The Vectrex Computer

Posted Sat Mar 22, 2025 2:57 pm Both the light pen and goggles mentioned in the article were in fact produced and sold for a brief time. Believe it or not, the Vectrex stand-alone unit can now be transformed into a home computer! With the assistance of a new keyboard developed by General Consumer Electronics, the plug-in adds 16K ROM and 16K RAM to the unit, and even incorporates a 65-key typewriter-style keyboard. Software for the computer is made on wafer-tapes, providing for 128K bytes of storage. BASIC's built into the system, and the keyboard is just the first step toward a word processor that'll be introduced in early 1984. Five cartridges for the 1983 computer include: The Sound Studio, a music composition aid Exploring the Solar System Create-A-Game/Maze, which teaches the user to program his very own video-entertainment Basic Animation Domination Basic Science, a game teaching the fundamental concepts of physics If you're a Vectrex fan, be prepared to mourn wha ... Read full article.