Today for the first time in a month I did some “Vectrex”. I had a nice holiday, nice XMas and a not so nice little illness.But today – I fired up a Vectrex again! First I did a tiny little…
27th of December, First time…
24th of November – New Vide version
Just some short info. a) I uploaded a new Vide version (2.10) with all recent changes/bugfixes. This is the first version, that needs Java 10 installed! b) following might become some highscore “edit” for Vectorblade: But obviously not finished yet.…
November 22nd – Particles
No text, “just” a video and a download :-). ParticleSystem.zip (34kB)
November 21st – Donkey Kong, wait – NO!
A while ago I had a friendly discussion, whether a game like Donkey Kong is possible on a Vectrex. (No, I don’t intend to build a Donkey Kong clone – my excercises here are purely accademic) The general question was,…
November 2nd – Sound samples revisited
I haven’t done anything specifically related to Vectorblade for over a months now. I am thinking about stuff to “fill” it up a little more besides pure gameplay. Little stuff that will make a complete “round” package. You have seen…
28th of October 2018 – Personally I am stopping the “madness”…
I have managed different phases of vectrex life. Want one! As a kid I wanted a vectrex badly – but didn’t have the money myself – nor rich parents. Nonetheless I was happy, since I had (since 1979) a Atari…
19th of October – VecFever / Tailgunner
If you read the last post carefully you might have stumbled over “Tailgunner” on the latest VecFever firmware. This is the newest “programming wizardry” of Thomas with his VecFever hardware. Yea, but actually this time credits do no go to…
19th of October – “official” VecFever FAQ
Thomas is about to get a new firmware to his customers. Following is the official FAQ included. VecFever FAQ (v1.5, 18. Oct. 2018) – What is the VecFever ? 1) the basics 2) slightly more technical explanation – How do…
15th of October 2018 – Strings revisted
A while ago I did a first blog entry on Strings – see: Print String. Today I like to add a few lines (both entries can also be found in the Vide help). If your Vectrex has only the slightest…
11th of October – The Disc!
You know – I really like the stuff that Alex Herbert did. Above is the an image of the “credits” of his Protector/YASI release, a spinning disc with two scrolltexts. It looks stunning on a real vectrex. I always was…