Great news my wifes birthday is friday and mine is saturday. We are going out of town so we exchanged gifts tonight. I got a little card that said "you got the vectrex Warrior kit
Ooo your wife spoils you! Add another game to the long list of desirable vectors...Lucky lucky. My birthday is in early October, so George said I can get the game a little earlier... naa naa naa naa, naa naa!
@tigerstyle: You better be ready to read! The Vectrex is loosely a console system, but is comparable in a lot of ways to classic black and white vector arcade games (some color with overlays), so that's why it's called the Vectrex Arcade System. It's much easier to carry around though, so that's part of its appeal.
However, the Vectrex is a cartridge based system. Much like the SNK Neo Geo MVS or AES, you can switch out cartridges to play a different game. Granted, the Vectrex only has one cartridge slot, so no multiple MVS cart switching (I would LOVE that).
Warrior and Sundance are enhanced remakes of the original Vectorbeam/Cinematronics arcade games. Each game has a respective cartridge. Each cartridge holds the best possible home arcade port of each game without going the Vector MAME route(or just plain MAME, but you want REAL vector graphics, right?). Otherwise, you have to chase down the original cabs (good luck with that). They're "enhanced" remakes because of added features that make the games more accessible and new modes that increase gameplay value and replay-ability.
Plus, the overlay for Warrior is an essential part of the gameplay. It creates the playfield that the players play on. I'd suspect that most KLOV members would agree with me if I said the Warrior overlay is one of the most stylish and creatively designed overlays in classic arcade game history. Overlays were a charming feature in the original GCE Vectrex games/arcade ports. Some of which were almost as useful as the Warrior overlay.
My favorite GCE-era overlays would have to be: Star Castle, Solar Quest/Space Wars, Minestorm, Armor Attack, Cosmic Chasm, Scramble, Web Wars, Fortress of Narzod, Bedlam, Rip Off, and Pole Position.
Sorry about the long document guys! The Vectrex is one of my favorite systems, so I just churn out info about it whenever I get the opportunity.