Let's Repair - Ebay Junk - Vectrex - Vector-based bargain!

Another "let's repair" Vlog where I document the fail/win process of buying faulty goods in the hope of an easy fix. This time I got myself a 1982 MB Vectrex from ebay for a 'Buy it Now' price of £26.99 + £4.99 shipping.

Thanks for watching!

[nuardanuarda]

Been years since I've seen a plug like that!  I remember when elctricals didn't come with plugs and you had to buy them separately!  Thank god for molded plugs!!  At the tender age of 10 i was wiring plugs!  We were taught at school how too and I'm not ancient - only in my late 40's! lol

[PaleHorseShabuShabu]

I have one of these. One of those came through my electronics pawn shop, and the seller was some grandma who didn't know what she had. I bought it for $20 - $30 dollars after testing it out. I had to have my friend who teaches electronic engineering replace . . . something on it because when the Vectrex was powered on, it made this low, constant, and annoying buzzing sound. And there's the buzzing sound at 7:20 just as I was typing this! Anyway, it's a surprisingly fun system that I break out about once a month or so.

[Keshihead]

There's a couple of videos on Ashen's channel about the Vectrex, so that would be a good place to get clued up on what it was and some of the games you can get for it. Wow, hard to believe it was such a simple fix to get it up and running again! Well done!

[theboys]

Great score and glad you got it up and working so easily

[Lokithefeline]

those old tube/crt screens are like batteries, have to be carefull because they can hold a charge for a long time

[bobbypaycheque]

Always good to see you put another great vid on youtube man. Great find!

[djmaxi]

Thanks for posting another video, I truly appreciate your effort.

[johnavy]

Cool video, I'm trying to track down a vectrex that works properly at a decent price.Love those vector graphics

[vaporgator]

Wow so lucky! Another great video. I want a Vectrex really bad but they are quite expensive normally and I have little space to put it. Hopefully one day! 

Kind of funny actually, I recently bought an NES with a plug that looks near identical to that one (wires sticking out, a little rusty etc). It will need replaced soon as it doesn't work so good.

[Dolphination]

What a ridiculous bargain! Great system. Worth getting hold of the home brew version of Thrust.

[KevinArcade]

I think I have seen this on eBay when it was listed. Yeah I'm 100% sure. I was thinking of buying it but with the shipping cost to Belgium it was ugh and I already own a few Vectrex systems. Around the time of the listing I bought a demo pod with a "non working" Vectrex.. turns out if you let it be plugged in for a while it eventually turns on :) Must be some faulty parts that I need to replace. It works, but when I plug it out I have to let it "charge" up before it turns itself on again.

[ganf]

dude your back again <3 i really missed you

[BearsMcMahon]

Sweet pickup & easy fix for the win

[camaradahans]

keep the good work, i like very much your chanel! i will spread the word about it

[WeAreDeathModz]

played the same console in game in glasgow a few year ago, hink they were selling it at the time for 80 odd quid, 26 quid is a steal, nice find man :P

[Dannyvegas]

I remember seeing a boxed Vectrex for sale at a games expo at Braehead a couple of months back. Shame I didnt have a spare £300

How you were lucky enough to find yours so cheap I'll never know.

[digitalblasphemy]

The explosions look kind of like the pulsar map from the golden disc aboard the Voyager Spacecraft. 

[R-qd]

The only time I've ever played one of these was at the Insomnia 49 gaming festival. The camera really doesn't do the display justice. I'm assuming it's electron beams that make up the shapes, but I'm not sure.

[TBustah]

It's cool that the fuse is built into the plug, they aren't as accessible in most of the systems I'm familiar with.

[retrogamestr]

another awesome video! would you ever considering doing tutorial videos for common problems for different systems?