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*{{Template:Technical specifications|CPU: = Motorola 68A09 @ 1.5 MHz*|memory = RAM: 1 KB (two 4-bit 2114 chips)<br>*ROM: 8 KB (one 8-bit 2363 chip)*Cartridge |display =||media = ROM: cartridges 32KB*Sound: |audio = General Instrument AY-3-8912 & <br> 3" electrodynamic paper cone speaker|output =|power =}}
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{{Template:Infobox console|image = [[Image:Vectrex-Console.jpg|230px]]
|Manufacturer = Smith Engineering
|Generation = [[:Category:Second_generation|Second generation]]
|Release date = November 1982 (NA) <br/>
May 1983 (EU) <br/>
June 1983 (JP)
|Media type = ROM cartridge (32KB)
|Input Controller controller = 2 controller ports}} The '''Vectrex ''' (known as ''Bandai Vectrex Kousokusen'' in Japan) is a vector display-based video game console that was developed by Western Technologies/Smith Engineering which was a videogame company started by Jay Smith, an engineer who was previously an employee at Mattel. It was licensed and distributed first by General Consumer Electric (GCE), and then by Milton Bradley Company after their purchase of GCE. It was released in November 1982 at a retail price of $199. Later, the company developed games for other consoles, including the [[Sega Genesis]] and the [[Sony ]] [[PlayStation]].
==Technical specifications==
Unlike other non-portable video game consoles, which connected to televisions and rendered raster graphics, the Vectrex has an integrated vector monitor which displays vector graphics. The monochrome Vectrex uses plastic screen overlays to simulate color and various static graphics and decorations.
Vectrex comes with a built-in game, the Asteroids-like MineStorm. Two peripherals were also available for the Vectrex, a light pen and a 3D imager.
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