#vectrex

Building the future on 1982 hardware. A devlog about Vectrex engineering, modern indie dev, and the code that connects them. Click to read Vector & Vertex, by Roger Boesch, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

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.

Described as a rail shooter inspired by Space Harrier, Neon Hawk is going to be one to watch for all Vectrex fans—better make sure you have your flash cart in hand.

Behold (in text) - the mythological Vectrex Computer. Supposedly it even had 5 titles ready to ship in early 1984!

asm6809 is a portable cross assembler targeting the Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309.

asm6809 is a portable cross assembler targeting the Motorola 6809 and Hitachi 6309.

Assembler for M6809/H6309 microprocessor.

Assembler for M6809/H6309 microprocessor.

Here is the complete source code for my game Vectrex Thrust. This game would never have been possible to write without all the information people have shared on the web, so releasing this source code is my way of giving something back and hoping that someone will find it useful.

In this article, designer In Choi describes a project for his home business in which he replaces a defective part in a 1980s game system to show his full-time employer that they can adopt a methodology using Xilinx programmable devices to replace a range of parts that other semiconductor vendors are no longer producing.