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International Play Your Vectrex Day | Annual all Vectrex recognition day | Acknowledging the original release of the Vectrex in November, 1982, this Day (always on the first) is for people to play their console, state what they played and/or take photos, make videos, or partake in some other miscellaneous Vectrex-related ritual. | 1-2/2016 | |
3D Crazy Coaster | Original GCE-/Milton Bradley-released game | The player must ride a roller coaster as fast and as far as possible. Hills, turns, and various obstacles pose a challenge to the player to keep their passengers onboard. | 3-4/2016 |
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Thrust | Modern day homebrew game | Port of the Commodore 64 game of the same name. Players must infiltrate a series of planets and take off with pods. | 1-2/2011 | |
How to enlarge your Vectrex screen | DIY guide | Tells of how to make your Vectrex seem bigger with a magnifying sheet. | 3-4/2011 | |
Catalog of non-gaming Vectrex demos | Catalog of demos | This page is a description of non-playable Vectrex demos. | 5-7/2011 | |
Catalog of Vectrex peripherals | Catalog of peripherals, hardware and controllers | See previous. | 7-8/2011 | |
Mine Storm | Original GCE-released game | Built-in game for the Vectrex, being an Asteroids clone where players must clear out fields of mines of several different types. | 9-10/2011 | |
Vectrex Stories: Kokovec | Vectrex fan story | Wiki member Kokovec tells his story about how he got involved with the Vectrex. | 11-12/2011 | |
Ville Krumlinde | Homebrewer | History of the modern day homebrew author of Thrust and ZSB. | 1-2/2012 | |
Revival Studios | Modern day homebrew outfit | History of homebrew outfit that produced Debris Exclusive Edition, V-Hockey, Shifted and more. | 3-4/2012 | |
Milton Bradley | Entertainment company | Page on company that distributed the Vectrex in non-U. S. countries. | 5-6/2012 | |
Continuum | Modern day homebrew game | Page on game where the player must solve 10 puzzles. | 7-9/2012 | |
Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Original GCE-released game | Page of the shooter where the player, in a cockpit view, must clear sectors of enemy Klingon and Romulan ships. | 10-11/2012 | |
Dan Siewers | Modern day homebrewer | Details his homebrew projects of the Vectrex, such as his Vectrex Multifunction Adapter, Vectrex Wireless Mouse, Becky's Message game and more. | 12/2012-1/2013 | |
3D Imager | Hardware add-on | This is one of the original GCE-released add-ons that allowed games to be viewed in a 3-D perspective, along with seeming to be in color. | 2-3/2013 | |
Vectrex Stories: VectrexMad! | Vectrex fan story | Wiki member VectrexMad! tells his story about how he got involved with the Vectrex. | 4-5/2013 | |
All Good Things | Modern day homebrew | Page of modern day homebrew compilation cartridge comprised of clones of five games. | 6-7/2013 | |
Passport | Catalog | Page in regards to the catalog that was included with the purchase of a new Vectrex from back in the day. | 8-9/2013 | |
Vectrex Stories: KilleRotom | Vectrex fan story | Wiki member KilleRotom tells his story of how he got involved with the Vectrex. | 10-12/2013 | |
Polls | Questionnaires | Various user-driven questions all in regards to the Vectrex. | 1-2/2014 | |
Vaboom!/Vectrace | Modern day homebrew | Page on modern day homebrew compilation featuring two action games. | 3-4/2014 | |
Spike (character) | Vectrex alumni | Page in regards to Spike, the character of the original GCE game of the same name, along with his appearances in modern day homebrews, his enemies and the like. | 5-6/2014 | |
Atari clones on the Vectrex | Original GCE and modern day homebrew clones | This article covers both the original GCE and modern day homebrew games that have similarities with several Atari games on various platforms. | 7-8/2014 | |
List of Vectrex game easter eggs | Gaming secrets | This page catalogs various easter eggs (secrets) on various Vectrex games. | 9-10/2014 | |
Clean Sweep | Original GCE-released game | Page on this original GCE game where the player must suck up dollar bills scattered around a bank and deposit them in a vault while avoiding bank robbers. | 11-12/2014 | |
Vectrex | Our beloved vector console | Well duh, it's the reason why we're here! | 1-2/2015 | |
Craig Aker | Homebrewer | Page on the programmer/creator of the homebrews of Nebula Commander and Revector. | 3-4/2015 | |
VecAdapt | Modern day hardware utility | Page on this accessory that allows the use of unmodified Sega Genesis/Mega Drive controllers to work on the Vectrex. | 5-6/2015 | |
Omega Chase Deluxe | Modern day homebrew game | This was a clone of the arcade game Omega Race. It also included Zap, which was a clone of the arcade game Space Zap. | 7-8/2015 | |
Vectrex Stories: Andy Garton | Vectrex fan story | Wiki member Andy Garton tells his story of how he got involved with the Vectrex. | 9-10/2015 | |
Vector Wars | Vectrex high scoring contest | Page tracking the history of the Vector War high score contests for the Vectrex that was started with Retrocade Magazine, then continued on the Vector gaming forums. | 11-12/2015 |