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MrVenom1974 May 31

Endlich Infos zum Games Line Up für den Vectrex Mini | Jay Smith ist jetzt dabei... https://youtu.be/ljCWmeegMoc?si=H0DE7cvsVlsesvFM via @YouTube @VectrexOn #Vectrex #Retrogaming

lmorchard's links May 21

How the Vectrex game console sunk a 124-year-old company - The Silicon Underground

"On May 4, 1984, Milton Bradley, a leading producer of board games for 124 years, agreed to sell itself to Hasbro. Changes in the way people played games in the 80s, especially kids, put pressure on the company. In this blog post, I’ll explain how changing times led Milton Bradley to make a transformational bet at the worst possible time that ultimately sunk the maker of the game Battleship, and what happened to what was left of Milton Bradley."

https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-the-vectrex-game-console-sunk-a-124-year-old-company/?utm_campaign=how-the-vectrex-game-console-sunk-a-124-year-old-company&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss

#80s #gaming #retro #toys #vectrex

How the Vectrex game console sunk a 124-year-old company

In May 1984, after losing at video games, Milton Bradley sold out to Hasbro.

The Silicon Underground

Tipa May 20

Confessions of a Superbacker: 2026 edition

I was writing about this really, really cruddy KS project on the other blog and realized it's been awhile since I talked about my unhealthy crowdfunding obsession....

https://chasingdings.com/2026/05/20/confessions-of-a-superbacker-2026-edition/

#Kickstarter #MysteryDice #TerraformingMars #Vectrex #gamefound #kalimba #MicroHero #NexusCube #PocketRpg #TheDoomOfTheDark #TheRedDragonInn

Selena the Retro-Princess May 9

An absolute ton of silliness went into this - using the wrong-sized chip to load the Milton Bradley firmware on my CGE Vectrex in order to troubleshoot a software issue to see if the firmware was the issue.
It's really neat seeing my Vectrex boot up with the clean "VECTREX" logo of Milton Bradley.

#diy #vectrex #retrogaming #hack #engineering

SuperIlu May 9

RE: https://mastodon.world/@bydo_cai24/116543765900922339

wow, another new game for my favorite game console?!

#vectrex

µP Apr 20

On the first weekend of May I will be back in Munich at the #VCFe. There I have an exhibition on #AnalogComputing (with a #THAT and a Leybold analog computer, using a modified #Vectrex and an HP XY #plotter as output devices) and I will give a lecture on "Unconventional Computing" (in which the analog computers also play a role).

https://vcfe.org/D/Vortraege.html#18
https://vcfe.org/D/Ausstellung.html#20

Tipa Apr 6

Vectrex Mini: The “Light Speed Ship” The Japanese Kibidango crowdfunding campaign for the Vectrex Mini offers a few more details about the forthcoming Vectrex revival. chasingdings.com/2026/04/06/v... #Vectrex #LightSpeedShip #VectrexMini