r/Vectrex • u/MasonJarring • 9d ago

This is getting ridiculous because we wake up this morning now with DOOM

https://streamable.com/0u960a
293 Upvotes

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u/VitalArtifice 9d ago

OK, so this works better than it has any business to! Love it!

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

yeah now we just need to map a mouse to this!

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u/Silo-Joe 9d ago

Or one of the homebrew Vectrex trackballs

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

Ohhhhh... that's an idea and excuse to get YET another Vectrex controller + adapter

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago edited 8d ago

Doom:

Arcade ports:

NES emulation (yes, you read that right)

VecOS - OS/GUI

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u/Parallax8672 8d ago

These ports are amazing.

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u/8-Bit_Tornado 19h ago

This is some of the coolest stuff I have ever seen

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u/DirectedEvolution 9d ago

So smooooth. Imagine if this was released in the early 80s for the Vectrex. Would Vectrex obliterate the 2600?

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

Ha well... this thing is made possible via a 32bit processor with more RAM that most consumer devices for the time. so a little cheating w/ the time travel :D

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u/DirectedEvolution 9d ago

Ah ok. That explains why it doesn't flicker and lag when the screen gets busy.

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

A little rusty with the game play using joysticks but here's also E1M2

E1M2 part 1 of 2

E1M2 part 2 of 2

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u/Accomplished-Leg-149 9d ago

I honestly would take almost any 3D major release as Vetrex wire frame. Vectrex Skyrim, here we go.

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u/Jim-bulsara 9d ago

What cart do you need to make this possible?

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

Jason Kopp's UVMC2

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u/Jim-bulsara 9d ago

Tk you. Do you know how to get it? In the uk in particular?

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

when you find his page, he'll have instructions and cost for intl shipping also

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u/Jim-bulsara 9d ago

Dude. Tks a bunch!

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u/Gf65D 7d ago

Can it be run with a Pitrex?

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u/salduchi1785 9d ago

This has to be AI made. AI is going to make consoles run games that are incredible

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u/wootybooty 9d ago

This needs like 1000 more upvotes. This works insanely well!!!

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u/Responsible_Sea1023 9d ago

How fucking cool 😎

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u/freds72 9d ago

what are the technical details? this is clearly not stock Vectrex nor doom code verbatim (the sprite outlines)

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u/runvnc 9d ago

I bet they are basically just using the Vectrex as the display and running on a modern computer/microcontroller.

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u/rockgn0me 9d ago

At what point is it not just running a different system using the vectrex as a passive display

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u/MasonJarring 9d ago

Which is more than fine bc it's by far the easiest way for people to have vector CRT platform at home.

The only other option is to use the multi arcade board he makes and rig that up to an existing arcade cab.

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u/MechWarrior888 9d ago

I need to play this.

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u/TW200e 9d ago

Cool....

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u/PallasNyx 9d ago

Loved the vectrex.

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u/AwwwNuggetz 9d ago

Now do Duke Nukem!

But for real, anyone done geometry wars?

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u/Interesting_Echo7233 9d ago

I want this more than anyting right now

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u/MasonJarring 8d ago

Ingredients:

  • Vectrex
  • UVMC2 cartridge from Jason Kopp
  • Doom .wad (your copy) and vecdoom.um2 (from Jason Kopp) files