Post by Nigel on Feb 6, 2013 14:47:03 GMT -5
Hi everyone. I finally bought a Vectrex in December. However the screen behaves in a certain way and I am not sure if these things are normal. Perhaps you guys could let me have your views:
1. The Vectrex logo and graphics are not quite square. For example, when the logo is on the screen the bottom right of the rectangle is about 3 mm higher than the left. This is not a major issue but a bit annoying. I have adjusted all the pots and they don't seem to make a difference to the graphics being square. You really notice this with games that display a square on screen such a clean sweep and Armour Attack. I have been told I could adjust the yoke magnets but these are glued down and a bit close to the tube for comfort. Would this adjustment solve the problem?
2. The graphics wobble quite a bit. This varies from game to game. Solar Quest is very steady but the outline of Armour Attack wobbles quite a bit. Spike has steady game graphics but the number of lives icon moves up and down in play. Minestorm is quite steady but the stars can move a bit, made slightly worse by moving the joystick. This again is more annoying than anything and does not really impact on gameplay.
3. On some games some of the vectors do not join up 100%. Again this is minor. For example in Armour Attach the lines on one corner overlap whilst on the map screen of Cosmic Chasm a small number of vectors don't quite meet. Again the pots don't seem to make any difference here.
Otherwise my unit seems good and does not suffer from any other issues.
It would be helpful to know if these issues are common and fixable. If not, I may try to pick up another Vectrex in due course.
Thank you for any help and advice you can give me.
Best wishes,
Nigel....
1. The Vectrex logo and graphics are not quite square. For example, when the logo is on the screen the bottom right of the rectangle is about 3 mm higher than the left. This is not a major issue but a bit annoying. I have adjusted all the pots and they don't seem to make a difference to the graphics being square. You really notice this with games that display a square on screen such a clean sweep and Armour Attack. I have been told I could adjust the yoke magnets but these are glued down and a bit close to the tube for comfort. Would this adjustment solve the problem?
2. The graphics wobble quite a bit. This varies from game to game. Solar Quest is very steady but the outline of Armour Attack wobbles quite a bit. Spike has steady game graphics but the number of lives icon moves up and down in play. Minestorm is quite steady but the stars can move a bit, made slightly worse by moving the joystick. This again is more annoying than anything and does not really impact on gameplay.
3. On some games some of the vectors do not join up 100%. Again this is minor. For example in Armour Attach the lines on one corner overlap whilst on the map screen of Cosmic Chasm a small number of vectors don't quite meet. Again the pots don't seem to make any difference here.
Otherwise my unit seems good and does not suffer from any other issues.
It would be helpful to know if these issues are common and fixable. If not, I may try to pick up another Vectrex in due course.
Thank you for any help and advice you can give me.
Best wishes,
Nigel....
