Post here every time you get something new!

Heres another very annoying ebay fact.

If you bid on something and you're outbid, you can't go and buy the same item somewhere else until that auction is over. As your bid is still considered 'live'.


The following happened to me a few years ago.

I bid on The Lion King for the Megadrive.

Someone outbid me.

I didn't want to go any higher than that, so bid on another Lion King auction and won.

The person who'd outbid in the first auction withdrew his bid (because apparantly it was his son messing with his ebay account) therefore by default, I was the winning bidder on that too.

I contacted ebay telling them how stupid the above was, and they pretty much said them's the rules. If you've bid on something, don't bid on the same item again until the first auction is completely over. Me arse.

Veccy arrived! Made the journey from Cork to Bray and then from Bray through Ballybrack. At that point I had to carry it to the Dart and from the Dart to my apartment. In the lashing rain! And it still works 100%.

Remember the dodgy cart slot? There's nothing wrong with it at all. The first time I tried a game it worked instantly. I guess the guy just didn't have the game fully in as it took a bit of effort/pressure to do so.

I am now in Vector heaven.

I took some pics. Couldn't resist. They're not the best as the light is low, but they'll do for now

Gotta love that logo.


The flash is really showing up a lot of the blemishes. It's not as bad as it looks here. Needs a good wipe down with a damp cloth. I'll see if I can cover up some of those dings. Shouldn't be too hard.



The overlays really are great! I love the look of the games without them, just the black and white lines. But the overlays add colour to the lines. One of the games, Armour Attack makes them all green. The one I have here for starship is great, as it makes most blue, but in the middle there's a yellow square. (Which as you can imagine, makes the vector lines yellow in that little spot around your crosshair)





Lights out! Can't really capture this properly in the dark without a tripod, but it looks amazing! The lines really glow like neon. The overlays make it magic.



I love this controller, it's lovely. My one seems to be in decent enough condition too. Also just needs a clean up.




Here's all the different overlays I got with it, which is fantastic. (Must ask that seller if he can find those games). I'll be getting a Vecflash anyway, so will be playing all of these soon enough.

Thanks guys

Yeah you're right Andrew76, photos really don't do the graphics justice at all. They're super sharp and super smooth. It looks like nothing else. I thought the overlays would just be a gimmick and I wouldn't really bother with them. Man was I wrong!

On another good note, the shell is made from a hardened plastic. Those white dings are just scraping off without leaving any marks. Should have it looking like new after a bit of work.

Still over the moon that the cart slot is working perfectly. That's the second time I've bought something on ebay now that was 'broken'...but was just down to the seller not being able to get it working.

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Re: The Vectrex, here are some resources that are great..
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2009/06/vectrex-101-a-beginners-guide.html
Have a look at the linked project to build a 3D imager!
http://www.madtronix.com/html/3d_imager.html

There was a resource out there describing how to make overlays with transparencys, an inkjet printer and tippex but it seems to have disappeared.

Thanks for the links! That 3D imager project is amazing. I wonder is that circuit hard to build?

I just heard back from the guy selling those Vecflash carts. Says he has some of the micro SD ones left. \O/

EnterNow wrote: »

I hate you right now o1s1n You and your ebay prowess kill me sometimes :pac:

You know, before I would have said 'blah blah, saved searches, be wise, blah blah, effort, hunting, blah blah'.

But then a Vectrex in Ireland just popped up randomly while I was bored one evening browsing all consoles/Games for sale Ireland.

So, in conclusion, I am just a jammy bastard. That's all there is to it :pac:

Got something really cool today from Andrew76 (Thanks again!). A Vendetta PCB. Or as it's known as in Japan, Crime Fighters 2.

It's an original Konami board too. No bootleg here. Konami chips/logo all over it -



Before Metal Slug came along this was my favourite game in the arcade as a kid. It took me bloody years to remember what the hell it was though as I was really young playing it. All I remembered was one of the characters looked like Hulk Hogan.

I gave it a quick boot up on the supergun (I tried to wait until I got to put it in the cab..couldn't resist though!) works perfectly.

While I'm being a multi posting photo whore. Just put some fresh screen protectors on my Gamegear and Nomad.

These are made for the DS but fit the Nomad, Gamegear and original gameboy perfectly. Or anything else with an LCD that size. They go on easy too. Just make sure to give the screens a good wipe down first.



Can get them here. Because the DS has two screens you get two per pack.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.19245

The Gamegear is back from surgery by the way. Cap kit installed. Sound and picture are back to fresh out of the factory quality. Cheers for that Enternow.

Awh, when I saw you'd posted in this thread I thought -

'OMFG DID HE GET THE VECTREX ALREADY?!?!?!'