The lack of color was somehow system inherent.
I read somewhere,
the hole story started with GCS acquiring 120.000 (if
I remember that number correctly; else any other big number:)) of black and white TV-tubes for cheap money. After that they started deliberating, what they could
do with those
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. So, even
the start of that project is simply marvelous!
All
the games came with so called "overlays" - coloured plastic slides which you put in front of
the screen. Having your own "TV-set" for playing games was revolutionary those days. Most families had only one TV-set and that stood in
the living room. Parents would dictate what was watched. Access was limited. Children had not much to say.
The machine is unique, even if
the screen starts pumping with every new object that is displayed.
The frame rate is not constant. Great turning and resizing effects!
Also sound cabling is not ideal: A lot of high voltage deviation noise is coupled into
the sound circuit.
I changed to a shielded cable and to another way through
the housing. Far better now!
There still is a vivid home-brew scene and also some good emulators. Just goooogle...
I hope next year, we will be more at
the "International Play Your
Vectrex Day".