game)
Digital Press (reviews of several Vectrex/vector arcade games)
www.e-basteln.de/asteroids/asteroids_intro.html--guy made a "mini Asteroids" cabinet from a broken Vectrex!
emdkay.net--these guys make miniature reproductions of many arcade games, although only four inches tall! Vector games they do include, Star Wars, Tempest, and Lunar Lander
First (?) vector drawing ever?
This article details possibly the very first vector drawing on a multi-million dollar computer back in the 1950s.
www.free-fonts.com/font/atari.html--there are several vector fonts here in case you want to write out something in true vector form!
gamearchive.askey.org--has pages for all Sega and Atari vector games (note: this site, since 2001 or so, has come and gone over the years); go
here, then click on either Atari or Sega for the vector pages)
Game Preserve, The--for those in or near the Houston, Texas, U. S. A. area, this place has several vector and other classic arcade machines to play!
www.gametronik.com/site/emulation/vectrex/--Vectrex and Cinematronics downloads of all kinds can be found here
Gardner, Drew--
exerpt from his book "Gamers" about arcades, part of which talks about several vector graphic games, mainly Gravitar
Hackaday vector custom board--article about a custom board converting MAME vector games to oscilloscopes
Hally, Mike interview (guy behind Star Wars and Gravitar)
History of Computing--has several vector arcade games, as well as the Vectrex.
home.comcast.net/~mtpacifico/index.htm--guy has Space Duel, Star Wars, Asteroids Deluxe and Battlezone, along with various other games and such
www.ionpool.net/--tons of links involving vector games, including Demon, QB-3, War of the Worlds, Topgunner
www.jammajup.co.uk/--has classic game polls to send in votes on your favorite games, including the Vectrex console, along with creating the Terry the Turtle Vektor game for the ZX Spectrum.
www.jmargolin.com/tomcat/tomcat.htm--write-up from the Atari programmer in regards to the unfinished Tomcat vector coin-op prototype
John's Arcade--guy has Tempest, Black Widow, and Star Wars/The Empire Strikes Back. His YouTube page is
here, along with his
home page,
Twitter and
podcastwww.jrok.com/xfer/xystuff/--work on Space Duel setup/yoke/etc.
LaserMAME--largest MAME playing in the world!
Lowrez--several vector game-related t-shirts are stocked, including ones in regards to the Vectrex!
Minion Soft--remake of Atari vector Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Asteroids, among other non-vector classics
www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/--has arcade monitor schematics and other vector-related stuff
Minter, Jeff blog--Tempest creator's blog, mentioning several past vector games, along with the upcoming vector-like TxK for PS Vita
Moving Pixels Games--creators of Mass Vector game (see games section below this list)
Norbert's Emulators--Atari 800 and Commodore Plus/4 Asteroids emulators
Outerworld Arcade--has pages for non-vector, along with Rip Off and Armor Attack, plus schematics and repairs and such
Patterson, Patrick Scott--retro guy site; this article in particular is about the world record for Armor Attack
Pinball rebel--local Houston guy, but he has vector games
Retrogaming Roundup--
this podcast is in regards to their top 10 arcade vector games!
The
Rise and Fall of Vector games Good Deal Games article (part 1 only)
www.rotheblog.com/ has quite a few vector pages, including an entire one devoted to
Atari Star Wars links, several vector games made it on his
15 most valuable classic arcade games page, there's a page for
Quantum reproduction artwork, a few vector games made it (Star Castle, Red Baron) on his
arcade artwork page, and you'll find a few other vector mentions (Star Castle, Red Baron, Tempest) in his
categories page; whew!
Sega G-80 Multigame--Clay Cowgill's board for playing all Sega vector games
solarfox.triluminary.net/arc_main.php--guy has Space Wars and Space Duel, among other raster games
Stage Select (database of Vectrex, vector coin-op, and vector-like games with pics, reviews and more)
www.stickycarpet.com/pinx/main.html--guy has Asteroids and Black Widow pages, along with repair schematics and the like
www.system16.com/--entire pages of Atari and Sega vector games
Temped--Tempest editor so you can create your own levels, change colors and such, etc.
thisoldgame.com--this has quite a bit. Occasionally they'll have some arcade vector art, marquees, etc. available, although they also have many vector t-shirts as well.
Time photo essay--Founding fathers of video games article, having people involved with Black Widow, Asteroids, Major Havoc, etc.
Upsidedown Games (Space Junk and other vector-like app games)
Vec 9--new vector game coming out
Vector Labs--this company sells several enhancement
products related to vector (and other) coin-ops, such as vector multigames (Space Duel, Tempest, Black Widow, more)
Vector VGA--wow! Company has this technology to convert raster to vector, along with monitors compatible with many Atari vector coin-ops!
www.vectorlist.org/--forums in regards to coin-op vector game questions and repair.
Vector 2600 hacks--hacked versions of various 2600 games can be found in this link on Atari Age.
