Man I just added giro controls for the yoke on star wars on the vactrex emulator and it made me fall in love with this game again. The vactrex emulator started as a Vectrex emulator now supports asteroids and Star Wars, no roms are included you need to provide your own. It’s not a perfect emulator it’s a project aimed to have fun. iOS only for now working on the android port now. You’ll find it on the AppStore as Vactrex emulator. Played on iPhone 17 pro max.

Picked this up yesterday at a retro videogame meet. I didn't see this particular one before. Comes with the game Crossfire included too.

Switching to an LCD screen at the last minute of production is a betrayal of the early backers that funded the project having been promised OLED (actually even better AMOLED) screens. LCD is not only an enormous dip in the promised quality, but will absolutely not come close to visually replicating a vector display. Worse yet, AMOLED and OLED have the beauty of true black, this lcd mini will come out now as nothing but a cheap knockoff.

Those that backed the project should be honored with the promised design specs. Do an lcd version for cheap at general release.

I've got a once-working Vectrex in storage that stopped displaying, I'd like to get it back to working order but I'm hesitant in shipping it out to someone. Are there any Vectrex repair guys (or gals) out there in the San Francisco/San Jose area?

I am interested in getting a UVMC2 but have no idea where to go. Is there a GitHub somewhere with the PCB and firmware files?

Hi everyone!

I was told by the guys over at r/tron that ya'll may enjoy this. Recently, I developed a version of SPACE PARANOIDS from the movie TRON. ( see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUXj4w4nze0 ) ...It is inspired by the arcade games of the era (Battlezone, Asteroids, Berzerk) and has gotten to be quite popular within the TRON fanbase. That said, I've gotten hundreds asking for a VECTREX/PiTrex port of the game....and so here's some of the first footage of a running build compiled for the PiTrex architecture, running on Vectrex Studio. ( see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZODLRPkNJs ) ...I (sadly) don't own the original hardware, and have no way of testing whether or not this image works on a real PiTrex cart. However, this is what the emulator is showing me, so I would imagine it would be relatively similar on the actual hardware. All of my development has been based on what I've read about the VECTREX, so if anyone has any tips or would like to test it when it gets a bit more finished, I'd be very grateful!

Cheers,

Landon

Wach me fail at level one on scramble usig an xbox controller on my old ipad with ios 17 using the vactrex emulator for ios, wonder if we can make our own vextrex mini with old ipads, any 3d printer guy that can help?

https://youtu.be/o00ct_iAOBY?si=c1UI8Mj78L03Go63

Native ARM on the Vectrex - PiTrex vs. UVMC2 Compared https://vectrex.substack.com/p/native-arm-on-the-vectrex

Roger Boesch

Oct 4

"The Vectrex uses a 6809 running at 1.5 MHz and has just 1 KB of RAM; every game sold for it back then had to operate within those strict constraints.

An Awesome Piece of Tech: The PiTrex and the UVMC2

The PiTrex and the UVMC2 are currently the platform's most important hardware expansion cartridges. Both include an ARM chip on the cartridge that runs its own code and directly controls the vector beam, bypassing the Vectrex’s native 6809 CPU entirely. ..."

Red the rest at the link below.

Native ARM on the Vectrex - PiTrex vs. UVMC2 Compared https://vectrex.substack.com/p/native-arm-on-the-vectrex

I'm using a modified Vectrex as a vector display driven by external audio/waveform signals. I'm recording the CRT with an Iphone and want to composite multiple temporal states of the vector display in After Effects. I'm interested in preserving the vector/phosphor character while accumulating several moments of the display. Has anyone experimented with recording or processing Vectrex vector output in this way?

Chatgpt told me to use Luma Key in After Effects to isolate the highlights on the screen of the Vectrex. The setting on the Luma Key effect is “Key Out Darker”. The result I have obtained from this is not ideal, but in the right direction. I am using the Iphone app Blackmagic Camera App for recording the graphics on the Vectrex. On this app my frames per second is 30, shutter speed is 1/30, ISO is 100 and white balance is 4300K. Can someone advise me further?

Quell surprise, but the Vectrex Mini screen has been downgraded from OLED to LCD IPS.

Pretty disappointed, even if this is par for the course with kickstarter projects.

Full update here. I genuinely think the creators have sincerity, but there is no getting over the fact it is a cheaper component, which would not acheive the right effect to emulate that Vector screen (even worse so than OLED)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini/posts/4811451

I remember before the KS came out, there was a poll here where redditors staunchly voted against buying one of these if it had an LCD, now everyone has.

