With the more common availability of 3D printers, making miniature models of retro computer and video game gear is one way to nerd out and not fill the house up. [Jason] was looking around and noticed that no one has modeled the Vectrex video game system and stepped right in to fill the void with a working 3d printed miniature model of the unique early 80’s video game system.
For those who don’t live and breathe retro game systems, the Vectrex is a 1982 8 bit game machine unique in the fact that it comes with its own monochrome vector graphics CRT in the console. [Jasons] model features a 2.2 inch LCD with a SPI interface.
Emulation is powered by a VoCore SBC sporting a 360Mhz MIPS CPU and a modest 32 megs of ram, which is more than enough to handle the 8 bit math and wireframe graphics. The emulator used is a port 0f VECX with the display rerouted to the LCD screen instead of using standard SDL interfaces.
The case was modeled in Sketchup, and the whole lot is powered by a 3v3 lipo battery. Join us after the break for a quick video of the mini model running the introduction to “Mine Storm” which was the onboard game original to the machine.
Finally I see a VoCore project other than a router featured here. Well done!
Thanks ;) I also posted DOOM here running on it (playable) and a NES emu too. I made a touchscreen paint app and wrote my own game. It’s all there on my project page.
No vector monitor, no vectrex.
100% agree. Nice hack but…it is not the same…
Make one 9cm high with a working CRT and I will be impressed.
Actually, saying that I HAVE a CRT that I salvaged from a camcorder viewfinder. Apart from being stupidly deep compared to the height and width it should be possible to mod :)
Anyway, this is a desk toy NOT a faithful recreation. So an LCD is fine for me.
There was no offence…like I said this is a nice hack
I loved my vectrex , I get all warm inside when i see them now.
You sure that wasn’t just the xrays.
Hmm. Proportion wise an looking at the form this looks straight out of minecraft…
Needs a banana for scale, or anything, anything at all.