Vectorvault--has article in regards to several vector arcade games, also mentions Vectrex and Vector Tanks
Vexel Games
site, which has links to many other accounts of theirs (Digg, Facebook, Twitter, etc.), as they are nearing completion of their Trace Vector game
Vidiot Arcade--guy owns an Asteroids Deluxe, Battlezone, Omega Race, Red Baron and Tempest, along with other games/pinballs, plus some other vector games in his past games page
Warp demo videos--videos for the upcoming vector game for the iPad and the like
XtremeBeam--vector-like game apps for your iPad. Go to their
home page or
Twitter accountwww.zektor.com/zvg/index.html--Zektor hardware for running vector games on any vector monitor (been sold out for years though)
Vectrex linksAtari2600.com--sells some Vectrex stuff here and there (check the site for availability and prices)
Balazs, Martin
mitglied.multimania.de/vectrex/ (Vectrex demo; Danish site?)
Blazin'Games
vectrex.playntradeonline.com/ (Vectrex homebrews, multicart)
Borrmann, Michael
www.borrmann.in/ (Vectrex homebrews)
Chevassu, Frank
parabellum.pagesperso-orange.fr/bin/ParaJVE/ParaJVE.html?version=070413 (ParaJVE Vectrex emulator)
Classic Game Creations
www.classicgamecreations.com/ (Vectrex homebrews)
Cole, Charlie
www.youtube.com/user/chipos81 (Vectrex tinkerings)
Cowgill, Clay
www.multigame.com/ (Vectrex Moon Lander, PlayStation to Vectrex adapter)
Der Luchs--Vectrex homebrewer and music maker
Dondzila, John (see Classic Game Creations)
FURY
furyunlimited.com/ (Vectrex homebrews, controllers and Vectorbolt all-vector magazine)
Gary's gaming blog--has several unfinished game demo ideas for the Vectrex
Gauze's Vectrex site--unfinished Custer's Revenge and Reactor clones
Good Deal Games
www.gooddealgames.com/ (VecSports Boxing)
Habot, Ronen
vgcollect.freehosting.net/myvectrex.htm (Vectrex homebrewer, hardware)
Herbert, Alex--see below
Herbs64
www.herbs64.com/ (Vectrex homebrewer--Alex Herbert)
www.highscore.com/--constant high score contest for the Vectrex, vector arcade, and tons of other gaming platforms. There's also a similar small Vectrex high scores thread at the
RF Generation forums and at VectrexMad! Productions (near the bottom of this page)
Instructables modification page--instructions for modifying a PlayStation controller to work on a Vectrex
jeffspega.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/tron-and-robotron-deleted-vectrex-story.html--guy's blog about buying a VIC-20 computer, but bought a Vectrex instead
www.twitchasylum.com/jsvecx/--JSVecX, an online Vectrex emulator (no sound though, but several homebrews and original GCE games)
Kazik, Alex--P1x3l-pushr game for the Vectrex, along with a multicart and all (click on the Vectrex category at right to see all related links)
Krumlinde, Ville
www.emix8.org/ (Vectrex Thrust homebrew)
Long Island Arcade Club--these guys have a Vectrex Day, where people meet up to play Vectrex
Madtronix
www.madtronix.com/html/vectrex.html (various Vectrex projects/stuff for sale)
Mateos, Juan Felix site in regards to Vectrex development, including multicarts and burners
Mengbo, Feng--
interview with Feng, who used the Vectrex as an art showcase
Mountain Goat--page for his games to download, such as Marine Fox
Morgan, Travis
www.travisjmorgan.com www.youtube.com/user/morgantj (Vectrex Spike song)
Packrat Video Games, LLC--sells former Dondzila/Classic Game Creations, reproduction GCE/Milton Bradley and Vectrex carts games, along with new ones to come
Pyrofer's projects--in regards to making an actual working, 3-D printed mini-Vectrex!
