I pondered a bit whether to write a blog entry for this. But since the other possible Vectrex “work” would be getting on with Vectorblade – I’ll write a few sentences (Buhuuuu). On FB the question came up, whether a…
Again – I did pause on VB. I was – again – a bit sickly AND had a short holiday trip.Now after the trip some Vectrex things have come up, which I probably will do in advance befor doing further…
You know – sometimes I wish Vectrex was a more “modern” machine. Modern in the sense of “every Vectrex behaves the same”. I recently rediscovered, that not all Vectrex are equal – some are more equal, and some are even…
I was asked for some optimization hints for a “C” project. I made a video of some of my findings. See link below. Some additional points: “dp_” only really works for VIA IO ports (and BIOS RAM locations), since these…
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…
No text, “just” a video and a download :-). ParticleSystem.zip (34kB)
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,…
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…
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…
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…