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Main => Consoles => Topic started by: skim36 on August 18, 2007, 04:45:03 pm
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Here's my latest find. A Vectrex Arcade System with a carrying case. Nice...
Includes overlays and manuals, even had a game flyer. I love ebay. I heard that there was a Vectrex system recently on ebay that was unopened that went for over 4 grand. wow.
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great buy :cheers:
the vectrex is an incredible little arcade machine :applaud:
i suggest you to visit that page:
http://www.classicgamecreations.com/vecmania.html
and to buy it :P
i have a vectrex, and i have to say that vecmania is SUPERBE !!!!
(http://www.classicgamecreations.com/images/box-vecmania.jpg)
:cheers:
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Looks great. I'll check it out, thanks.
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Man so you were the one that ended up with that. Awesome find, what was your final bid, if you dont mind me asking? I was going to bid on it but I lost track of it and real life took a wild swing so I missed the close on that beauty.
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Pitcher's Duel?!
That had better be the recent repro.
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Pitcher's Duel?!
That had better be the recent repro.
Yup. CGE2007 release.
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sweet buy! id certainly want to try out the new stuff available for it. awesome that people are out there doing that (",)
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The new releases are usually limited to 50 or 100 copies... if you're not there when it is released you end up paying $100+ for a copy later.
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I ended up paying about 218 final cost. The pitcher's duel cartridge I got off a separate auction. But I had to have it. It's not the limited ed. green cart but it's the same game sans box or manual. Game is actually only 90 % complete. These black cart versions were going for 30 a piece. 70 of them made. I do plan on getting some of the new games for it soon. Really nice to see dedicated people out there keeping the Vectrex alive. Hats' off.
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The new releases are usually limited to 50 or 100 copies... if you're not there when it is released you end up paying $100+ for a copy later.
going to that link above, all his games seem to be available and none are over $20 :dunno
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Here's my latest find. A Vectrex Arcade System with a carrying case. Nice...
Includes overlays and manuals, even had a game flyer. I love ebay. I heard that there was a Vectrex system recently on ebay that was unopened that went for over 4 grand. wow.
Great job.
I've always admired that little system - even way back in the day. Still, with all the gaming crap I've had over the years, still never had one, let alone seen on in person! :dunno
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going to that link above, all his games seem to be available and none are over $20 :dunno
He doesn't have the new releases. Those are sold mostly on rec.games.vectrex and sell out almost immediately. Stuff like LOGO, Color Clash, 3D Lord of the Robots, I Robot, etc.
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ok, but to me anything new for the vectrex is stuff NOT made in the 80's...
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Hey skim36, would you be willing to scan your overlays? I don't know if you're aware, but Mr. Do, from the MAME Artwork Project (http://www.mameworld.net/mrdo/mame_artwork.html) has a side page with Mess artwork (http://www.mameworld.net/mrdo/mess_artwork.html). It would be great to get high quality scans of overlays for these games to use in Mess. Let me know if you'd be willing to do this and I can get you in touch with Mr. Do.
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If he doesn't, I could do that, I have an almost complete Vectrex collection.
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I would do scans if I had a scanner. Sorry.
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I highly recommend the homebrew game Protector. It is an absolutely fantastic game. Better than any of the commercially made games for the Vectrex that I have tried. I picked mine up for about $20 online.
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Man - I need to bust out my old vectrex.
One of my dad's friends gave me his when I was probably 8 or 9 (21 now)
Probably had about a dozen games, a handful of which were pirated, haha.
I had a lot of fun on that thing when I did have it hooked up
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If you have pirated games that old they could be worth some cash... Vectrex collectors are spendy and those are quite rare.
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I just got a new printer/fax/copier/coffee machine...I'd be glad to scan what I have if you still want it....