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Xvectrex beta 0.1
« on: December 10, 2005, 12:02:00 AM »

Xvectrex beta 0.1-- Posted by XanTium on December 10 01:55 EST
Darcelf released a new emulator for Xbox. Xvectrex(info) is a port of vecx, a vectrex emulator.
The Vectrex is an 8-bit video game console developed by General Consumer Electric (GCE) and later bought by Milton Bradley Company. The Vectrex is unique in that it utilized vector graphics drawn on a monitor that was integrated in the console; no other console before or after the Vectrex had a comparable configuration. It was released in late 1982 at a retail price of $199. As the video game market declined and then crashed, the Vectrex exited the market in early 1984.


Official Site: http://alg5.ifrance.com/Xvectrex/index.htm, http://www.darcelf.tk
Download Binaries: n/a (built with XDK)
Download SourceCode: here

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Xijar

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« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2005, 01:20:00 AM »
This is awesome. I've been waiting for a Vectrex emulator for Xbox for years, especially after seeing how many emulators there are for all these consoles I've never even heard of. Time to try this baby out.
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« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2005, 02:17:00 AM »
Brilliant, the one i've been waiting for.....Thank you for all your hard work on your recent releases

Willy
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« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2005, 02:48:00 AM »
that is awesome. 8 bit graphics all the way! im trying it out!
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« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2005, 02:53:00 AM »
alg5, you are my hero!!! wub.gif

Vectrex was my first console. THX for this great Job. THX THX THX
Solar Quest i come!!!  laugh.gif  laugh.gif  laugh.gif

Sorry for my bad english. Greeting from Switzerland  happy.gif
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alg5

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« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2005, 03:12:00 AM »
thanks all

between, the original code i ported is this one: http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~manohv/vectrex.html
it was very easy to understand, thansk to him. i made it in only 3 to 4 hours ! (and i lost many times because i don't know how directX draw line)

if you find things to add, you can still post here, but it doens't means i will do it ! (source are available if you want! )

This post has been edited by alg5: Dec 10 2005, 11:13 AM
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zero5

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« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2005, 04:15:00 AM »
Nice one, i hope bring more emu. The emu scene been dead lately. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pop.gif)
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Cimlite

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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2005, 05:04:00 AM »
Nice! This is going to be awsome.

I had a vectrex once, before I was stupid enough to sell it. I sort of miss it. smile.gif
It was a very unique machine indeed.
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XDelusion

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« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2005, 12:06:00 PM »
This is awsome! What next? Visual Boy? x68000?
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alg5

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« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2005, 12:17:00 PM »
QUOTE(XDelusion @ Dec 10 2005, 08:06 PM) View Post

This is awsome! What next? Visual Boy? x68000?


it seems x68000 has been done by xport: http://xport.xbox-sc...com/x68000x.php
so no need to do it twice.
virtual boy ? why not. it should be easy if a good source code is available.
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Chron Johnson

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« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2005, 01:25:00 PM »
Virtual Boy sounds like a great idea...love the new wave of ports you're putting out here.  The emu scene for more cutting edge things isn't quite dead, with Gogo and Freakydave (just seem stagnant without a website now) and Carcharius putting out some good stuff, but the older systems certainly died on the vine.  Not so with alg5...love seeing the old stuff come alive.  You're porting all the things people have been idly wishing for for years, you know.
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xboxgamer733

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« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2005, 02:31:00 PM »
A Vectrex emulator at last. I bow down to you, alg5!  biggrin.gif

But I question I have is this: Are you planning on including sound support in a future release?
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kidkinetix

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« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2005, 04:17:00 PM »
That reminds me, anyone interested in buying 2 vectrex systems, only 1 controller works biggrin.gif
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mikejf

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« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2005, 04:48:00 PM »
Great work.
Is it possible to increase the height of the display to fill the screen more?
It's hard to read the text being so small.

There weren't too many games for vectrex, only found about 35 or so...

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alg5

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« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2005, 03:33:00 AM »
QUOTE(xboxgamer733 @ Dec 10 2005, 10:38 PM) View Post
But I question I have is this: Are you planning on including sound support in a future release?


no. the original emulator (http://www.eecg.toronto.edu/~manohv/vectrex.html) doesn't have sound either. and i don't see the code for sound inside the source code. porting is something, but adding emulation is another thing....

QUOTE(mikejf @ Dec 11 2005, 12:48 AM) View Post
Is it possible to increase the height of the display to fill the screen more?
It's hard to read the text being so small.


I choose the same resolution as the original vecx emulator (330x410) he choose that because it's the 1/10 of the internal line resolution of the vectrex. so going until ?x480 would give worst result.
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