To quote Brass Eye "this is the one thing we didn't want to happen"

I recently purchased a Vectrex system and it operates displaying the default minestorm game with no cartridge installed but when I plug in a cartridge it continues to run minestorm. Is there something I should try to get it to recognize and run the cartridge game or am I doing something wrong. Thanks in advance for your suggestions

Ultimate Vectrex Multicart 2 (UVM2) New Batch.
For those not on Facebook, Jason Kopp is planning a new batch.
If interested send an email to "[koppjason83@yahoo.com](mailto:koppjason83@yahoo.com)" along with the number you are interested in.
$40 + Ship $8 USA / $25 Intl.
3D Printed Cart Shell additional $5.

The Ultimate/Ultra Vectrex Multicart 2 (UVM2) is an evolution of his older multicarts. The Super Vectrex Multicart (SVM), and Ultimate Vectrex Multicart (UVM).

Ultimate/Ultra Vecmtrex Multicart 2 comes with over 170 preloaded games. A 3.5 mm Audio out Jack, and USB port. The UVM2 expands on UVM features with the addition of a Micro SD card slot for storing additional programs, music, video, and UVM2 Firmware upgrades, and more!

New programs taking advantage of even more UVM2 features have already be written. With more arriving each week recently. 

From Jason's FB VFU Post:
In the last few days a lot of people have contacted me wanting to buy a UVMC2 cart. I have other things I should spend the money on right now lol.
So depending on level of interest I may do a preorder.
For a good deal low cost run to break even I need to sell 40 carts.
For anyone who is truly interested say so in the comments below.
If at least 40 are interested i can send each of you a message with payment information. Please tag people that may be interested
$40 for the cart pcb + shipping $8 USA $25 international (sorry international shipping has become more expensive). 3d printed shells are an additional $5 or you can print one yourself.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4f5CSEseV90yzpuWBJ94OCqwvCeFpSI

Jason Originally posted the new UVM2 batch interest check via a Facebook Vectrex Fans Unite (VFU) group group post here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/vectrex/posts/3123097884567234/

On a separate note,,,
The main place to follow new information about Ultimate Vectrex Multicart 2 (UVM2) features and release developments, firmware upgrades, and new games posted by other developers, is inside the Facebook group about the topic.

Ultimate Vectrex Multicart 2 test group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1546674219946552

UPDATE:

Team Jason Kopp indicated that email inquiry responses should be caught up as of 2026-09-01, 19:34 (7:34 PM) PDT.

UPDATE:

2026-10-03 18:44 (6:44 PM ) PDT, OP in FB VFU by Jason Kopp.

WOW am I surprised at the amount of interest in this cart. I was originally not sure if even 40 people would be interested in another run. the original plan was to sell 40 to break even on an order of 120 but so far as of 10/3/26 there have been 250 carts sold!! I had to change the order from 120 to 240 and now 360 carts!!. the 3 week to ship time frame is still in place and my wife is still taking orders. she is putting a thumbs up next to peoples comments on this post and replying to messages you send to me.

UPDATE:

2026-10-06 20:16 (8:16 PM ) PDT, OP in FB VFU by Jason Kopp. (https://www.facebook.com/groups/vectrex/posts/3133862493490773/)

please STOP ordering UVMC2 carts! lol

sorry to make another post but for some reason I cannot edit the original preorder post.

I did not expect this to get so crazy and if I take anymore I will not meet the promised 3 week ship time.

Give me about 3 weeks and I will do another preorder or maybe 5 weeks or so and I will have more to ready to ship.

If my wife sent you a message to pay and you have not already paid please do not pay now lol.

Also a few people have sent me money without giving me an address. if you get refunded it is because my wife can't hunt you down to get your address.

I am sorry I will have more in the future. I just don't want to get buried and let people down.

UPDATE:
2026-10-14 13:42 (1:42 PM ) PDT, OP in FB VFU group by Jason Kopp.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/104852679725118/?multi_permalinks=3142605749283114

UVMC2 update

the cart pcbs are in the mail and i should have them by Monday ish. 2-3 more days after Monday for final assembly and i will start shipping immediately after that . the real bottle neck is the 3d printed shells. as of now i about 1/3 of the shells are printed. it takes maybe 3-5? minutes to program each cart so i plan to have several computers programming carts at once.

Q: "how can i join the "list" for the next run"

A, Jason Kopp: "i will post here and on vfu when i have more"