My second article at Flashbak this week looks back the "high performance" game system from 1982: Vectrex.
Here's a snippet and the url: (http://flashbak.com/high-performance-machine-remembering-gces-vectrex-1982-45647/ )
"In the late seventies
and early eighties, the first generation of video-gamers could select between
the Atari 2600 (The Atari Video Computer System), Intellivision and
Colecovision.
But there was one more
unique option: Milton Bradley and GCE’s Vectrex, a “Graphic Computer System.”
This distinctive game
console was constructed with a built-in monitor, described in the adverts as “arcade style.” In short, this meant no TV -- or pesky TV
antenna -- was required for game play. The “Vector
Monitor” instead made it possible to pick up the unit and “play it almost anywhere.”
This "revolutionary"
console design also featured "line graphics" for "laser
sharp visual effects" rather than the standard pixels we associate
with other game systems of the day.
Vectrex was also manufactured with a “panel
controller” rather than a joystick, and came with two unique accessories.
The first was a 3-D
imager: a set of eye glasses that could provide a “real 3-D experience…in color!”
The second was a stylus or “light
pen” that allowed users to write directly on the monitor."
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