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".