I found this online store ( https://vectrexmulti.ecwid.com/ ) that looks like Sean Kelly, but I'm not sure if it's not a scam. Does anyone know anything about this?

I had some time on my hands today with nothing to do. I ended up playing this for 3 hours straight 😎

We should all be using a Smart plug with our vectrexes.

The power supply and button of a vectrex is fragile and I've heard they don't like being left plugged in.

My smart plug and double plug socket lets me switch the Vectrex and Holocube on and off safely, and even set a schedule when you don't play like 11am to always make sure it's "OFF" if you don't have a Holocube and can easily miss it being left on.

Keep it turned on at the knob (ahem), and use the smart switch.

I also use them with lights, very very 1980's to say "Alexa: disco time" like you are quagmire switching on his flat dungeon XD

Inserting the Pitrex into my Vectrex makes it have no reaction at all to turning on power. Even if I've flubbed in creating the SD card, I'd have expected the beloved/hated Vectrex buzz, or high-voltage whine, or something. Could the Pitrex be overloading / cross-barring the power supply? My Vectrex is otherwise well-adjusted, and cheerfully runs other cartridges including Multi-Cart 3.0...

Hi guys, I used to have a vectrex back in the day and I had a couple of games bought for me from uncle one year. But due to missing him that xmas - I didn't get him from them till years after sold it. Then the other day my mother rang saying she came across them - now not 100% sure but think its Scramble and Beserk I think! and just wondered what they go for - They never been played and boxed,but think boxes bit creased, but overlay perfect etc.

I made a post about a week ago about thinking about buying a broken vectrex. Now I have it at home.

So the vectrex has one major problem, it shuts down by itself. As seen in this video: https://youtube.com/shorts/rwbf9QgZI1Q?feature=share . The screen goes crazy and then the whole unit shuts down.

But the interesting thing is that I managed to keep the vectrex on for 10 min, all I did was turn down the brightness a bit and measure the voltage (as shown in this video: https://youtu.be/TmEOfN4uTGA?si=0olW_V6WsN_KcpqY&t=292 ). Then I turned it on for a while and it went out again.

Now I was able to film ( https://youtube.com/shorts/a6JFtyKZZ9M ) that the vectrex did not turn on at all and the interesting thing is that the white dot did not appear on the screen and that the back of the CRT monitor was on and glowing orange. When the vectrex turned on, I tried measuring the voltage again (see video) and it was perfectly fine.

I also noticed that the high voltage capacitors are leaking, but someone says that's factory glue. (images: https://imgur.com/a/XwORW4y )

Any ideas what the problem could be?

Just got one of these bad boys a week ago. I know next to nothing about the system and I just kinda wanna ask if there’s anything I need to know about making sure this thing lasts. I guess for a system I paid so much money for at a local shop, I tend to worry about things breaking or things being unnormal because I know next to nothing about console repair and certainly don’t know anyone who can repair one of these. It’s a very fun system and I wanna keep it around in my collection.

Hi,

I am thinking of buying a broken vectrex. I think it has a power problem because it shuts down by itself every now and then and when it shuts off it starts buzzing and beeping. Does anyone know what the problem could be? And how hard would it be to fix (I only fixed atari 2600s so this will by my first vectrex)?

Thanks for every respond

Images: https://imgur.com/a/AC94lw8 https://imgur.com/a/TIVgcc5

I lugged my Vectrex in a backpack all the way back to Japan and was ready to plug it in, but then I wondered, other systems/appliances work fine US>JP, JP>US, but this guy is a bit older and more… precious. So I thought I’d check if anyone else has tried or has any info. Thanks!

Hi everyone! I got a madtronix 3D imager and I’m having a weird glitch with 3D Narrow Escape where the overlap seems to be too far to be able to make an stereoscopic image, like if you were uncrossing your eyes to opposite sides (that’s the best way I can describe it) It works excellent with 3D minestorm, it is just 3D Narrow Scape. Ive tried 5 different roms and non of them work

So I got my pitrex working well on my Vectrexusing an image I found online. Im looking to enable wifi so I can upload files easily. When I pull my pi zero WH from the PiTrex and plug it into HDMI and power I only get the rainbow screen. Am I missing something?

I recently picked up a dead Vectrex and went ahead and repaired it. I logged a lot of the repair process in case someone else wanted to take a look. I'm sure there is someone here that would fine useful information out of it. I also listed in the end some useful resources I found along the way.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y5o41PIEwNM5xNuW73vUHpArnmzqAtO-LYlEQoboro4/edit?usp=sharing

Does anyone on this subreddit know the person who runs the website "The Ravens Retro Nest"? I ordered the multicart a few weeks ago, but I never received a confirmation email or tracking information for my order. I also tried emailing the address listed on the site, but I didn’t get a reply. Thankfully, I paid via PayPal, so I think I can request a refund. Do you know this website? It seemed fairly trustworthy (even though the design looks very outdated)... https://vectrex.playntradeonline.com/

Does anyone have an idea about how to fix this. Just picked this up for a decent deal due to this issue. Once it showed some text on the right side of the screen but is slowly moved off to the right until it was gone.

I’m pretty tech savvy, however, for the life of me I cannot get this device set up. At all. I feel every usage, all the controls flip or change. I think “ok, I got it now”, then the c,y flip, or it’s stuck on rapid fire, etc.

The instructions are very poor, and I’ve reached out to the creator, who was extremely responsive, but that info left me even more confused as far as set up.

I’m at a point where I cannot even confirm it functions properly as it’s so erratic.

Could anyone who has one reach out and help me step by step, from the moment you boot the system?

While I'm searching my parents' house to find my old console, I'm using the Vectrex Regeneration app on iPad. I'd like to get an external joystick to play the app with. The Ion Icade is longer made, was wondering if anyone knows of any arcade-style joysticks (not PS controllers) that are compatible with the app?

Sorry if this is not the right place for this. I do have the console, it's just buried somewhere.

Fantastic game. I love the background effects. A work of art here for arcade shooters.

I bought an untested Vectrex and am getting it sent straight to a shop.

I played this game as a kid, but my older brother owned it and one day took it away when he moved out.

I remember the buzz was sort of part of the experience, but I would not mind getting the buzz off mod installed.

Now I am wondering it retro game purists would want to keep the buzz, as it was part of the experience.

So: buzz or no buzz is the question :)