Arenafoot Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 http://vectrex.wikia.com/wiki/International_Play_Your_Vectrex_Day On the Vector gaming forums, founder VectorX would post occasional milestones the forums had reached. On one post in particular, he stated that right before the one year anniversary of the forums (on September 10, 2012), the site had hit 4,000 posts. Forum member gamezone responded (possibly as a joke) that September 10 should be known as National Play Your Vectrex Day. VectorX figured that it should be known as an international day to include Vectrex owners all around the world, which the idea took off from there, resulting in the date being settled on later as November 1, 2012 (as the month of November also marked the 30th anniversary of the Vectrex's release in the United States). This Day has been repeated every year since. http://www.rfgeneration.com/news/Vectrex/International-Play-Your-Vectrex-Day-2015-3146.php Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 playin' some Berzerk on my Vectrex ... got past the 5,000 mark & didn't crash ...I didn't notice anything about bonus points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Here we go. Played some Vectrex on Vectrex day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 playin' some Berzerk on my Vectrex ... got past the 5,000 mark & didn't crash ...I didn't notice anything about bonus points sweet setup and collection........... you've never had Berzerk crash on you at all? Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas10e Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 sweet setup and collection........... you've never had Berzerk crash on you at all? I've only recently got the unit ( mebbe two years ago ) & hadn't really tried to play til it crashed .... I did notice it sounded like it was struggling in the 7K range with a LOT of robots on the screen furiously firing at times .... 8K is my highest score so far on it it IS a Hong Kong unit from only 1 previous owner who took good care of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arenafoot Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Happy Birthday Vectrex! http://www.syfygames.com/news/article/this-week-in-gaming-history-vectrex-brought-the-arcade-home-patrickscottpatterson Brian Matherne - owner/curator of "The MOST comprehensive list of Atari VCS/2600 homebrews ever compiled." http://tiny.cc/Atari2600Homebrew author of "The Atari 2600 Homebrew Companion" book series available on Amazon! www.amazon.com/author/brianmatherne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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