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Post by vectrexmad on Jun 20, 2012 6:50:39 GMT -5
I was told by a colleague that yesterday evening here in the UK, a TV program on the Discovery channel called "Inventions that shook the world" showed the Vectrex!
This series of programs of 1hour duration feature different decades and last night program was featuring the 80's.
Here's the blurb for it:
The inventions of the 1980s had us staring inward at our own DNA and outward to the far reaches of space; featured inventions: Internet; DNA profiling; nicotine patch; MIR space station; endoscopy capsule.
I didn't see the program, and I'm sure it will be repeated but I was wondering if anybody can confirm what they saw if they have watched the program.
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Post by TrekMD on Jun 20, 2012 8:25:08 GMT -5
I just checked to see if this will air within the next 2 weeks in my area (US) but I can't find a show with that title. It would have been cool to watch regardless, though seeing the Vectrex mentioned would make it even cooler.  |
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Post by vectrexmad on Jun 20, 2012 10:20:53 GMT -5
Here's the discovering link: www.discoverychannel.ca/episodeList.aspx?sid=33683and then in 1980's section. No mention is made in the text about the Vectrex, but my colleague swears the Vectrex was on there. It would be cool if the Vectrex really was on there and got the recognition it truely deserves.... |
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Post by VectorX on Jun 20, 2012 11:49:02 GMT -5
For a brief write-up I don't see where they'd be listing every single thing that showed during the program, especially if it ran for one or two hours or more. But yeah, it would be nice to see.
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Post by VectorX on Jun 20, 2012 17:28:29 GMT -5
I didn't see the program, and I'm sure it will be repeated but I was wondering if anybody can confirm what they saw if they have watched the program. Still not really any closer, but this looks to be it: www.imdb.com/title/tt2011532/Seems to be episode 9 of the show. It'd be nice if there were some write-ups about the episodes, which would help. |
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Post by vectrexmad on Jun 21, 2012 19:23:17 GMT -5
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Post by VectorX on Jun 21, 2012 19:32:09 GMT -5
Yep, might be Canada/U. S., since I got two commercials, but then an error message...I might be able to view it. Just reloaded it, got two commercials, error message again; sheesh  Get your sh*t together! |
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Post by TrekMD on Jun 21, 2012 21:16:25 GMT -5
I just tried and it would not work. It said they are having problems.
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Post by VectorX on Jun 21, 2012 21:34:41 GMT -5
That's pretty bad for it to be going on for this long. Sigh... (guess those inventions shook the world so hard the world still can't take it all these years later?)
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Post by TrekMD on Jun 21, 2012 21:45:34 GMT -5
That's pretty bad for it to be going on for this long. Sigh... (guess those inventions shook the world so hard the world still can't take it all these years later?) ROFL! |
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Post by VectorX on Jun 21, 2012 22:10:20 GMT -5
Confusing tech question here: why is it called "watch.discoverychannel" when you can't watch it?
Well, the two commercials have been nice. (gives up to go play Golden Axe 2)
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Post by xefned on Nov 24, 2013 20:34:37 GMT -5
Confirmed. I just watched it. Episode #9 focuses on significant inventions of the 80's; the Vectrex coverage lasts exactly 10 seconds.
I can upload the 10 sec. bit if anyone is interested.
Short, but still pretty cool that of ALL the inventions of the 80's they found it worthy to mention the "first videogame that came with its own monitor."
- alongside the Mir space station, the Nicotine patch, DNA fingerprinting, and TCP/IP!
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Post by xefned on Nov 24, 2013 20:44:11 GMT -5
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Post by VectorX on Nov 24, 2013 21:50:41 GMT -5
Confirmed. I just watched it. Episode #9 focuses on significant inventions of the 80's; the Vectrex coverage lasts exactly 10 seconds. Thanks for confirming after all these months |
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Post by Mayhem on Nov 25, 2013 4:12:51 GMT -5
Short, but still pretty cool that of ALL the inventions of the 80's they found it worthy to mention the "first videogame that came with its own monitor." Except that it wasn't (the Commodore PET and... name escapes me, it was even earlier) were all-in-one units from the 70s, but eh, I'll take it for the coverage  |
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Get your sh*t together!
