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{{Infobox console
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|title = Vectrex
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|logo = Vectrex-Console-Set.jpg
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|developer = Smith Engineering
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|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Second-generation consoles|Second generation]]
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|release = 1982
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|discontinued = 1984
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
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The '''[[wikipedia:Vectrex|Vectrex]]''' was a vector-based graphics console released by General Consumer Electronics (GCE) in November of 1982 and was retailed for {{Inflation|USD|199.99|1982}}. It had a Motorola MC68A09 CPU at 1.5 MHz with 1KB of RAM. The screen was built into the console and it was packed with one game inside it called Mine Storm. It was considered revolutionary for its time, but the Video Game Crash of 1983 and lack of support (and color) doomed the system.
  
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==Emulators==
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
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|-
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! scope="col"|Name
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
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! scope="col"|Latest Version
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! scope="col"|[[libretro|Libretro Core]]
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! scope="col"|Active
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
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|-
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! colspan="6"|PC / x86
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|-
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|[[MAME]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS|FreeBSD}}
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|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]
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|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|ParaJVE
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
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|[http://www.vectrex.fr/ParaJVE/ 0.7.0]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|[https://github.com/raz0red/jsvecx JSVecX]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Web}}
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|[https://github.com/raz0red/jsvecx/releases 0.2.1]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|[[vecx]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|macOS}}
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|[https://github.com/jhawthorn/vecx 1.1]<br />[https://github.com/libretro/libretro-vecx Libretro]
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|{{✓}}||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
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|-
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|Vectrexy
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
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|[https://github.com/amaiorano/vectrexy 0.0.0]
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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}
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|}
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== Link ==
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* [https://archive.org/details/vectrex The Vectrex Collection] (Internet Archive)
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[[Category:Consoles]]
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[[Category:Second-generation consoles]]

Revision as of 00:04, 8 January 2020

Vectrex
Vectrex-Console-Set.jpg
Developer Smith Engineering
Type Home video game console
Generation Second generation
Release date 1982
Discontinued 1984
Emulated

The Vectrex was a vector-based graphics console released by General Consumer Electronics (GCE) in November of 1982 and was retailed for $199.99. It had a Motorola MC68A09 CPU at 1.5 MHz with 1KB of RAM. The screen was built into the console and it was packed with one game inside it called Mine Storm. It was considered revolutionary for its time, but the Video Game Crash of 1983 and lack of support (and color) doomed the system.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Libretro Core Active Recommended
PC / x86
MAME Windows Linux macOS FreeBSD 0.264
ParaJVE Windows Linux macOS 0.7.0
JSVecX Web 0.2.1
vecx Windows macOS 1.1
Libretro
Vectrexy Windows 0.0.0

Link