01.12.2012 04:06 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Daily iPhone App: Vectrex returns via an iOS app

If you remember the Vectrex, you're probably already heading to the App Store to download this app. But just in case you are not familiar with the old console, let's explain that first. The Vectrex was an old video game console back in the days of the early Atari, though instead of plugging into a television, it came with its own "screen," which was really a display drawn in vectors by a cathode ray. You could put colored overlay sheets on the screen, and the light fired in behind it would draw out simple graphics and shapes. Now, of course, we have iPads and iPhones around (though actually, the Vectrex was only $200 on release, and still less than the most expensive iPad when adjusted for inflation), and so a company called Rantmedia has picked the rights

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