Vectrex Mini IS Real
We’ve all seen the pics, we’ve watched the reels and we’ve tentatively clicked on the Kickstarter campaign. Well, now it’s time to get hands on with the Vectrex Mini ~ Kickstarter: https://ishortn.ink/vectrex
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@Nostalgianerd
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Just realised I completely forgot to flash up the details of the VecX folks. You can find out more about VecX at https://docs.libretro.com/library/vecx/ and you can download it at https://www.bannister.org/software/vecx.htm
@truhhhhhhhokIII3
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
The waynes world bit at the beginning was so good 😂
@hypre-m
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
1:54 😆 well said, Garth
@Kj16V
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I'm the proud owner of a Vectrex "Maxi" 😄
I blame CGR Gaming for making Vectrex so popular and expensive!
@pseudotasuki
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
1:54 This is giving me a headache.
@SMlFFY85
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Ah, okay, a Vectrex with the reason for wanting one removed.
A fool and his money …
@tsukinoyuki
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
3:24
Half scale, meaning quarter size, ain't it?
@FRZNGLSRBM
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Thanks for ruining my day. Stupid algorithm only showed me your video today.
@sorrows_touch
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
This looks like something you could make yourself if you want it so bad
@NordicDan
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Honestly I'd take it for the clock & weather center alone.
For gaming though, it just wouldn't feel right without a vector based CRT (which I'm sure are far too difficult and/or costly to source for a project like this, so I get why they're going the LCD route) and the original size form factor and controller.
@Dald-y1v-g2f
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Too small. People will just set it on a shelf next to their action figure collection and other novelties, and forget about it.
@speedbird737
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
we want to buy the stand the vectrex is on in the social media videos!
@speedbird737
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
if anyone wants to play every original vectrex game in your browser simply (including correct game overlay) search for Vectrex by DrSnuggles
@speedbird737
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
becoming rare @ 07:13 – I own 24 vectrexes (including 2 USA variants) here in the UK lol
@graduatedsapphic
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
looks really cool but damn money is non-existent
@maxheadroom22and26
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I think they should make it "open", not only emulating Vectrex, but also other systems (arcade). Because of the tate mode.
@KamenRider1985
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Idk the display just isn't popping like the OG unit which defeats the purpose. The Vectrex has that vector glow that is so hard to replicate not using a CRT. Plus I get it's a mini but it's far too small. Sucks because I always wanted one.
@B1GDINO
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Maybe an phone with a peripheral will do the job.
@andymouse
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Just bought one !……cheers
@gregclare
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
You’ve got to be joking? A Vectrex requires a vector based display, in order to be a Vectrex. The whole point is the driving of, and experience of using, the analog vector display.
Playing on a pixel based LCD display, is just like any other retro inspired game console. So, only of interest to people who don’t technically know what a Vectrex is.
@Charlottesville798
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I have 2 originals, I wish them best of luck with this, but im a purist. I enjoy the lottery of repairing my 2 and not getting buzzed by the Flyback… !
@catbert911
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
party on nostalgia nerd
@sporkafife
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
It's already at nearly 10× it's target lmfao
@GYTCommnts
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
"Will you be able to mod it? I've been told: no.". That's an instant no-no for me nowadays. I'm very against of closed garden mindset.
@darrengoodale6854
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
It’s to small
@yakadoodledongywongy8718
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Watched because youtube keeps pushing ito the top of the.page when I.open.open the youtube app. Maybe this will make.it stop. Oh youtube what happened to you?
@nobideluxe348
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I mean, we're looking down on <A VECTREX>, only, that's not <A VECTREX>. Isn't that weird?
@Daemonarch2k6
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I had an VECTREX as a kid, was not entirely happy with it because i wished for a c64, and my parents found this for 99 DM in the christmas sale…
@Funem
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I always wanted a Vectrex when I was younger as I loved games like Asteroids and Luner Lander but they were to expensive for me at the time. When I got older and had money, the second-hand price for a decent one was still way to expensive for me to justify. This Kickstarter looks good but its just not the vector graphics I would have hoped for and moneys a bit tight now to even back it. Looks like its one thing I'll never own in any physically. It is however great to see the system still lives on in any form but sad people who buy this will not get to see how different it was to use a vector graphic based system with a cathode ray tube screen. Regarding the games, I was under the impression that all of them were able to be downloaded legally as long as they were used for non profit reasons (emulation I guess). At one point a cart was released all of the games on the one cart. I take it this Kickstarter has licensed this as the console, box art and games are not in the public domain and Jay Smith and Spencer Smith still own the rights, asking as I didn't see this mentioned in the Kickstarted when I -admittedly skim – read it.
@Retromanticist
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
It needs a lens, or some sort of curved formed overlay so that the screen feels like a glass one. I think we realise the limitation of the project given that it could never be a real CRT – and it looks like the software is doing a great job on the OLED. But, it just being flat as a pancake is wrong. The curvature of the screen is as important a detail of the industrial design of the product as any other.
@no_no_just_no
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
arrrgh, wish circumstances were better, i really want one 😞
@strudelninja
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I've always wanted a Vectrex! This is really intriguing! 180 bucks for one so small, with no final version before the cutoff? I can't justify it without being able to see a production version. Which, with the money they've made, I'd hope they'd be able to do at least a couple of runs of these to be able to sell through the year. Especially since I bet a lot of people didn't even knnow about it till today, and having just a few days to budget and pledge for it in the middle of the holiday season? Oof. I'd be much more likely to pull the trigger if this was, say, May.
@RetroChiZ
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Needs a 3×4 screen
@rogerLOX
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
me too but our parents dont want us to meet. they are really really really scsry i found a dodo
@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Does it play the original music?
@Lilithe
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
I guess they couldn't source the actual OLED for the prototype? Those black levels look horrid but it's a typical maker screen you can find on online retailers from the look of it.
@sonofasalesman
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
WE LOVE VECTOR GRAPHICS!!!
@TubbyJ420
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
These screens were surely manufactured for phones or tablets, they should have touchscreen. Light Pen = touchscreen. Should be easy peasy to implement.
@VectrexOn
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
Thanks so much for the great video! We're really happy you got to test one of our prototype! 😁🙏
@shayneoneill1506
December 14, 2025 at 11:54 pm
The Vetrex was a mythical computer to me. I dont think it ever got released in australia, but we DID get ads for it as a young kid, and I sooooooo wanted one. I dont think I've ever seen one IRL, but I coveted that thing so hard.
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