Recycled Gamer
recycledgamer.com/ (SNES, Genesis and other controllers converted to work with the Vectrex)
RetroZone
www.retrousb.com/index.php (USB adapters for Vectrex controllers to use on computers)
Retro video gamer site with several Vectrex reviews, all by our own TrekMD
Revival Studios
www.revival-studios.com/ (Vectrex homebrews)
SDW Developments--is currently creating the Vectrexagon game (clone of the Super Hexagon game), which you can go directly to that page
hereSiewers, Dan--Vectrex homebrewer, various hardware/projects (needs current site addy)
de Smet, Mark
maxwell.fief.org/projects.html (Vectrex homebrewer/projects)
Software Encyclopedia--1984 Software Encyclopedia having several Vectrex entries
Spike's Big Vectrex Page--although it hasn't been updated in years, there's plenty of Vectrex stuff here
stiggyblog.wordpress.com/--guy has a video game blog with many Vectrex entries (just click on that at right, under "MB Vectrex")
tbone Wix sites--our own 50tbrd's Vectrex Wix sites, including the
Definitive guide to Vectrex collecting,
The Most Elite Vectrex releases, and
The most requested Vectrex portsTeam Y
nunoleiria.wordpress.com (Mine Storm, Spike and Fortress of Narzod on Commodore 64)
The Blanks'
www.youtube.com/user/BlanksEnterprises,
theblanks.com/ (used Vectrex sounds for their music)
Tomczak, Sebastian
www.blogger.com/profile/12712567577323498804,
www.youtube.com/user/littlescale (Vectrex projects)
Trapped--download for puzzle/"escape from the room" game
Tristar & Red Sector Incorporated
www.trsi.de (Spike, Fortress of Narzod and Mine Storm for C-64)
Tuts, Kristof interview
Tutstronix (Vectrex Vector Pilot and Vectrexians)
Urbancik, Pavel
vectex.itherm.cz/ (Raster Vectrex replacement in works)
vectex.itherm.cz/--guy has done work on a replacement Vectrex/clone
Vectorzoa
vectorzoa.com/ (Vectrex homebrews)
Vectrex
capacitor kit info (/for sale!)
Vectrex
Crossword puzzleVectrex databaseVectrex
debuzz kit info (/for sale)
www.vectrex.de/--Helmut Muller's Vectrex site (German)
Vectrex downloads--sure, you can download Vectrex ROMs on several sites, but this is at the Internet Archive where a crapload of them are in one place
Vectrex elite--very good article by our own 50TBRD in regards to very rare/limited edition Vectrex homebrew releases
Vectrex overlays--scanned and can be downloaded
Vectrex
PreAmp Buzz Reduction wikiVectrex Radio--Vectrex Radio podcast discussing the system and games; episode 1 (of many?) is up now
Vectrex Regeneration--the Vectrex app, for iPads and iPhones
Vectrex
tech wikiVectrexMad! Productions
www.vectrex.co.uk/ (Vectrex hardware, info, links, high scores, Vectrex Vec-Cab blog, etc.)
vectrexprogramming.blogspot.co.uk/--Vectrex programming blog
Vectrex Venerators--Vectrex high scores page. Facebook page is
here.
My
Vectrex wiki, currently having over 265 articles.
www.vectrexworld.com/--formerly vectrex.nl, this has many Vectrex reviews, photos, links, a blog, scans, etc. all relating to the Vectrex
Vectrex Wraps--decorate your Vectrex with these removable wraps!
Vecx--Vectrex emulator for the Android
Vector-like games to download and/or play online:All You Can Do is Shoot game (Google Play store link:
Google Play Link, YouTube video:
YouTube Link, and a slightly different version available on GameJolt for PC:
GameJolt/Soundtrack)
Beam Rider Retro appChirality (Vector games that are unique and start off simple, but get difficult just as quickly!)
Chrome Atari games (versions of
Asteroids,
Asteroids Deluxe,
Battlezone and
Tempest)
Devdef--has Thrust Deluxe, Thrust Xtreme and Grid Assault (his version of Geometry Wars)
Gravitrex--not Dondzila's game, but a different one for Android where you use two ships to move objects around and such
Home Star Runner vector-like gameLevitar 2--Apple app, like Gravitar
Mass Vector--like several vector games, such as Spike's Circus and Space Duel (can be downloaded
here [.exe file] or
here [zip file])
Minionsoft--has downloadable raster remakes of Asteroids, The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars
P. J.'s Freeware--has remakes of Asteroids, Lunar Lander and Vectrex Armor Attack
Scrxxx Scramble (Scramble vector remake)
Space Rubbish (interesting turn on Asteroids)
Star Hawk 2 game (from Kurt Mager [Note: the site only works on Internet Explorer, Opera Mobile and some version of FireFox])
Swift Stitch--official web site (unique "escape" puzzle/action game)
Tank Hunter (think Battlezone, just with a bunch of themed missions [at least 19] and power-ups and such, which I also gave it a 9 out of 10 in a
review)
Tardis remakes--many vector games have been remade, such as Omega Race (twice!), Rip Off, Zektor, Space Fury, Star Castle, Arcadia (originally raster) AND Black Widow!
Terry the Turtle Vektor (remake for the Spectrum ZX, but done in vector)
Thieves--Rip Off clone for Windows, Irix and Linux systems
Vector Conflict: The Siege (simulator game with a few different modes/difficulty levels to play)
Vectorgeddon game
Vector LocustVector Runner (kind of like the second area of the Star Wars arcade vector game, just you're on the surface of the Death Star in a vehicle, collecting power-ups and dodging obstacles)
Vector Stunt (race along like with S. T. U. N. Runner, get points for doing stunts)
Vector Tract game
Vector's Revenge (Yars' Revenge remake but made in vectors)
Vector TD games ("tower defense" games of Vector TD, Vector TD 2, and Vector TDX)
Vector Wars (kind of Robotron: 2084-like)
WarZone--simple Battlezone clone