TCW Podcast Episode 262 - Vectrex The Vectrex came with its own screen, plastic color overlays, and roots in the aerospace industry. GCE brought Smith Engineering in to design and develop digital watch games, then calculator games, before the two companies set their sights on a full home console. That console had to include its own display because home televisions could not support vector graphics. The idea took shape when engineer John Ross came across a one-inch CRT designed for aircraft instruments, and that sparked the push toward a vector-based home console. GCE knew they were too small to compete in a saturated market on their own, so they sought out a larger company with the manufacturing and marketing muscle to give the Vectrex a real shot. Milton Bradley acquired GCE in September 1982. The Vectrex launched at $199 that holiday season, right into the Video Game Crash, and cost Milton Bradley $31.6 million before Hasbro bought what was left in 1984. TCW 199 - The History of Handheld Games Part 2: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW199-the-history-of-handheld-games-part-2Major Matt Mason: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sNoiDT0BMwCreepy Crawlers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJOd3pPUcEoTCW 025 - Matel Electronics?: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW025-mattel-electronicsTCW 177 - The Intellivision Part 1: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW177-the-intellivision-part-1TCW 178 - The Intellivision Part 2: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW178-the-intellivision-part-2GCE Game Time Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bf1ShRP0sUGCE Arcade Time Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sgPMbbyfywGCE Sports Time Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9K0Ty5MVr0GCE Chase N Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXaPOwrPq4GCE Space N Counter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXaBH2hVnZ4TCW 009 - The History of Mediagenic Part 1: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW009-history-of-mediagenic-part-1TCW 010 - The History of Mediagenic Part 2: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW010-history-of-mediagenic-part-iiTCW 225 - Games By Apollo: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW225-games-by-apolloTowering Inferno (Atari): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9E4xYtUmqEEntombed (Atari): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D21cBQ8zPITCW 080 - Vector Lights: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW080-vector-lightsTCW 133 - Rolling Dice With The Parker Brothers: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/episodes/TCW133-rolling-dice-with-the-parker-brothersMine Storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPFGKVyD6EStarhawk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjv6lnt98zYSolar Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzPwfY82AokRip Off: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d-fcGnMpI8Space Wars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTxl8WAr2WIArmor Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAShNvM8I9UBlitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qend3Al4RwStar Trek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzrsb5c8dB4Cosmic Chasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkaDXjOKMv0Cosmic Chasm (Arcade): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-9ZRSs2ATUBerzerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tarHYgKekeIScramble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDBZwoiblQHyperchase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvHKW7dnIUsClean Sweep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2jpYm6ZwIsVectrek Accessories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9LLEJ63_RwStar Castle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29ZYcNK_Fe4Spinball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpT29NOsASwFortress of Narzod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYiWPBljWHkSpike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNsyOWHQ71sPole Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfxKt4iZgRc  New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month! TCW Email: [email protected] BlueSky: @theycreateworlds.bsky.social Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworldsAlex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.comAlex's book: http