Meet The Vectrex, The Strangest Game Console Of The '80s

I’m fully aware that I have a basement full of crap, and, yes, to many eyes, my collection of crap really may be analogous to a firm, healthy turd, but if I accept this unpleasant analogy, then I’d have to say one of the most golden, gleaming kernels of corn in that turd would have to be the machine I want to show you today, the Vectrex. The Vectrex is a fascinating machine, a technical dead end, an elegant and fascinating look at a path not taken, technologically. Yes, it’s just another 1980s game console, but I think it’s so much more. Among the YouTube comments disturbed and revolted by my hair were a number requesting that I focus an episode on this machine, so, for those of you who looked past the Hair Situation long enough to comment about something else, this is for you. -Jason Torchinsky Read more: https://jalopnik.com/the-torchinsky-f... Follow Jalopnik on:   / jalopnik     / jalopnik     / jalopnik   Drive free or die! https://jalopnik.com