The Vectrex

Console overview

The Vectrex immediately stands out for having a built in CRT TV attached to the console and the fact it's the only console to ever use vector based graphic, it was supported until 1984 and had 29 officially released games and 2 accessories

Software Review

Armor Attack Armor Attack is one of those extremely simple arcade style game which isn't rich with dept or detail but I'd say it makes up for it by being a fun gameplay loop, you patrol around a small maze in your tank and shoot at other vehicles

Dark Tower (Prototype) Despite being called a prototype the game is fully done and I have no idea why it was never released, this game is an extremely novel piece of gaming history since it's one of the first games I can think of with a fully explorable 3D world and it also happens to incorporate some basic RPG mechanics In Dark Tower you walk around a forest opening chests and occasionally you're attacked by wizards and play this extremely hard but pretty engaging mini game to defeat them It's another extremely simple game and I wish it had more diversity in it's gameplay but it'd interest you if you're into early 80s American RPGs I'd say Hyperchase This is a racing game where the enemy is yourself because of how extremely sensitive the controls are and how easy it is to crash into literally anything but it gives you a feeling of real speed you'd be hard pressed to find in another racing game of it's time Rip Off Rip Off is basically Asteroids mixed with Space Invaders but I'd say it improves on the original formula in the pack in game mine storm but actually controlling well and introducing concepts not in asteroids