/vr/ - Retro Games

got lucky and found one of these at a goodwill for $10

I think they just thought it was a weird tv

>>5301258
How are its graphics so good for a second gen console?

Nice find, you never know what you'll get in a thrift store

>>5301347
It's vector graphics, not raster, so the lines can be really smooth, but they won't be detailed or "filled in".

>>5301258
I want one.
.dont let JEFF MINTER find that console he will bootleg the whole library then claim he invented it.

>>5301347
Vector.
.adobe illustrator uses vector based graphics for fonts.
So you can print smooth lines
.where as Adobe Photoshop uses pixels for font where if you print you font in photo shop your lettering gets a Minecraft look.

>>5301258
Does it play TEMPEST and polybius the two vector base games?

>>5301456
Yes we found the new sega saturn the vectrex system.

Actually the games for it don't look that good it's the overlay giving the crazy colors.

>>5301473
Color vector tubes exist but they're really rare.

Vector tubes use a different deflection yoke than raster CRTs. The neck has magnets that can be used to pull the electron beam in any direction but it's practically useless for filled objects and you can only in practice get lines/graphics primitives.

>>5301369
Yes but are vector graphics was processor intensive or something? Vectrex games are all so smooth and fluid, despite often having complex effects and 3D rendering, see: https://youtu.be/VuVnoqFF3II

>>5302014
*less processor intensive

>>5302014
The Vectrex used a 6809, there was nothing special about the electronics in there.

>>5302020
That’s what leads me to believe vector graphics must be easier to process or something, the games are on another level entirely than Atari or Intellivision

>>5301871
Same yoke, just different winding on vertical. And then only in most cases.

>>5301258
vextrex is garbage, fell for the meme and sold it

>>5302538
well it's definitely one of the best/most unique really retro consoles (talking before famicom), just not everyone's cup of tea

>>5301863
I recall one arcade machine that used them and its reliability was dogshit.

>>5302043
Those monitors only require positions.

You name out the vertices and you're down.
A normal software rendered game takes those very same vertices, makes the imaginary vectors between them, then looks at the scene and composes every single pixel depending on whether or not any of said vectors went through said pixel.

That's before any textures, shading and what-not.
So yes, it is much easier to do and the speed of the electron beam becomes an issue much sooner than you could hope to run out of computation power.

>>5302638
The speed of the electron beam is c. There is literally nothing faster. Irregular deflection and beam intensity can potentially be a factor especially is using an inefficient beam path .

>>5302637
Space Duel did, and it looked fucking amazing.

>>5301863
>Color vector tubes exist but they're really rare.
What are you smoking?
Tempest, Space Duel, Gravitar, Black Widow, Quantum Star Wars, and Major Havoc from Atari alone.

>>5303321
Polybius did as well. Yes, it's a real game. It had three planes coming together of which two were keys for another planes that kept coming ad infinitum. Tons of colors, fast-paced, but not as fast as Robotron. It was a mesmerizing experience, but the guy who let me play had me stop after maybe 10 minutes or less. Now I know why he had that odd stipulation.

None of the simulations of the actual game are correct.

>>5303602
>What are you smoking?
Not them, but most people remember Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe for being black and white, plus a lot of other black and white games are conflated with vector games.

>>5303602
He's too young to smoke silly

>>5303614
>Polybius
You are legit retarded m8

>>5303825
You are a moron who wasn't even alive when the damn machines were out. They're real, in fact, more real than you'll ever be. Here's a tip: one way for the powers that be to cover things up is to put out all sorts of talk about how something was just an urban legend.

>>5303852
1. I was around at the time
2. Polybius is an urban legend, disproved many times

>>5303614
>>5303852
>>>/x/

>>5303883
>1. I was around at the time
Sure.

>>5303883
>2. Polybius is an urban legend, disproved many times
It can't be disproven. A lack of evidence is not proof something doesn't exist, it's just unproven. You go ahead and try and get people to ignore all the witnesses and TV reports at the time too, gatekeeper shill. I bet they pay you nice. Gotta keep a tight lid on that stuff or else people might know something's up.

For the non-brain dead, Polybius's dipswitch setting were even leaked, go check them out. Back then a game could give you night terrors, insomnia, fear of heights and more, so who knows what some games can do now.

>>5303889
Fuck off, it doesn't belong in /x/ because it's 100% real.

>>5302043
They aren't really. They just require a special display.

>>5303893
Shut the fuck up. Did you really have to come into the ONE vectrex thread we have a year and start shitposting/derailing? Jesus Christ what a fucking idiot.

>>5303890
>>5303893
>it's real!
t. Kurt Koller
Now go away, you fucking retard and stop shitting up the thread.

>>5303852
Does your mom know you're shitposting on the fourth channel?

>>5301279
fuck you, lucky asshole

>>5301451
Only if you scale it like a retard

>>5303919
Go fuck yourself, retard. This is /v/, not Crossfire.

>>5301863
Zoomer get out

>>5303614
My dad works at Nintendo and he said this guy is telling the truth. Polybius really do be that way.

>>5305779
Polybius denial is right up there with Holocaust denial and it's sad and hilarious.

>>5301258
vectrex is a meme and the games suck ass

>>5305782
It's no where near as hilarious as Holocaust denial, come on now

>>5305790
True, true...

I was speaking to the fact that having an unpopular opinion is the same for video games and politics, but I also enjoyed the double-edged irony of it all.

The sound on those vectrex games are harsh.