I finally got a good deal on a nice Vectrex! Haven't been able to test the cartridge port yet but I have a 32-in-1 cartridge on the way as well. :)
Heather
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I finally got a good deal on a nice Vectrex! Haven't been able to test the cartridge port yet but I have a 32-in-1 cartridge on the way as well. :)
Heather
Heather: I am so jealous. These are hard to come by in working order for a reasonable price. This and a Turbo Duo are my 2 most sought after consoles. Both go for way too much.
:O So. Lucky! There was actually one at my local retrogaming store for a while, and priced pretty reasonably, but I was unfortunately too short on cash to pick it up :/Quote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
:D The only problem with it so far is that there's a lot of buzzing noise in the audio. The caps probably need replacement. The 32-in-1 cart covers just about every game that was made for the system so I'm very happy about that.
Heather
Heather, this is common in these. There is a way to fix it. I am at work right now and they blocked me from going to gaming related sites :thumbsdown: so I cannot check right now. Fortunatly Amibay was not blocked. :thumbsup: But I know I have seen several articles detailing how to fix this issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkydivinGirl
^^^^
Please PM the links to me when you get a chance! I really appreciate the help. :)
Heather
Here's one guide but it is in a .zip so I won't post it here. I will PM it.
The Vectrex is a great system. Don't be too bothered about the audio, they all do it.
You can re-route the audio and rework several ground points to improve it, but they were all like that from new :-)
My Vectrex cart collection is here
There's quite a lot of homebrew and limited releases that have come from the scene in the last 5-6 years. You might want to pick up some of those - they're really rather good. New releases occasionally pop up on rec.games.vectrex from time to time (the most recent being 'Sectis').
So, yet another friend, yet another "You like Amigas, right?" conversation and I'm now in possession of a desktop A4000/030! Again, this one's a loaner; the guy would like it back, but I'll have some fun giving it a couple of upgrades here and there. Nothing major, probably just a 4GB CF and Kickstart 3.1 ROMs, but still. All good fun!
Also, since I've got the flat to myself for the next few weeks, the miggies have come out to play! Have a nice photo:
http://www.proggle.net/%7Eandrew/download/bigboxes.jpg
From left to right: The new (borrowed) A4000; My battered and bashed, but still kicking A3000 ; The venerable A2000, still going strong.
Remove the A4000 Battery ASAP!