Vectrex emulation for Mac?

#1 caveman OFFLINE

Chopper Commander

149 posts

Location:Boston, MA

Posted Sat Dec 20, 2003 3:37 PM

Does anyone know if a Vectrex emulator for the Mac exists? I've never owned the original console, and I want to see what it could do.

#2 Wntermute OFFLINE

Moonsweeper

460 posts

Location:Phoenix, AZ

Posted Sat Dec 20, 2003 4:26 PM

MacMESS will emulate a Vectrex, along with many other console and early personal computers.

#3 oesii OFFLINE

River Patroller

3,989 posts

8-bit from way back
Location:St. Petersburg, FL

Posted Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:36 PM

I'll concur, I play Vectrex games through MacMess, don't recall having any problems with any of the games. I mostly play Rip Off, Star Castle, and MineStorm on it.

#4 liveinabin OFFLINE

Painty Man!

6,430 posts

Location:The Viking bit of England

Posted Sun Dec 21, 2003 2:34 PM

Yeah, the Vectrex is about the only console I can get working (decent) emulation out of with MacMESS.

#5 JB OFFLINE

Quadrunner

9,211 posts

With Stereo-Of-The-Art-Sound

Posted Mon Dec 22, 2003 12:37 AM

I want to gripe, but I should probably try the current version of MESS before I do. And that's something I'm not anxious to set up.

So I'll just compromise and whine about how no emulator can do vectors right on a raster display.

#6 oesii OFFLINE

River Patroller

3,989 posts

8-bit from way back
Location:St. Petersburg, FL

Posted Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:42 AM

liveinabin said:

Yeah, the Vectrex is about the only console I can get working (decent) emulation out of with MacMESS.

I just made a mental list of the systems I play in MacMess (my savior on slow work days).

Atari 7800
Bally Astrocade
PDP-1 (SpaceWar

)
Colecovision
Vectrex
NES (some of my games dont work with other emus)

I'm pretty happy with all the emulation, save for NES but some games just won't run on the other emus. Colecovision and Atari 7800 have improved a lot in the last years and I can try out most games and enjoy them.